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DMSP F17 Special Sensors-Ions, Electrons, and Scintillation (SSIES) Thermal Plasma Analysis Package, Level 2 (L2), 1 s Data in HDF Format

Hairston, Marc, R.; Coley, William, R.; Heelis, Roderick, A.; Hanson, William, B. (2024). DMSP F17 Special Sensors-Ions, Electrons, and Scintillation (SSIES) Thermal Plasma Analysis Package, Level 2 (L2), 1 s Data in HDF Format [Data set]. Space Physics Data Facility. https://doi.org/10.48322/8e0r-j195 .

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spase://NASA/NumericalData/DMSP_5D-3/F17/SESS/SSIES-3/ThermalPlasma/HDF/PT1S

Description

The Special Sensors-Ions, Electrons, and Scintillation (SSIES) thermal plasma analysis package is a suite of instruments built by the Center for Space Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas and flown on a number of the DMSP satellites. SSIESS includes a Retarding Potential Analyzer (RPA), Ion Drift meter (IDM), scintillation meter, and Langmuir probe.

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spase://NASA/NumericalData/DMSP_5D-3/F17/SESS/SSIES-3/ThermalPlasma/HDF/PT1S
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NumericalData
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
DMSP F17 Special Sensors-Ions, Electrons, and Scintillation (SSIES) Thermal Plasma Analysis Package, Level 2 (L2), 1 s Data in HDF Format
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48322/8e0r-j195
ReleaseDate
2026-07-21 12:04:53Z
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ReleaseDate
2024-05-15 00:00:00.000Z
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Metadata created and DOI minted by AK
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ReleaseDate
2025-10-02 15:11:49Z
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2025-12-04 13:29:10Z
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Added MetadataRightsList and RightsList(s). Updated to 2.7.1. ZCB
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2026-06-26 13:16:49Z
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ReleaseDate
2026-07-21 12:04:53Z
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Added HelioData InformationURL. JWL
Description

The Special Sensors-Ions, Electrons, and Scintillation (SSIES) thermal plasma analysis package is a suite of instruments built by the Center for Space Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas and flown on a number of the DMSP satellites. SSIESS includes a Retarding Potential Analyzer (RPA), Ion Drift meter (IDM), scintillation meter, and Langmuir probe.

Acknowledgement
We gratefully acknowledge the University of Texas Dallas, Center for Space Sciences and the US Air Force for providing the DMSP thermal plasma data
PublicationInfo
Authors
Hairston, Marc, R.; Coley, William, R.; Heelis, Roderick, A.; Hanson, William, B.
PublicationDate
2024-01-01 00:00:00Z
PublishedBy
Space Physics Data Facility
Contacts
Role Person StartDate StopDate Note
1. PrincipalInvestigator
ProjectScientist
InstrumentScientist
TechnicalContact
GeneralContact 		spase://SMWG/Person/Marc.R.Hairston
2. ProjectScientist
InstrumentScientist
TechnicalContact 		spase://SMWG/Person/William.R.Coley
3. FormerPI
InstrumentScientist
InstrumentLead
ProjectManager 		spase://SMWG/Person/Roderick.A.Heelis
4. FormerPI spase://SMWG/Person/William.B.Hanson
5. MetadataContact spase://SMWG/Person/Robert.M.Candey
6. MetadataContact spase://SMWG/Person/Andriy.Koval
InformationURL
Name
DMSP SSIES-3 QUALITY FLAG Document
URL
https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/dmsp/documents/ssies/SSIES-3_qualityflags_Sept2019.pdf
InformationURL
Name
DMSP SSIES-3 Documentation
URL
https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/dmsp/documents/ssies/
InformationURL
Name
Thermal Plasma Plots
URL
https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/dmsp/dmspf17/ssies/ssies-3rl/thermal-plasma-plots/
Description

Single orbit plots of plasma data

InformationURL
Name
HelioData
URL
https://helio.data.nasa.gov/dataset/DMSP_5D-3_F17_SESS_SSIES-3_ThermalPlasma_HDF_PT1S
Description

The HelioData dataset page provides an overview of the dataset with access links, associated variables, and more.

AccessInformation
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spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF
Availability
Online
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Open
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Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
Note
CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available NASA Heliophysics data products
AccessURL
Name
FTPS from SPDF (not with most browsers)
URL
ftps://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/dmsp/dmspf17/ssies/ssies-3rl/thermal-plasma-hdf/
Description

Access to Data in HDF4 Format via ftps from SPDF

AccessURL
Name
HTTPS from SPDF
URL
https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/dmsp/dmspf17/ssies/ssies-3rl/thermal-plasma-hdf/
Description

Access to Data in HDF4 Format via https from SPDF

Format
HDF4
Encoding
None
Acknowledgement
We gratefully acknowledge the University of Texas Dallas, Center for Space Sciences and the US Air Force for providing the DMSP thermal plasma data
ProcessingLevel
Calibrated
InstrumentIDs
spase://SMWG/Instrument/DMSP_5D-3/F17/SESS/SSI/ES-3
MeasurementType
ThermalPlasma
MeasurementType
IonComposition
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
2006-11-08 17:33:48Z
StopDate
2014-12-31 22:55:30Z
Cadence
PT1S
ObservedRegion
Earth.Magnetosphere
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Earth.Magnetosphere.Polar
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Earth.NearSurface
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Earth.NearSurface.AuroralRegion
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Earth.NearSurface.EquatorialRegion
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Earth.NearSurface.Ionosphere
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Earth.NearSurface.PolarCap