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Polar Electric Fields Instrument (EFI), Electric field in GSM coordinates, Spin Resolution (E_0 version)

(2025). Polar Electric Fields Instrument (EFI), Electric field in GSM coordinates, Spin Resolution (E_0 version) [Data set]. University of California, Berkeley.

ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/POLAR/EFI/EField/E0/GSM/Spin/PT6S

Description

Electric field in GSM coordinates (E_0 version), one vector per spin, computed by a spin-fit algorithm using the realtime electric field measurements.

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ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/POLAR/EFI/EField/E0/GSM/Spin/PT6S
NamingAuthority
NASA
ResourceType
NumericalData
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
Polar Electric Fields Instrument (EFI), Electric field in GSM coordinates, Spin Resolution (E_0 version)
ReleaseDate
2025-12-04 13:30:59Z
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2020-07-07 21:15:01Z
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Only known prior ReleaseDate of the metadata
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2025-08-05 13:12:19Z
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Added ObservedRegion(s). Changed http to https in top-level schemaLocation attribute. Fixed version number separator in top-level schemaLocation attribute. Matched version number in schemaLocation attribute to value in Version tag. ZCB
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2025-11-14 16:03:06Z
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Added PublicationInfo. Added ResourceType and NamingAuthority. ZCB
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ReleaseDate
2025-12-04 13:30:59Z
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Description

Electric field in GSM coordinates (E_0 version), one vector per spin, computed by a spin-fit algorithm using the realtime electric field measurements.

Acknowledgement
The user will acknowledge, in any publication which uses POLAR EFI data, the instrument PI.
PublicationInfo
Authors
Mozer, Forrest S.
PublicationDate
2025-11-14 16:03:06Z
PublishedBy
University of California, Berkeley
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.PrincipalInvestigatorspase://SMWG/Person/Forrest.S.Mozer
2.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Jack.B.Vernetti
PriorIDs
spase://VWO/NumericalData/POLAR/EFI/EField_E0_GSM_Spin
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/POLAR/EFI/EField/E0/GSM/Spin/PT6S
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
URL
Description

This URL is the root location of the POLAR EFI archive. It consists of Yearly subdirectories: 1996, 1997, ..., 2008 each of which consists of Monthly subdirectories: 01, 02, ..., 12 The archive files for a given date are located in the corresponding YY/MM subdirectory.

Language
en
Format
CDF
Encoding
None
Acknowledgement
The user will acknowledge, in any publication which uses POLAR EFI data, the instrument PI.
InstrumentIDs
MeasurementType
ElectricField
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
1996-03-16 00:00:00
StopDate
2008-04-12 24:00:00
Cadence
PT6S
ObservedRegion
Earth.Magnetosphere.Polar
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.AuroralRegion
ObservedRegion
Earth.Magnetosphere
Parameter #1
Name
Time
ParameterKey
TIME_TAG
Description

Data point time-tags which are double precision floating point numbers which represent the number of seconds, UTC, from midnight of the day represented by the file.

Cadence
PT6S
Units
seconds
ValidMin
0.0
ValidMax
86460.0
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #2
Name
ElectricFieldVector
ParameterKey
DATA_VALUES
Description

Data point vector values which are a triplet of single precision floating point numbers which represent the X,Y,Z components of the electric field. These vectors are in one-to-one correspondence with the values in the TIME_TAG parameter. This data is computed by a ground spin-fit algorithm on the realtime electric field and represents one point every spin.

Cadence
PT6S
Units
mV/m
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
GSM
ValidMin
-2000.0
ValidMax
2000.0
Field
Qualifier
Vector
FieldQuantity
Electric