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NumericalData
ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/TIMED/GUVI/Aurora_Products
NamingAuthority
NASA
ResourceType
NumericalData
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
TIMED GUVI L3 Aurora Products
ReleaseDate
2025-12-04 13:32:04Z
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2021-06-02 21:15:37Z
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ReleaseDate
2025-11-14 16:01:51Z
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Description
Contains estimated electron average energy (Eavg) and energy flux (Q) in the auroral oval. Data is available in both geomagnetic and geographic coordinates.
Acknowledgement
NASA, Andrew B. Christensen
PublicationInfo
Authors
Christensen, Andrew B.
PublicationDate
2025-11-14 16:01:51Z
PublishedBy
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Contacts
InformationURL
Name
Aurora Data Products description
URL
PriorIDs
spase://VITMO/NumericalData/TIMED/GUVI/Aurora_Products
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/TIMED/GUVI/Aurora_Products
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
GUVI POC L3 Data Products Data Request
URL
Description
This web page allows the request of data files for this product. To request data: select the year and day then press display.
Format
NetCDF
Encoding
None
Acknowledgement
NASA, Andrew B. Christensen
ProcessingLevel
Calibrated
ProviderResourceName
GUVI L3 Auroral Product
ProviderProcessingLevel
Level 2B
InstrumentIDs
MeasurementType
Profile
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
2002-03-22 00:00:00.000Z
StopDate
2007-12-11 00:00:00.000Z
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.Thermosphere
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.AuroralRegion
Keywords
TIMED
GUVI
lower thermosphere
MLTI
Parameter #1
Name
Magnetic north electron average energy
ParameterKey
Magnetic North Mean Energy
Description
Estimated magnetic north electron average energy (Eavg)
Units
keV
Structure
Size
0
Description
Dimensions: [Max dat points,Number of orbits] - where Max dat points is the number of data points in the file, Number of orbits is the number of orbits in the orbital file.
Particle
ParticleType
Electron
ParticleQuantity
Energy
Parameter #2
Name
Magnetic south electron average energy
ParameterKey
Magnetic South Mean Energy
Description
Estimated magnetic south electron average energy (Eavg)
Units
keV
Structure
Size
0
Description
Dimensions: [Max dat points,Number of orbits] - where Max dat points is the number of data points in the file, Number of orbits is the number of orbits in the orbital file.
Particle
ParticleType
Electron
ParticleQuantity
Energy
Parameter #3
Name
Magnetic north electron energy flux
ParameterKey
Magnetic North Flux
Description
Estimated magnetic north electron energy flux (Q)
Units
ergs/s/cm^2
Structure
Size
0
Description
Dimensions: [Max dat points,Number of orbits] - where Max dat points is the number of data points in the file, Number of orbits is the number of orbits in the orbital file.
Particle
ParticleType
Electron
ParticleQuantity
EnergyFlux
Parameter #4
Name
Magnetic south electron energy flux
ParameterKey
Magnetic South Flux
Description
Estimated magnetic south electron energy flux (Q)
Units
ergs/s/cm^2
Structure
Size
0
Description
Dimensions: [Max dat points,Number of orbits] - where Max dat points is the number of data points in the file, Number of orbits is the number of orbits in the orbital file.
Particle
ParticleType
Electron
ParticleQuantity
EnergyFlux
Parameter #5
Name
Magnetic North UT
ParameterKey
Magnetic North UT second
Units
seconds
Structure
Size
0
Description
Dimensions: [Max dat points,Number of orbits] - where Max dat points is the number of data points in the file, Number of orbits is the number of orbits in the orbital file.
Support
Parameter #6
Name
Magnetic North latitude
ParameterKey
Magnetic North latitude
Units
degree
Structure
Size
0
Description
Dimensions: [Max dat points,Number of orbits] - where Max dat points is the number of data points in the file, Number of orbits is the number of orbits in the orbital file.
Support
Parameter #7
Name
Magnetic North Local Time
ParameterKey
Magnetic North Local Time UT
Units
hours
Structure
Size
0
Description
Dimensions: [Max dat points,Number of orbits] - where Max dat points is the number of data points in the file, Number of orbits is the number of orbits in the orbital file.
Support
Parameter #8
Name
Magnetic South UT
ParameterKey
Magnetic South UT second
Units
seconds
Structure
Size
0
Description
Dimensions: [Max dat points,Number of orbits] - where Max dat points is the number of data points in the file, Number of orbits is the number of orbits in the orbital file.
Support
Parameter #9
Name
Magnetic South latitude
ParameterKey
Magnetic South latitude
Units
degrees
Structure
Size
0
Description
Dimensions: [Max dat points,Number of orbits] - where Max dat points is the number of data points in the file, Number of orbits is the number of orbits in the orbital file.
Support
Parameter #10
Name
Magnetic South Local Time
ParameterKey
Magnetic South Local Time
Units
hours
Structure
Size
0
Description
Dimensions: [Max dat points,Number of orbits] - where Max dat points is the number of data points in the file, Number of orbits is the number of orbits in the orbital file.
Support
Parameter #11
Name
Orbit Number
ParameterKey
Orbit Number
Structure
Size
0
Description
Dimensions: [Number of orbits] - where Number of orbits is the number of orbits in the orbital file.
Support
Parameter #12
Name
Northern Data points
ParameterKey
Northern Data points
Structure
Size
0
Description
Dimensions: [Number of orbits] - where Number of orbits is the number of orbits in the orbital file.
Support
Parameter #13
Name
Southern data points
ParameterKey
Southern data points
Structure
Size
0
Description
Dimensions: [Number of orbits] - where Number of orbits is the number of orbits in the orbital file.
Support
Parameter #14
Name
Year
ParameterKey
Year
Description
Starting year of file's observation.
Structure
Size
1
Description
Dimensions: [1] - this parameter is a single element per file.
Support
Parameter #15
Name
Month
ParameterKey
Month
Description
Starting month of file's observation.
Structure
Size
1
Description
Dimensions: [1] - this parameter is a single element per file.
Support
Parameter #16
Name
Day
ParameterKey
Day
Description
Starting day of month of file's observation.
Structure
Size
1
Description
Dimensions: [1] - this parameter is a single element per file.
Support
Parameter #17
Name
DOY
ParameterKey
DOY
Description
Starting day of year of file's observation.
Structure
Size
1
Description
Dimensions: [1] - this parameter is a single element per file.
Support
Parameter #18
Name
Mlat_grid_size
ParameterKey
Mlat_grid_size
Description
Magnetic latitude grid size
Units
degrees
Structure
Size
1
Description
Dimensions: [1] - this parameter is a single element per file.
Support
Parameter #19
Name
Mlon_grid_size
ParameterKey
Mlon_grid_size
Description
Magnetic longitude grid size
Units
degrees
Structure
Size
1
Description
Dimensions: [1] - this parameter is a single element per file.
Support