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Data Set Overview
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This data set includes Voyager 2 Saturn encounter magnetometer
data from the Low Field Magnetometer (LFM) resampled at a 9.6 second
sample rate from the 60 msec instrument sampling rate. Data coverage
begins in the solar wind and continues until at least the first
magnetopause crossing. The data are given in Kronographic (L1)
coordinates. The data set is composed of the following columns:
1) time - UT of the sample in the format yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sssZ,
2) spacecraft clock values (m65536:mod60:fds_line), 3) mag_id -
magnetometer id (1 = LFM, 2 = HFM), 4) Br - radial (Saturn to
spacecraft) B-field component, 5) Btheta - North/South (L1) B-field
component (positive southward), 6) Bphi - azimuthal (L1)
B-field component (positive eastward), 7) Bmag - magnitude of the
averaged magnetic field components, 8) avg_Bmag - average of the
magnetic field magnitudes, 9) delta - magnetic latitude =
arcsin(Btheta/Bmag), 10) lambda - longitude = 180. - atan(Bphi/-Br),
11-13) rms_br, rms_bt, and rms_bn - rms vectors, 14) npts - number
of points in average. All magnetic field observations are measured
in nanoTesla. All of the magnetic field data are calibrated (see the
instrument calibration description for more details). These data
are provided in a Saturn centered spherical system (L1), based on the
Saturn Longitude System (Voyager Measurements of the Rotation Period
of Saturn's Magnetic Field, Desch and Kaiser, JGR, 8, 253, 1981).
The the magnetic field components are:
BR - radial B-field component (along the Saturn to spacecraft
line) positive away from Saturn
BTHETA - North/South (L1) B-field component, positive southward
BPHI - azimuthal (L1) B-field component, positive eastward.
Processing Level Id : 4
Software Flag : Y
Processing Start Time : 1988-09-21
Parameters
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Sampling Parameter Name : TIME
Data Set Parameter Name : MAGNETIC FIELD VECTOR
Sampling Parameter Resolution : 9.600000
Minimum Sampling Parameter : 19770820120000.000000
Maximum Sampling Parameter : UNK
Sampling Parameter Interval : 9.600000
Minimum Available Sampling Int : 0.060000
Data Set Parameter Unit : NANOTESLA
Noise Level : 0.006000
Sampling Parameter Unit : SECOND
PARAMETER RESOLUTION DESCRIPTION
NAME (UNITS)
time 9.6 Sec time of the sample (UT) in the
format yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sssZ.
The full sampling rate for the
instrument is .06 +/- .006 sec.
m65536, (counts) s/c clock mod 65536, mod 60 and
mod60 and fds line
fds_line
mag_id n/a magnetometer ID
magnetic (nT) measured parameter equaling the
field magnetic field strength (e.g. in
components nanoTeslas) along a particular axis
(Br, Btheta, direction. Usually the three
Bphi) orthogonal axis components are
measured by three different sensors.
magnetic (nT) derived parameter which combines the 3
field vector orthogonal magnetic field component
(Bmag, avg_Bmag) measurements.
delta n/a delta = arcsin(Btheta/Bmag)
lambda n/a lambda = 180. - atan(Bphi/-Br)
rms_Br, Pythagorean root mean square deviation
rms_Bt, and of the component averages
rms_Bp
npts (counts) the number of data points in the
current average
Source Instrument Parameters
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Instrument Host ID : VG2
Data Set Parameter Name : MAGNETIC FIELD VECTOR
Instrument Parameter Name : MAGNETIC FIELD COMPONENT
Important Instrument Parameters : 1
Instrument Host ID : VG2
Data Set Parameter Name : MAGNETIC FIELD VECTOR
Instrument Parameter Name : WAVE MAGNETIC FIELD INTENSITY
Important Instrument Parameters : 1
Processing
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Processing History
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Source Data Set ID : N/A
Software : UNK
Product Data Set ID : VG2-S-MAG-4-9.60SEC
Ancillary Data
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An ancillary data file containing the derived spacecraft
magnetic field is provided with this data at a 48 second sample
rate. These data provide zero level offsets used in the data
processing. S/C field data is provided in spacecraft
coordinates as follows:
PARAMETER RESOLUTION DESCRIPTION
NAME (UNITS)
time 48 sec time in format yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sssZ
m65536 n/a s/c clock mod 65536
mod60 n/a s/c clock mod60
mag_id n/a magnetometer ID
Bx (nT) spacecraft coords. X component
By (nT) spacecraft coords. Y component
Bz (nT) spacecraft coords. Z component
Bmag (nT) total magnetic field strength
rms_Bx (nT) rms mag component
rms_By (nT) rms mag component
rms_Bz (nT) rms mag component
npts (counts) number of points in average
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