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Geotail Data Archive at NASA/GSFC

Entry ID: NASA_GEOTAIL

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Summary

Abstract: The GEOTAIL mission is a collaborative project undertaken by the Institute of
Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA). Its primary objective is to study the dynamics of the
Earth's magnetotail over a wide range of distance, extending from the
near-Earth region (8 Earth radii (Re) from the Earth) to the distant tail
(about 200 Re). The ...

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Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Geotail Team

Dataset Title: Geotail Data Archive

Dataset Release Date: 1992

Dataset Release Place: Greenbelt, MD

Dataset Publisher: NASA/GSFC

Online Resource: http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1992-07-24

Location Keywords

SPACE > EARTH MAGNETIC FIELD > MAGNETOTAIL

Science Keywords

SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE FLUX > ALPHA PARTICLE FLUX

SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE FLUX > ELECTRON FLUX

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

GEOTAIL

Instrument

PWI > Plasma Waves Investigation (Geotail)

MFE > Magnetic Field Experiment (Geotail)

Project

ITSP > International Terrestrial Solar Physics Project

PWG > Polar, Wind, Geotail Project

Ancillary Keywords

magetotail

magnetopause

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

NASA/GSFC

Data Center

National Space Science Data Center, Space Science Data Operation Office, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSSDC USER SUPPORT OFFICE Email: nssdc-request at lists.nasa.gov Contact Address: National Space Science Data Center NSSDC/Code 633.4 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: online ftp

Fees: none

Publications/References

For CIP publications, see:
http://www-pi.physics.uiowa.edu/www/cpi/

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2004-12-15

Last DIF Revision Date: 2005-07-29

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