Polar Data Products

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• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Polar Science Team

Publication_Date: February 1996

Title: Polar Data Products

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Series_Name:

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Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Greenbelt, MD

Publisher: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/data_products.shtml

Description:

Abstract:

The Polar spacecraft was launched on February 24, 1996, to obtain data from both high- and low-altitude perspectives of this active region of geospace. High above the poles the particles of the solar wind and the energy of the wind can find their way into the magnetosphere. At lesser altitudes energy is transferred from electric fields and electromagnetic waves to electrons that then plunge into the atmosphere to create the aurora. At mid-altitudes nearer the equator the satellite passes through the Earth's trapped radiation, the Van Allen belts. Out of the polar ionosphere flows plasma to populate the magnetosphere. Through this region particles and energy flow from the geomagnetic tail to the atmosphere. Thus the instruments on the Polar satellites see a lot of action in the various plasma parameters that they measure. Three of the twelve scientific instruments aboard the Polar satellite are used to image the aurora in various wavelengths when the satellite is near apogee, high over the northern polar region. The other nine instruments make measurements in-situ, at the location of the satellite, around the entire orbit. They measure the fluxes of charged particles, electrons and protons, as well as heavier ions, from thermal energies into MeV energies. They measure magnetic and electric fields, plus electromagnetic waves. They must make these measurements in great detail in order for scientists to be able to learn new things about the environment in the region over the poles of the Earth. See: http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/data_products.shtml for a list of key parameters measured by the Polar mission. Polar data for each instrument is available on ftp in compressed and uncompressed form: ftp://pwgdata.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/00readme.html Processed science data is available from the NSSDC through the Space Physics Data Availability Catalog (SPDAC) http://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/SPD.html ISTP Key Parameter data is available from the CDAWeb at NSSDC and CDAWeb mirror sites: http://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Data is also available from individual instrument teams through links from the Polar Data Products page: http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/data_products.shtml

Purpose:

Not Available

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: For a complete list of publications, see: http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/publications.shtml

Time_Period_of_Content:

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19960224

Ending_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: Not Available

East_Bounding_Coordinate: Not Available

North_Bounding_Coordinate: Not Available

South_Bounding_Coordinate: Not Available

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTHS > ULTRAVIOLET FLUX

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > VISIBLE FLUX

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > X-RAY > X-RAY FLUX

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE FLUX > ALPHA PARTICLE FLUX

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS > AURORAE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE FLUX > ELECTRON FLUX

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE FLUX > ION FLUX

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE PROPERTIES > PARTICLE COMPOSITION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE PROPERTIES > PARTICLE DENSITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE PROPERTIES > PARTICLE SPEED

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE FLUX > PROTON FLUX

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ACTIVITY > SOLAR X-RAY EMISSIONS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE FLUX > HEAVY NUCLEI FLUX

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS > MAGNETIC FIELDS/MAGNETIC CURRENTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS > ION CHEMISTRY/IONIZATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS > PLASMA WAVES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS > SOLAR WIND

Theme_Keyword: POLAR > POLAR

Theme_Keyword: HYDRA > HOT PLASMA ANALYZER

Theme_Keyword: VIS > VISIBLE IMAGING SYSTEM (POLAR)

Theme_Keyword: UVI > ULTRAVIOLET IMAGER (POLAR)

Theme_Keyword: SEPS > SOURCE LOSS-CONE ENERGETIC PARTICLE SPECTROMETER

Theme_Keyword: PWI-P > PLASMA WAVES INVESTIGATION (POLAR)

Theme_Keyword: MFE-P > MAGNETIC FIELDS EXPERIMENT (POLAR)

Theme_Keyword: TIMAS > TOROIDAL IMAGING MASS-ANGLE SPECTROGRAPH

Theme_Keyword: TIDE > THERMAL ION DYNAMICS EXPERIMENT

Theme_Keyword: PIXIE > POLAR IONOSPHERIC X-RAY IMAGING EXPERIMENT

Theme_Keyword: POLAR-EFI > POLAR ELECTRIC FIELDS INSTRUMENT

Theme_Keyword: CEPPAD > COMPREHENSIVE ENERGETIC PARTICLE PITCH ANGLE DISTRIBUTION

Theme_Keyword: CAMMICE > CHARGE AND MASS ION COMPOSITION EXPERIMENT

Theme_Keyword: ISTP > INTERNATIONAL SOLAR TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS PROGRAM

Theme_Keyword: Solar Wind

Theme_Keyword: Plasma Wind

Theme_Keyword: Electric Field

Theme_Keyword: Magnetic Field

Theme_Keyword: Aurora

Theme_Keyword: Charged Particles

Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: SPACE > EARTH MAGNETIC FIELD > HIGH LATITUDE MAGNETOSPHERE

Place_Keyword: SPACE > EARTH MAGNETIC FIELD > INNER MAGNETOSPHERE

Place_Keyword: SPACE > EARTH MAGNETIC FIELD > MAGNETOSPHERE (OTHER)

Place_Keyword: SPACE > EARTH MAGNETIC FIELD > MAGNETOTAIL

Place_Keyword: VERTICAL LOCATION > IONOSPHERE

Place_Keyword: SPACE > EARTH MAGNETIC FIELD > VAN ALLEN RADIATION BELTS

Access_Constraints: Not Available

Use_Constraints:

Not Available

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://eiger.physics.uiowa.edu/~vis/images/current.gif

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

latest image from Polar

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Not Available

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

Completeness_Report:

Not Available

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Not Available

Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NASA/GSFC/SSDOO/NSSDC > National Space Science Data Center, Space Science Data Operation Office, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Contact_Person: NSSDC USER SUPPORT OFFICE

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: National Space Science Data Center

Address: NSSDC/Code 633.4

Address: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nssdc-request@lists.nasa.gov

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NASA/GSFC/SED/HSD/GPL/PWG > Polar, Wind, Geotail Project, Geospace Physics Lab, Laboratory for Solar and Space Physics, Heliophysics Science Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Contact_Person: JOHN SIGWARTH

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: NASA

Address: Goddard Space Flight Center

Address: Mailstop 670.0

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: john.b.sigwarth@nasa.gov

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NASA/GSFC/SED/HSD/HPL/SPDF > Space Physics Data Facility, Heliospheric Physics Lab, Heliospheric Science Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Contact_Person: ROBERT MCGUIRE

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: NASA

Address: Goddard Space Flight Center

Address: Mailstop 672.0

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-286-7794

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: robert.e.mcguire@nasa.gov

Resource_Description: NASA_POLAR

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/data_products.shtml...

Access_Instructions:

Access to Polar Data Products and documentation

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

ftp://pwgdata.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/00readme.html

Access_Instructions:

FTP access to all compressed and uncompressed Polar archives for each instrument

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://science.nasa.gov/uvi/LatestImage.htm

Access_Instructions:

UV Imager aurora images and movies

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://eiger.physics.uiowa.edu/~vis/images/

Access_Instructions:

Visible Imager aurora images

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap970418.html

Access_Instructions:

X-Ray aurora images

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Access_Instructions:

Access to Polar data on the CDA Web at NSSDC

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/

Access_Instructions:

Polar project home page

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20050308

Metadata_Review_Date: 20080509

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GCMD User Support Office

Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Not Available

City: Lanham

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20706

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Not Available

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time