Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Skip to content

Polar Plasma Wave Instrument (PWI), Sweep Frequency Receivers A and B - 2 sec resolution fields

Metadata Updated: July 11, 2025

The PO_H1_PWI CDF files contain spectral densities of magnetic and electric field measurements from the Sweep Frequency Receiver-A and B. These files also contain correlation, electron cyclotron frequency, upper hybrid frequency and electron number density data. A full frequency sweep for the SFR takes about 33 seconds. From about 12.5 kHz to 800 kHz a full frequency spectrum can be obtained every 2.4 sec in the log mode. There are 224 SFR frequency bands, logarithmically spaced. When SFR_MODE is Linear, the 448 linear frequency bands are mapped to 224 logarithmic bands. The Polar Sweep Frequency Receiver-A (SFR-A) made use of either the Eu (130 m, spin-plane) or Ez (14 m, spin axis) two-sphere electric dipole antennas. Between March 25, 1996 and May 26, 1996, the Eu antenna was the default antenna, from May 27, 1996 through February 9, 1997 the Ez antenna was used and from February 10, 1997 until September 17, 1997 the SFR-A returned to using the Eu antenna. The SFR-A receiver spanned the frequency range from 26 Hz to 808 kHz in 5 bands: 26-200 Hz, 0.2 - 1.6 kHz, 1.7 - 12.6 kHz, 13-100 kHz, 100-808 kHz. The Polar PWI Sweep Frequency Receiver-B (SFR-B) collected data from March 1996 to September 1997. The SFR-B used the magnetic loop antenna (mounted on a 6m boom and oriented parallel to the Eu antenna). The SFR-B receiver spanned the frequency range from 26 Hz to 808 kHz in 5 bands: 26-200 Hz, 0.2 - 1.6 kHz, 1.7 - 12.6 kHz, 13-100 kHz, 100-808 kHz.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

Downloads & Resources

Dates

Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date July 11, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date July 11, 2025
Publisher NASA Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) Coordinated Data Analysis Web (CDAWeb) Data Services
Maintainer
Identifier https://doi.org/10.48322/k1kt-d028
Data Last Modified 2025-07-09
Category Heliophysics
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Harvest Object Id 7791d5c9-6f36-4dda-9571-d56d2995aef9
Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 72657dddb51d3294e3f41ed3347f1f1d747b819dcb9d77a1f60d3befd5520e56
Source Schema Version 1.1
Temporal 1996-03-25/1997-09-16

Didn't find what you're looking for? Suggest a dataset here.