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ion flux : 2 pitch angles
MEPA ION head : 5 energy bins, 2 pitch angles
2019-05-05T12:34:56Z
The source of the data is the ion head of the medium-energy particle analyzer (MEPA)
on the MPTE/CCE spacecraft, which detected ions with energy 25-7000 keV in 10 energy bins.
Since the detector did not distinguish different ions, one may assume that the particles are mostly protons.
Only data from the first 5 energy bins are included in present dataset. The MEPA instrument suffered gain shift throughout
its mission, which resulted in upward shift of the energy passbands. The gain factor has been periodically evaluated and energy passbands are
updated accordingly. The data was also divided into two pitch angle bins, one covering particles with velocities nearly perpendicular (pa 45-135°)
and the other covering particles with velocities nearly parallel (pa 0-45° and 135-180°) to the measured magnetic field.
User will acknowledge the AMPTE/CCE MEPA team in any publication resulting from the use of these data.
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NSSDC Master Catalog
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1984-088A-02
NSSDC information about the AMPTE CCE MEPA experiment
Data Source Files Description
http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/AMPTE/mepa_data/description/2012_10_26_data_description.pdf
Data Source Files Description at JHU/APL
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AMDA is a science analysis system provided by the Centre de Donnees de la
Physique des Plasmas (CDPP) supported by CNRS, CNES, Observatoire de Paris and
Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse
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cce_mepa_ech2pa
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ThermalPlasma
1984-08-21T00:00:12Z
1989-01-09T23:59:55Z
PT20S
Earth.Magnetosheath
Earth.Magnetosphere
Earth.Magnetosphere.Magnetotail
Heliosphere.NearEarth
ion flux para
cce_mepa_pa_para
Number flux for particles with velocities nearly parallel to the measured magnetic field.
1/cm^2/s/sr
Spectrogram
ion flux perp
cce_mepa_pa_perp
Number flux for particles with velocities nearly perpendicular to the measured magnetic field.
1/cm^2/s/sr
Spectrogram
ion flux E0
cce_mepa_pa_E0
Number flux for both pitch angle bins at Energy E0. E0 is varying due to gain shift from range 25-76 to 34-100 keV
1/cm^2/s/sr
TimeSeries
2
perp
1
cce_mepa_pa_E0(0)
para
2
cce_mepa_pa_E0(1)
ion flux E1
cce_mepa_pa_E1
Number flux for both pitch angle bins at Energy E1. E1 is varying due to gain shift from range 34-100 to 50-150 keV
1/cm^2/s/sr
TimeSeries
2
perp
1
cce_mepa_pa_E1(0)
para
2
cce_mepa_pa_E1(1)
ion flux E2
cce_mepa_pa_E2
Number flux for both pitch angle bins at Energy E2. E2 is varying due to gain shift from range 50-150 to 83-250 keV
1/cm^2/s/sr
TimeSeries
2
perp
1
cce_mepa_pa_E2(0)
para
2
cce_mepa_pa_E2(1)
ion flux E3
cce_mepa_pa_E3
Number flux for both pitch angle bins at Energy E3. E3 is varying due to gain shift from range 83-250 to 151-460 keV
1/cm^2/s/sr
TimeSeries
2
perp
1
cce_mepa_pa_E3(0)
para
2
cce_mepa_pa_E3(1)
ion flux E4
cce_mepa_pa_E4
Number flux for both pitch angle bins at Energy E4. E4 is varying due to gain shift from range 151-460 to 285-860 keV
1/cm^2/s/sr
TimeSeries
2
perp
1
cce_mepa_pa_E4(0)
para
2
cce_mepa_pa_E4(1)
energy bounds
cce_mepa_pa_energy
keV
TimeSeries
6
E0 min
1
cce_mepa_pa_energy(0)
E1 min
2
cce_mepa_pa_energy(1)
E2 min
3
cce_mepa_pa_energy(2)
E3 min
4
cce_mepa_pa_energy(3)
E4 min
5
cce_mepa_pa_energy(4)
E4 max
6
cce_mepa_pa_energy(5)