NSSDCA ID: SOXR-00009
Availability: At NSSDC, Ready for Offline Distribution (or Staging if Digital)
Time span: 1969-05-27 to 1970-05-15
This data set, supplied by the experimenter, consists of volumes of incident solar X-ray flux plotted (on a log-linear array) as a function of universal time (hours) in hard copy form and is published as Los Alamos National Laboratory report LA 4454, vols. I, II, and III. One day of equivalent gray body flux (ergs/sq cm-sec) for each of the three X-ray channels of Vela 5A and 5B is plotted per page. The upper curve on each graph is the equivalent flux in the 1-16 A band derived from an ion chamber with aluminum-Mylar window, the middle curve is the equivalent flux in the 1-8 A band derived from an ion chamber with beryllium window, and the lower curve is the equivalent flux in the 0.3-3.0 A band derived from NaI scintillator data. This format, however, does reduce some of the data's inherent time resolution. In addition, owing to the computer processing of the data, the collection of plots includes some unreliable anomalous portions. These are the result of (1) significant contributions to or saturation of the detectors by charged particles, (2) asymmetry in the response of a pair of ion chambers generating double sets of points, or (3) bit errors.
Questions and comments about this data collection can be directed to: Coordinated Request and User Support Office
Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Dr. W. H. Chambers | General Contact | Los Alamos National Laboratory |