NSSDCA ID: SPIO-00049
Availability: At NSSDC, Ready for Offline Distribution (or Staging if Digital)
Time span: 1973-01-06 to 1974-01-29
This data set, supplied by the principal investigator, provides auroral and airglow emission contours at 6300 A over the portion of the dark earth visible from the spacecraft. The format is a projection onto a plane tangent to the earth's geographic north pole. The circumference is the projection of the equator, and the horizontal line is the Greenwich meridian. There are latitude marks at 10-deg increments, and the position of the sun for the first and last spacecraft rotations is given. The subsatellite track (usually at 250-km altitude) is plotted with marks indicating each spacecraft rotation. Each tenth mark is labeled, and an accompanying table gives the universal time for each spin. The intensity contouring is done at levels indicated in the upper right-hand corner of the graph. The date, orbit number, and the times for the first and last spin numbers of the satellite pass are also indicated.
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. Gordon G. Shepherd | Data Provider | York University | gordon@windii.yorku.ca |
Dr. Gordon G. Shepherd | General Contact | York University | gordon@windii.yorku.ca |