NSSDCA ID: PSPA-00398
Availability: At NSSDC, Ready for Offline Distribution (or Staging if Digital)
Time span: 1978-12-13 to 1979-02-05
These experimenter-supplied, radio occultation atmospheric turbulence data are on ASCII magnetic tape created on a UNIVAC 1108 computer. Each 720-byte record contains the following: satellite and experiment identification (ID); year and day of year of observation; station number of observation; S-band/X-band ID; time between samples (seconds); phaselock loop amplitude estimated time constant; phase-lock loop frequency tracking bandwidth (H2); year and day of year of first and last samples; total number of points in the file; time of data sample (seconds); and relative amplitude. The data are selected time series of received signal amplitude, with time constants chosen to resolve the very rapid amplitude fluctuations associated with radio scintillations caused by temperature fluctuation/turbulence in the atmosphere of Venus.
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. Richard T. Woo | Data Provider | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | rwoo@mail1.jpl.nasa.gov |