ATMOWeb: Satellite Observations of Ionosphere and Upper Atmosphere


SPDF ATMOSPHERIC EXPLORER-E (AE-E) DATA

This interface provides listing and plotting capabilities for the 15-second merged mission data (79 science parameters and 9 orbit parameters) from the AE-E spacecraft. AE-E was first in an elliptical orbit (150 - 4300 km) until mid-77 and than changed to a circular orbit at about 400km. AE-E's orbit inclination was 19.7 degrees.

Note: Because of duty cycle limitations there are many data gaps (even several days). The daily ASCII files at our spdf site provide an indication of which days are available.

* Description of spacecraft, experiments and data

Time span of the data set: 1975-12-11 - 1981-06-06

Users may generate time series plots from this page or may generate a scatter plot of any parameter pair by clicking here

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[ Format: YYYYMMDDHH, Valid range: 1973121600 - 1978121123]
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Orbit/Attitude Parameters 

Altitude [km]              Latitude [degree]    Longitude [degree]
Local time [hour]          Local Magnetic Time [hour]
L-shell parameter [Re]     Magnetic inclination [degree]
Solar zenith angle [degree]Orbit number 



Bennett Ion Mass Spectrometer (BIMS)

H+ [cm-3]             He+ [cm-3]
N+ [cm-3]             O+ [cm-3]
N2+ [cm-3]            NO+ [cm-3]
O2+ [cm-3]            Total ion density [cm-3]
Special ion #2 [cm-3] Fe+ [cm-3]



Cylindrical Electrostatic Probe (CEP)

Electron temperature [K]    Total ion density [cm-3]
Spacecraft potential [V]    Mean ion mass [AMU]



Backscatter UltraViolet Spectrometer (BUV))

Ozone mixing ratio at 0.4 mB       Ozone mixing ratio at 1 mB
Ozone mixing ratio at 2 mB         Ozone mixing ratio at 5 mB
Ozone mixing ratio at 10 mB        Ozone mixing ratio at 30 mB
Total Ozone density       


Miniature Electrostatic Accelerometer (MESA)

Neutral density [g/cm3]      Traverse wind component [m/s]



Neutral Atmosphere Composition Experiment (NACE)

N2 [cm-3]        O [cm-3] 
He [cm-3]        Ar [cm-3] 
NO [cm-3]        Total Oxygen [cm-3]



Neutral Atmsphere Temperature Experiment (NATE)

Neutral temperature [K]    N2 [cm-3]
Total Oxygen (O+2*O2) [cm-3]He [cm-3]
Ar [cm-3]                   UA wind (+ southward) [m/s]
Vertical UA wind (+ upward) [m/s]             


                

Open-Source Neutral Mass Spectrometer (OSS)

N2 [cm-3]         O2 [cm-3]
He [cm-3]         O [cm-3] 
Ar [cm-3]         Special (O/2+O2) [cm-3]
N [cm-3]



PhotoElectron Spectrometer (PES)
                
Flux 2-3 eV [1/(cm2 eV s sr)]     Flux 7-9 eV [1/(cm2 eV s sr)]
Flux 12-17 eV [1/(cm2 eV s sr)]   Flux 25-30 eV [1/(cm2 eV s sr)]
Flux 37-47 eV [1/(cm2 eV s sr)]   Flux 100-500 eV [1/(cm2 eV s sr)]



Retarding Potential Analyzer (RPA)

Ion temperature [K]                       Total ion density (Ni) [cm-3]
Ion drift normal to RPA (VD) [m/s]        Spacecraft Potential [V]
Transverse vertical ion drift (VD=0) [m/s]Transv. horizontal ion drift (VD=0) [m/s]
SIGMA (Delta Ni)/Ni




Visible Airglow Experiment (VAE)

CH1: up; CH2: 3371 A [Rayleighs]  CH1: down; CH2: 4278 A [Rayleighs]
CH1: up; CH2: 3371 A [Rayleighs]  CH1: forward; CH2: 5577 A [Rayleighs]
CH2: up; CH2: 6300 A [Rayleighs]  CH2: down; CH2: 7319 A [Rayleighs]
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Send questions about ATMOWeb data to Dr. Dieter Bilitza
Send questions about ATMOWeb system/interface to: Dr. Natalia Papitashvili
NASA Official: Robert Candey (Robert.M.Candey@nasa.gov), Head of the Space Physics Data Facility