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- VOYAGER PWS PPDS CATALOG
- DATA SET DESCRIPTION
-
- Time-Independent Entries
-
- Note: This document has been adapted for use by the IDI86
- workshop as a general description of the Voyager PWS experiment
- and observations.
-
- 1.0 DATA SET IDENTIFICATION
-
- 1.1 Voyager 1 Plasma Wave Data --V1PWS
-
- This data set consists of observations made by the Voyager 1
- Plasma Wave Instrument. The data are measurements of wave
- amplitudes as a function of frequency and time in units of
- electric field (V/m) or electric field spectral density
- (V^2/m^2Hz). The instrument also includes a wideband waveform
- channel which provides rapid samples of the electric field over
- short periods of time which can be Fourier transformed to provide
- high resolution frequency-time spectograms.
-
- 1.2 Parameter/Measurement: Electric field wave amplitude
- as a function of frequency and time.
-
- 1.3 Units of Measurement: Electric Field (V/m). Electric
- field spectral density may be calculated from the electric field
- values using the following algrorithm:
-
- Spectral Density = E(i)**2/Df(i)
-
- where E(i) is a measurement of the electric field in channel i
- and Df is the effective bandwidth of channel i as listed in the
- table below:
-
- Center
- Channel Frequency(Hz) Df(Hz)
- 1 10 2.99
- 2 17.8 3.77
- 3 31.1 7.5
- 4 56.2 10.06
- 5 100. 13.3
- 6 178. 29.8
- 7 311. 59.5
- 8 562. 106.
- 9 1.00 k 133.
- 10 1.78 k 211.
- 11 3.11 k 298.
- 12 5.62 k 421.
- 13 10.0 k 943.
- 14 17.8 k 2.11 k
- 15 31.1 k 4.21 k
- 16 56.2 k 5.95 k
-
- 1.3 Data Source: Voyager 1 Plasma Wave Instrument
-
- 1.4 Planet(s): Jupiter
-
- 1.5 Data Set ID: V1PWS
-
- 2.0 TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS
-
- 2.1 Temporal Coverage: PDS current catalog covers the
- interval 1979 064 000000.000 to 1979 064 115959.999.
-
- 2.2 Temporal Resolution:
- 2.2.1 Spectrum Analyzer: For encounter periods the
- innstrument samples 2 channels every 0.5 second, completing a
- spectral scan once per 4 seconds. During Cruise periods, this
- stepping rate is reduced according to the spacecraft data rate
- and is defined by the Flight Data System data mode according to
- the table below:
-
- Mode Time per complete spectral scan (seconds)
- GS-3 4
- others TBS as Cruise data is added to PDS catalog
-
- Item 2.2 in the time-dependent portion of the PDS catalog gives
- the current resolution in seconds per spectral scan.
- 2.2.2 Waveform Receiver: Sampled at a rate of 28,800
- times per second giving a Nyquist frequency of 14.4 kHz. Each
- sample has 4 bit resolution. Typically, a single Fourier
- transform is performed every 60 msec when data is available.
- Data is acquired in 48-second frames labelled by an FDSC (Flight
- Data System Clock) number.
-
- 3.0 FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTICS
-
- 3.1 Frequency Coverage:
- 3.1.1 Spectrum Analyzer: Sixteen logarithmically
- spaced channels from 10 Hz to 56.2 kHz spaced 4 per decade.
- 3.1.2 Waveform Receiver: Single wideband channel
- limited by bandpass filter 40 Hz to 12 kHz.
-
- 3.2 Frequency Resolution:
- 3.2.1 Spectrum Analyzer: Four channels per decade,
- logarithmically spaced (i.e., at 10, 17.8, 31.1, and 56.2, etc.).
- See Table under item 1.3 of this description for actural center
- frequencies and bandwidths.
- 3.2.2 Waveform Receiver: Limited by uncertainty, in
- principal (i.e., DfDt = 1). Usually limited to about 28 Hz by a
- practical limitation in the number of measurements used in a
- single Fourier transform.
-
- 4.0 INSTRUMENT SENSITIVITY
-
- 4.1 Sensitivity: About 5 uV/m (noise level).
-
- 4.2 Dynamic Range:
- 4.2.1 Spectrum Analyzer: 100 dB.
- 4.2.2 Waveform Receiver: 23 dB, instantaneous, 80 dB
- or greater can be achieved by averaging spectra.
-
- 5.0 INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION
-
- The Voyager plasma wave receiver is connected to two-meter
- antenna elements extended orthogonally to each other used as a
- balanced dipole with an effective length of 7.07m. Two types of
- detectors are utilized: A spectrum analyzer consisting of a bank
- of 16 discrete frequency channels followed by a log
- compressor/detector provides detection of plasma and radio wave
- signals with a large (~100 dB) dynamic range but with coarse
- frequency resolution. Each channel is interrogated in a set
- sequence and with a time constant of about 100 msec (but which
- varies with frequency). This method provides a good spectrum of
- slowly varying phenomena, but can be misleading when emissions
- with short duration are present since the overall duty cycle in a
- given channel is as little as 1%.
- The waveform receiver consists of a 40 Hz to 12 kHz bandpass
- filter, an automatic gain control (AGC) amplifier, and a 4-bit
- A/D converter to give short bursts of waveform information with a
- relatively small dynamic range (23 dB based on 4 bit resolution)
- but with very high spectral and temporal resolution. The A/D
- converter is sampled at a rate of 28,800 Hz giving a Nyquist
- frequency of 14.4 kHz. The waveform receiver utilizes the same
- telemetry channel as the second frames which equals the time
- required to read out a single image. Each frame consists of 800
- lines with 1600 4-bit samples each. Each line of 1600 samples
- takes 55.55 msec to acquire and there is a 4.44 msec gap between
- each line.
- The spectrum analyzer data is provided continuously
- throughout the mission and provides coarse information on the
- spectrum of plasma waves as a function of time and a highly
- accurate calibration. The waveform receiver data provides very
- high spectral and temporal resolution but not continuously. The
- spectrograms obtained through this portion of the instrument
- provide a means of accurately determining cutoff and resonance
- frequencies as well as identifying emissions with unique
- frequency-time signatures such as whistlers and chorus. The
- spectrum analyzer data can often be used to accurately calibrate
- the waveform data even though the gain of the AGC amplifier is
- not telemetered to the ground.
-
- 6.0 CONTACT FOR DATA PRODUCTION INFORMATION
-
- 6.1 Name: William S. Kurth
-
- 6.2 Institution: The University of Iowa / Physics Dept.
-
- 6.3 Address: 615 VAN / Iowa City, IA 52242
-
- 6.4 Phone: 319/353-3369
-
- 6.5 Title: Associate Research Scientist
-
- 6.6 NASA/SPAN Mail Address: IOWA::KURTH
-
- 7.0 REFERENCES
-
- 7.1 Kohlhase, C. E., and R. A. Penzo, Voyager mission
- description, Space Sci. Rev. , 21 , 77, 1977.
-
- 7.2 Scarf, F. L., and D. A. Gurnett, A plasma wave
- investigation for the Voyager mission, Space Sci. Rev. ,
- 21 , 289, 1977.
-
- 7.3 ... This should include an updated list of all Voyager
- PWS publications.
-
- 8.0 NOTES
-
- 8.1 Please refer to supporting documentation or consult
- contact listed in Section 8 before using these data.
-
- 8.2 We are interested in your work. Please send copies of
- all preprints and reprints using these data to contact
- listed in Section 8.