IBEX-Hi Release 12: Magnetospheric Energetic Neutral Atom Counts, 2009-2013

From 2009-03-26 to 2013-05 30, this release provides count data from the IBEX-Hi instrument across 21 orbits for magnetospheric imaging. The data includes counts from five energy bands (0.71 keV to 4.29 keV) binned into 6° latitudinal bins, with background counts not removed. It was produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and is part of a series of 14 releases covering 2009-2018.

Use Cases

• Modeling magnetospheric dynamics based on energetic neutral atom flux across five energy bands.
• Analyzing temporal variations in magnetospheric emissions based on 21 specific orbits spanning 2009-2013.
• Studying latitudinal distributions of energetic neutral atoms based on data separated into 6° bins.
• Correlating solar wind conditions with magnetospheric activity based on time-series count data.

Strengths

• Covers 21 specific orbits with precise start and end timestamps from 2009 to 2013.
• Includes data from five distinct energy bands, ranging from ~0.71 keV to ~4.29 keV.
• Data is linked to multiple peer-reviewed journal publications detailing its enabled science.

Limitations

• Background counts have not been removed from the data, which may affect analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain analyses.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), IBEX mission.

Collection Method

Collected by the IBEX-Hi (ENA-Hi) instrument during spacecraft orbits, with pointing in spin angle from 0° to 360°.

Time Range

2009-03-26 to 2013-05-30 (Orbits 23 to 207b).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 07:03:39.360256; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Space-based measurements focused on the Earth's magnetosphere.