ROSETTA-ORBITER: Solar Wind Particle Counts from RPCICA Instrument

Data from the RPCICA instrument on the ROSETTA mission's Cruise phase 4B, corrected for cross-talk and noise. The dataset contains resampled raw data in counts, which may include negative values due to noise treatment. It was produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing solar wind particle flux variations based on corrected count data.
• Studying instrument noise characteristics and correction algorithms based on the described noise treatment.
• Modeling space environment conditions during the ROSETTA mission's cruise phase based on the solar wind data.

Strengths

• Data has been corrected for cross-talk using an automatic algorithm.
• Noise has been treated to be even regardless of onward noise suppression.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is in counts, not physical units, requiring conversion for some analyses.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Data from the RPCICA instrument on the ROSETTA mission, corrected and resampled.

Time Range

Cruise phase 4B of the ROSETTA mission.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 15:40:02.746473; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Space, along the ROSETTA mission trajectory.