S-Cubed_A: Electric Field Waveform Data from Iowa VLF Satellite

Electric field waveform data from a single channel of the University of Iowa's S-Cubed_A satellite instrument. The dataset contains a few minutes of data at 1 kHz and 10 kHz bandwidths, recorded in 10 millisecond series for selected days in January, June, and August of 1972. The data are provided by NASA and have been referenced in journal publications.

Use Cases

• Analyze VLF wave propagation based on electric field waveforms
• Validate published scientific findings based on the referenced journal events
• Study temporal variations in electric field intensity based on the 10 millisecond series

Strengths

• Data are associated with published journal events, suggesting scientific validation
• Waveform series are provided at two distinct bandwidths (1 kHz and 10 kHz)
• Software for conversion and plotting is included with the data

Limitations

• The dataset covers only a few minutes of data from selected days
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

University of Iowa / National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Time Range

Selected days in January (Days 022, 023, 025), June (Day 170), and August (Days 217, 218) of 1972