STEREO-A IMPACT STE: 10-Second Electron Spectra from 8 Sensors

STEREO-A's IMPACT Suprathermal Electron Telescope provides 10-second resolution electron counts across 32 energy bands from 1.9 keV to 100 keV. Only four of its eight sensors produce unsaturated data that are scientifically usable. This Level 1 dataset is produced by NASA.

Use Cases

• Analyze electron flux dynamics based on 10-second temporal resolution
• Model suprathermal electron energy distributions based on 32 energy bands
• Study solar event impacts based on in-situ particle measurements from a specific spacecraft

Strengths

• Data has a high temporal resolution of 10 seconds
• Spectra cover a defined energy range from 1.9 keV to 100 keV across 32 bands

Limitations

• Only four of the eight sensors provide usable, unsaturated data
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 11:19:14.075747; freshness should be verified