STEREO-B SWAVES: High Frequency Receiver Radio Wave Measurements

STEREO-B's SWAVES instrument measures wave intensity, source direction, and angular size across frequencies from 40 kHz to 16 MHz, corresponding to heliocentric distances from about 1 solar radius to 1 astronomical unit. The data includes high-resolution measurements at 50 MHz and wideband waveform captures from three orthogonal antenna systems. This dataset is provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as one-minute averages.

Use Cases

• Analyze solar radio burst intensity based on wave intensity measurements
• Model heliocentric source distances based on frequency range from 40 kHz to 16 MHz
• Study plasma wave dynamics near 1 AU based on the 10-40 kHz receiver data
• Investigate wave source direction and angular size based on antenna system measurements

Strengths

• Data covers a wide frequency range from 40 kHz to 16 MHz
• Includes high time resolution measurements at a specific 50 MHz frequency
• Measurements are made using three mutually orthogonal 6-meter monopole antennas

Limitations

• 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

Collection Method

Measured by the SWAVES instrument on the STEREO-B spacecraft.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 04:38:24.032633