Voyager 1 Saturn Magnetic Field Measurements in RTN Coordinates
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Description
Voyager 1 Saturn Magnetic Field in Heliographic RTN Coordinates, Resampled, Version 1.0, 48 s Data includes calibrated magnetic field data from the Voyager 1 Low Field Magnetometer during the Saturn encounter. The data set covers inbound solar wind and outbound bowshock crossings, with measurements averaged to a 48-second sample rate and calibrated in nanoteslas. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration produced this data set.
Use Cases
Analyzing Saturn's magnetosphere structure based on calibrated magnetic field measurements.
Studying solar wind interactions with Saturn based on inbound and outbound coverage.
Modeling magnetic field fluctuations based on the eight dynamic ranges of the instrument.
Comparing spacecraft magnetometer data based on the detailed calibration and processing steps.
Strengths
Data is calibrated, with details provided in the Voyager 1 Magnetometer Instrument Catalog.
The instrument has eight dynamic ranges (±8.8 nT to ±50,000 nT) with specified quantization uncertainty.
Processing steps from raw counts to final averages are explicitly documented.
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
Data acquired by the Voyager 1 Low Field Magnetometer (LFM) and processed through averaging and calibration.
Time Range
During the Voyager 1 Saturn encounter.
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