A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name VHM_FGM, Vector Helium Magnetometer - Flux Gate Magnetometer
Mission Ulysses
URL http://ufa.esac.esa.int/ufa/
DOI https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-x56kgc1
Abstract The Ulysses magnetometer uses two sensors, one a Vector Helium Magnetometer (VHM), the other a Fluxgate Magnetometer (FGM). Onboard data processing yields measurements of the magnetic field vector with a time resolution up to 1 vector/second and a sensitivity of about 10 pT.
Description High resolution samples at about one-second intervals of the interplanetary magnetic field. Field vector components are given in units of nanoteslas and in RTN coordinates, where R is the Sun-spacecraft axis, T is the cross product of the solar rotation axis and R, and N is the cross product of R and T. The field magnitudes in nT are averages of scalar magnitudes at higher time resolution.

One minute and one day averages are also available.
Publication Balogh, A., et al., The magnetic field investigation on the Ulysses mission: Instrumentation and preliminary scientific results , Astron. Astrophys. Suppl., 92gwt-uid-105, 221, 1992; link to publication
Temporal Coverage 1990.10.06 - 2009.30.06
Mission Description The joint ESA-NASA Ulysses deep-space mission conducted the first-ever out-of-ecliptic study of the heliosphere - the region of space influenced by the Sun and its magnetic field. The European-built Ulysses spacecraft was launched by the space shuttle Discovery on the 6th of October 1990, and remained operative until the 30th of June 2009, covering almost a full 22-year solar magnetic cycle.

Wenzel, K.P., Marsden, R.G., Page, D.E., Smith, E.J., The ULYSSES Mission, Astron. Astrophys. Suppl., 92, 2, 207-219, 1992; link to publication
Creator Contact Prof. A. Balogh, Principal Investigator, Imperial College, United Kingdom, a.balogh@imperial.ac.uk
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
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