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Appendix 11. HISCALE IDL Display System (IDL_HS)

 

A11.2 Part Two - Reference (continued)

 

A11.2.4 Structure Tags (continued)

 

CDF Structures

 

BAM_R

 

bame = {bam_r, $
sfdu: bytarr(44), $ ; Standard header
time: fltarr(5), $ ; Time extracted from above (y,d,h,m,s)
Vx: 0.0, $ ; Plasma X -velocity (km/s)
Vy: 0.0, $ ; " Y " (km/s)
Vz: 0.0, $ ; " Z " (km/s)
Nsw: 0.0, $ ; Solar wind density (cm^-3)
T: 0.0 $ ; Plasma temperature (K)
}

 

GLG_R

 

gloekler = {glg_r, $
sfdu: bytarr(44), $ ; Standard header
time: fltarr(5), $ ; Time extracted from above (y,d,h,m,s)
nalpha: 0.0, $ ; Alpha particle density (cm^-3)
valpha: 0.0, $ ; Alpha particle velocity (km/s)
jz: 0.0, $ ; Z>2 flux (cm^-2 /s)
}

 

HED_R

 

balogh = {hed_r, $
sfdu: bytarr(44), $ ; Standard header
time: fltarr(5), $ ; Time extracted from above (y,d,h,m,s)
bx: 0.0, $ ; Mag. field X-cpt (nT)
by: 0.0, $ ; Mag. field Y-cpt (nT)
bz: 0.0, $ ; Mag. field Z-cpt (nT)
b: 0.0, $ ; Mag. field total (nT)
theta: 0.0, $ ; Mag. field angle (degree)
phi: 0.0 $ ; Mag. field angle (degree)
}

 

KEP_R

 

keppler = {kep_r, $
sfdu: bytarr(44), $ ; Standard header
time: fltarr(5), $ ; Time extracted from above (y,d,h,m,s)
op: 0.0 $ ; Class OP proton flux over 2 spin periods.
; (particles/cm^2 s sr keV)
}

 

LAN_R

 

lanzerotti = {lan_r, $
sfdu: bytarr(44), $ ; Standard header
time: fltarr(5), $ ; Time extracted from above (y,d,h,m,s)
p2: 0.0, $ ; 70-110 keV protons (particles/cm^2 s sr keV
p5: 0.0, $ ; 310-550 keV " (particles/cm^2 s sr keV
e2: 0.0, $ ; 50-90 keV electrons (particles/cm^2 s sr keV
e4: 0.0, $ ; 165-300 keV " (particles/cm^2 s sr keV
w3: 0.0, $ ; 3-1 MeV/nuc He (particles/cm^2 s sr keV
w5: 0.0 $ ; .3-1.7 MeV/Nuc CNO (particles/cm^2 s sr ke*
}

 

SIM_LET_R

 

simpson_let = {sim_let_r, $
sfdu: bytarr(44), $ ; Standard header
time: fltarr(5), $ ; Time extracted from above (y,d,h,m,s)
l3_12: 0.0, $ ; 1.8-8 MeV protons (particles/cm^2 s sr keV
l24_25: 0.0, $ ; 3.7-19 MeV/nuc a (particles/cm^2 s sr keV
l28: 0.0 $ ; 2.6-7.1 MeV/nuc M (particles/cm^2 s sr keV
}

 

SIM_HET_R

 

simpson_het = {sim_het_r, $
sfdu: bytarr(44), $ ; Standard header
time: fltarr(5), $ ; Time extracted from above (y,d,h,m,s)
h2: 0.0, $ ; 12-18 MeV protons (particles/cm^2 s sr keV
h5: 0.0, $ ; 68-92 MeV " (particles/cm^2 s sr keV
h8: 0.0 $ ; 3-5 MeV electrons (particles/cm^2 s sr keV
}

 

SIM_KET_R

 

simpson_ket = {sim_ket_r, $
sfdu: bytarr(44), $ ; Standard header
time: fltarr(5), $ ; Time extracted from above (y,d,h,m,s)
e4: 0.0, $ ; 4-12 MeV electrons (particles/cm^2 s sr keV
e12: 0.0, $ ; 12-300 MeV electrons (particles/cm^2 s sr keV
stime: 0.0d0, $ ; Start time
spare: bytarr(2), $
flags: bytarr(4) $ ; Assorted flags & status indicators
}

 

STO_R

 

stone = {sto_r, $
sfdu: bytarr(44), $ ; Standard header
time: fltarr(5), $ ; Time extracted from above (y,d,h,m,s)
stime: 0l, $ ; Start time (? type) (Julian seconds)
eap1: 0.0, $ ; ELF average power 10-100 Hz (V^2/m^2)
epp1: 0.0, $ ; " peak " " (V^2/m^2)
eap2: 0.0, $ ; " average " 100-500 Hz (V^2/m^2)
epp2: 0.0, $ ; " peak " " (V^2/m^2)
vap1: 0.0, $ ; VLF average " 0.5-2 kHz (V^2/m^2)
vpp1: 0.0, $ ; " peak " " (V^2/m^2)
vap2: 0.0, $ ; " average " 2-8 kHz (V^2/m^2)
vpp2: 0.0, $ ; " peak " " (V^2/m^2)
vap3: 0.0, $ ; " average " 8-32 kHz (V^2/m^2)
vpp3: 0.0, $ ; " peak " " (V^2/m^2)
fesup: 0.0, $ ; FES upper band (db)
feslo: 0.0, $ ; FES lower band (db)
flags: bytarr(4) $ ; Byte 1 FES status, rest spare
}

 

 

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Updated 8/8/19, Cameron Crane

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Manufacturer: ESA provided the Ulysses spacecraft, NASA provided the power supply, and various others provided its instruments.

Mission End Date: June 30, 2009

Destination: The inner heliosphere of the sun away from the ecliptic plane

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