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Polar Sun-Earth Connection Mission Data Archive at NASA/GSFC

Entry ID: NASA_POLAR

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Summary

Abstract: The Polar spacecraft was launched on February 24, 1996, to obtain data from
both high- and low-altitude perspectives of this active region of geospace.
High above the poles the particles of the solar wind and the energy of the wind
can find their way into the magnetosphere. At lesser altitudes energy is
transferred from electric fields and electromagnetic waves to electrons that
then plunge into ...

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Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Polar Science Team

Dataset Title: Polar Data Products

Dataset Release Date: February 1996

Dataset Release Place: Greenbelt, MD

Dataset Publisher: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Online Resource: http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/data_products.shtml

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1996-02-24

Location Keywords

SPACE > EARTH MAGNETIC FIELD > HIGH LATITUDE MAGNETOSPHERE

SPACE > EARTH MAGNETIC FIELD > INNER MAGNETOSPHERE

Science Keywords

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RADAR BACKSCATTER

ISO Topic Category

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

DC-8 > Douglas DC-8

Instrument

SAR > Synthetic Aperture Radar

Project

BOREAS > The Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Ancillary Keywords

JPL

SAR

RADAR

AIRSAR

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC)

Data Center URL: http://daac.ornl.gov/
Dataset ID: 563

Data Center Personnel
Name: ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE Phone: (865) 574-7447 Email: uso at daac.ornl.gov Contact Address: ORNL DAAC User Services Office Oak Ridge National Laboratory City: Oak Ridge Province or State: TN Postal Code: 37831-6407 Country: USA