VEX Magnetometer (MAG) Raw Data (EDR)

EDR – Experiment Data Record

PDS Data Set ID: VEX-V-Y-MAG-2-V1.0, VEX-V-Y-MAG-2-EXT1-V1.0, VEX-V-Y-MAG-2-EXT2-V1.0, VEX-V-Y-MAG-2-EXT3-V1.0, VEX-V-Y-MAG-2-EXT4-V1.0

For more information about MAG raw data products, see the VENUS EXPRESS MAGNETOMETER To Planetary Science Archive Interface Control Document.

The Venus Express Magnetometer (MAG) raw data products (EDR) are uncalibrated data from the Venus Express Mag (MAG) instrument in nano Tesla and in S/C coordinates. Only known sensor effects are corrected. At certain times these raw data from both sensors still consist a significant amount of variable spacecraft background field. The ratio of the background spacecraft field at the sensors is variable in time.

The basic data were collected during the Venus Express mission from Launch (9th November 2005) to the end of the mission. Data of this type are available for different data resolutions: 1 Hz, 32 Hz, 128 Hz.

WARNING:

Due to the variability of the spacecraft field in the raw sensor data, these data should be used with caution and in collaboration with the MAG-team.

MAG EDR products have the following file names:

BIO_YYYYMMDD_DOYXXX_DZZZ_VN.TAB

where:

YYYYMMDD = date

XXX = day of the year

DZZZ = denotes the DATA-rate of the data in the file, where D is used for original data-rate files from the S/C; values are according to the scheme:

D001 for 1 Hz data-rate

D032 for 32 Hz data-rate (only for CODMAC 2)

D128 for 128 Hz data-rate (only for CODMAC 2)

N = Version number

In ODE, MAG EDR products have the following product IDs:

BIO_YYYYMMDD_DOYXXX_DZZZ_VN.TAB