Description
The Particle Environment Monitor (PEM) Level 3TP data product consists of daily, 65.536 second and 2.048 interval time-ordered, vertical profiles of electron and proton rates. PEM was made up of four instruments: the Atmospheric X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (AXIS), the High Energy Particle Spectrometer (HEPS), the Medium Energy Spectrometer (MEPS), and the Vector Magnetometer (VMAG). PEM was flown on NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) to measure the type, amount, energy, and distribution of charged particles injected into the Earth's thermosphere, mesosphere, and stratosphere. The PEM Level 3TP data are processed with the version 4 algorithm.
The PEM level 3TP data are a special data product, providing higher temporal resolution than the level 3AT data, with the HEPS and MEPS instrument data in separate files. The HEPS profiles are made every 65.536 seconds, and the MEPS profiles are made every 2.048 seconds.
Data are on the UARS standard altitude levels (in km) given by:
z(i) = 5 * i, i <= 12
z(i) = 60 + (i - 12) * 3, 13 <= i <= 32
z(i) = 120 + (i - 32) * 10, 33 <= i <= 50
The data files are available in a binary record oriented format.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Download this dataset through a directory map | HTML | Access the data via HTTPS. | Open resource |
| View this dataset's read me document | Doc | README Document | Open resource |
| This dataset's landing page | HTML | Access the dataset landing page from the GES DISC website. | Open resource |
| Get a related visualization | PNG | UARPE3TP_004.png | Open resource |
| Download this dataset through Earthdata Search | HTML | Use the Earthdata Search to find and retrieve data sets across multiple data centers. | Open resource |
| The dataset's project home page | HTML | The UARS Project Homepage. | Open resource |