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    • MMS 1 Hot Plasma Composition Analyzer (HPCA) Ions, Level 2 (L2), Survey Mode, 0.625 s Data

    Metadata Updated: September 19, 2025

    Hot Plasma Composition Analyzer (HPCA) Ions, Level 2, Survey, 0.625 s Data. The MMS HPCA instruments measure the energy and composition of magnetospheric plasmas in the energy range from 1 eV to 40 keV. An electrostatic energy analyzer (ESA) that is optically coupled to a carbon-foil based Time-of-Flight (TOF) section comprises each HPCA. The basic HPCA data product is an array of counts for 5 ion species, at 63 energies, for each of 16 elevation anodes. Sixteen basic products, also called azimuths, are acquired every 0.625 s; half a spacecraft spin period nominally has 16 azimuths. The five ion species are protons (H+), alpha particles (He++), helium ions (He+), singly charged Oxygen (O+), and background counts.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date August 21, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date August 21, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025
    Publisher MMS Science Data Center;NASA Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) Coordinated Data Analysis Web (CDAWeb) Data Services
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    Identifier https://doi.org/10.48322/hjvz-aw21
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-10
    Category Heliophysics
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.48322/hjvz-aw21
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 03d8e3ea4f117cb4b7683b0173bbe1786f04b2455cb61eca5e3db988614d165f
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Temporal 2015-06-22/2015-06-22

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