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SAMPEX Polar-Cap-Averaged Fluxes, all instruments

Metadata Updated: February 6, 2026

This data set contains 17 differential fluxes of protons (mainly), helium ions, Z.GE.6 ions, and electrons, plus one integral flux of protons and electrons, as averaged over polar cap passes of the SAMPEX spacecraft. A polar cap pass covers the time poleward of geomagnetic latitude 70 deg. (Not all orbits have two polar cap passes.). For any given species, the fluxes typically come from more than one of the sensors (LICA, HILT, MAST, PET). Hence the inclusion of all instruments' data in each single record. Differential fluxes are those for (mainly) protons (Z.GE.1 channels at 5-12 and 19-27 MeV/n), helium ions (0.50-6.6, 4-9, 8-15, 9-38 MeV/n), Z.GE.6 ions (0.49-8.3, 8-42, 19.3-22.8, 22.8-31.0, 31.0-51.7, 41-220, 51.7-76.2, 76.2-113, 113-156 MeV/n), and electrons (1.5-6.0 MeV from PET only). One LICA channel measured integral fluxes of ions .GT. 0.8 MeV/n plus electrons .GT. 0.6 MeV). Data available for each polar cap pass are time tags of the begin and end points of the averaging interval, the fluxes, statistical uncertainties in the fluxes, instrument-specific flags, and a flag indicating a north or south polar cap pass. Data are organized in two different ways. Monthly ~500-KB ASCII files with records organized by instrument are available from the SAMPEX Data Center at Caltech and from nssdcftp at GSFC/SPDF, while monthly ~260 KB CDF-formatted files with records organized by species are available from the ftp area underlying CDAWeb. The parameter level information given below in this descriptor corresponds to the CDAWeb organization of data. Format information for the ASCII version is given in the Information URL of this descriptor.

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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 April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date February 6, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date February 6, 2026
Publisher NASA Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) Coordinated Data Analysis Web (CDAWeb) Data Services;SRL SAMPEX Data Repository
Maintainer
Identifier https://doi.org/10.48322/m7w8-8d83
Data Last Modified 2026-02-02
Category Heliophysics
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.48322/m7w8-8d83
Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 6589770586e3bdd33e58f315702378da95a81addec3debdf1a230a15a62d5898
Source Schema Version 1.1
Temporal 1992-07-06/2004-06-30

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