DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13948892
title: Datasets from "Auroral Energy Deposition and Conductance During the 2013 St. Patrick's Day Storm: Meso-Scale Contributions" by Gabrielse et al.

description: 1. README File for netCDF Data to be published alongside “Mesoscale Contributions to Auroral Energy Deposition and Conductance During the 2013 St. Patrick’s Day Storm” by Christine Gabrielse et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research.

The data to be stored on Zenodo (https://zenodo.org/) are in a netCDF format.

This README applies to the following files:

   thg_ej_all-sky-imager_20130317050000_v01.nc

   thg_ej_all-sky-imager_20130317060000_v01.nc

   thg_ej_all-sky-imager_20130317070000_v01.nc

   thg_ej_all-sky-imager_20130317080000_v01.nc

   thg_ej_all-sky-imager_20130317090000_v01.nc

   thg_ej_all-sky-imager_20130317100000_v01.nc

   thg_ej_all-sky-imager_20130317110000_v01.nc

   thg_ej_all-sky-imager_20130317120000_v01.nc

   thg_ej_all-sky-imager_20130317130000_v01.nc

 

The following are attributes published within the netCDF’s metadata:

SUMMARY:

FILENAME:

   thg_ej_all-sky-imager_20130317050000_v01.nc

 

PROJECT:

   STP>Solar-Terrestrial Physics

 

SOURCE_NAME:

   THG>THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during

   Substorms) Ground-Based

 

DISCIPLINE:

   Space Physics>Ionospheric Science

   Space Physics>Magnetospheric Science

 

DATA_TYPE:

   EJ>Earth Camera Images, processed

 

DESCRIPTOR:

   All-Sky-Imager

 

FILE_NAMING_CONVENTION:

   source_datatype_descriptor_yyyyMMddHHmmss

 

DATA_VERSION:

   01

 

PI_NAME:

   Christine Gabrielse

 

PI_AFFILIATION:

   The Aerospace Corporation

 

TEXT:

   Parameters (energy flux, mean energy, Hall conductance) derived from the THEMIS

   white light all-sky-imagers. See Gabrielse et al. (2021, Frontiers) and

   Gabrielse et al. (2024, JGR) for derivation methodology.

 

INSTRUMENT_TYPE:

   Ground-Based Imagers

 

MISSION_GROUP:

   Ground-Based Investigations

 

LOGICAL_SOURCE:

   thg_ej_all-sky-imager

 

LOGICAL_FILE_ID:

   thg_ej_all-sky-imager_00000000000000_v01

 

LOGICAL_SOURCE_DESCRIPTION:

   Parameters (energy flux, mean energy, Hall conductance) derived from the THEMIS

   white light all-sky-imagers.

 

TIME_RESOLUTION:

   3s

 

RULES_OF_USE:

   Invitation to co-authorship for use of this data is required. It is best to

   reach out to Dr. Gabrielse early in the project for guidance.

 

GENERATED_BY:

   Christine Gabrielse

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

   The work effort for this project was gratefully funded by NASA grants

   80NSSC20K0725, 80GSFC22CA011, NAS5-02099, 80NSSC21K1552, AFOSR Grant

   FA9559-16-1-0364

 

GLOBAL ATTRIBUTES:

PROJECT:

   STP>Solar-Terrestrial Physics

SOURCE_NAME:

   THG>THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during

   Substorms) Ground-Based

DISCIPLINE:

   Space Physics>Ionospheric Science

   Space Physics>Magnetospheric Science

DATA_TYPE:

   EJ>Earth Camera Images, processed

DESCRIPTOR:

   All-Sky-Imager

FILE_NAMING_CONVENTION:

   source_datatype_descriptor_yyyyMMddHHmmss

DATA_VERSION:

   01

PI_NAME:

   Christine Gabrielse

PI_AFFILIATION:

   The Aerospace Corporation

TEXT:

   Parameters (energy flux, mean energy, Hall conductance) derived from the THEMIS

   white light all-sky-imagers. See Gabrielse et al. (2021, Frontiers) and

   Gabrielse et al. (2024, JGR) for derivation methodology.

INSTRUMENT_TYPE:

   Ground-Based Imagers

MISSION_GROUP:

   Ground-Based Investigations

LOGICAL_SOURCE:

   thg_ej_all-sky-imager

LOGICAL_FILE_ID:

   thg_ej_all-sky-imager_00000000000000_v01

LOGICAL_SOURCE_DESCRIPTION:

   Parameters (energy flux, mean energy, Hall conductance) derived from the THEMIS

   white light all-sky-imagers.

TIME_RESOLUTION:

   3s

RULES_OF_USE:

   Invitation to co-authorship for use of this data is required. It is best to

   reach out to Dr. Gabrielse early in the project for guidance.

GENERATED_BY:

   Christine Gabrielse

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

   The work effort for this project was gratefully funded by NASA grants

   80NSSC20K0725, 80GSFC22CA011, NAS5-02099, 80NSSC21K1552, AFOSR Grant

   FA9559-16-1-0364

 

DIMENSIONS:

EPOCH:

   1200

LATITUDE:

   400

LONGITUDE:

   400

 

VARIABLES:

EPOCH:

CAT_DESC:

   Time in seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00

TIME_SCALE:

   UTC

TIME_BASE:

   1970 (POSIX)

FIELDNAM:

   Time in seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00

FILLVAL:

   LONG = -2147483648

FORMAT:

   I10

UNITS:

   S

VALIDMIN:

   LONG = 1363496400

VALIDMAX:

   LONG = 1363528800

VAR_TYPE:

   support_data

LATITUDE:

_FILLVALUE:

   FLOAT = NaN

CAT_DESC:

   Geodetic latitude

FIELDNAM:

   Latitude

FORMAT:

   F4.1

FILLVAL:

   DOUBLE = -1.0000000e+31

UNITS:

   deg

VALIDMIN:

   DOUBLE = 45.000000

VALIDMAX:

   DOUBLE = 84.900000

VAR_TYPE:

   support_data

LONGITUDE:

_FILLVALUE:

   FLOAT = NaN

CAT_DESC:

   Geodetic longitude

FIELDNAM:

   Longitude

FORMAT:

   F5.1

FILLVAL:

   DOUBLE = -1.0000000e+31

UNITS:

   Deg

VALIDMIN:

   DOUBLE = 180.00000

VALIDMAX:

   DOUBLE = 339.60000

VAR_TYPE:

   support_data

CONDUCTANCE:

_FILLVALUE:

   DOUBLE = NaN

CAT_DESC:

   Hall conductance in a 2D grid organized by geographic latitude and longitude,

   units of mho

DEPEND_0:

   Epoch

DEPEND_1:

   Latitude

DEPEND_2:

   Longitude

DISPLAY_TYPE`:

   Image

FIELDNAM:

   Hall conductance

FILLVAL:

   DOUBLE = -1.0000000e+31

FORMAT:

   F8.6

LABLAXIS:

   Hall conductance

UNITS:

   Mho

VALIDMIN:

   DOUBLE = 0.00043800000

VALIDMAX:

   DOUBLE = 88.000000

VAR_TYPE:

   Data

Energy flux:

_FILLVALUE:

   FLOAT = NaN

CAT_DESC:

   Precipitated energy flux in a 2D grid organized by geographic latitude and

   longitude, units of ergs/cm^2/s

DEPEND_0:

   Epoch

DEPEND_1:

   Latitude

DEPEND_2:

   Longitude

DISPLAY_TYPE`:

   Image

FIELDNAM:

   Energy Flux (ergs/cm^2/s)

FILLVAL:

   DOUBLE = -1.0000000e+31

FORMAT:

   F9.4

LABLAXIS:

   energy flux

UNITS:

   ergs/cm^2/s

VALIDMIN:

   DOUBLE = 0.010000000

VALIDMAX:

   DOUBLE = 1100.0000

VAR_TYPE:

   Data

ENERGY:

_FILLVALUE:

   FLOAT = NaN

CAT_DESC:

   Mean energy of the precipitated population in a 2D grid organized by geographic

   latitude and longitude, units of keV

DEPEND_0:

   Epoch

DEPEND_1:

   Latitude

DEPEND_2:

   Longitude

DISPLAY_TYPE`:

   Image

FIELDNAM:

   Energy (keV)

FILLVAL:

   DOUBLE = -1.0000000e+31

FORMAT:

   F6.3

LABLAXIS:

   Energy

UNITS:

   keV

VALIDMIN:

   DOUBLE = 0.010000000

VALIDMAX:

   DOUBLE = 22.000000

VAR_TYPE:

   Data

 

Examples of the data are as follows:

EPOCH:

data.epoch.data[0] =   1363496400

 

This data is presented as number of seconds since January 1, 1970 in UT. The example above converts to 2013-03-17/05:00 UT. There are 1200 time values stored in each file.

 

LATITUDE:

data.latitude.data[0] = 45.0000

 

This data is the geographic latitude in degrees of the 400x400 grid of data points. There are 400 latitude values stored in each file.

 

LONGITUDE:

data.LONGITUDE.data[0] =  180.000

 

This data is the geographic longitude in degrees of the 400x400 grid of data points. There are 400 longitude values stored in each file.

 

CONDUCTANCE:

data.conductance.data[0] = -1.0000000e+31

 

This data is the Hall conductance in mho measured at 45 deg latitude, 180 deg longitude. The value in this example indicates that no conductance was measured here. A valid value would be something in the range of 0.00043800000 to 88 mho. There are 1200x400x400 conductance values stored in each file.

 

ENERGY FLUX:

data.eflux.data[0] = -1.00000e+31

 

This data is the energy flux in ergs/cm^2/s measured at 45 deg latitude, 180 deg longitude. The value in this example indicates that no energy flux was measured here. A valid value would be something in the range of 0.01 to 1100.0000 ergs/cm^2/s. There are 1200x400x400 energy flux values stored in each file.

 

ENERGY:

data.energy.data[0] = -1.00000e+31

 

This data is the energy in keV measured at 45 deg latitude, 180 deg longitude. The value in this example indicates that no energy was measured here. A valid value would be something in the range of 0.01 to 22 keV. There are 1200x400x400 energy values stored in each file.

 

2. README for text file Data to be published alongside “Mesoscale Contributions to Auroral Energy Deposition and Conductance During the 2013 St. Patrick’s Day Storm” by Christine Gabrielse et al. in the Journal of Geophysical Research.

This README applies to the following files:

   march172013_fortyukon_photometer_products.dat

   march172013_pokerflat_photometer_products.dat

Header information in the files describe the contents. 

These are the photometer derived data taken on March 17, 2023. They include the time [UT], energy flux (Q) [ergs/cm^2/s], average energy (Eavg) [keV], and oxygen scale factor (fo).