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Table I. WIND [ I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII ]

Investigation Principal Investigator Acronym Institution Key Parameters Available Key Parameter Software Certified
Radio and plasma waves J. Bougeret WAVES Paris Observatory yes yes
Solar wind experiment K. Ogilvie SWE Goddard Space Flight Center yes yes
Magnetic fields investigation R. Lepping MFI Goddard Space Flight Center yes yes
Energetic particle acceleration, composition, and transport T. von Rosenvinge EPACT Goddard Space Flight Center yes yes
Solar wind ion composition study, the ‘mass sensor’, and supratherm ion composition study G. Gloeckler SMS University of Maryland yes yes
Three-dimensional plasma analyzer R. Lin 3DP University of California at Berkeley yes yes
Transient gamma-ray spectrometer B. Teegarden TGRS Goddard Space Flight Center * *
Gamma-ray spectrometer E. Mazets/T. Cline KONUS Ioffe Institute, Russia, Goddard Space Flight Center * *
* Astrophysics Instrument

Table II. POLAR
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Investigation Principal Investigator Acronym Institution Key Parameters Available Key Parameter Software Certified
Magnetic fields experiment C. Russell MFE University of California at Los Angeles yes+ yes+
Electric fields investigation F. Mozer EFI Berkeley yes yes
Plasma waves investigation D. Gurnett PWI University of Iowa yes+ yes+
Hot plasma analyzer J. Scudder HYDRA University of Iowa yes+ yes+
Thermal ion dynamics experiment T. Moore TIDE/PSI Marshall Space Flight Center yes yes
Toroidal imaging mass-angle spectrograph E. Shelley TIMAS Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory yes yes
Charge and mass ion composition experiment T. Fritz CAMMICE Boston University yes yes
Comprehensive energetic- particle pitch-angle distribution B. Blake CEPPAD/ SEPS Aerospace Corporation yes/no yes/no
Ultraviolet imager G. Parks UVI University of Washington yes yes
Visible imaging system L. Frank VIS University of Iowa yes no
Polar ionspheric X-ray imaging experiment D. Chenette PIXIE Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory yes no
+ Data thru: MFE 5/26/97; HYDRA 6/31/97; PWI 9/16/97

Table III. GEOTAIL
[ I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII ]
Investigation Principal Investigator Acronym Institution Key Parameters Available Key Parameter Software Certified
Electric fields detector K. Tsuruda EFD Institute of Space and Astronautical Science yes yes
Magnetic Fields Measurement/ Geotail Inboard Magnetometer S. Kokubun/ M. Acuna/ D. Fairfield MGF Nagoya University Solar Terrestrial Environmental Laboratory/Goddard Space Flight Center yes yes
High-energy particles T. Doke HEP Waseda University no no
Low-energy particles T. Mukai LEP Institute of Space and Astronautical Science yes yes
Plasma waves investigation/Multi-channel analyzer H. Matusumoto/ R. Anderson PWI Kyoto University/University of Iowa yes yes
Energetic particle and ion composition D. Williams EPIC The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory yes yes
Comprehensive plasma investigation L. Frank CPI University of Iowa yes no

Table IV. GROUND-BASED
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Investigation Principal Investigator Acronym Institution Key Parameters Available Key Parameter Software Certified
Canadian auroral network for the origin of plasmas in Earth’s neighborhood program unified study G. Rostoker CANOPUS University of Alberta yes yes
Satellite experiments simultaneous with Antarctic measurements J. Dudeney SESAME British Antarctic Survey yes yes
Sondrestrom radar J. Kelly SONDRESTROM SRI yes yes
Dual auroral radar network R. Greenwald DARN The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory yes yes

Table V. SOHO
[ I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII ]
Investigation Principal Investigator Acronym Institution Key Parameters Available Key Parameter Software Certified
Charge, element and Isotope D. Hovestadt CELIAS Max-Planck Institut fur extraterrestrische Physik yes yes
Comprehensive Supratherwal and Energetic Partide Analyser R. Muller-Mellin COSTEP Institut fur Kernphysik Universital Kied yes yes
Energetic Particle Experiment J. Torsti ERNE Space Research Laboratory University of Turku yes no

Table VI. IMP-8
[ I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII ]
Investigation Principal Investigator Acronym Instiution Key Parameters Available Key Parameter Software Certified
Magnetic field investigation R. P. Lepping MAG NASA/GSFC Code 690 yes yes
Plasma investigation A. Lazarus PLA MIT yes yes

Table VII. NOAA/GOES
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Investigation Principal Investigator Acronym Institution Key Parameters Available Key Parameter Software Certified
Magnetometer Investigation H. J. Singer MAG NOAA/Space Environment Center yes yes
Energetic Particle sensor T. Onsager EPS & EP8 NOAA/Space Environment Center yes yes

Table VIII. LANL
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Investigation Principal Investigator Acronym Institution Key Parameters Available Key Parameter Software Certified
Synchronous Orbit Particle Analyzer R. D. Belian SOPA Los Alamos National Laboratory yes yes
Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer D. J. McComas MPA Los Alamos National Laboratory yes yes


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