Definitions of Units of Measure used in MMS data product files:
| Quantity | Units (original | notation) | Proposal #1 | Rendered | Proposal #2 | Rendered | SI_CONVERSION (proposed) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| markup in CDF | Rendered | markup in CDF | Rendered | ||||||
| Number densities | cm^-3 | cm^{-3} | cm-3 | cm^{-3} | cm-3 | 1e6>m^{-3} | |||
| Speeds, velocities | km/s | km/s | km/s | km s^{-1} | km s-1 | 1.0e3>m | |||
| Angles, phase shifts | deg | deg | deg | deg | deg | 0.0174532925>rad | |||
| Pressures (plasma - dynamic, thermal, magnetic) | nPa | nPA | nPa | nPa | nPa | 1.0e-9>Pa | |||
| Temperatures | eV | eV | eV | eV | eV | 11604.50520>K | |||
| Heat Flux | mW/m^2 | mW/m^{2} | mW/m2 | mW m^{-2} | mW m-2 | 1.0e-3>W m^{-2} | |||
| Entropy | J/K | J K^{-1} | 1.0>J K^{-1} | ||||||
| Electric Field | mV/m | mV m^{-1} | 1.0e-3>V m^{-1} | ||||||
| Probe to Spacecraft Potential | V | V | 1.0>V | ||||||
| Electric field power spectral density | (V/m)^2/Hz | V^2 m^{-2} Hz^{-1} | 1.0>V^2 m^{-2} Hz^{-1} | ||||||
| ExB Velocity | km/s | km s^{-1} | 1.0e3>m s^{-1} | ||||||
| Poynting Flux | mW/m^2 | mW m^{-2} | 1.0e-3>W m^{-2} | ||||||
| Magnetic Field | nT | nT | 1.0e-9>T | ||||||
| Magnetic Field Power Spectral Density | nT^2/Hz | nT^2 Hz^{-1} | |||||||
| Current Density | nA/m^2 | nA m^{-2} | 1.0e-9>A m^{-2} | ||||||
| Differential Number Flux | 1/(cm^2 s sr eV) | cm^{-2} s^{-1} sr^{-1} eV^{-1} | |||||||
| Differential Energy Flux | eV/(cm^2 s sr eV) | eV cm^{-2} s^{-1} sr^{-1} eV^{-1} | |||||||
| Distance | km | km | 1.0e3>m | ||||||
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