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Definitions of Units of Measure used in MMS data product files:
Quantity | Units (original) | Proposal #1 | Proposal #2 | SI_ | CONVERSIONCONVERSIONS (proposed) | ||
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markup in CDFRendered | as rendered in plot routines | markup in CDFRendered | as 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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