Definitions of Units of Measure used in MMS data product files:
| Quantity | Units (original) | Proposal #1 | Proposal #2 | SI_CONVERSIONS (proposed) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| markup in CDF | as rendered by plot routines | markup in CDF | 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 | J/K | J K^{-1} | J K-1 | 1.0>J K^{-1} | |
| Electric Field | mV/m | mV/m | mV/m | mV m^{-1} | mV m-1 | 1.0e-3>V m^{-1} | |
| Probe to Spacecraft Potential | V | V | V | V | V | 1.0>V | |
| Electric field power spectral density | (V/m)^2/Hz | (V/m)^{2}/Hz | (V/m)2/Hz | V^2 m^{-2} Hz^{-1} | V2 m-2 Hz-1 | 1.0>V^2 m^{-2} Hz^{-1} | |
| ExB Velocity | km/s | km/s | km/s | km s^{-1} | km s-1 | 1.0e3>m s^{-1} | |
| Poynting Flux | mW/m^2 | mW/m^{2} | mW/m2 | mW m^{-2} | mW m-2 | 1.0e-3>W m^{-2} | |
| Magnetic Field | nT | nT | nT | nT | nT | 1.0e-9>T | |
| Magnetic Field Power Spectral Density | nT^2/Hz | nT^{2}/Hz | nT2/Hz | nT^2 Hz^{-1} | nT2 Hz-1 | ||
| Current Density | nA/m^2 | nA/m^{2} | nA/m2 | nA m^{-2} | nA m-2 | 1.0e-9>A m^{-2} | |
| Differential Number Flux | 1/(cm^2 s sr eV) | 1/(cm^{2} s sr eV) | 1/(cm2 s sr eV) | cm^{-2} s^{-1} sr^{-1} eV^{-1} | cm-2 s-1 sr-1 eV-1 | ||
| Differential Energy Flux | eV/(cm^2 s sr eV) | eV/(cm^{2} s sr eV) | eV/(cm2 s sr eV) | eV cm^{-2} s^{-1} sr^{-1} eV^{-1} | eV cm-2 s-1 sr-1 eV-1 | ||
| Distance | km | km | km | km | km | 1.0e3>m | |
- Earth radius: 6371.2 km
ASCII Date/Time: ISO8601 standard (e.g. YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.SSS or YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS.SSS)
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