Original URL: http://fiji.sr.unh.edu, downloaded 16 June 2022

PLASTIC Data Page

For Stereo/Plastic, Level 1 data refers to data that has been decompressed and checked for processing errors, but not converted into physical units. Level 2 and Level 3 data are in physical units. Level 2 data products are produced regularly, while Level 3 data products are produced on a case-by-case basis. They often require data from other instruments or are periodic event lists.

Operational Note

On Dec 5, 2019, there was an abrupt increase in our background rates. This background rate has declined over time, but is not yet back to normal. Data from Dec 6, 2019 through February, 2020, are instrument testing. L2 data from March 2020 onward incorporate new algorithms for background subtraction and efficiencies. These are subject to updates. Preliminary data, including beacon data, may not have the latest efficiencies incorporated.

Resources

PLASTIC Resource Page
Efficiencies
Software and Calibration: All Software is in IDL
- Coordinate Systems (Courtesy W. Thompson)
- SPLAT: Data analysis software for accessing most Plastic data.
- PHA Play: More complicated software for analyzing PHA data. Useful for normalization.
- Read CDF: Software for converting Plastic L1 CDFs to ascii.
- Read Beacon: Software for converting beacon (i.e. "BROWSE") CDFs to ascii.
- Science Overview: Software for creating some overview science plots.
- User's Guide for Accessing Reduced Distributions and Heavy Ion data.

TEAM

Lorna Ellis

Last modified: Wed Apr 13 11:24:47 EDT 2019