Sience Field
Space and Upper Atmospheric Sciences => Observations by the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition
Project => Space and Upper Atmospheric Sciences
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Title | Polar Patrol Balloon (PPB) experiment |
| Sub-Title | The second PPB experiment |
| Data Summary | The second campaign of the Polar Patrol Balloon (PPB) experiment was carried out during January to February, 2003 and during January to February, 2004. During the campaign periods, total four PPBs (PPB#7 to #10) were launched at Syowa Station. Three of the four (#7, 8, and 10) could reach ceiling altitudes and drifted westward around the Antarctica for 13, 25, 18 days, respectively. Instrument aboard #7 was the BETS (Balloon-borne Electron Telescope with Scintillating fibers) to observe the high energy primary cosmic-ray electrons. The instruments aboard #8 and #10 were the same as each other, consisting of the 3-axis electric field detector, 3-axis fluxgate magnetometer, auroral X-ray imager, GPS-TEC receiver, and ULF/LF band elecromagnetic wave receiver. #8 and #10 were launched successively on the same day to make a simultaneous observation at two adjacent location. Observed data were down-linked to the ground station, and at the same time, transferred to NIPR by using the Iridium satellite phone system. |
| About Observation | |
| Spatial Coverage | |
| Data Location | Antarctic region |
| Observaion Period / Temporal Coverage |
2003 - 2004 |
| Data Period | 2003 - 2004 |
| Observation Photo |
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| Data Details | |
| Data Name | Polar Patrol Balloon (PPB) experiment data |
| Data Format | digital data |
| Data Recording / Acquisition Sampling |
EFD, MGF AXI: 1 sec, TEC: 1 min, EMW : 0.5 sec, 10 Hz |
| Observation Instruments | Geophysics instruments : Electric field 3-components, Magnetic field 3-components, Auroral X-ray imager, TEC, ULF/LF wave Astrophysics instrument : BETS (high energy primary cosmic-ray electron) |
| Sample Data |
PPB#10 EMW data |
| Publication | |
| Publication method | http://ppb.nipr.ac.jp/ Metadata/AMD : Polar Patrol Balloon (PPB) experiment data Data Archives : Polar Patrol Balloon (PPB) experiment |
| Data Policy | |
| Data Center (Contact Person) |
National Institute of Polar Research (Akira Kadokura) |
| kadokura (at) nipr.ac.jp | |
| Related Organization | ISAS, Toyama Univ., Tokai Univ., Osaka city Univ., Houston Univ., Washington Univ., Kanagawa Univ., Waseda Univ., Yokohama National Univ. |
| Scientific Results / Publication |
Kadokura, A., Hisao Yamagishi, Natsuo Sato, Masaki Ejiri, Haruto Hirosawa, Takamasa Yamagami, Shoji Torii, Fumio Tohyama, Michio Nakagawa, Toshimi Okada, and Edgar A. Bering, Polar Patrol Balloon Experiment in Antarctica during 2002-2003, Adv. Polar Upper Atmos. Res., 16, 157-172, 2002. Y. Saito, I. Iijima, N. Izutsu, T. Kawasaki, Y. Matsuzaka, M. Namiki, S. Ohta, M. Toriumi, T. Yamagami, Y. Ebihara, M. Ejiri, A. Kadokura, N. Sato, H. Yamagishi, Y. Katayose, Y. Tomida, M Fujii, H. Murakami, S. Uchiyama, Y. Konno, Japanese Polar Patrol Balloon Experiments from 2002 to 2004, 24th International Space Technology Symposium, 13p, 2004. Nakamura, T., Y.Ebihara,M.Ejiri, A. Kadokura, N.Matsumoto, Y.Matsuzaka, K.Mukai, H.Murakami, M.Nakagawa, M.Namiki, N.Oshima, Y.Saito, N.Sato, H.Suzuki, W.Takahashi, M.Uchida, T.Yamagami, H.Yamagishi, M.Yamamoto, and M.Yamauchi, Observations of hard X-rays of auroral origin with PPB No.8and 10, Adv. Polar Upper Atmos. Res., 18, 10-22, 2004. Edgar A. Bering III, Robert H. Holzworth, Brandon D. Reddell, Michael F. Kokorowski, Akira Kadokura, Hisao Yamagishi, Natsuo Sato, Masaki Ejiri, Haruto Hirosawa, Takamasa Yamagami, Shoji Torii, Fumio Tohyama, Michio, Nakagawa and Toshimi Okada, Balloon observations of temporal and spatial fluctuations in stratospheric conductivity, Advances in Space Research, Volume 35, Issue 8, Pages 1434-1449, 2005. |
| Digital Object Identifier(DOI) | |
| Creator | Akira Kadokura |
| Publisher | National Institute of Polar Research |