Yearby, K.H. orcid.org/0000-0002-7605-4393, Walker, S.N. orcid.org/0000-0002-4105-1547 and Balikhin, M.A. (2013) Enhanced timing accuracy for Cluster data. Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, 2. pp. 323-328. ISSN 2193-0856
Abstract
The standard timing accuracy for the Cluster mission is ±2 ms. However for inter-spacecraft comparisons of waveform data, a much higher accuracy is needed – for example a timing error of 1 ms results in a phase error of 65° for a signal at 180 Hz. Most Cluster data are recorded on an onboard solid state recorder and time-stamped using an onboard clock which is calibrated to coordinated universal time (UTC). Until recently, the error of this onboard clock was allowed to increase to the ±2 ms limit before a new calibration was applied. However, the timing error for real-time data is estimated to be only ~11 μs, so these data may be used to prepare a time correction data set which allows the standard timing accuracy to be improved considerably. This paper describes the details of the preparation and validation of this data set. Two independent source data sets are used: telemetry to European Space Agency (ESA) ground stations supporting the main operations of the Cluster spacecraft, and the real-time telemetry to the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) stations supporting the Wide-Band Plasma Wave Investigation.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Author(s) 2013. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 Oct 2018 13:02 |
Last Modified: | 18 Oct 2018 13:05 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-2-323-2013 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | European Geosciences Union |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.5194/gi-2-323-2013 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:136724 |