staff-sc / fgm comparison

STAFF-SC / FGM Comparison

I. Spectrograms comparison

II. Average spectra comparison

III. Wave Forms comparison

IV. Noise Level

Conclusions

Cross_Calibration Workshop ESTEC, Noordwijk, 2-3 february 2006

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A. Reminder on old comparisons (IC, London, February 2001)

B. New comparisons

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A. Old comparisons (IC, London, February 2001)

Original FGM High res. Files provided by M. Dunlop

Already STFF-FGM difference on perp. DC field

A.1 Spectrogram

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A. Old comparisons (IC, London, February 2001)

Original FGM High res. Files provided by M. Dunlop

Sensitivity differs beyond 1 Hz

A.2 Average Spectra

Rather good agreementBetween STFF-FGM

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B. New comparisons (February 2006)

All following result has done with FGM high res. DataProvided by FGM Dapclus software,

using cal tables downloaded from I.C.

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I.1 Bx,By,Bz SC1I. Spectrograms comparison

OKRest of spin effect, OK

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Position in space

18:0024:00 21:00

22:00

Tetrahedron size about 1200 km

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I.2 Bz ALL S/C

OK

Pb !

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I.3 Bperp ALL S/C

FGM

STAFF

1) STAFF < FGM,

2) STAFF Pb on S/C # 1

Sometimes up to 20%When strong DC field

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I.3 Bperp SC1 and SC2

FGM

STAFF

2) STAFF Pb on S/C # 1

1) STAFF < FGM, Diff=1 nT or 16% on SC1, Diff=0.5 nT or 8% on SC2

Sometimes up to 20%When strong DC field

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II. Average spectra comparison II.1 Bx,By,Bz SC1

STAFF FGM

Sensitivity loss

STAFF < FGM

Sensitivity loss

Fs

FsFs

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II.2 Bz SC1

STAFF

FGM

II.2 Bz SC2

Some differences, as Bperp: Staff < FGM,

Best fit with SC2

Fs

FsFs

Parasite spikes

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II.3 Bz All S/C

Fs

FsFs

Parasite spikesdifferent on each SC

Parasite spikes different between STAFF and FGM

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III. Wave Forms comparison

III.1 Filtered Bx,By,Bz, Bperp SC1

STAFF bug, offset NE 0

STAFF/FGM : difference about 0.5 nT

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III.2 ZOOM on Filtered Bx,By,Bz, SC1

Looks the same, butSTAFF < FGM

About 20% at 2 Hz

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III.3 ZOOM on Filtered Bx,By,Bz, SC2

Best fit: About 5 %But not everywhere

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IV. Background noise Level IV.1 Bx,By,Bz SC1

Starting Time 09:02:00.029

Starting Time 09:02:00.486

No reliable measurement

Fs

Fs Fs

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IV. Background noise Level

IV.2 Bz SC1Fs

Fs

No hurried conclusion !Must be re-computed

For other events

FGM - STAFF-SC (from B. Grison)

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PRELIMINARY CONCLUSION

- This work has be done too quickly: We have to take care with too fast conclusions

- Two basic problems has been identified:

a) Why perp DC. Field estimated from STAFF SC1 is less that SC2,3,4 ?

b) Why perp DC field estimated from STAFF is less than FGM measurement ?

. True for perp. DC field,

. But also true on the entire spectra,

. And also true on the filtered waveforms

We have to look on the 4 transfer functions, and carrefully study the onboard calibration

- A large amount of work remain to be done:

a) Study other cases, in other regions of spacein other epochs

With or without strong DC field

b) See if preliminary conclusions remains the same ; see also HBR mode

c) Introduce the new despin utility software, and restart all…

STAFF SC - SA (B. Grison)

10-1

100

101

102

103

104

10-12

10-10

10-8

10-6

10-4

10-2

100

102

104

10-1

100

101

102

103

10410

-10

10-8

10-6

10-4

10-2

100

102

104

106

10-1

100

101

102

103

10410

-10

10-8

10-6

10-4

10-2

100

102

104

106

FGM

STAFF-SC

STAFF-SA

f-2.5

SC 2-FGM/STAFF/EFW/SC+SA 2002/02/18 04:59:28-04:59:48

FGM/STAFF

nT2/Hz

EFW

(mV/m) 2/Hz

Hz

EFW

STAFF sensitivity

Fci=0.38Hz Flh=16Hz

FGM - STAFF - EFW (B. Grison)