RPW Data Center
Data products description
The list of RPW data products released publicly is provided below, sorted by type (numerical or image) and processing levels (L3, L2, L1, L0).
Click on a given product name to open the page given more details.
The standards to be followed by the RPW data products are presented in the Metadata Definition for Solar Orbiter Science Data document issued by ESA. It includes the file naming convention, data versioning, data processing levels definition, data formats, metadata, etc.
Some standards are however reported on this dedicated webpage for convenience.
Additional references about RPW data and officiel data user guide for each sub-system in PDF can be found at the bottom of the page.
Visit webpage What is RPW ? for more details about RPW hardware and flight software modes.
Numerical data products
Added-value science data products (L3)
RPW L3 products contain added-value science data, time-stamped (i.e., TT2000 Epoch time) and organized by sub-system, mode and type of measurement. The file format is CDF.
| Product name | Content |
|---|---|
| BIAS | |
| solo_L3_rpw-bia-density | Local plasma density computed from spacecraft potential |
| solo_L3_rpw-bia-density-10-seconds | Downsampled version of solo_L3_rpw-bia-density (10-seconds averaged) |
| solo_L3_rpw-bia-efield | Local E-field vector computed from LFR/BIAS data, in two dimensions when unsaturated DC diff data is available. |
| solo_L3_rpw-bia-efield-10-seconds | Downsampled version of solo_L3_rpw-bia-efield. (10-seconds averaged) |
| solo_L3_rpw-bia-scpot | Spacecraft potential. Derived either from probe 1 or all three probes combined depending on what DC data is available. |
| solo_L3_rpw-bia-scpot-10-seconds | Downsampled version of solo_L3_rpw-bia-scpot (10-seconds averaged) |
| TNR-HFR | |
| solo_L3_rpw-tnr-fp | Plasma frequency peak derived from TNR L2 data |
| solo_L3_rpw-hfr-surv-flux | High frequency [1-16 MHz] E-field spectra (W/m^2/Hz) (not released yet) |
| solo_L3_rpw-tnr-surv-flux | Low frequency [0.004-1 MHz] E-field spectra (W/m^2/Hz) (not released yet) |
Calibrated science data products (L2)
RPW L2 products are calibrated data, time-stamped (i.e., TT2000 Epoch time) and organized by sub-system, mode and type of measurement. The file format is CDF.
| Product name | Content |
|---|---|
| TNR-HFR | |
| solo_L2_rpw-hfr-surv | High frequency [1-16 MHz] E-field spectra (V^2/Hz) |
| solo_L2_rpw-tnr-surv | Low frequency [0.04-1 MHz] E- and B-fields spectra (V^2/Hz and nT/Hz^1/2) |
| LFR | |
| solo_L2_rpw-lfr-surv-asm | E- and B-fields averaged spectral matrices computed on-board by LFR (calibrated) in survey mode |
| solo_L2_rpw-lfr-surv-bp1 | First set of basic parameters computed on-board by LFR (calibrated) in survey mode |
| solo_L2_rpw-lfr-surv-bp2 | Second set of basic parameters computed on-board by LFR (calibrated) in survey mode |
| solo_L2_rpw-lfr-surv-cwf-e | E-field continuous waveform, survey mode, in LFR frequency range |
| solo_L2_rpw-lfr-surv-swf-e | E-field snapshot waveform, survey mode, in LFR frequency range |
| TDS | |
| solo_L2_rpw-tds-lfm-cwf-e | E-field continuous waveform, TDS Low Frequency Mode (nominally only available if LFR fails) |
| solo_L2_rpw-tds-lfm-swf-e | E-field snapshot waveform, TDS Low Frequency Mode (nominally only available if LFR fails) |
| solo_L2_rpw-tds-surv-rswf-e | Regular (periodically captured) E-field waveform snapshots with variable length up to 65k samples sampled at 262 or 524 kHz. |
| solo_L2_rpw-tds-surv-tswf-e | Triggered (classified on board) E-field waveform snapshots with variable length up to 65k samples sampled at 262 or 524 kHz. |
| solo_L2_rpw-tds-sbm1-rswf-e | Burst mode (SBM1) E-field waveform snapshots with variable length up to 65k samples sampled at 262 or 524 kHz. |
| solo_L2_rpw-tds-sbm2-tswf-e | Burst mode (SBM2) E-field waveform snapshots with variable length up to 65k samples sampled at 262 or 524 kHz. |
| solo_L2_rpw-tds-surv-mamp | Time series of Maximum Absolute Amplitudes from up to four TDS channels with cadence between 8 and 250 milliseconds. |
| solo_L2_rpw-tds-surv-stat | TDS Statistics calculated on board from waveform snapshots and released every 16 seconds. |
| solo_L2_rpw-tds-surv-hist1d | TDS Statistics provided as 1D Histograms. |
| solo_L2_rpw-tds-surv-hist2d | TDS Statistics provided as 2D Histograms. |
| SCM | |
| solo_L2_rpw-lfr-sbm1-cwf-b | Continuous magnetic waveform data in SBM1 mode (shock crossing): array 3 x nt with nt measurements of Bx, By, and Bz waveform in the SCM and RTN frames and in nT, acquired at f1=4096Hz. |
| solo_L2_rpw-lfr-sbm2-cwf-b | Continuous magnetic waveform data in SBM2 mode (insitu Type III): array 3 x nt with nt measurements of Bx, By, and Bz waveform in the SCM and RTN frames and in nT, acquired at f2=256Hz. |
| solo_L2_rpw-lfr-surv-cwf-b | Continuous magnetic waveform data in survey mode: array 3 x nt with nt measurements of Bx, By, and Bz waveform in the SCM and RTN frames and in nT, acquired at f3=16Hz and/or f2=256Hz. |
| solo_L2_rpw-lfr-surv-swf-b | Snapshot magnetic waveform data in survey mode: array 3 x nt x m with m timeseries of nt measurements (nt = 2048) of Bx, By, and Bz waveforms in the SCM and RTN frames and in nT, acquired successively at f2=256 Hz, f1=4096 Hz and f0=24576 Hz. |
| solo_L2_rpw-tds-lfm-cwf-b | Continuous magnetic waveform data in TDS Low Frequency Mode (LFM) mode: array 3 x nt with nt measurements of Bx, By, and Bz waveform in the SCM and RTN frames and in nT, acquired at 32Hz. This TDS mode is activated as a backup of LFR. |
| solo_L2_rpw-tds-lfm-rswf-b | Regular Snapshot Waveform (RSWF) magnetic data in TDS LFM mode: array 3 x nt x m with nt measurements of Bx, By, and Bz waveforms in the SCM and RTN frames and in nT, acquired at 32 Hz. This TDS mode is activated as a backup of LFR. |
| solo_L2_rpw-tds-sbm1-rswf-b | Regular Snapshot Waveform (RSWF) magnetic data in SBM1 mode (shock crossing) : array nt x m with m timeseries of nt measurements of Bx in SCM frame and in nT acquired at high frequency. |
| solo_L2_rpw-tds-sbm2-tswf-b | Triggered Snapshot Waveform (TSWF) magnetic data in SBM2 mode (in-situ Type III) : array nt x m with m timeseries of nt measurements of Bx in SCM frame and in nT acquired at high frequency. |
| solo_L2_rpw-tds-surv-rswf-b | Regular Snapshot Waveform (RSWF) magnetic data in survey mode: array nt x m with m timeseries of nt measurements of Bx in SCM frame and in nT acquired at high frequency. |
| solo_L2_rpw-tds-surv-tswf-b | Triggered Snapshot Waveform (TSWF) magnetic data in survey mode: array nt x m with m timeseries of nt measurements of Bx in SCM frame and in nT acquired at high frequency. |
Uncalibrated science data products (L1)
RPW L1 products contain uncalibrated data, time-stamped (i.e., TT2000 Epoch time) and organized by subsystem, mode and type of measurement. The file format is CDF.
| Product name | Content |
|---|---|
| LFR | |
| solo_L1_rpw-lfr-surv-cwf | E and B components Continuous Waveform in LFR frequency range in survey mode (uncalibrated) |
| solo_L1_rpw-lfr-surv-swf | E and B components Snapshot Waveform in LFR frequency range in survey mode (uncalibrated) |
| solo_L1_rpw-lfr-surv-asm | Averaged Spectral Matrices in LFR frequency range in survey mode (uncalibrated) |
| solo_L1_rpw-lfr-surv-bp1 | Basic Parameters set 1 in LFR frequency range in survey mode (uncalibrated) |
| solo_L1_rpw-lfr-surv-bp2 | Basic Parameters set 2 in LFR frequency range in survey mode (uncalibrated) |
| TDS | |
| solo_L1_rpw-tds-surv-rswf | Regular (periodically captured) E- and B-field waveform snapshots with variable length up to 65k samples sampled at 262 or 524 kHz (uncalibrated). |
| solo_L1_rpw-tds-surv-tswf | Triggered (classified on board) E- and B-field waveform snapshots with variable length up to 65k samples sampled at 262 or 524 kHz (uncalibrated). |
| solo_L1_rpw-tds-surv-stat | TDS Statistics calculated on board from waveform snapshots and released every 16 seconds (uncalibrated). |
| solo_L1_rpw-tds-surv-mamp | Time series of Maximum Absolute Amplitudes from up to four TDS channels with cadence between 8 and 250 milliseconds (uncalibrated). |
| solo_L1_rpw-tds-surv-hist1d | TDS Statistics provided as 1D Histograms (uncalibrated). |
| solo_L1_rpw-tds-surv-hist2d | TDS Statistics provided as 2D Histograms (uncalibrated). |
| solo_L1_rpw-tds-sbm1-rswf | Burst mode (SBM1) E- and B-field waveform snapshots with variable length up to 65k samples sampled at 262 or 524 kHz (uncalibrated). |
| solo_L1_rpw-tds-sbm2-tswf | Burst mode (SBM2) E- and B-field waveform snapshots with variable length up to 65k samples sampled at 262 or 524 kHz (uncalibrated). |
| TNR-HFR | |
| solo_L1_rpw-tnr-surv | Low frequency [0.04-1 MHz] E- and B-fields spectra (uncalibrated) |
| solo_L1_rpw-hfr-surv | High frequency [1-16 MHz] E-field spectra (uncalibrated) |
L0 product contains RPW unpacked telemetry with raw data values (CCSDS format).
History of executed TC is also saved. The file format is HDF5.
| Product name | Content |
|---|---|
| solo_L0_rpw | RPW telemetry (TM) and command (TC) raw data for a given day |
Image data products
All RPW image data products are written in PNG format files.
Image files naming follows the same convention than numerical data for Solar Orbiter (see Data standards description).
They are labelled as L3 data level products.
RPW images can be displayed and retrieved from the page Display RPW data.
Daily summary plots
Table below gives the list of daily summary plots generated from RPW L2 data products.
| Product name | Content |
|---|---|
| BIAS | |
| solo_L3_rpw-bia | Daily summary plots generated from solo_HK_rpw-bia |
| LFR | |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-surv-asm-L2 F0, F1, F2 | Daily summary plots generated from solo_L2_rpw-lfr-surv-asm data respectively at F0, F1 and F2 in normal mode |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-surv-bp1-L2 N-F0, N-F1, N-F2, B-F0, B-F1 | Daily summary plots generated from solo_L2_rpw-lfr-surv-bp1 data respectively at F0, F1 and F2 in normal mode and at F0 and F1 in Burst mode |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-surv-bp2-L2 N-F0, N-F1, N-F2, B-F0, B-F1 | Daily summary plot generated from solo_L2_rpw-lfr-surv-bp2 data respectively at F0, F1 and F2 in normal mode and at F0 and F1 in Burst mode |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-sbm1-bp1-L2 F0 | Daily summary plot generated from solo_L2_rpw-lfr-sbm1-bp1 data at F0 in SBM1 mode |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-sbm1-bp2-L2 F0 | Daily summary plot generated from solo_L2_rpw-lfr-sbm1-bp2 data at F0 in SBM1 mode |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-sbm2-bp1-L2 F0, F1 | Daily summary plot generated from solo_L2_rpw-lfr-sbm2-bp1 data at F0 and F1 in SBM2 mode |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-sbm2-bp2-L2 F0, F1 | Daily summary plot generated from solo_L2_rpw-lfr-sbm2-bp2 data at F0 and F1 in SBM2 mode |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-surv-asm-L1 F0, F1, F2 | Daily summary plots generated from solo_L1_rpw-lfr-surv-asm data respectively at F0, F1 and F2 in normal mode |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-surv-bp1-L1 N-F0, N-F1, N-F2, B-F0, B-F1 | Daily summary plots generated from solo_L1_rpw-lfr-surv-bp1 data respectively at F0, F1 and F2 in normal mode and at F0 and F1 in Burst mode |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-surv-bp2-L1 N-F0, N-F1, N-F2, B-F0, B-F1 | Daily summary plot generated from solo_L1_rpw-lfr-surv-bp2 data respectively at F0, F1 and F2 in normal mode and at F0 and F1 in Burst mode |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-sbm1-bp1-L1 F0 | Daily summary plot generated from solo_L1_rpw-lfr-sbm1-bp1 data at F0 in SBM1 mode |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-sbm1-bp2-L1 F0 | Daily summary plot generated from solo_L1_rpw-lfr-sbm1-bp2 data at F0 in SBM1 mode |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-sbm2-bp1-L1 F0, F1 | Daily summary plot generated from solo_L1_rpw-lfr-sbm2-bp1 data at F0 and F1 in SBM2 mode |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-sbm2-bp2-L1 F0, F1 | Daily summary plot generated from solo_L1_rpw-lfr-sbm2-bp2 data at F0 and F1 in SBM2 mode |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-surv-cwf-L1 F2, F3 | Daily summary plot generated from solo_L1_rpw-lfr-surv-cwf data at F2 and F3 in normal mode |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-sbm1-cwf-L1 F1 | Daily summary plot generated from solo_L1_rpw-lfr-sbm1-cwf data at F1 in SBM1 mode |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-sbm2-cwf-L1 F2 | Daily summary plot generated from solo_L1_rpw-lfr-sbm2-cwf data at F2 in SBM2 mode |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-surv-swf-L1 F0, F1, F2 | Daily summary plot generated from solo_L1_rpw-lfr-surv-swf data at F2 and F3 in normal mode |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-surv-cwf-e | Daily summary plots generated from solo_L2_rpw-lfr-surv-cwf-e data |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-surv-swf-e | Daily summary plots generated from solo_L2_rpw-lfr-surv-swf-e data |
| TDS | |
| solo_L3_rpw-tds-surv-rswf-e | Daily summary time-frequency spectrograms generated from solo L2_rpw-tds-surv-rswf-e E-field measurements |
| solo_L3_rpw-tds-surv-stat | Daily summary plots generated from solo_L2_rpw-tds-surv-stat |
| solo_L3_rpw-tds-surv-tswf-e-spectrogram | Daily summary time-frequency spectrograms generated from solo_L2_rpw-tds-surv-tswf-e E-field measurements. |
| solo_L3_rpw-tds-surv-tswf-e-waveform | Daily summary waveform snapshots for the triggering channel generated from solo_L2_rpw-tds-surv-tswf-e E-field measurements. |
| solo_L3_rpw-tds-sbm1-rswf-e-spectrogram | Summary time-frequency spectrograms generated from solo L2_rpw-tds-sbm1-rswf-e E-field measurements on triggered interval. |
| solo_L3_rpw-tds-sbm2-tswf-e-spectrogram | Summary time-frequency spectrograms generated from solo_L2_rpw-tds-sbm2-tswf-e E-field measurements on triggered interval. |
| solo_L3_rpw-tds-sbm2-tswf-e-waveform | Summary waveform snapshots for the triggering channel generated from solo_L2_rpw-tds-surv-tswf-e E-field measurements on triggered interval. |
| TNR-HFR | |
| solo_L3_rpw-thr-surv | Daily summary plots generated from solo_L2_rpw-tnr-surv and solo_L2_rpw-hfr-surv. Only TNR E-field spectra are displayed. |
| solo_L3_rpw-thr-surv-filtered | Same than solo_L3_rpw-thr-surv, but filtered from some polluted signals ans background subtracted. |
| solo_L3_rpw-tnr-surv | Daily summary plots generated from solo_L2_rpw-tnr-surv. Only TNR E-field spectra are displayed. |
| solo_L3_rpw-tnr-surv-mag | Daily summary plots generated from solo_L2_rpw-tnr-surv. Only TNR B-field spectra (BMF) are displayed. |
| solo_L3_rpw-tnr-surv-qtn | Same than solo_L3_rpw-tnr-surv, but centered in Y-axis around the plasma peak frequency range. |
| SCM | |
| For each quick-look, there are two pages: the first shows the spectrograms of the three components of the magnetic field, and the second shows the median spectrum over the day, and the spectrogram from which the median spectrum has been subtracted. | |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-surv-cwf-b | Daily summary plots generated from solo_L2_rpw-lfr-surv-cwf-b (2 pages) |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-surv-swf-b | Daily summary plots generated from solo_L2_rpw-lfr-surv-swf-b (2 pages) |
| They are generated from RPW L2 data products. For one day, there are as many Burst summary plot files as there are Burst periods. For each quick-look, there are two pages: the first shows the spectrograms of the three components of the magnetic field, and the second shows the median spectrum over the period in question, and the spectrogram from which the median spectrum has been subtracted. | |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-sbm1-cwf-b | Burst period summary plots generated from solo_L2_rpw-lfr-sbm1-cwf-b |
| solo_L3_rpw-lfr-sbm2-cwf-b | Burst period summary plots generated from solo_L2_rpw-lfr-sbm2-cwf-b |
Additional references
- Metadata Definition for Solar Orbiter Science Data (html)
- RPW Data Product Description Document (html or pdf)
PDF Data User Manual for each subsystem (used to create above pages)
- SCM data user Manual
- TDS data user Manual
- LFR data user Manual
- TNR-HFR data user Manual
- BIAS data user Manual