<_Note>Nodes prefixed with a _ are not valid SPASE, but are included for debugging. Values prefixed with a x_ are not valid SPASE but may considered for addition for completeness. 2.6.1 <_MasterURL>https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/software/cdawlib/0JSONS/solo_l2_swa-pas-vdf_00000000_v01.json (from all.xml) <_ResourceID>Source: https://github.com/rweigel/cdawmeta-spase/blob/main/ResourceID.json Solar Orbiter Level 2 Phase Spase Distribution Function from Solar Wind Analyser (SWA) Proton-Alpha Sensor (PAS) <_ResourceName>Source: Master/CDFglobalAttributes/Logical_source_description solo_L2_swa-pas-vdf <_AlternateName>Source: Master/CDFglobalAttributes/Logical_source <_Rights> SPDX Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html https://spdx.org/licenses/ Consult with MSSL-UCL before using <_Caveats>Source: Master/CDFglobalAttributes/Rules_of_use <_DOI>Source: https://github.com/rweigel/cdawmeta-spase/blob/main/DOI.json <_AccessInformation>Source: https://github.com/rweigel/cdawmeta-spase/blob/main/AccessInformation.json 2020-07-07T16:43:06Z 2026-02-28T23:59:53Z <_TemporalDescription>Generated from all.xml/@timerange_start and all.xml/@timerange_stop PT4.000007S <_Cadence>Counts based on variable 'Epoch' in https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/sp_phys/data/solar-orbiter/swa/science/l2/pas-vdf/2020/solo_l2_swa-pas-vdf_20200707_v02.cdf. The most common cadence, 4000007000 [ns] = PT4.000007S, occurred for 48.9452% of the 4849 timesteps. <_ObservedRegion>Source: https://github.com/rweigel/cdawmeta-spase/blob/main/ObservedRegion.json <_ProcessingLevel>Processing level is not available in the master file; it should be there instead of, say, https://github.com/rweigel/cdawmeta-spase/blob/main/ProcessingLevel.json spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF Online Open SPDF/CDAWeb. Please also acknowledge the data producer: C.J. Owen at MSSL-UCL, University College London, UK HTTPS from SPDF https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/solar-orbiter/swa/science/l2/pas-vdf In CDF via HTTP from CDAWeb solo_l2_swa-pas-vdf_%Y%m%d_%Q.cdf %Y SOLO_L2_SWA-PAS-VDF CDF spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF Online Open SPDF/CDAWeb. Please also acknowledge the data producer: C.J. Owen at MSSL-UCL, University College London, UK FTPS from SPDF ftps://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/solar-orbiter/swa/science/l2/pas-vdf In CDF via HTTP from CDAWeb solo_l2_swa-pas-vdf_%Y%m%d_%Q.cdf %Y SOLO_L2_SWA-PAS-VDF CDF spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF Online Open SPDF/CDAWeb. Please also acknowledge the data producer: C.J. Owen at MSSL-UCL, University College London, UK CDAWeb Web Service https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/WebServices/ Instructions for using web services to access this dataset an other other metadata and options for CDAWeb datasets. The ProductKey here corresponds to the query parameter 'dataset' in the tables at the AccessURL in a dataset-related request can be made. SOLO_L2_SWA-PAS-VDF CDF CSV GIF NetCDF PNG PS PDF XML x_Script.IDL x_Script.Python Text.ASCII x_WAV spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF Online Open SPDF/CDAWeb. Please also acknowledge the data producer: C.J. Owen at MSSL-UCL, University College London, UK CDAWeb Web Service user interface https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eval2.cgi?index=sp_phys&dataset=SOLO_L2_SWA-PAS-VDF SOLO_L2_SWA-PAS-VDF Web service user interface for this product. CDF GIF PDF Text.ASCII x_WAV spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF Online Open SPDF/CDAWeb. Please also acknowledge the data producer: C.J. Owen at MSSL-UCL, University College London, UK CDAWeb Python Script https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/WS/cdasr/1/dataviews/sp_phys/datasets/SOLO_L2_SWA-PAS-VDF/clientLibraryExample/ SOLO_L2_SWA-PAS-VDF Web service that generates a Python script to access this product. x_Script.IDL x_Script.Python spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF Online Open SPDF/SSCWeb. Please also acknowledge the data producer: C.J. Owen at MSSL-UCL, University College London, UK 4D Orbit Viewer https://sscweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/4dorbit/?sc=SOLO_L2_SWA-PAS-VDF SOLO_L2_SWA-PAS-VDF Web Service to this product. HTML spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF Online Open SPDF/CDAWeb and the HAPI project. Please also acknowledge the data producer: C.J. Owen at MSSL-UCL, University College London, UK CDAWeb HAPI Server https://hapi-server.org/servers/#server=CDAWeb&dataset=SOLO_L2_SWA-PAS-VDF SOLO_L2_SWA-PAS-VDF Web Service to this product using the HAPI interface. CSV JSON Binary spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF Online Open SPDF/CDAWeb and the HAPI project. Please also acknowledge the data producer: C.J. Owen at MSSL-UCL, University College London, UK CDAWeb HAPI Script in Multiple Languages https://hapi-server.org/servers/#server=CDAWeb&dataset=SOLO_L2_SWA-PAS-VDF&return=script SOLO_L2_SWA-PAS-VDF Web Service user interface that generates scripts in IDL, Javascript, MATLAB, Python, Autoplot, curl, wget to access this product. See https://hapi-server.org/servers/api for the API. x_Script.IDL x_Script.Javascript x_Script.MATLAB x_Script.Python x_Script.Autoplot x_Script.curl x_Script.wget spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF Online Open SPDF/CDAWeb and the HAPI project. Please also acknowledge the data producer: C.J. Owen at MSSL-UCL, University College London, UK HAPI visualizations https://hapi-server.org/plot/?server=https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/hapi&dataset=SOLO_L2_SWA-PAS-VDF&format=gallery SOLO_L2_SWA-PAS-VDF Web Service that generates plots. See https://hapi-server.org/plot/ for the API. PNG PDF SVG Solar Orbiter (from all.xml/observatory/description/@short) Solar Wind Analyser / Proton-Alpha Sensor (from all.xml/instrument/description/@short) Solar Physics (from Master/CDFglobalAttributes/Discipline) Heliospheric Physics (from Master/CDFglobalAttributes/Discipline) SOLO (from Master/CDFglobalAttributes/Source_name) Solar Orbiter (from Master/CDFglobalAttributes/Source_name) L2 (from Master/CDFglobalAttributes/Data_type) Level 2 Calibrated Data (from Master/CDFglobalAttributes/Data_type) SWA-PAS (from all.xml/instrument/@ID) Heliosphere.Remote1AU Heliosphere.Inner Epoch Epoch CATDESC: 'Epoch encoded as Terrestrial Time on rotating Earth geoid, ns since J2000'. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The units are the units in CDF files. For other web services, this variable is may be represented as a time string.' ns Scalar Temporal Half_interval Half_interval Master CDF CATDESC: 'Acquisition period half interval'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s -1.0 SCET SCET Master CDF CATDESC: 'Elapsed time on the onboard clock'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' Ticks -1e+31 Info Info Master CDF CATDESC: 'Info 0:Ground 1:Normal 2:Snapshot 3:Burst 4:Engineering 5:Calib'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' 255 unrecoverd_count unrecovered_count Master CDF CATDESC: 'Total counter of unrecovered bins'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' -1e+31 total_count total_count Master CDF CATDESC: 'Total count'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' -1e+31 quality_factor quality_factor Master CDF CATDESC: 'Quality factor'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' -1e+31 start_energy start_energy Master CDF CATDESC: 'Start energy bin'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' -32768 nb_energy nb_energy Master CDF CATDESC: 'Number energy bins'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' -32768 start_elevation start_elevation Master CDF CATDESC: 'Start elevation bin'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' -32768 nb_elevation nb_elevation Master CDF CATDESC: 'Number elevation bins'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' -32768 start_CEM start_CEM Master CDF CATDESC: 'Start CEM (channel electron multiplier)'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' -32768 nb_CEM nb_CEM Master CDF CATDESC: 'Number CEM'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' -32768 nb_K nb_K Master CDF CATDESC: 'Number of sub-samping per second'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' -32768 K K Master CDF CATDESC: 'Current sub-sampling'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' -32768 PAS_to_RTN PAS_to_RTN Master CDF CATDESC: 'PAS to RTN coordinate transformation matrix'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' None -1e+31 3 3 vdf vdf Master CDF CATDESC: 'Distribution function: [Azimuth vs Energy] at elevation 1'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf_mv Master CDF CATDESC: '---> Movie of above'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf_spec Master CDF CATDESC: '---> Spectrograms at selected azimuths 1,3,5,7,9,11'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf2 Master CDF CATDESC: 'Distribution function: [Azimuth vs Energy] at elevation 2'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf2_mv Master CDF CATDESC: '---> Movie of above'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf2_spec Master CDF CATDESC: '---> Spectrograms at selected azimuths 1,3,5,7,9,11'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf3 Master CDF CATDESC: 'Distribution function: [Azimuth vs Energy] at elevation 3'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf3_mv Master CDF CATDESC: '---> Movie of above'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf3_spec Master CDF CATDESC: '---> Spectrograms at selected azimuths 1,3,5,7,9,11'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf4 Master CDF CATDESC: 'Distribution function: [Azimuth vs Energy] at elevation 4'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf4_mv Master CDF CATDESC: '---> Movie of above'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf4_spec Master CDF CATDESC: '---> Spectrograms at selected azimuths 1,3,5,7,9,11'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf5 Master CDF CATDESC: 'Distribution function: [Azimuth vs Energy] at elevation 5'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf5_mv Master CDF CATDESC: '---> Movie of above'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf5_spec Master CDF CATDESC: '---> Spectrograms at selected azimuths 1,3,5,7,9,11'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf6 Master CDF CATDESC: 'Distribution function: [Azimuth vs Energy] at elevation 6'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf6_mv Master CDF CATDESC: '---> Movie of above'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf6_spec Master CDF CATDESC: '---> Spectrograms at selected azimuths 1,3,5,7,9,11'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf7 Master CDF CATDESC: 'Distribution function: [Azimuth vs Energy] at elevation 7'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf7_mv Master CDF CATDESC: '---> Movie of above'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf7_spec Master CDF CATDESC: '---> Spectrograms at selected azimuths 1,3,5,7,9,11'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf8 Master CDF CATDESC: 'Distribution function: [Azimuth vs Energy] at elevation 8'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf8_mv Master CDF CATDESC: '---> Movie of above'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf8_spec Master CDF CATDESC: '---> Spectrograms at selected azimuths 1,3,5,7,9,11'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf9 Master CDF CATDESC: 'Distribution function: [Azimuth vs Energy] at elevation 9'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf9_mv Master CDF CATDESC: '---> Movie of above'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96 vdf vdf9_spec Master CDF CATDESC: '---> Spectrograms at selected azimuths 1,3,5,7,9,11'. Master CDF VAR_NOTES: ''. Notes not in Master CDF: 'The time index (the ISTP DEPEND_0 variable) for this parameter is Epoch.' s^3 m^-6 -1e+31 11 9 96