Tohban Report 11/30/20 - 12/07/20 Tohban Name: Andrei Runov (updated 12/07/20) Dates covered: 11/30/20 - 12/07/20 Note: data is provisional, and may be subject to change #Potentially interesting science zones to prioritize for downlink: Geomagnetic Activity Overview -------------------------------------------- DAY AE(max) Dst(min) Kp(max) Notes 20-11-29 1100 -20 2 An isolated prolonged substorm, AE max at 0920 UT 20-11-30 500 -15 3 Qasi-periodic AE intensifications between 0300 and 1100 UT 20-12-01 130 -12 1 20-12-02 300 -9 1 20-12-03 500 -17 2 An isolated substorm, AE max at 16:10 UT 20-12-04 80 -14 0 20-12-05 300 -2 1 20-12-06 800 -4 2 20-12-07 -12 1 No reliable AE data is available yet ELFIN Data Collection and Notes ------------------------------- Flags: ! = High Priority DL [operators will downlink at first available pass] * = Interesting Collection [operators will prioritize filling in gaps over typical collections, i.e. gaps will be filled in] # = Typical Collection [further downlink will only occur if onboard interesting data is gapless, i.e. gaps unlikely to be filled in] G = Too many gaps, need more data to judge B = Bad data [indicates something wrong with instruments, not availability status] T = Test data [indicates data is no good for science, elaborate on test conditions in notes] Zones: NA: North Ascending ND: North Descending SD: South Descending SA: South Ascending ELFIN A --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Science Zone Start Science Zone Stop Zone Completeness notes DL Completeness Flag Science Notes 2020-11-30 01:36:49 2020-11-30 01:42:57 SA 1 large gap in end 108/130 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-11-30 04:44:07 2020-11-30 04:50:18 SA 1 small gap in start/middle 121/131 ! Bursty precipitation during AL activations 2020-11-30 09:21:40 2020-11-30 09:27:50 SA 2 small gaps in end 119/131 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-11-30 12:27:06 2020-11-30 12:33:17 SA 2 large gaps in start 104/131 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-11-30 17:06:39 2020-11-30 17:12:50 SA 1 large gap in start 119/131 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-11-30 20:13:51 2020-11-30 20:20:01 SA 1 large gap in start/middle 116/131 * Plasma sheet preciptation bursts 2020-11-30 23:23:11 2020-11-30 23:29:22 SA 1 large gap in end 117/131 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-12-01 00:57:59 2020-12-01 01:04:03 SA 1 large gap in end 97/128 G THEMIS conjunction 2020-12-01 04:05:48 2020-12-01 04:11:58 SA 1 large gap in middle 104/131 G THEMIS conjunction 2020-12-01 07:11:14 2020-12-01 07:17:25 SA 1 large gap in start/middle 118/131 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-12-01 13:21:50 2020-12-01 13:27:57 SA 1 large gap in start 116/129 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-12-01 14:54:58 2020-12-01 15:01:08 SA 1 large gap in start 116/131 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-12-01 19:35:13 2020-12-01 19:41:23 SA No significant gaps 127/131 * Precipitation bursts 2020-12-01 22:44:08 2020-12-01 22:50:18 SA 2 large gaps in end 99/131 G 2020-12-04 02:10:03 2020-12-04 02:16:13 SA 3 small gaps in middle 108/131 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-12-04 05:16:45 2020-12-04 05:22:57 SA 2 small gaps in middle 117/132 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-12-04 08:21:40 2020-12-04 08:27:50 SA 3 large gaps in end 78/131 G 2020-12-04 12:59:46 2020-12-04 13:05:59 SA 1 large gap in middle 116/132 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-12-04 16:06:06 2020-12-04 16:12:16 SA 3 small gaps in start 102/131 G Gaps between 16:09 and 16:11 2020-12-04 19:13:01 2020-12-04 19:19:15 SA 4 large gaps in start 70/133 G 2020-12-04 22:21:43 2020-12-04 22:27:41 SA 2 large gaps in middle 49/127 G ELFIN B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Science Zone Start Science Zone Stop Zone Completeness notes DL Completeness Flag Science Notes 2020-11-30 04:31:36 2020-11-30 04:37:34 SA 1 small gap in middle/end 118/126 ! Bursty precipitation during AL activations 2020-11-30 09:09:16 2020-11-30 09:15:28 SA 1 large gap in end 111/131 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-11-30 09:42:57 2020-11-30 09:49:07 NA 1 large gap in end 116/130 * Precipitation bursts 2020-11-30 11:15:27 2020-11-30 11:21:37 NA 1 small gap in start 121/130 * Increased flux, precipitation 2020-11-30 12:14:42 2020-11-30 12:20:51 SA No significant gaps 126/130 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-11-30 15:54:44 2020-11-30 16:00:55 NA 6 small gaps in start 103/130 * Precipitation bursts 2020-11-30 21:35:47 2020-11-30 21:41:58 SA 3 large gaps in middle 75/130 G 2020-12-01 03:53:33 2020-12-01 03:59:33 SA 3 small gaps in end 93/126 * Precipitation bursts, THEMIS conjunction 2020-12-01 07:32:39 2020-12-01 07:38:47 NA 5 large gaps in end 61/129 G 2020-12-01 12:10:14 2020-12-01 12:16:10 NA 4 small gaps in end 82/124 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-12-01 13:09:44 2020-12-01 13:15:55 SA 4 small gaps in middle 105/130 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-12-01 13:43:08 2020-12-01 13:49:17 NA 5 small gaps in start 115/129 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-12-01 14:42:52 2020-12-01 14:49:02 SA 1 large gap in start 116/129 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-12-01 15:16:29 2020-12-01 15:22:39 NA 2 large gaps in end 92/129 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-12-01 20:57:11 2020-12-01 21:03:22 SA 3 large gaps in middle 86/130 G 2020-12-02 03:15:24 2020-12-02 03:21:35 SA No significant gaps 126/130 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-12-02 06:54:47 2020-12-02 07:00:56 NA No significant gaps 126/129 * Precipitation bursts 2020-12-02 15:38:01 2020-12-02 15:44:11 SA 1 small gap in start 125/129 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-12-02 16:11:55 2020-12-02 16:17:59 NA 4 large gaps in end 39/127 G 2020-12-02 17:11:21 2020-12-02 17:17:30 SA 1 large gap in middle 107/129 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-12-02 18:44:51 2020-12-02 18:51:00 SA 2 large gaps in middle 97/129 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-12-02 21:53:12 2020-12-02 21:59:19 SA 3 large gaps in end 58/128 G Data look strange, low count statistics 2020-12-05 01:20:04 2020-12-05 01:26:16 SA No significant gaps 128/132 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt; low counts 2020-12-05 02:54:05 2020-12-05 03:00:16 SA 3 small gaps in middle 123/131 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt; low counts 2020-12-05 04:27:25 2020-12-05 04:33:36 SA 3 small gaps in middle 123/132 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-12-05 08:18:42 2020-12-05 08:24:50 ND 1 large gap in middle/end 78/130 G Only data between 08:23:30 and 08:25:10 are shown 2020-12-05 16:03:16 2020-12-05 16:09:27 ND 3 small gaps in middle/end 114/131 # Regularly-populated plasma sheet and outer belt 2020-12-05 20:44:14 2020-12-05 20:50:25 ND 1 large gap in middle 111/131 G