From: Al Frandsen Subject: ACE Status for the Week Ending November 7, 1997 >From: Don Margolies >Subject: ACE Status for the Week Ending November 7, 1997 > >Hello All, > >We had some excitement this week when NOAA advised us that the Real Time >Solar Wind (RTSW) data indicated that a solar flare had occurred. >Experiment teams, at the Ground Analysis Facility at GSFC, and elsewhere >viewed the event in real time, during the ACE pass. Results are TBD. RTSW >is still in the check-out phase and appears to be working. Don't know when >NOAA will have the data on the Internet, but will start monitoring their >web page. Otherwise everything else is going as expected. > >We received a status report from Andy Davis, at the ACE Science Center, >this week. Things are going extremely well there. I will provide a few >paraphrased excerpts from the report. > >. Level 1 programming is complete. Only some bug fixes and a little work to >format the S3DPU data into a convenient form remains to be done in this area. > >. The basic software for generating browse data, displaying browse plots >and providing raw data is complete and working. Data from EPAM, CRIS, >SEPICA and ULEIS is online and publicly available. > >. Valid ephemeris data is being received from the Flight Dynamics Facility. >This data is being used to obtain MAG magnetic field vectors in useful >coordinate systems. > >. The first three Compact Discs (with data) have been delivered to >interested investigators. It is expected that the Level 1 software will >have stabilized enough by year's end so that distribution of a new set of >CD's containing the latest version of the Level 1 data can be made. > >. Processing of Quick-look and ephemeris data received from the FOT has >been automated. Level 1/Browse automation efforts continue. > >Don >