A LARGE MAGNETOSPHERE MAGNETIC-FIELD DATABASE

A large magnetosphere magnetic field database compiled from the measur ements of 11 Earth-orbiting spacecraft during 1966-1986 is described. The 11 contributing spacecraft (Explorer 33 and 35, IMP 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, Heos 1 and 2, and ISEE 1 and 2) provide data between 4R(E) and 60R (E), Which have been edited in order to exclude data outside the magne tosphere. Currently, the database totals more than 79,000 records, whi ch sum to a total of more than 1600 spacecraft days in the magnetosphe re. Each of these records contains the average total field vector in g eocentric solar magnetospheric coordinates, disturbance field vector ( measured field minus Earth's internal field), time information, spacec raft position, AE, AL, Kp. and Dst geomagnetic indices, and associated solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field parameters when availabl e. These data have constituted and will undoubtedly continue to consti tute the standard database for magnetospheric modeling studies. They a re also appropriate for statistical studies of the magnetic field and its dependence on solar wind quantities. Plans are to update this data base in the future with data from additional spacecraft.