Operations / Software Comments - 05/31/05 TIDE Telecon

Operations:
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There was a Polar GTM upset on 05/21/05 at ~09:00.  TIDE had to be reset 
at 17:23.  Software patches were loaded on 05/23/05 and the high voltage 
ramped on 05/24/05.  It was completed at 17:48.

For some reason, at 13:06 on 05/27/05, TIDE entered default auto-sensitivity.
At the same time, Rice compression was disable.  TIDE remained in default
auto-sensitivity until the next radiation belt pass when optional auto-
sensitivity was commanded at 01:29 on 05/28/05.  Rice compression remains
disabled.
 

Software:
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Dick West and Mike Chandler have corrected most of the problems with the
velocity distribution contours and use of GSE and GSM coordinates.  There
is a test website for these options on the MSFC site only.  Go to the
velocity distribution custom plot page and change the URL perl script to
lz_vdp_first_cntr.pl.  On page three, the new display options are the 2nd,
3rd, and 4th boxes.