| Description: The data_regime attribute provides the wavelength (or an analogous concept for things like particle detectors) of the observations, stated as a category. |
| Namespace Id: pds | Steward: pds | Class Name: Primary_Result_Summary | Type: ASCII_Short_String_Collapsed |
| Minimum Value: None | Maximum Value: None | Minimum Characters: 1 | Maximum Characters: 255 |
| Unit of Measure Type: None | Default Unit Id: None | Attribute Concept: ID | Conceptual Domain: Short_String |
| Status: Deprecated | Nillable: false | Pattern: None |
| Permissible Value(s) | Value | Value Meaning |
| | Dust | Particles ranging in size from a few molecules to approximately 0.1 micrometer in diameter. |
| | Electric Field | A vector force field controlled primarily by the presence of electrons and/or ions |
| | Electrons | Subatomic particles with negative elementary charge. |
| | Far Infrared | Electromagnetic radiation in the approximate range: 1 THz - 10 THz (frequency), 30 micrometers - 300 micrometers (wavelength), or 4 meV - 40 meV (photon energy) |
| | Gamma Ray | Electromagnetic radiation in the approximate range: greater than 10 EHz (frequency), less than 0.01 nm (wavelength), or more than 100 keV (photon energy) |
| | Infrared | Electromagnetic radiation in the approximate range: 300 GHz - 405 THz (frequency), 750 nm - 1 mm (wavelength), or 1.24 meV - 1.7 eV (photon energy) |
| | Ions | Atoms or molecules in which the number of electrons and protons is unequal, giving them a net negative or positive electric charge. |
| | Magnetic Field | A vector force field produced by moving electric charges (currents) and/or the intrinsic magnetic properties of materials |
| | Microwave | Electromagnetic radiation in the approximate range: 300 MHz - 300 GHz (frequency), 1 mm - 1 m (wavelength), or 12 micro eV - 1.2 meV (photon energy) |
| | Millimeter | Electromagnetic radiation in the approximate range: 30 GHz - 300 GHz (frequency), 1 mm - 10 mm (wavelength), or 120 micro eV - 1.2 meV (photon energy) |
| | Near Infrared | Electromagnetic radiation in the approximate range: 300 THz - 1.5 PHz (frequency), 1 micrometer - 5 micrometer (wavelength), or 1 eV - 6 eV (photon energy) |
| | Particles | Discrete (but small) objects that can be characterized by a few simple physical properties such as volume and mass. |
| | Pressure | Measurement of ambient atmospheric pressure. |
| | Radio | Electromagnetic radiation in the approximate range: 3 Hz - 300 GHz (frequency), 1 mm - 100,000 km (wavelength), or 12 feV - 1.2 meV (photon energy) |
| | Sub-Millimeter | Electromagnetic radiation in the approximate range: 0.3 THz - 3 THz (frequency), 0.1 mm - 1 mm (wavelength), or 1.2 meV - 12 meV (photon energy) |
| | Temperature | Measurement of ambient temperature. |
| | Ultraviolet | Electromagnetic radiation in the approximate range: 790 THz - 30 PHz (frequency), 10 nm - 390 nm (wavelength), or 3 eV - 120 eV (photon energy) |
| | Visible | Electromagnetic radiation in the approximate range: 405 THz - 790 THz (frequency), 390 nm - 750 nm (wavelength), or 1.7 eV - 3.3 eV (photon energy) |
| | X-Ray | Electromagnetic radiation in the approximate range: 30 PHz - 30 EHz (frequency), 0.01 nm - 10 nm (wavelength), or 120 eV - 120 keV (photon energy)) |