SOHO Charge, Element, and Isotope Analysis System (CELIAS) Proton Monitor 5 Minute Solar Wind data

The Proton Monitor is a solar wind Energy per Charge (E/Q) analyzer of a new design, consisting of a three-box deflection system followed by a wedge-shaped MicroChannel Plate (MCP) assembly. The data are derived from sets of 6 rates (one for each voltage step of the PM deflection system) obtained every 30 seconds. The voltage steps are spaced logarithmically (about 60% step size) from about 0.3 to 3 kV. At a given voltage step the energy per charge dynamic range is slightly more than a factor of 2. The overall geometry factor of the PM is about 1.0 x 10^-4 cm^2.