THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED WORK IS TO EXTEND A LIMITED SET OF PRELIMINARY ENERGY SPECTRA FOR PROTONS AND ALPHA PARTICLES IN THE THERMAL ENERGY RANGE OF THE SOLAR WIND AS OBTAINED BY THE ACE SOLAR WIND ION COMPOSITION SPECTROMETER (SWICS) FOR SELECT PERIODS OF THE ACE MISSION. THIS NEWLY EXTENDED DATA SET WILL EXTEND THE UTILITY AND IMPACT OF ACE/SWICS TO NEW FIELDS. IN ADDITION WE WILL PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION DESCRIBING THE CALCULATIONS UNCERTAINTIES AND LIMITATIONS OF THE DATA

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