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Wind Current Sheet_Exhaust Event List in LMN Coordinates

(2022). Wind Current Sheet_Exhaust Event List in LMN Coordinates. [Data set]. NASA's Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF). https://doi.org/10.48322/tyd4-fw87. Accessed on .

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ResourceID
spase://NASA/Catalog/Eriksson/WindCurrentSheetExhaustList

Description
The dataset contains a list of solar wind current sheet exhaust event data derived from Wind interplanetary magnetic field and solar wind plasma observations. The list is described in a peer reviewed article, Eriksson et al. 2022, titled: Characteristics of Multi-Scale Current Sheets in the Solar Wind at 1 AU Associated with Magnetic Reconnection and the Case for a Heliospheric Current Sheet Avalanche. The data is listed as an ASCII table with eleven columns including the current sheet (CS) start date/time and stop date/time, and the three unit vectors of each CS in a GSE base coordinate system. Here, NGSE is the CS normal direction, LGSE is the direction of the reconnecting component of the magnetic field, and MGSE is the cross-product MGSE = [NGSE cross LGSE] vector.

Metadata Rights
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ResourceID
spase://NASA/Catalog/Eriksson/WindCurrentSheetExhaustList
NamingAuthority
NASA
ResourceType
Catalog
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
Wind Current Sheet_Exhaust Event List in LMN Coordinates
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48322/tyd4-fw87
ReleaseDate
2026-02-02 13:10:22Z
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2022-04-20 12:34:56.789
Note
Initial SPASE XML resource description submission, metadata written by J.M. Weygand on 2022-04-13, reviewed and revised by LFB
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2026-02-02 13:10:22Z
Note
Added MetadataRightsList and RightsList(s). Added ResourceType and NamingAuthority. Updated to 2.7.1. Changed http to https in top-level schemaLocation attribute. Fixed version number separator in top-level schemaLocation attribute. ZCB
Description
The dataset contains a list of solar wind current sheet exhaust event data derived from Wind interplanetary magnetic field and solar wind plasma observations. The list is described in a peer reviewed article, Eriksson et al. 2022, titled: Characteristics of Multi-Scale Current Sheets in the Solar Wind at 1 AU Associated with Magnetic Reconnection and the Case for a Heliospheric Current Sheet Avalanche. The data is listed as an ASCII table with eleven columns including the current sheet (CS) start date/time and stop date/time, and the three unit vectors of each CS in a GSE base coordinate system. Here, NGSE is the CS normal direction, LGSE is the direction of the reconnecting component of the magnetic field, and MGSE is the cross-product MGSE = [NGSE cross LGSE] vector.
Acknowledgement
Stefan Eriksson
PublicationInfo
Authors
Eriksson, S., Swisdak, M., Weygand, J.M., Mallet, A., Newman, D. L., Lapenta, G., Wilson III, L.B., Turner, D.T., and Larsen B.
PublicationDate
2022-04-25 00:00:00
PublishedBy
NASA's Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF)
Funding
Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Project
Magnetic Flux Rope Dynamics at Solar Wind Reconnection Exhausts
AwardNumber
80NSSC19K0828
Funding
Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Project
Exploring the Onset and Suppression of Magnetic Reconnection at Inner Heliosphere Current Sheets
AwardNumber
80NSSC20K1284
Contacts
Role Person StartDate StopDate Note
1. GeneralContact spase://SMWG/Person/Stefan.Eriksson
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
RightsList
Rights
SchemeURI
https://spdx.org/licenses/
RightsIdentifierScheme
SPDX
RightsIdentifier
CC0-1.0
RightsURI
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html
RightsName
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
Note
CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available NASA Heliophysics data products
AccessURL
Name
Eriksson Wind Solar Wind Current Sheet Exhaust List, text version
URL
https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/event_lists/eriksson_wind_current_sheet_exhaust_lmn_v01.txt
Description
Wind current sheet exhaust list in LMN coordinates
Format
Text
InstrumentIDs
spase://SMWG/Instrument/Wind/MFI
spase://SMWG/Instrument/Wind/3DP
PhenomenonType
SolarWindExtreme
TimeSpan
StartDate
2004-07-09 07:06:25.299Z
StopDate
2014-10-14 17:09:20.000Z
Note
This list consists of 3,374 events where it was possible to determine the time period of magnetic reconnection exhausts in the ecliptic plane of the solar wind at 1 AU.
Keywords
current sheet
magnetic reconnection
magnetic reconnection exhausts
Parameter #1
Name
Begin ISO 8601 Date and Time
ParameterKey
Column 1
Description
Begin date and time of the current sheet exhaust as ISO 8601 Date and Time
ValidMin
2004-07-09T07:06:25.299Z
ValidMax
2014-10-14T17:09:20.000Z
Support
Qualifier
Scalar
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #2
Name
End ISO 8601 Date and Time
ParameterKey
Column 2
Description
End date and time of the current sheet exhaust as ISO 8601 Date and Time
ValidMin
2004-07-09T07:06:39.299Z
ValidMax
2014-10-14T17:18:50.000Z
Support
Qualifier
Scalar
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #3
Name
Current Sheet Normal Direction
Description
Current sheet normal direction expressed as a unit vector in a GSE base coordinate system
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
GSE
Structure
Size
3
Element
Name
Normal XGSE Direction
Qualifier
Component.I
Index
1
ParameterKey
Column 3
ValidMin
-1
ValidMax
1
Element
Name
Normal YGSE Direction
Qualifier
Component.J
Index
2
ParameterKey
Column 4
ValidMin
-1
ValidMax
1
Element
Name
Normal ZGSE Direction
Qualifier
Component.K
Index
3
ParameterKey
Column 5
ValidMin
-1
ValidMax
1
Support
Qualifier
Vector
SupportQuantity
Orientation
Parameter #4
Name
Direction of the Reconnecting Component of the Magnetic Field
Description
Direction of the reconnecting component of the magnetic field expressed as a unit vector in a GSE base coordinate system
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
GSE
Structure
Size
3
Element
Name
Reconnection XGSE Direction
Qualifier
Component.I
Index
1
ParameterKey
Column 6
ValidMin
-1
ValidMax
1
Element
Name
Reconnection YGSE Direction
Qualifier
Component.J
Index
2
ParameterKey
Column 7
ValidMin
-1
ValidMax
1
Element
Name
Reconnection ZGSE Direction
Qualifier
Component.K
Index
3
ParameterKey
Column 8
ValidMin
-1
ValidMax
1
Support
Qualifier
Vector
SupportQuantity
Orientation
Parameter #5
Name
Cross-Product MGSE = [NGSE cross LGSE] Direction
Description
Cross-product MGSE = [NGSE cross LGSE] direction expressed as a unit vector in a GSE base coordinate system
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Cartesian
CoordinateSystemName
GSE
Structure
Size
3
Element
Name
Cross-product XGSE Direction
Qualifier
Component.I
Index
1
ParameterKey
Column 9
ValidMin
-1
ValidMax
1
Element
Name
Cross-product YGSE Direction
Qualifier
Component.J
Index
2
ParameterKey
Column 10
ValidMin
-1
ValidMax
1
Element
Name
Cross-product ZGSE Direction
Qualifier
Component.K
Index
3
ParameterKey
Column 11
ValidMin
-1
ValidMax
1
Support
Qualifier
Vector
SupportQuantity
Orientation
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