Version:2.7.1
Catalog
ResourceID
spase://NASA/Catalog/STEREO/ICME.List
NamingAuthority
NASA
ResourceType
Catalog
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
STEREO Interplanetary CME List
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48322/htwx-f635
ReleaseDate
2026-02-02 13:10:25Z
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2023-05-11 12:34:56.789
Note
Updated to SPASE Version 2.5.0 if needed, fix broken URL, Added DOI information, JMW
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2023-09-27 12:34:56.789
Note
Updated Authors. JMW
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2025-09-25 17:31:52
Note
PhenomenonType has been changed from CME to ICME
12 parameters added
by Olga Uritskaya
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2026-02-02 13:10:25Z
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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
This catalog has a list of interplanetary coronal
mass ejections (ICME) observed by STEREO-A and/or STEREO-B between
December 2006 and March 2009. For each of the 24 observations, the
following information is given: event start time, start time of the
"magnetic obstacle (~flux rope)," event end time, maximum values of
thermal pressure, magnetic field magnitude and flow speed, a measure of
speed change over the event, a three-fold event characterization based
on the pressure profile, and a comment. It is expected that this list,
given in both PDF and Excel formats, will be updated periodically.
Acknowledgement
STEREO IMPACT/Magnetometer Team
PublicationInfo
Authors
L.K. Jian, C.T. Russell, J.G. Luhmann, and A.B. Galvin
PublicationDate
2022-01-01 00:00:00
PublishedBy
NASA, STEREO Science Center
Contacts
InformationURL
Name
STEREO L3 data page
URL
PriorIDs
spase://VSPO/Catalog/STEREO_ICME_List
spase://VSPO/Catalog/STEREO/ICME.List
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
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
ICME list, PDF version
URL
Description
For Excel version, go to Information URL above
Format
Text
InstrumentIDs
PhenomenonType
InterplanetaryCoronalMassEjection
TimeSpan
StartDate
2006-12-14 00:00:00
RelativeStopDate
-P6M
Note
As of October 2009, ICME's through March 2009 were included
Parameter #1
Name
#
Support
SupportQuantity
Housekeeping
Parameter #2
Name
STEREO
Description
STEREO spacecraft, A or/and B
Support
SupportQuantity
InstrumentMode
Parameter #3
Name
Start time [Year Doy Month/Day HH:MM]
Support
Parameter #4
Name
Magnetic obstacle (~ flux rope) start time
Description
Magnetic obstacle (~flux rope) start time: if it is different from the ICME start time, there is a sheath region. NaN indicates there is no clear magnetic obstacle, possibly because of a glance through of the sheath region.
Support
Parameter #5
Name
Magnetic obstacle End time
Support
Parameter #6
Parameter #7
Parameter #8
Parameter #9
Name
∆V [km/s]
Description
∆V: temporal variation of solar wind speed over one event, negative value indicating solar wind is expanding, and "~" means the solar wind speed remains almost constant or does not change systematically over the event despite back-and-forth changes.
Support
Parameter #10
Name
Group
Description
Group: We sort ICMEs into 3 groups depending on their temporal profiles of Pt. Corresponding to the Group 1, 2, and 3 ICMEs, the Pt profile, excluding any shock and/or sheath region (if present), respectively, has a central pressure maximum, a steady plateau, or a gradual decay. In the hypothesis that all ICMEs have a central flux rope, these three groups of Pt profiles are due to different approach distances to the central flux rope. Group 1 ICMEs are assumed to be the ones penetrated by spacecraft near the flux rope axis, and they usually present signatures of magnetic clouds. See Jian et al. (2006) for more detail.
Support
Parameter #11
Name
MC (2 for better defined)
Support
SupportQuantity
DataQuality
Parameter #12
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