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Catalog
High speed solar wind streams and solar wind interaction regions
SIR CATALOGUE v1.0
2026-02-02T13:10:23Z
2025-06-25T11:28:59
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2026-02-02T13:10:23Z
Added MetadataRightsList. 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
This is the HELIO4CAST high speed stream and stream interaction catalog (SIR), based on in situ magnetic field and bulk plasma observations in the heliosphere.
spase://SMWG/Person/Christian.Moestl
Author
spase://SMWG/Person/Lan.Jian
Author
spase://SMWG/Person/Maxime.Grandin
Author
spase://SMWG/Person/Olga.Y.Uritskaya
MetadataContact
https://helioforecast.space/static/sync/sircat/HELIO4CAST_SIRCAT_v10_header.txt
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https://helioforecast.space/sircat
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spase://SMWG/Instrument/MAVEN/SWEA
spase://SMWG/Instrument/WIND/SWE
spase://SMWG/Instrument/STEREO-A/IMPACT/SWEA
spase://SMWG/Instrument/STEREO-B/IMPACT/SWEA
SolarWindExtreme
2014-12-03T03:25:00
2017-12-20T01:00:00
sircat_id:
sircat_id: The unique identifier for the observed stream interaction region (SIR). unit: string.
Housekeeping
sc insitu
sc insitu: The name of the in situ observing spacecraft. unit: string.
Remark
sir_start_time
sir_start_time: Stream interaction region start time. unit: UTC.
Temporal
hss_start_time
hss_start_time: High speed stream start time, equal to the stream interface time (for STEREO, MAVEN catalogs). unit: UTC.
Temporal
sir_end_time
sir_end_time: End time of the stream interaction region. unit: UTC.
Temporal
hss_end_time
hss_end_time: High speed stream end time, criterion at Wind: speed < 450 km/s. unit: UTC.
Temporal
hss_vtmax_time
hss_vtmax_time: High speed stream maxmimum speed time. unit: UTC.
Temporal
sc_heliodistance
sc_heliodistance: Heliocentric distance of the spacecraft at hss_start_time. unit: AU.
Positional
sc_long_heeq
sc_long_heeq: Heliospheric longitude of the spacecraft at hss_start_time, range [-180,180]. unit: degree (HEEQ).
Positional
sc_lat_heeq
sc_lat_heeq: Heliospheric latitude of the spacecraft at hss_start_time, range [-90,90]. unit: degree (HEEQ).
Positional
hss_vt_max
hss_vt_max: Maximum proton speed from hss_start_time to hss_end_time. unit: km/s.
Velocity
hss_vt_mean
hss_vt_mean: Mean proton speed from hss_start_time to hss_end_time. unit: km/s.
Velocity
hss_vt_std
hss_vt_std: Standard deviation of proton speed from hss_start_time to hss_end_time. unit: km/s
Velocity
hss_vt_mean
hss_vt_mean: Mean proton speed from hss_start_time to hss_end_time. unit: km/s
Velocity
hss_bt_max
hss_bt_max: Maximum total magnetic field from hss_start_time to hss_end_time. unit: nT
Other
hss_bt_mean
hss_bt_mean: Mean total magnetic field from hss_start_time to hss_end_time. unit: nT
Other
hss_bt_std
hss_bt_std: Standard deviation of total magnetic field from hss_start_time to hss_end_time. unit: nT
Other
hss_bz_min
hss_bz_min: Minimum Bz component (SCEQ) from hss_start_time to hss_end_time. unit: nT
Other
hss_bz_mean
hss_bz_mean: Mean Bz component (SCEQ) from hss_start_time to hss_end_time. unit: nT
Other
hss_bz_std
hss_bz_std: Standard deviation of Bz component (SCEQ) from hss_start_time to hss_end_time. unit: nT
Other
hss_duration
hss_duration: Duration of high speed stream from hss_start_time to hss_end_time. unit: hours
Temporal
ir_vt_mean
ir_vt_mean: Mean proton speed from hss_start_time to sir_end_time. unit: km/s
Velocity
sir_vt_std
sir_vt_std: Standard deviation of proton speed from sir_start_time to hss_end_time. unit: km/s
Velocity
sir_vt_mean
sir_vt_mean: Mean proton speed from hss_start_time to sir_end_time. unit: km/s
Velocity
sir_bt_max
sir_bt_max: Maximum total magnetic field from sir_start_time to hss_end_time. unit: nT
Other
sir_bt_mean
sir_bt_mean: Mean total magnetic field from sir_start_time to sir_end_time. unit: nT
Other
sir_bt_std
sir_bt_std: Standard deviation of total magnetic field from sir_start_time to sir_end_time. unit: nT
Other
sir_bz_min
sir_bz_min: Minimum Bz component (SCEQ) from sir_start_time to sir_end_time. unit: nT
Other
sir_bz_mean
sir_bz_mean: Mean Bz component (SCEQ) from sir_start_time to sir_end_time. unit: nT
Other
sir_bz_std
sir_bz_std: Standard deviation of Bz component (SCEQ) from sir_start_time to sir_end_time. unit: nT
Other
sir_duration
sir_duration: Duration of stream interaction region from sir_start_time to sir_end_time. unit: hours
Temporal