Weimer et al. [2003] Propagated Solar Wind

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Reference:

Weimer, D.R., D.M. Ober, N.C. Maynard, M.R. Collier, D.J. McComas, N.F. Ness, C.W. Smith, and J. Watermann, Predicting interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) propagation delay times using the minimum variance technique, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 10.1029/2002JA009405, 2003.

The Code:

The original IDL code was provide by Dan Weimer. James Weygand has ported the code into a Matlab routine. If you want the code E-mail James Weygand.

The Data

Nearly all the data was obtained from Coordinated Data Analysis Web (CDAWeb). Some data was obtained directly from the PIs.

Propagated Data Availability

in the directory: ./Data/PropagatedSolarWind

Spacecraft	Available Data	Coordinate System	Acknowledgement
ACE	MFI data Feb. 1998 to Feb. 2007 SWEPAM data Feb. 1998 to Feb. 2007	GSE (some GSM)	ACE/MFI data C. Smith ACE/SWEPAM data D. McComas
Geotail	MGF data Oct. 1993 to Jun. 2007 LEP data Oct. 1993 to Jun. 2007 CPI data Oct. 1992 to Jun. 2007	GSM/GSE	Geotail/MGF data S. Kokubun Geotail/LEP data T. Mukai
IMP 8	MAG data Nov. 1973 to Jun. 2000 PLA data Nov. 1973 to Jun. 2000	GSM/GSE	IMP 8/MAG data A. Szabo IMP 8/PLA data A. Lazarus
ISEE 1	Magnetometer data Oct. 1977 to Jan. 1984 SWE data Oct. 1977 to Jan. 1984	GSM/GSE	ISEE 1/Magnetometer data C.T. Russell ISEE 1/SWE data J.T. Gosling
ISEE 3	MAG data Aug. 1978 to Feb. 1980 Plasma data Aug. 1978 to Feb. 1980	GSM/GSE	ISEE 3/MAG data E.J. Smith ISEE 3/Solar Wind Plasma data J.T. Gosling
SOHO	Plasma Data Jan, 1996 to Dec 2000 (Advection method only)	GSM	SOHO/CELIAS/PM data F. Ipavich
Wind	MFI data Jan. 1995 to Jun. 2007 SWE data Jan. 1995 to Jun. 2007	GSM/GSE	Wind/MFI data R. Lepping Wind/SWE data K. Ogilvie Wind/3DP data R. Lin

Non-propagated Solar Wind Data Availability at 1 min resolution

in the directory: ./Data/ProcessedSolarWind

Spacecraft	Available Data	Coordinate System	Acknowledgement
ACE	MFI data Sept. 1997 to Feb. 2007 SWEPAM data Feb. 1998 to Feb. 2007	GSM/GSE	ACE/MFI data C. Smith ACE/SWEPAM data D. McComas
Geotail	MGF data Sept. 1992 to Jun. 2007 LEP data Oct. 1993 to Jun. 2007 CPI data Oct. 1993 to Jun. 2007	GSM/GSE	Geotail/MGF data S. Kokubun Geotail/LEP data T. Mukai
IMP 8	MAG data Nov. 1973 to Jun. 2000 PLA data Nov. 1973 to Jun. 2000	GSM/GSE	IMP 8/MAG data A. Szabo IMP 8/PLA data A. Lazarus
Interball	FGM-I data Aug. 1995 to Oct. 2000	GSE	Interball/FGM-I data J. Rustenbach
ISEE 1	Magnetometer data Oct. 1977 to Jan. 1984 SWE data Oct. 1977 to Jan. 1984	GSM/GSE	ISEE 1/Magnetometer data C.T. Russell ISEE 1/SWE data J.T. Gosling
ISEE 2	Magnetometer data Oct. 1977 to Jan. 1982 SWE data Aug. 1978 to Sept. 1978	GSM/GSE	ISEE 1/Magnetometer data C.T. Russell ISEE 1/SWE data J.T. Gosling
ISEE 3	MAG data Aug. 1978 to Dec. 1982 Plasma data Aug. 1978 to Feb. 1980	GSM/GSE	ISEE 3/MAG data E.J. Smith ISEE 3/Solar Wind Plasma data J.T. Gosling
SOHO	Plasma Data Jan, 1996 to Dec 2002	GSM	SOHO/CELIAS/PM data F. Ipavich
Wind	MFI data Jan. 1995 to Jun. 2007 SWE data Jan. 1995 to Jun. 2007	GSM/GSE	Wind/MFI data R. Lepping Wind/SWE data K. Ogilvie Wind/3DP data R. Lin

Acknowledgments

If you use any of the above data please be sure to acknowledge Dan Weimer for providing the Weimer variance analysis routine.

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