ACE Solar Wind Magnetic Field Measurements at 60-Second Resolution

ACE spacecraft data linearly interpolated to 60-second resolution for solar wind magnetic field analysis. This processed dataset was constructed by Dr. J.M. Weygand for Prof. R.L. McPherron's NSF-funded space weather studies. It was primarily used in superposed epoch and cross correlation studies on solar wind phenomena.

Use Cases

• Conduct superposed epoch studies based on processed solar wind magnetic field data.
• Perform cross correlation studies on solar wind based on interpolated time-series measurements.
• Analyze space weather events based on tri-axial fluxgate magnetometer data in GSE coordinates.
• Validate solar wind models based on 60-second resolution magnetic field measurements.

Strengths

• Data is processed and linearly interpolated to a consistent 60-second resolution.
• Dataset was constructed for and used in specific NSF-funded space weather studies (GEM Grant ATM 02-1798 and Space Weather Grant ATM 02-08501).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Processed from ACE spacecraft data using MATLAB's interp1.m function for linear interpolation.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 04:02:58.551407; freshness should be verified.