IMP 8 MIT: Solar Wind Plasma Parameters, Hourly Averages

NASA's IMP 8 satellite provides hourly averages of solar wind plasma parameters. The dataset is maintained by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and was last updated on March 13, 2026. Data is available in BIN and HTML file formats.

Use Cases

• Modeling space weather events based on hourly solar wind plasma parameters.
• Analyzing solar wind variability and trends based on averaged plasma data.
• Correlating solar activity with magnetospheric response based on plasma measurements.

Strengths

• Data originates from NASA's IMP 8 satellite mission.
• Last update recorded as March 13, 2026.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Hourly averages from the IMP 8 satellite instruments.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 06:52:16.985155; freshness should be verified

Geography

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