ISEE-3: Solar Wind Magnetic Field Measurements at 60-Second Resolution

ISEE-3 spacecraft tri-axial fluxgate magnetometer data linearly interpolated to a uniform 60-second resolution in GSE coordinates. This processed solar wind dataset was constructed by Dr. J.M. Weygand for Prof. R.L. McPherron under NSF grants ATM 02-1798 and ATM 02-08501. It was primarily used in superposed epoch and cross correlation studies on solar wind phenomena.

Use Cases

• Superposed epoch analysis of solar wind events based on processed magnetic field data.
• Cross correlation studies between solar wind parameters based on interpolated time-series.
• Modeling magnetospheric responses based on solar wind magnetic field measurements.
• Analyzing solar wind structure and variability based on 60-second resolution data.

Strengths

• Data has been processed to a uniform 60-second resolution via linear interpolation.
• Dataset was constructed for specific NSF-funded research projects (ATM 02-1798 and ATM 02-08501).
• Data is in GSE coordinates, a standard reference frame for solar wind studies.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the ISEE-3 mission period.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Processed from ISEE-3 spacecraft magnetometer data using MATLAB's interp1.m function.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 03:54:34.667469; freshness should be verified.