Parker Solar Probe Science
ICME Lists
Interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) are defined by the net effects that a CME displays in the interplanetary medium, detected by in situ instrumentation, with specific imprints in the observations. These catalogues provide the compiled list of ICME events with an embedded magnetic obstacle (MO) observed by the spacecrafts. A MO is defined as the interval within an ICME where the magnetic pressure dominates over the plasma pressure concurrent with a rotation in the magnetic field direction.
The information has been catalogued by year with the following ICME in situ parameters:
- Start ICME time: defined by the IP forward shock or sheath signatures
- End ICME time: defined by the end of the MO
- Magnetic obstacle (MO) start/end times
- MO characteristics:
- Flux-Rope (F-/Fr/F+): Magnetic field changes monotonically with organized signatures of magnetic structure
- (F-) Small field rotation
- (Fr) Magnetic field rotation between 90 and 180 degrees
- (F+) Large field rotation
- Ejecta (E): Magnetic field changes monotonically without clear pattern of changes
- Complex (Cx): Indications of more than one magnetic field rotation
- In situ data plots
- Magnetic field (MFI)
- Plasma parameters (SWE)
- Heliospheric overview using the current solar, heliospheric, and magnetospheric observatories
Contact: Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla
Teresa.Nieves@nasa.gov
+1-301-286-8681