Description
This data collection consists of archived Space Weather Follow On Lagrange 1 (SOL-1) Level 1b Retrospective Solar Wind Plasma Sensor (SWiPS) data. The archival process includes daily files. The SWiPS instrument generates 1 file per day per level in the netCDF-4 format. These data are produced by the SWiPS instrument aboard the SOL-1 spacecraft. SWiPS monitors the solar wind for abrupt changes, which can result from interplanetary shocks, coronal mass ejections, corotating interaction regions or high speed solar wind, because these can cause geomagnetic storms that are harmful to life and technology. SOL-1 will launch in 2025. Other products available are auxiliary files (frm-rt-l0_sol1, frm-st-l0_sol1, pkt-l0_sol1, orb-pr_sol1, sc-att_sol1); SWiPS files (swips-l0b-sol1, swips-l1a_sol1, swips-l1b_sol1, swips-l2_sol1, and swips-l3-avg1m_sol1); and, National Centers for Environmental Data (NCEI) Retrospective Science products (sci_swips-l1a_sol1, sci_swips-l2_sol1, and sci_swips-l3-avg1m_sol1).
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCEI Dataset Landing Page | Unknown | Landing page for the dataset. | Open resource |
| SWFO Instruments | Unknown | The Space Weather Follow On Lagrange 1 (SOL-1) mission is a deep-space mission operating in a Lissajous orbit at the Sun-Earth Lagrange 1 (L1) point, enabling upstream measurements of solar wind disturbances before they reach Earth. It will provide continuous measurements of the sunâs corona and of the solar wind at the L1 point and transmit continuous real-time data to Earth. | Open resource |