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Bow Shocks - WIND Magnetospheric Passes

ResourceID
spase://NASA/Catalog/Wind/MFI/BowShock

Description

The following table provides a list of bow shock (BS) crossing times. The 1st column gives the time of the last BS crossing as the spacecraft was leaving the Earth magnetosheath. The 2nd column gives the first full hour which has only unshocked solar wind data in it. The 3rd column gives the last full hour which still contains interplanetary magnetic field data, and finally the last column gives the time of the 1st BS crossing on the way into the Earth magnetosphere.

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ResourceID
spase://NASA/Catalog/Wind/MFI/BowShock
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
Bow Shocks - WIND Magnetospheric Passes
ReleaseDate
2026-08-01 18:26:01
Description

The following table provides a list of bow shock (BS) crossing times. The 1st column gives the time of the last BS crossing as the spacecraft was leaving the Earth magnetosheath. The 2nd column gives the first full hour which has only unshocked solar wind data in it. The 3rd column gives the last full hour which still contains interplanetary magnetic field data, and finally the last column gives the time of the 1st BS crossing on the way into the Earth magnetosphere.

Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.Authorspase://SMWG/Person/Jan.Merka
2.Authorspase://SMWG/Person/Adam.Szabo
3.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Olga.Y.Uritskaya
AccessInformation
InstrumentIDs
PhenomenonType
BowShockCrossing
TimeSpan
StartDate
1994-11-12 16:02:30
StopDate
2003-10-13 14:50:30
Parameter #1
Name
Last BS crossing
Description

The time of the last BS crossing as the spacecraft was leaving the Earth magnetosphere.

Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #2
Name
1st hr kept
Description

The first full hour which has only unshocked solar wind data in it.

Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #3
Name
Last hr kept
Description

Tthe last full hour which still contains interplanetary magnetic field data.

Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #4
Name
1st BS crossing
Description

The time of the 1st BS crossing on the way into the Earth magnetosphere.

Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal