Interplanetary Shock (or CME Arrival)
Catalog: M2M_CATALOG
Location: Earth
Event Time: 2026-08-02T11:28Z ( SOLAR-1: MAG )
All Detecting Spacecrafts:
SOLAR-1: MAG
ACE: SWEPAM
ACE: MAG
SOLAR-1: SWiPS
IMAP: MAG
IMAP: SWAPI
Activity ID: 2026-08-02T11:28:00-IPS-001 (version 3)
Quality of ICME Signature: 2 (clear signatures)
Note: Characterized by a sharp increase in magnetic field components with Btotal jumping from ~4.4nT to ~14.3 at 2026-08-02T11:28Z, reaching a maximum B_total of 21.5nT at 2026-08-02T14:56Z and maximum southward B_z of -17.41nT at 2026-08-02T15:02Z. There is a corresponding sharp increase in speed observed from ~290 km/s to ~360 km/s, reaching a maximum speed ~430 km/s. Temperature also increases from ~34,000 K to ~313,000 K further reaching ~479.6k K, with density increasing from ~3 p/cc to ~37 p/cc. This signature is associated with the arrival of CME: 2026-07-30T16:53Z.
Version 1 submitted on 2026-08-02T12:03Z by Elizabeth Juelfs
Version 2 submitted on 2026-08-02T20:08Z by Carina Alden
Version 3 submitted on 2026-08-04T19:11Z by Tony Iampietro
A Notification with ID
20260802-AL-001 was sent on 2026-08-02T12:10Z
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