Table information for 'sidc_cme.epn_core'

General

Table Description: SIDC Coronal Mass Ejection

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Resource Description: *** SIDC Coronal Mass Ejection *** This service provides a catalog of Coronal Mass Ejections as evaluated by the SIDC forecaster on duty.

For a list of all services and tables belonging to this table's resource, see Information on resource 'SIDC CME'

Citing this table

To cite the table as such, we suggest the following BibTeX entry:

@MISC{vo:sidc_cme_epn_cor,
  year=2025,
  title={{SIDC} {CME}},
  author={{PLACEHOLDER\_CREATOR}},
  url={https://vo-tap.oma.be/tableinfo/sidc_cme.epn_core},
  howpublished={{VO} resource provided by the {ROB} Virtual Observatory Data Center}
}

This research has been made at the Royal Observatory of Belgium

Columns

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NameTable Head DescriptionUnitUCD
granule_gid Granule_gid Unique identifier for the Coronal Mass Ejection (SIDC CME number) N/A meta.id
granule_uid Granule_uid Unique identifier for the individual evaluation of the SIDC CME N/A meta.id
cme_issuetime Cme_issuetime (jd) Issue time for the SIDC Coronal Mass Ejection. d time
cme_departuretime Cme_departuretime (jd) Time of departure of the Coronal Mass Ejection. If more than one 2D detections are used, the earliest detection time is used. d time
cme_backsided Cme_backsided Determines if the Coronal Mass Ejection is backsided or not. N/A meta.code.class
cme_3d_consolidated_time21_5 Cme_3d_consolidated_time21_5 (jd) (Consolidated) estimated time of arrival of the CME at 21.5 solar radii. d time
cme_3d_consolidated_principaldirectiontime Cme_3d_consolidated_principaldirectiontime (jd) Time at which the Stonyhurst coordinates of the principal direction estimation is valid. (same as time 21.5 solar radii) d time
cme_3d_consolidated_principallongitude Cme_3d_consolidated_principallongitude (Consolidated) principal longitude of the CME source, in Stonyhurst coordinates. deg N/A
cme_3d_consolidated_principallatitude Cme_3d_consolidated_principallatitude (Consolidated) principal latitude of the CME source, in Stonyhurst coordinates. deg N/A
cme_3d_consolidated_width Cme_3d_consolidated_width (Consolidated) estimated de-projected width of the CME. deg N/A
cme_3d_consolidated_speed Cme_3d_consolidated_speed (Consolidated) estimated de-projected speed of the CME. km/s phys.velocity
cme_3d_consolidated_sourcelocationtime Cme_3d_consolidated_sourcelocationtime (jd) Time at which the Stonyhurst coordinates of the source location estimation is valid. (same as departuretime) d time
cme_3d_consolidated_sourcelongitude Cme_3d_consolidated_sourcelongitude (Consolidated) longitude of the source region associated with the CME, in Stonyhurst coordinates. deg N/A
cme_3d_consolidated_sourcelatitude Cme_3d_consolidated_sourcelatitude (Consolidated) latitude of the source region associated with the CME, in Stonyhurst coordinates. deg N/A
cme_operatorid Cme_operatorid ID of the operator/forecaster on duty (internally only) N/A meta.id

Columns that are parts of indices are marked like this.

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