CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: dscovr_data
Event ID: 20171821625
Observation time: 07/01/2017 182.68472 1625 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2017
Fractional day of year 182.684722
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 59160.0 ± 100.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 241.484
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 38.177
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -16.577
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0010
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0006
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 10.06, 14.48, 15.03
Event added to database
Tue Oct 24 16:34:24 2017
Event last processed
Wed Oct 25 11:51:16 2017
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
50.628 ± 2.867

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -360.7 ± 1.2 -406.4 ± 1.0
Vy GSE [km/s] -27.6 ± 3.2 -21.8 ± 1.5
Vz GSE [km/s] 4.9 ± 3.0 -9.7 ± 1.4
Wi [km/s] 22.6 ± 0.7 28.1 ± 0.4
We [km/s] 713.2 ± 23.1 888.0 ± 13.3
Ni [n/cc] 8.0 ± 0.5 12.6 ± 0.6
Bx GSE [nT] -1.0 ± 0.6 -0.1 ± 0.7
By GSE [nT] 9.6 ± 0.4 16.3 ± 0.5
Bz GSE [nT] 3.9 ± 1.1 3.9 ± 1.3
Plasma Beta
0.078 ± 0.078
0.074 ± 0.073
Sound Speed [km/s]
29.12 ± 0.94
36.25 ± 0.54
Alfven Speed [km/s]
80.87 ± 2.82
103.17 ± 3.13

Best values of shock front normal for each method (About, Top)

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.744 ± 0.432 0.239 ± 0.385 0.624 ± 0.527 38.64 ± 40.13 162.15 ± 27.78
VC -0.946 ± 0.020 0.121 ± 0.069 -0.300 ± 0.290 -17.45 ± 3.50 172.72 ± 4.16
MX1 -0.947 ± 0.025 0.141 ± 0.074 -0.288 ± 0.279 -16.71 ± 4.57 171.55 ± 4.48
MX2 -0.945 ± 0.022 0.139 ± 0.072 -0.296 ± 0.287 -17.22 ± 3.71 171.66 ± 4.35
MX3 -0.943 ± 0.020 0.137 ± 0.070 -0.304 ± 0.294 -17.69 ± 3.24 171.74 ± 4.24
RH08 -0.970 ± 0.003 0.128 ± 0.009 -0.207 ± 0.204 -11.93 ± 0.73 172.48 ± 0.54
RH09 -0.982 ± 0.013 0.095 ± 0.070 -0.162 ± 0.161 -9.32 ± 4.03 174.48 ± 4.07
RH10 -0.985 ± 0.012 0.078 ± 0.070 -0.151 ± 0.150 -8.68 ± 4.03 175.49 ± 4.07
Average -0.933 0.135 -0.135 -7.544 171.535
Median -0.946 0.137 -0.207 -11.929 172.479
Deviation 0.078 0.048 0.313 19.031 4.048

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 58.3 ± 5.7 336.6 ± 1.2 1.63 ± 0.13
VC 84.7 ± 2.1 467.9 ± 2.4 1.63 ± 0.13
MX1 83.3 ± 2.1 467.8 ± 2.4 1.63 ± 0.13
MX2 83.6 ± 2.1 467.0 ± 2.4 1.63 ± 0.13
MX3 83.9 ± 2.1 466.1 ± 2.4 1.63 ± 0.13
RH08 82.2 ± 2.2 476.1 ± 2.3 1.63 ± 0.13
RH09 82.9 ± 2.4 481.3 ± 2.3 1.63 ± 0.13
RH10 83.5 ± 2.4 482.8 ± 17.3 1.63 ± 0.13
Average 80.3 455.7 1.63
Median 83.5 467.9 1.63
Deviation 8.9 48.6 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 72.0 ± 2.2 14.6 ± 0.5 42.5 ± 1.5 84.7 ± 2.9 4.94 ± 0.14 0.85 ± 0.03
VC 131.3 ± 1.4 2.6 ± 0.1 7.5 ± 0.3 85.9 ± 2.9 51.49 ± 1.95 1.53 ± 0.06
MX1 131.3 ± 1.4 3.2 ± 0.1 9.4 ± 0.3 85.9 ± 2.9 41.35 ± 1.57 1.53 ± 0.06
MX2 131.3 ± 1.4 3.0 ± 0.1 9.0 ± 0.3 85.9 ± 2.9 43.30 ± 1.65 1.53 ± 0.06
MX3 131.3 ± 1.4 2.9 ± 0.1 8.6 ± 0.3 85.9 ± 2.9 45.25 ± 1.73 1.53 ± 0.06
RH8 130.8 ± 1.3 3.7 ± 0.1 11.0 ± 0.4 85.9 ± 2.9 34.99 ± 1.27 1.52 ± 0.06
RH9 130.4 ± 1.3 3.4 ± 0.1 10.0 ± 0.3 85.9 ± 2.9 38.50 ± 1.35 1.52 ± 0.06
RH10 130.2 ± 1.2 3.1 ± 0.1 9.1 ± 0.3 85.9 ± 2.9 42.28 ± 1.47 1.52 ± 0.06
Average 123.6 4.6 13.4 85.8 37.8 1.4
Median 131.3 3.2 9.4 85.9 42.3 1.5
Deviation 20.8 4.1 11.8 0.4 14.1 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 45.7 ± 1.1 18.2 ± 0.2 54.2 ± 1.6 107.8 ± 2.9 2.51 ± 0.07 0.42 ± 0.02
VC 83.0 ± 1.1 3.2 ± 0.0 9.6 ± 0.3 109.3 ± 2.9 26.05 ± 0.47 0.76 ± 0.03
MX1 83.0 ± 1.1 4.0 ± 0.0 12.0 ± 0.4 109.3 ± 2.9 20.92 ± 0.38 0.76 ± 0.03
MX2 83.0 ± 1.1 3.8 ± 0.0 11.4 ± 0.3 109.3 ± 2.9 21.91 ± 0.40 0.76 ± 0.03
MX3 83.0 ± 1.1 3.6 ± 0.0 10.9 ± 0.3 109.3 ± 2.9 22.90 ± 0.42 0.76 ± 0.03
RH8 82.7 ± 1.1 4.7 ± 0.1 14.1 ± 0.4 109.3 ± 2.9 17.71 ± 0.32 0.76 ± 0.03
RH9 82.6 ± 1.1 4.2 ± 0.1 12.8 ± 0.4 109.3 ± 2.9 19.53 ± 0.34 0.76 ± 0.03
RH10 82.6 ± 1.1 3.8 ± 0.0 11.6 ± 0.4 109.3 ± 2.9 21.46 ± 0.37 0.76 ± 0.03
Average 78.2 5.7 17.1 109.1 19.1 0.7
Median 83.0 4.0 12.0 109.3 21.5 0.8
Deviation 13.1 5.1 15.0 0.5 7.1 0.1

Survey interval (About, Top)
Survey of solar wind interval
Selected data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters
Survey
Velocity
V

Magnetic Field
B


Simple Methods (About, Top)
Simple methods
Rankine Chi^2 Contour (About, Top)

Chisq


Shock Speed (About, Top)
Shock Speed

Theta Bn (About, Top)
Theta Bn

Mach Numbers (About, Top)

Upstream wave speeds
Upstream Mach numbers
Downsteam wave speeds
Downstream mach numbers
Page updated Mon Apr 13 08:55:21 2009
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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