CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: dscovr_data
Event ID: 20171892303
Observation time: 07/08/2017 189.96111 2303 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2017
Fractional day of year 189.961111
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 83040.0 ± 70.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 243.689
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 32.045
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -21.845
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0009
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0004
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0004
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 11.73, 27.55, 28.67
Event added to database
Wed Oct 25 10:19:41 2017
Event last processed
Wed Oct 25 11:53:31 2017
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
67.474 ± 1.671

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -315.2 ± 0.5 -343.8 ± 1.2
Vy GSE [km/s] -24.7 ± 0.6 -43.9 ± 0.9
Vz GSE [km/s] -11.3 ± 1.1 -20.8 ± 0.5
Wi [km/s] 15.9 ± 0.2 21.9 ± 0.3
We [km/s] 503.7 ± 5.1 691.6 ± 9.5
Ni [n/cc] 8.4 ± 0.3 18.1 ± 0.2
Bx GSE [nT] 2.7 ± 0.1 3.5 ± 0.2
By GSE [nT] -2.8 ± 0.1 -5.7 ± 0.2
Bz GSE [nT] 0.3 ± 0.2 -0.8 ± 0.6
Plasma Beta
0.302 ± 0.302
0.403 ± 0.404
Sound Speed [km/s]
20.56 ± 0.21
28.24 ± 0.39
Alfven Speed [km/s]
29.02 ± 0.68
34.46 ± 0.87

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.873 ± 0.090 -0.026 ± 0.166 -0.487 ± 0.444 -29.15 ± 10.59 181.69 ± 10.89
VC -0.801 ± 0.019 -0.537 ± 0.027 -0.265 ± 0.259 -15.38 ± 1.54 213.81 ± 1.93
MX1 -0.953 ± 0.019 -0.169 ± 0.097 -0.251 ± 0.246 -14.53 ± 1.78 190.08 ± 5.83
MX2 -0.959 ± 0.020 -0.192 ± 0.087 -0.206 ± 0.203 -11.92 ± 2.75 191.30 ± 5.21
MX3 -0.964 ± 0.021 -0.216 ± 0.078 -0.156 ± 0.155 -8.97 ± 4.39 192.62 ± 4.64
RH08 -0.976 ± 0.003 -0.181 ± 0.013 -0.117 ± 0.117 -6.74 ± 0.64 190.53 ± 0.78
RH09 -1.000 ± 0.002 -0.026 ± 0.061 -0.006 ± 0.006 -0.32 ± 3.95 181.50 ± 3.50
RH10 -1.000 ± 0.002 -0.026 ± 0.062 -0.006 ± 0.006 -0.32 ± 3.99 181.50 ± 3.56
Average -0.941 -0.172 -0.187 -10.915 190.378
Median -0.959 -0.169 -0.156 -8.965 190.529
Deviation 0.069 0.169 0.157 9.353 10.610

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 51.5 ± 2.7 337.6 ± 0.4 2.13 ± 0.05
VC 78.9 ± 2.3 335.8 ± 0.4 2.13 ± 0.05
MX1 56.0 ± 2.3 368.8 ± 0.4 2.13 ± 0.05
MX2 57.0 ± 2.2 371.2 ± 0.4 2.13 ± 0.05
MX3 58.2 ± 2.1 372.8 ± 0.4 2.13 ± 0.05
RH08 56.1 ± 2.1 374.2 ± 0.4 2.13 ± 0.05
RH09 47.4 ± 1.9 370.2 ± 0.4 2.13 ± 0.05
RH10 47.4 ± 1.9 370.2 ± 2.4 2.13 ± 0.05
Average 56.6 362.6 2.13
Median 56.1 370.2 2.13
Deviation 10.0 16.1 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 56.3 ± 0.9 11.0 ± 0.1 18.1 ± 0.4 33.8 ± 0.5 5.14 ± 0.07 1.67 ± 0.04
VC 67.1 ± 0.9 3.2 ± 0.0 5.6 ± 0.1 35.4 ± 0.5 20.71 ± 0.29 1.89 ± 0.04
MX1 61.4 ± 0.7 9.8 ± 0.1 16.2 ± 0.4 34.2 ± 0.5 6.30 ± 0.08 1.80 ± 0.04
MX2 61.8 ± 0.7 9.5 ± 0.1 15.8 ± 0.4 34.3 ± 0.5 6.51 ± 0.08 1.80 ± 0.04
MX3 61.9 ± 0.7 9.2 ± 0.1 15.3 ± 0.4 34.4 ± 0.5 6.77 ± 0.08 1.80 ± 0.04
RH8 60.7 ± 0.6 9.7 ± 0.1 16.2 ± 0.4 34.2 ± 0.5 6.24 ± 0.07 1.77 ± 0.04
RH9 54.4 ± 0.5 12.1 ± 0.1 19.7 ± 0.5 33.5 ± 0.5 4.51 ± 0.04 1.63 ± 0.03
RH10 54.4 ± 0.5 12.1 ± 0.1 19.7 ± 0.5 33.5 ± 0.5 4.51 ± 0.04 1.63 ± 0.03
Average 59.8 9.6 15.8 34.2 7.6 1.7
Median 61.4 9.8 16.2 34.2 6.3 1.8
Deviation 4.4 2.8 4.5 0.6 5.4 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 26.3 ± 1.1 14.3 ± 0.2 21.4 ± 0.5 42.2 ± 0.8 1.83 ± 0.10 0.62 ± 0.04
VC 31.4 ± 0.8 4.2 ± 0.1 6.6 ± 0.2 44.4 ± 0.8 7.44 ± 0.27 0.71 ± 0.03
MX1 28.5 ± 1.1 12.7 ± 0.2 19.3 ± 0.5 42.7 ± 0.8 2.24 ± 0.11 0.67 ± 0.04
MX2 28.7 ± 1.1 12.4 ± 0.2 18.8 ± 0.5 42.8 ± 0.8 2.32 ± 0.12 0.67 ± 0.04
MX3 28.7 ± 1.1 12.0 ± 0.2 18.2 ± 0.5 42.9 ± 0.8 2.41 ± 0.12 0.67 ± 0.03
RH8 28.1 ± 1.1 12.7 ± 0.2 19.2 ± 0.5 42.7 ± 0.8 2.22 ± 0.11 0.66 ± 0.04
RH9 25.3 ± 1.2 15.8 ± 0.2 23.3 ± 0.6 41.6 ± 0.8 1.60 ± 0.10 0.61 ± 0.04
RH10 25.3 ± 1.2 15.8 ± 0.2 23.3 ± 0.6 41.6 ± 0.8 1.60 ± 0.10 0.61 ± 0.04
Average 27.8 12.5 18.8 42.6 2.7 0.7
Median 28.5 12.7 19.3 42.7 2.2 0.7
Deviation 2.1 3.7 5.3 0.9 1.9 0.0

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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