CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: dscovr_data
Event ID: 20171990850
Observation time: 07/18/2017 199.36874 0850 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2017
Fractional day of year 199.368738
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 31859.0 ± 60.0
Shock type FR
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 247.594
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 21.492
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -26.911
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0007
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 2.16, 3.58, 3.68
Event added to database
Wed Oct 25 10:35:07 2017
Event last processed
Wed Oct 25 11:55:56 2017
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
46.437 ± 7.916

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -522.7 ± 9.7 -602.0 ± 7.8
Vy GSE [km/s] 145.0 ± 20.1 56.5 ± 35.0
Vz GSE [km/s] 6.9 ± 20.4 -138.0 ± 73.6
Wi [km/s] 134.1 ± 17.8 92.7 ± 15.7
We [km/s] 4241.7 ± 562.4 2931.8 ± 496.5
Ni [n/cc] 2.4 ± 0.3 1.7 ± 0.3
Bx GSE [nT] 0.6 ± 0.9 0.9 ± 1.5
By GSE [nT] -6.3 ± 1.0 -2.4 ± 0.5
Bz GSE [nT] 1.1 ± 3.0 -0.9 ± 2.1
Plasma Beta
1.868 ± 2.076
2.415 ± 2.366
Sound Speed [km/s]
173.17 ± 22.96
119.69 ± 20.27
Alfven Speed [km/s]
100.35 ± 6.17
62.34 ± 6.43

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.385 ± 0.850 0.861 ± 0.421 0.331 ± 0.318 19.34 ± 35.01 114.09 ± 56.27
VC 0.477 ± 0.169 0.486 ± 0.171 0.732 ± 0.560 47.08 ± 15.39 45.57 ± 11.62
MX1 0.773 ± 0.725 0.504 ± 1.071 0.385 ± 0.365 22.64 ± 37.74 33.13 ± 78.70
MX2 -0.582 ± 0.973 0.780 ± 0.730 0.229 ± 0.225 13.22 ± 30.90 126.72 ± 71.21
MX3 0.722 ± 0.549 0.425 ± 0.802 0.545 ± 0.483 33.03 ± 36.42 30.48 ± 62.09
RH08 -0.918 ± 0.011 0.344 ± 0.029 0.196 ± 0.193 11.28 ± 1.04 159.44 ± 1.82
RH09 -0.914 ± 0.029 0.361 ± 0.066 0.184 ± 0.182 10.62 ± 3.95 158.44 ± 4.13
RH10 -0.914 ± 0.029 0.361 ± 0.066 0.184 ± 0.182 10.62 ± 3.98 158.44 ± 4.12
Average -0.218 0.516 0.348 20.980 103.290
Median -0.385 0.486 0.331 19.336 126.723
Deviation 0.753 0.198 0.200 13.096 57.887

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 38.9 ± 19.4 527.3 ± 132.9 0.70 ± 0.11
VC 72.7 ± 24.3 199.1 ± 216.5 0.70 ± 0.11
MX1 70.3 ± 17.3 -5.6 ± 252.9 0.70 ± 0.11
MX2 44.2 ± 13.0 533.7 ± 80.1 0.70 ± 0.11
MX3 75.9 ± 20.0 38.2 ± 235.6 0.70 ± 0.11
RH08 69.6 ± 7.0 517.2 ± 74.1 0.70 ± 0.11
RH09 68.5 ± 6.9 516.2 ± 70.6 0.70 ± 0.11
RH10 68.5 ± 6.9 516.2 ± 523.5 0.70 ± 0.11
Average 63.6 355.3 0.70
Median 69.6 516.2 0.70
Deviation 13.9 237.4 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 198.8 ± 11.7 71.8 ± 1.8 78.1 ± 4.8 187.4 ± 17.8 2.77 ± 0.13 1.07 ± 0.11
VC 372.7 ± 11.9 25.7 ± 0.6 29.8 ± 1.8 199.1 ± 16.5 14.50 ± 0.36 1.88 ± 0.18
MX1 322.5 ± 12.7 29.2 ± 0.7 33.8 ± 2.1 198.6 ± 16.5 11.03 ± 0.24 1.63 ± 0.13
MX2 114.7 ± 10.2 65.2 ± 1.6 71.9 ± 4.4 189.8 ± 17.4 1.76 ± 0.14 0.61 ± 0.07
MX3 350.4 ± 11.3 21.1 ± 0.5 24.5 ± 1.5 199.7 ± 16.4 16.63 ± 0.31 1.76 ± 0.15
RH8 -14.1 ± 7.4 30.4 ± 0.7 35.1 ± 2.2 198.5 ± 16.5 -0.46 ± 0.25 -0.07 ± 0.04
RH9 -15.3 ± 7.2 31.8 ± 0.7 36.7 ± 2.3 198.2 ± 16.5 -0.48 ± 0.23 -0.08 ± 0.04
RH10 -15.3 ± 7.2 31.8 ± 0.7 36.7 ± 2.3 198.2 ± 16.5 -0.48 ± 0.23 -0.08 ± 0.04
Average 164.3 38.4 43.3 196.2 5.7 0.8
Median 198.8 31.8 36.7 198.5 2.8 1.1
Deviation 170.3 19.0 20.1 4.8 7.2 0.9

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 292.5 ± 43.9 45.2 ± 2.9 48.5 ± 5.0 127.7 ± 17.2 6.48 ± 0.88 2.36 ± 0.62
VC 559.7 ± 65.9 16.3 ± 0.8 18.5 ± 1.9 134.6 ± 15.8 34.37 ± 3.47 4.25 ± 0.94
MX1 484.3 ± 44.1 18.5 ± 1.0 21.0 ± 2.2 134.3 ± 15.9 26.18 ± 2.15 3.68 ± 0.72
MX2 170.8 ± 34.5 41.1 ± 2.5 44.7 ± 4.6 129.1 ± 16.8 4.15 ± 0.80 1.36 ± 0.42
MX3 524.3 ± 52.8 13.3 ± 0.7 15.2 ± 1.6 134.9 ± 15.8 39.28 ± 3.43 3.96 ± 0.81
RH8 -28.1 ± 17.5 19.2 ± 1.0 21.8 ± 2.2 134.2 ± 15.9 -1.48 ± 0.94 -0.20 ± 0.11
RH9 -29.1 ± 17.3 20.2 ± 1.0 22.8 ± 2.4 134.1 ± 15.9 -1.46 ± 0.89 -0.21 ± 0.11
RH10 -29.1 ± 17.3 20.2 ± 1.0 22.8 ± 2.4 134.1 ± 15.9 -1.46 ± 0.89 -0.21 ± 0.11
Average 243.2 24.2 26.9 132.9 13.3 1.9
Median 292.5 20.2 22.8 134.2 6.5 2.4
Deviation 258.3 11.9 12.5 2.8 17.2 2.0

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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