CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: dscovr_data
Event ID: 20172430055
Observation time: 08/31/2017 243.03889 0055 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2017
Fractional day of year 243.038889
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 3360.0 ± 200.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 242.173
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -32.260
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -16.689
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0011
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0011
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0009
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 7.63, 13.69, 13.87
Event added to database
Wed Oct 25 11:26:06 2017
Event last processed
Wed Oct 25 11:58:47 2017
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
272.879 ± 2869.874

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -346.2 ± 1.2 -370.3 ± 3.5
Vy GSE [km/s] 0.2 ± 1.4 -22.9 ± 1.2
Vz GSE [km/s] 6.2 ± 1.0 24.2 ± 3.5
Wi [km/s] 13.7 ± 0.2 18.1 ± 0.8
We [km/s] 431.7 ± 7.5 573.8 ± 26.4
Ni [n/cc] 7.5 ± 0.2 13.8 ± 0.7
Bx GSE [nT] 3.7 ± 0.1 5.2 ± 0.8
By GSE [nT] -2.0 ± 0.2 -5.1 ± 0.6
Bz GSE [nT] 0.0 ± 0.1 1.1 ± 0.4
Plasma Beta
0.161 ± 0.162
0.175 ± 0.181
Sound Speed [km/s]
17.62 ± 0.31
23.42 ± 1.08
Alfven Speed [km/s]
34.03 ± 1.01
43.50 ± 3.01

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.882 ± 0.102 -0.277 ± 0.203 0.382 ± 0.362 22.43 ± 12.52 197.42 ± 13.11
VC -0.632 ± 0.056 -0.613 ± 0.057 0.475 ± 0.435 28.33 ± 5.98 224.12 ± 4.10
MX1 -0.875 ± 0.088 -0.301 ± 0.215 0.380 ± 0.360 22.32 ± 7.58 198.96 ± 14.04
MX2 -0.873 ± 0.088 -0.300 ± 0.217 0.384 ± 0.364 22.59 ± 7.44 198.94 ± 14.21
MX3 -0.871 ± 0.090 -0.298 ± 0.220 0.390 ± 0.369 22.96 ± 7.57 198.89 ± 14.44
RH08 0.024 ± 0.010 0.359 ± 0.001 0.933 ± 0.433 68.90 ± 0.00 86.24 ± 1.59
RH09 -0.994 ± 0.008 -0.061 ± 0.066 0.095 ± 0.095 5.45 ± 3.99 183.51 ± 3.81
RH10 -0.994 ± 0.008 -0.061 ± 0.067 0.095 ± 0.095 5.45 ± 3.99 183.51 ± 3.85
Average -0.762 -0.194 0.392 24.805 183.949
Median -0.873 -0.277 0.384 22.589 198.891
Deviation 0.337 0.282 0.261 19.735 41.431

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 49.9 ± 2.0 384.5 ± 1.0 1.87 ± 0.10
VC 74.6 ± 2.0 305.1 ± 0.9 1.87 ± 0.10
MX1 51.2 ± 2.0 382.8 ± 1.0 1.87 ± 0.10
MX2 51.2 ± 2.0 382.3 ± 1.0 1.87 ± 0.10
MX3 51.3 ± 2.0 381.6 ± 1.0 1.87 ± 0.10
RH08 81.4 ± 1.2 17.5 ± 0.8 1.87 ± 0.10
RH09 32.3 ± 1.9 405.8 ± 1.0 1.87 ± 0.10
RH10 32.3 ± 1.9 405.8 ± 9.9 1.87 ± 0.10
Average 53.0 333.2 1.87
Median 51.2 382.8 1.87
Deviation 17.5 131.4 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 76.9 ± 0.8 10.5 ± 0.2 21.9 ± 0.6 36.9 ± 0.9 7.34 ± 0.15 2.09 ± 0.06
VC 83.6 ± 0.9 4.2 ± 0.1 9.0 ± 0.3 38.1 ± 0.9 20.05 ± 0.43 2.20 ± 0.07
MX1 77.6 ± 0.8 10.2 ± 0.1 21.3 ± 0.6 36.9 ± 0.9 7.63 ± 0.15 2.10 ± 0.06
MX2 77.7 ± 0.8 10.2 ± 0.1 21.3 ± 0.6 37.0 ± 0.9 7.65 ± 0.15 2.10 ± 0.06
MX3 77.7 ± 0.8 10.1 ± 0.1 21.3 ± 0.6 37.0 ± 0.9 7.67 ± 0.15 2.10 ± 0.06
RH8 19.7 ± 0.9 2.3 ± 0.0 5.1 ± 0.2 38.3 ± 0.9 8.39 ± 0.35 0.52 ± 0.03
RH9 61.3 ± 1.1 14.2 ± 0.2 28.8 ± 0.9 35.6 ± 0.9 4.30 ± 0.11 1.72 ± 0.05
RH10 61.3 ± 1.1 14.2 ± 0.2 28.8 ± 0.9 35.6 ± 0.9 4.30 ± 0.11 1.72 ± 0.05
Average 67.0 9.5 19.7 36.9 8.4 1.8
Median 77.6 10.2 21.3 37.0 7.6 2.1
Deviation 20.7 4.3 8.5 1.0 5.0 0.6

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 42.4 ± 3.1 13.8 ± 0.6 28.0 ± 1.9 47.4 ± 2.9 3.06 ± 0.22 0.90 ± 0.09
VC 45.6 ± 2.5 5.5 ± 0.2 11.5 ± 0.8 49.1 ± 3.0 8.31 ± 0.51 0.93 ± 0.08
MX1 42.7 ± 3.1 13.4 ± 0.6 27.3 ± 1.9 47.6 ± 2.9 3.18 ± 0.23 0.90 ± 0.09
MX2 42.8 ± 3.1 13.4 ± 0.6 27.2 ± 1.9 47.6 ± 2.9 3.19 ± 0.23 0.90 ± 0.09
MX3 42.8 ± 3.1 13.4 ± 0.6 27.2 ± 1.9 47.6 ± 2.9 3.20 ± 0.23 0.90 ± 0.09
RH8 11.8 ± 3.6 3.1 ± 0.1 6.5 ± 0.5 49.3 ± 3.0 3.82 ± 1.14 0.24 ± 0.07
RH9 34.2 ± 3.5 18.8 ± 0.9 36.8 ± 2.5 45.7 ± 3.0 1.82 ± 0.18 0.75 ± 0.10
RH10 34.2 ± 3.5 18.8 ± 0.9 36.8 ± 2.5 45.7 ± 3.0 1.82 ± 0.18 0.75 ± 0.10
Average 37.1 12.5 25.2 47.5 3.6 0.8
Median 42.7 13.4 27.3 47.6 3.2 0.9
Deviation 11.0 5.6 10.8 1.3 2.0 0.2

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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