CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: dscovr_data
Event ID: 20172492307
Observation time: 09/06/2017 249.96388 2307 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2017
Fractional day of year 249.963877
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 83279.0 ± 120.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 238.459
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -37.952
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -10.893
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0010
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0008
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 1.15, 1.16, 1.18
Event added to database
Wed Oct 25 11:34:32 2017
Event last processed
Wed Oct 25 12:03:44 2017
Method selected
MX3
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
3.697 ± 160.746

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -422.4 ± 13.2 -559.3 ± 13.7
Vy GSE [km/s] -4.9 ± 5.0 -17.6 ± 12.5
Vz GSE [km/s] 12.8 ± 9.3 47.1 ± 12.5
Wi [km/s] 40.9 ± 13.7 62.0 ± 10.2
We [km/s] 1294.1 ± 432.2 1961.3 ± 323.1
Ni [n/cc] 5.2 ± 1.6 6.9 ± 1.7
Bx GSE [nT] 0.7 ± 0.8 3.0 ± 4.2
By GSE [nT] -1.9 ± 0.7 -6.7 ± 3.1
Bz GSE [nT] 1.0 ± 0.9 4.9 ± 4.0
Plasma Beta
3.125 ± 2.186
0.562 ± 0.412
Sound Speed [km/s]
52.83 ± 17.64
80.07 ± 13.19
Alfven Speed [km/s]
26.01 ± 2.76
88.64 ± 10.97

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.945 ± 0.260 -0.224 ± 0.928 0.239 ± 0.235 13.84 ± 34.10 193.36 ± 56.22
VC -0.968 ± 0.022 -0.090 ± 0.090 0.236 ± 0.232 13.65 ± 5.02 185.34 ± 5.32
MX1 -0.935 ± 0.213 -0.251 ± 0.718 0.252 ± 0.247 14.60 ± 21.53 195.03 ± 44.00
MX2 -0.943 ± 0.177 -0.293 ± 0.553 0.156 ± 0.154 8.96 ± 16.37 197.25 ± 33.60
MX3 -0.944 ± 0.174 -0.306 ± 0.526 0.125 ± 0.124 7.16 ± 18.02 197.94 ± 31.90
RH08 -0.159 ± 0.020 -0.675 ± 0.031 -0.721 ± 0.558 -46.11 ± 2.48 256.71 ± 1.59
RH09 -0.159 ± 0.023 -0.675 ± 0.035 -0.721 ± 0.558 -46.11 ± 2.87 256.71 ± 1.82
RH10 -0.159 ± 0.028 -0.675 ± 0.043 -0.721 ± 0.558 -46.11 ± 3.47 256.71 ± 2.25
Average -0.652 -0.399 -0.144 -10.013 217.382
Median -0.935 -0.293 0.156 8.959 197.943
Deviation 0.408 0.238 0.479 29.998 32.793

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 88.6 ± 21.6 782.0 ± 3412.5 1.56 ± 0.44
VC 82.2 ± 22.5 786.9 ± 3466.0 1.56 ± 0.44
MX1 89.7 ± 21.5 776.3 ± 3393.7 1.56 ± 0.44
MX2 89.8 ± 20.5 778.0 ± 3347.9 1.56 ± 0.44
MX3 89.6 ± 20.2 776.7 ± 3325.3 1.56 ± 0.44
RH08 79.7 ± 20.9 67.1 ± 46.4 1.56 ± 0.44
RH09 79.7 ± 20.9 67.1 ± 46.4 1.56 ± 0.44
RH10 79.7 ± 20.9 67.1 ± 412.2 1.56 ± 0.44
Average 84.9 512.6 1.56
Median 88.6 776.7 1.56
Deviation 4.9 369.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 378.8 ± 14.3 0.5 ± 0.0 0.6 ± 0.1 59.6 ± 15.0 707.33 ± 38.70 6.74 ± 1.71
VC 374.7 ± 14.5 3.1 ± 0.2 3.5 ± 0.4 59.5 ± 15.0 122.23 ± 6.77 6.68 ± 1.71
MX1 377.1 ± 14.3 0.1 ± 0.0 0.1 ± 0.0 59.6 ± 15.0 3448.57 ± 188.44 6.71 ± 1.71
MX2 376.1 ± 13.8 0.1 ± 0.0 0.1 ± 0.0 59.6 ± 15.0 4157.61 ± 225.40 6.69 ± 1.69
MX3 374.9 ± 13.6 0.2 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0 59.6 ± 15.0 2502.41 ± 135.36 6.67 ± 1.69
RH8 5.7 ± 6.0 4.0 ± 0.2 4.6 ± 0.5 59.5 ± 15.1 1.43 ± 1.50 0.09 ± 0.10
RH9 5.7 ± 6.0 4.0 ± 0.2 4.6 ± 0.5 59.5 ± 15.1 1.43 ± 1.50 0.09 ± 0.10
RH10 5.7 ± 6.0 4.0 ± 0.2 4.6 ± 0.5 59.5 ± 15.1 1.43 ± 1.50 0.09 ± 0.10
Average 237.3 2.0 2.3 59.5 1367.8 4.2
Median 374.9 3.1 3.5 59.6 707.3 6.7
Deviation 191.8 1.9 2.2 0.1 1731.6 3.4

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 238.4 ± 14.3 1.4 ± 0.1 2.1 ± 0.3 120.4 ± 5.6 172.79 ± 11.92 1.98 ± 0.15
VC 233.0 ± 14.7 7.9 ± 0.5 12.1 ± 1.5 120.2 ± 5.6 29.48 ± 2.02 1.94 ± 0.14
MX1 237.3 ± 14.2 0.3 ± 0.0 0.4 ± 0.1 120.4 ± 5.6 842.29 ± 58.36 1.97 ± 0.15
MX2 237.9 ± 13.8 0.2 ± 0.0 0.4 ± 0.0 120.4 ± 5.6 1020.82 ± 71.55 1.98 ± 0.15
MX3 237.5 ± 13.6 0.4 ± 0.0 0.6 ± 0.1 120.4 ± 5.6 615.44 ± 43.37 1.98 ± 0.15
RH8 0.1 ± 14.5 10.4 ± 0.7 15.8 ± 2.0 120.0 ± 5.6 0.04 ± 1.43 0.00 ± 0.12
RH9 0.1 ± 14.5 10.4 ± 0.7 15.8 ± 2.0 120.0 ± 5.6 0.04 ± 1.43 0.00 ± 0.12
RH10 0.1 ± 14.5 10.4 ± 0.7 15.8 ± 2.0 120.0 ± 5.6 0.04 ± 1.43 0.00 ± 0.12
Average 148.0 5.2 7.9 120.2 335.1 1.2
Median 237.3 7.9 12.1 120.4 172.8 2.0
Deviation 122.5 5.0 7.6 0.2 424.7 1.0

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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