CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19952341256
Observation time: 08/22/1995 234.53943 1256 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1995
Fractional day of year 234.539427
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 46606.5 ± 9.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 33.845
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -31.926
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -1.710
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0305
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0293
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 4.03, 6.18, 6.34
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:01:09 2005
Event last processed
Wed Mar 25 13:01:38 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
10.929 ± 0.291

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -323.8 ± 2.7 -358.8 ± 3.4
Vy GSE [km/s] -7.7 ± 1.6 16.4 ± 3.5
Vz GSE [km/s] 8.0 ± 1.9 25.7 ± 6.3
Wi [km/s] 20.7 ± 1.1 36.5 ± 2.5
We [km/s] 656.0 ± 35.4 1153.3 ± 77.8
Ni [n/cc] 3.4 ± 0.2 8.9 ± 0.5
Bx GSE [nT] 0.6 ± 0.2 0.7 ± 0.4
By GSE [nT] -1.9 ± 0.1 -3.6 ± 0.6
Bz GSE [nT] 0.7 ± 0.2 1.9 ± 1.4
Plasma Beta
0.655 ± 0.665
1.389 ± 1.331
Sound Speed [km/s]
26.78 ± 1.45
47.08 ± 3.18
Alfven Speed [km/s]
25.68 ± 0.81
31.96 ± 3.74

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.684 ± 0.428 0.730 ± 0.401 0.013 ± 0.013 0.77 ± 37.86 133.13 ± 33.61
VC -0.763 ± 0.071 0.528 ± 0.090 0.374 ± 0.355 21.95 ± 7.09 145.30 ± 6.48
MX1 -0.820 ± 0.156 0.310 ± 0.360 0.482 ± 0.441 28.82 ± 9.85 159.29 ± 25.07
MX2 -0.835 ± 0.138 0.366 ± 0.286 0.412 ± 0.387 24.32 ± 8.79 156.34 ± 19.56
MX3 -0.843 ± 0.138 0.397 ± 0.259 0.362 ± 0.346 21.25 ± 11.65 154.81 ± 17.46
RH08 -0.974 ± 0.005 0.181 ± 0.022 0.140 ± 0.139 8.03 ± 1.05 169.47 ± 1.32
RH09 -0.928 ± 0.026 0.330 ± 0.067 0.173 ± 0.171 9.97 ± 4.03 160.45 ± 4.10
RH10 -0.928 ± 0.026 0.330 ± 0.067 0.173 ± 0.171 9.97 ± 4.03 160.45 ± 4.10
Average -0.847 0.396 0.266 15.635 154.904
Median -0.835 0.366 0.362 21.253 159.285
Deviation 0.096 0.166 0.163 9.737 11.091

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 31.8 ± 7.7 284.2 ± 4.7 2.64 ± 0.22
VC 55.1 ± 7.6 320.6 ± 6.5 2.64 ± 0.22
MX1 69.0 ± 7.7 338.7 ± 7.0 2.64 ± 0.22
MX2 64.2 ± 7.7 344.3 ± 6.6 2.64 ± 0.22
MX3 61.1 ± 7.7 346.9 ± 6.3 2.64 ± 0.22
RH08 66.1 ± 7.4 381.0 ± 5.3 2.64 ± 0.22
RH09 59.1 ± 7.6 369.7 ± 5.2 2.64 ± 0.22
RH10 59.1 ± 7.6 369.7 ± 5.2 2.64 ± 0.22
Average 58.2 344.4 2.64
Median 61.1 346.9 2.64
Deviation 11.5 31.3 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 68.3 ± 1.5 18.0 ± 0.6 21.8 ± 0.7 32.5 ± 1.1 3.80 ± 0.10 2.11 ± 0.05
VC 74.8 ± 2.1 11.1 ± 0.4 14.7 ± 0.5 35.4 ± 1.2 6.75 ± 0.17 2.11 ± 0.05
MX1 71.8 ± 2.5 6.7 ± 0.2 9.2 ± 0.3 36.5 ± 1.3 10.66 ± 0.27 1.97 ± 0.05
MX2 73.6 ± 2.4 8.3 ± 0.3 11.2 ± 0.4 36.2 ± 1.3 8.89 ± 0.22 2.03 ± 0.05
MX3 73.9 ± 2.3 9.2 ± 0.3 12.4 ± 0.4 35.9 ± 1.3 8.01 ± 0.19 2.06 ± 0.05
RH8 66.1 ± 2.5 7.7 ± 0.3 10.4 ± 0.3 36.3 ± 1.3 8.61 ± 0.20 1.82 ± 0.04
RH9 70.3 ± 2.4 9.8 ± 0.3 13.2 ± 0.4 35.8 ± 1.3 7.14 ± 0.16 1.97 ± 0.04
RH10 70.3 ± 2.4 9.8 ± 0.3 13.2 ± 0.4 35.8 ± 1.3 7.14 ± 0.16 1.97 ± 0.04
Average 71.1 10.1 13.3 35.5 7.6 2.0
Median 71.8 9.8 13.2 35.9 8.0 2.0
Deviation 3.0 3.5 3.9 1.3 2.0 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 26.6 ± 1.9 24.8 ± 2.2 27.2 ± 3.2 51.3 ± 2.3 1.08 ± 0.13 0.52 ± 0.06
VC 28.8 ± 3.5 15.6 ± 1.2 18.3 ± 2.1 54.9 ± 2.1 1.86 ± 0.30 0.53 ± 0.07
MX1 27.2 ± 4.2 9.5 ± 0.7 11.4 ± 1.3 56.3 ± 2.1 2.87 ± 0.52 0.48 ± 0.08
MX2 28.3 ± 3.8 11.7 ± 0.9 13.9 ± 1.6 55.8 ± 2.1 2.43 ± 0.40 0.51 ± 0.07
MX3 28.4 ± 3.6 13.0 ± 1.0 15.4 ± 1.8 55.5 ± 2.1 2.20 ± 0.34 0.51 ± 0.07
RH8 25.1 ± 3.2 10.8 ± 0.8 13.0 ± 1.5 56.0 ± 2.1 2.33 ± 0.32 0.45 ± 0.06
RH9 26.8 ± 2.9 13.9 ± 1.1 16.4 ± 1.9 55.3 ± 2.1 1.94 ± 0.26 0.49 ± 0.06
RH10 26.8 ± 2.9 13.9 ± 1.1 16.4 ± 1.9 55.3 ± 2.1 1.94 ± 0.26 0.49 ± 0.06
Average 27.3 14.2 16.5 55.1 2.1 0.5
Median 27.2 13.9 16.4 55.5 2.2 0.5
Deviation 1.2 4.7 4.8 1.6 0.5 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 Fri Jun 13 11:06:02 2014
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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