CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19953490436
Observation time: 12/15/1995 349.19227 0436 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1995
Fractional day of year 349.192274
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 16612.5 ± 6.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 75.976
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 26.592
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 7.780
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0225
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0204
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 5.15, 8.09, 8.37
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:01:51 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 16:01:54 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
20.383 ± 1.153

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -309.2 ± 0.7 -330.3 ± 0.7
Vy GSE [km/s] 11.1 ± 1.0 17.8 ± 1.6
Vz GSE [km/s] -13.7 ± 0.8 -0.8 ± 1.3
Wi [km/s] 19.5 ± 0.6 26.5 ± 0.7
We [km/s] 616.6 ± 18.5 836.4 ± 22.5
Ni [n/cc] 13.2 ± 0.4 26.9 ± 1.0
Bx GSE [nT] 2.4 ± 0.1 2.7 ± 0.3
By GSE [nT] -2.3 ± 0.2 -3.2 ± 0.3
Bz GSE [nT] 0.8 ± 0.2 3.0 ± 0.4
Plasma Beta
0.882 ± 0.912
1.512 ± 1.599
Sound Speed [km/s]
25.17 ± 0.76
34.15 ± 0.92
Alfven Speed [km/s]
20.82 ± 0.62
21.66 ± 1.71

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.784 ± 0.090 0.549 ± 0.126 0.291 ± 0.283 16.93 ± 4.82 144.99 ± 9.17
VC -0.826 ± 0.032 0.258 ± 0.064 0.501 ± 0.454 30.10 ± 2.95 162.62 ± 4.40
MX1 -0.856 ± 0.035 0.438 ± 0.059 0.275 ± 0.268 15.99 ± 4.06 152.89 ± 3.93
MX2 -0.870 ± 0.031 0.411 ± 0.055 0.270 ± 0.264 15.69 ± 4.10 154.71 ± 3.59
MX3 -0.885 ± 0.032 0.384 ± 0.062 0.264 ± 0.258 15.32 ± 4.23 156.52 ± 4.00
RH08 -0.951 ± 0.005 0.247 ± 0.018 0.184 ± 0.182 10.62 ± 0.70 165.46 ± 1.08
RH09 -0.970 ± 0.017 0.198 ± 0.069 0.140 ± 0.139 8.03 ± 4.00 168.47 ± 4.07
RH10 -0.970 ± 0.017 0.198 ± 0.069 0.140 ± 0.139 8.03 ± 4.02 168.47 ± 4.07
Average -0.889 0.335 0.258 15.088 159.267
Median -0.870 0.384 0.270 15.687 162.625
Deviation 0.069 0.129 0.116 7.066 8.381

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 32.2 ± 3.1 290.9 ± 2.7 2.04 ± 0.08
VC 51.1 ± 2.6 301.0 ± 3.1 2.04 ± 0.08
MX1 34.4 ± 2.7 313.4 ± 2.7 2.04 ± 0.08
MX2 35.1 ± 2.5 318.0 ± 2.7 2.04 ± 0.08
MX3 35.8 ± 2.4 322.2 ± 2.7 2.04 ± 0.08
RH08 38.3 ± 2.0 341.2 ± 2.7 2.04 ± 0.08
RH09 39.2 ± 1.9 346.1 ± 2.7 2.04 ± 0.08
RH10 39.2 ± 1.9 346.1 ± 2.7 2.04 ± 0.08
Average 38.2 322.4 2.04
Median 38.3 322.2 2.04
Deviation 5.8 20.8 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 46.5 ± 1.2 15.4 ± 0.2 17.6 ± 0.5 28.8 ± 0.5 3.03 ± 0.12 1.61 ± 0.06
VC 49.7 ± 1.1 10.7 ± 0.2 13.1 ± 0.4 30.9 ± 0.5 4.66 ± 0.16 1.61 ± 0.05
MX1 47.8 ± 1.1 14.8 ± 0.2 17.2 ± 0.5 29.1 ± 0.5 3.22 ± 0.12 1.64 ± 0.05
MX2 48.0 ± 1.1 14.7 ± 0.2 17.0 ± 0.5 29.2 ± 0.5 3.27 ± 0.12 1.64 ± 0.05
MX3 48.1 ± 1.1 14.5 ± 0.2 16.9 ± 0.5 29.3 ± 0.5 3.31 ± 0.12 1.64 ± 0.05
RH8 46.8 ± 1.0 13.9 ± 0.2 16.3 ± 0.5 29.6 ± 0.5 3.37 ± 0.11 1.58 ± 0.05
RH9 45.9 ± 0.9 13.7 ± 0.2 16.1 ± 0.5 29.7 ± 0.5 3.35 ± 0.11 1.55 ± 0.04
RH10 45.9 ± 0.9 13.7 ± 0.2 16.1 ± 0.5 29.7 ± 0.5 3.35 ± 0.11 1.55 ± 0.04
Average 47.3 13.9 16.3 29.5 3.4 1.6
Median 47.8 14.5 16.9 29.6 3.4 1.6
Deviation 1.3 1.4 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.0

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 22.6 ± 0.7 17.0 ± 1.1 18.3 ± 1.5 36.7 ± 1.0 1.33 ± 0.08 0.62 ± 0.02
VC 24.1 ± 0.6 12.0 ± 0.7 13.6 ± 1.1 38.6 ± 1.1 2.01 ± 0.13 0.62 ± 0.02
MX1 23.3 ± 0.5 16.5 ± 1.0 17.9 ± 1.4 36.9 ± 1.0 1.42 ± 0.08 0.63 ± 0.02
MX2 23.4 ± 0.5 16.3 ± 1.0 17.7 ± 1.4 37.0 ± 1.0 1.44 ± 0.08 0.63 ± 0.02
MX3 23.5 ± 0.5 16.2 ± 1.0 17.6 ± 1.4 37.1 ± 1.0 1.46 ± 0.08 0.63 ± 0.02
RH8 22.7 ± 0.4 15.5 ± 1.0 17.0 ± 1.3 37.4 ± 1.0 1.47 ± 0.09 0.61 ± 0.02
RH9 22.3 ± 0.4 15.3 ± 0.9 16.8 ± 1.3 37.5 ± 1.1 1.46 ± 0.09 0.60 ± 0.02
RH10 22.3 ± 0.4 15.3 ± 0.9 16.8 ± 1.3 37.5 ± 1.1 1.46 ± 0.09 0.60 ± 0.02
Average 23.0 15.5 17.0 37.3 1.5 0.6
Median 23.3 16.2 17.6 37.4 1.5 0.6
Deviation 0.6 1.5 1.5 0.6 0.2 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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