CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19953580557
Observation time: 12/24/1995 358.24832 0557 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1995
Fractional day of year 358.248316
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 21454.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 29.540
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -36.651
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.537
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0256
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0187
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 5.76, 21.54, 22.30
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:01:55 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 16:03:41 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
3.832 ± 0.320

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -331.4 ± 2.8 -379.5 ± 2.0
Vy GSE [km/s] -36.1 ± 2.2 -66.6 ± 2.8
Vz GSE [km/s] -34.5 ± 1.6 -65.3 ± 2.3
Wi [km/s] 18.3 ± 0.9 30.7 ± 1.2
We [km/s] 577.7 ± 27.5 969.7 ± 37.9
Ni [n/cc] 16.4 ± 1.5 41.8 ± 4.8
Bx GSE [nT] -5.3 ± 0.3 -9.3 ± 0.4
By GSE [nT] 2.5 ± 0.6 7.7 ± 1.2
Bz GSE [nT] 2.4 ± 0.4 7.3 ± 1.9
Plasma Beta
0.291 ± 0.263
0.419 ± 0.386
Sound Speed [km/s]
23.58 ± 1.12
39.59 ± 1.55
Alfven Speed [km/s]
34.41 ± 2.91
48.17 ± 4.57

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.933 ± 0.124 -0.266 ± 0.314 -0.242 ± 0.237 -14.02 ± 21.22 195.88 ± 19.21
VC -0.744 ± 0.037 -0.471 ± 0.054 -0.474 ± 0.435 -28.28 ± 2.26 212.34 ± 4.07
MX1 -0.872 ± 0.020 -0.339 ± 0.040 -0.353 ± 0.338 -20.70 ± 2.29 201.27 ± 2.58
MX2 -0.867 ± 0.020 -0.345 ± 0.033 -0.359 ± 0.342 -21.01 ± 2.60 201.71 ± 2.15
MX3 -0.864 ± 0.025 -0.350 ± 0.037 -0.362 ± 0.345 -21.22 ± 3.55 202.03 ± 2.41
RH08 -0.906 ± 0.006 -0.304 ± 0.013 -0.296 ± 0.287 -17.22 ± 0.69 198.55 ± 0.82
RH09 -0.969 ± 0.017 -0.198 ± 0.069 -0.151 ± 0.150 -8.68 ± 4.03 191.53 ± 4.07
RH10 -0.972 ± 0.017 -0.181 ± 0.069 -0.151 ± 0.150 -8.68 ± 4.03 190.53 ± 4.07
Average -0.891 -0.307 -0.298 -17.475 199.231
Median -0.872 -0.304 -0.296 -17.223 201.266
Deviation 0.073 0.093 0.112 6.766 6.935

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 54.4 ± 3.3 426.8 ± 11.4 2.60 ± 0.28
VC 75.1 ± 3.3 385.7 ± 11.4 2.60 ± 0.28
MX1 62.6 ± 3.3 416.6 ± 11.6 2.60 ± 0.28
MX2 63.1 ± 3.3 415.7 ± 11.6 2.60 ± 0.28
MX3 63.5 ± 3.3 415.0 ± 11.6 2.60 ± 0.28
RH08 58.4 ± 3.3 422.8 ± 11.5 2.60 ± 0.28
RH09 47.7 ± 3.3 428.7 ± 11.2 2.60 ± 0.28
RH10 47.0 ± 3.2 428.7 ± 11.2 2.60 ± 0.28
Average 59.0 417.5 2.60
Median 62.6 422.8 2.60
Deviation 9.3 14.1 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 99.6 ± 2.4 11.8 ± 0.3 20.0 ± 1.7 40.1 ± 2.1 8.48 ± 0.27 2.49 ± 0.17
VC 105.8 ± 2.0 5.0 ± 0.1 8.8 ± 0.7 41.5 ± 2.1 21.13 ± 0.56 2.56 ± 0.15
MX1 103.3 ± 2.2 9.1 ± 0.2 15.8 ± 1.3 40.8 ± 2.1 11.31 ± 0.34 2.54 ± 0.16
MX2 103.5 ± 2.2 9.0 ± 0.2 15.6 ± 1.3 40.8 ± 2.1 11.54 ± 0.34 2.54 ± 0.16
MX3 103.6 ± 2.2 8.9 ± 0.2 15.4 ± 1.3 40.8 ± 2.1 11.71 ± 0.35 2.54 ± 0.16
RH8 101.5 ± 2.3 10.5 ± 0.3 18.0 ± 1.5 40.4 ± 2.1 9.69 ± 0.30 2.52 ± 0.17
RH9 95.4 ± 2.5 13.8 ± 0.4 23.2 ± 2.0 39.4 ± 2.1 6.91 ± 0.24 2.43 ± 0.18
RH10 94.9 ± 2.5 14.0 ± 0.4 23.5 ± 2.0 39.3 ± 2.1 6.76 ± 0.23 2.42 ± 0.18
Average 100.9 10.3 17.5 40.4 10.9 2.5
Median 103.3 10.5 18.0 40.8 11.3 2.5
Deviation 4.0 3.0 4.8 0.7 4.6 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 39.1 ± 0.9 18.6 ± 0.7 28.0 ± 2.7 59.6 ± 3.1 2.11 ± 0.11 0.66 ± 0.04
VC 41.0 ± 1.2 7.9 ± 0.3 12.4 ± 1.2 61.9 ± 3.1 5.21 ± 0.17 0.66 ± 0.03
MX1 40.1 ± 0.7 14.4 ± 0.6 22.2 ± 2.1 60.8 ± 3.1 2.79 ± 0.12 0.66 ± 0.04
MX2 40.1 ± 0.7 14.1 ± 0.5 21.8 ± 2.1 60.8 ± 3.1 2.84 ± 0.12 0.66 ± 0.03
MX3 40.2 ± 0.7 14.0 ± 0.5 21.5 ± 2.0 60.9 ± 3.1 2.88 ± 0.12 0.66 ± 0.03
RH8 39.6 ± 0.8 16.5 ± 0.6 25.2 ± 2.4 60.2 ± 3.1 2.39 ± 0.11 0.66 ± 0.04
RH9 38.1 ± 1.2 21.9 ± 0.8 32.4 ± 3.1 58.5 ± 3.1 1.74 ± 0.11 0.65 ± 0.05
RH10 37.9 ± 1.2 22.2 ± 0.8 32.9 ± 3.1 58.3 ± 3.1 1.71 ± 0.11 0.65 ± 0.05
Average 39.5 16.2 24.5 60.1 2.7 0.7
Median 40.1 16.5 25.2 60.8 2.8 0.7
Deviation 1.1 4.7 6.7 1.2 1.1 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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