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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19991061114
Observation time: 04/16/1999 106.46807 1114 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1999
Fractional day of year 106.468073
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 40441.5 ± 15.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 53.527
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -4.398
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -16.139
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0256
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0234
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 2.61, 5.21, 5.33
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:07:53 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 18:36:05 2009
Method selected
RH09
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
12.195 ± 0.584

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -382.6 ± 4.1 -436.1 ± 3.4
Vy GSE [km/s] -32.1 ± 1.6 -13.4 ± 4.9
Vz GSE [km/s] 13.4 ± 6.4 31.7 ± 20.3
Wi [km/s] 24.9 ± 2.4 51.5 ± 4.5
We [km/s] 786.4 ± 74.9 1629.3 ± 141.1
Ni [n/cc] 4.0 ± 0.5 8.3 ± 0.6
Bx GSE [nT] -2.3 ± 0.3 -1.7 ± 0.6
By GSE [nT] 6.1 ± 0.2 10.0 ± 0.7
Bz GSE [nT] -1.0 ± 0.5 -1.2 ± 3.4
Plasma Beta
0.120 ± 0.111
0.411 ± 0.398
Sound Speed [km/s]
32.10 ± 3.06
66.52 ± 5.76
Alfven Speed [km/s]
72.76 ± 4.24
81.19 ± 4.13

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.850 ± 0.212 0.525 ± 0.342 0.053 ± 0.052 3.01 ± 28.73 148.29 ± 23.04
VC -0.901 ± 0.095 0.318 ± 0.094 0.296 ± 0.287 17.20 ± 18.38 160.54 ± 5.62
MX1 -0.878 ± 0.138 0.370 ± 0.272 0.303 ± 0.293 17.62 ± 15.96 157.15 ± 17.61
MX2 -0.890 ± 0.110 0.337 ± 0.222 0.308 ± 0.298 17.95 ± 14.29 159.24 ± 14.16
MX3 -0.896 ± 0.099 0.321 ± 0.203 0.307 ± 0.297 17.89 ± 13.48 160.27 ± 12.86
RH08 -0.986 ± 0.004 0.043 ± 0.027 0.162 ± 0.161 9.32 ± 1.47 177.49 ± 1.58
RH09 -0.957 ± 0.020 0.178 ± 0.070 0.229 ± 0.225 13.24 ± 3.97 169.47 ± 4.17
RH10 -0.957 ± 0.020 0.178 ± 0.070 0.229 ± 0.225 13.24 ± 3.97 169.47 ± 4.17
Average -0.914 0.284 0.236 13.684 162.741
Median -0.896 0.321 0.296 17.199 160.545
Deviation 0.047 0.147 0.091 5.304 9.036

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 39.3 ± 3.3 419.4 ± 14.8 2.10 ± 0.36
VC 55.6 ± 3.6 455.5 ± 15.2 2.10 ± 0.36
MX1 52.8 ± 3.6 444.6 ± 15.3 2.10 ± 0.36
MX2 54.7 ± 3.6 450.6 ± 15.4 2.10 ± 0.36
MX3 55.6 ± 3.6 453.7 ± 15.4 2.10 ± 0.36
RH08 68.9 ± 3.2 487.7 ± 14.2 2.10 ± 0.36
RH09 62.3 ± 3.4 479.8 ± 14.5 2.10 ± 0.36
RH10 62.3 ± 3.4 479.8 ± 14.5 2.10 ± 0.36
Average 56.4 458.9 2.10
Median 55.6 455.5 2.10
Deviation 8.7 22.6 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 110.5 ± 3.5 23.8 ± 2.0 56.3 ± 3.3 75.9 ± 3.8 4.68 ± 0.47 1.46 ± 0.08
VC 117.1 ± 4.2 17.0 ± 1.3 41.2 ± 2.4 77.8 ± 3.7 6.95 ± 0.65 1.51 ± 0.08
MX1 116.4 ± 4.2 18.2 ± 1.4 44.0 ± 2.6 77.5 ± 3.7 6.43 ± 0.61 1.50 ± 0.08
MX2 117.0 ± 4.2 17.3 ± 1.4 42.0 ± 2.4 77.7 ± 3.7 6.79 ± 0.64 1.51 ± 0.08
MX3 117.2 ± 4.2 16.9 ± 1.3 41.1 ± 2.4 77.8 ± 3.7 6.96 ± 0.65 1.51 ± 0.08
RH8 109.7 ± 4.2 10.7 ± 0.8 26.2 ± 1.5 78.9 ± 3.7 10.35 ± 1.01 1.39 ± 0.08
RH9 116.3 ± 4.2 13.8 ± 1.1 33.9 ± 2.0 78.4 ± 3.7 8.45 ± 0.80 1.49 ± 0.08
RH10 116.3 ± 4.2 13.8 ± 1.1 33.9 ± 2.0 78.4 ± 3.7 8.45 ± 0.80 1.49 ± 0.08
Average 115.1 16.4 39.8 77.8 7.4 1.5
Median 116.4 17.0 41.2 77.8 7.0 1.5
Deviation 3.1 3.9 8.9 0.9 1.7 0.0

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 54.3 ± 1.8 43.6 ± 2.2 62.8 ± 3.2 95.6 ± 3.4 1.25 ± 0.09 0.57 ± 0.03
VC 57.6 ± 4.9 30.3 ± 1.5 45.9 ± 2.3 100.7 ± 3.7 1.91 ± 0.20 0.57 ± 0.05
MX1 57.0 ± 5.1 32.6 ± 1.6 49.1 ± 2.5 99.9 ± 3.6 1.75 ± 0.20 0.57 ± 0.06
MX2 57.5 ± 5.2 31.0 ± 1.5 46.9 ± 2.4 100.4 ± 3.7 1.86 ± 0.21 0.57 ± 0.06
MX3 57.6 ± 5.1 30.2 ± 1.5 45.9 ± 2.3 100.7 ± 3.7 1.91 ± 0.21 0.57 ± 0.06
RH8 53.2 ± 2.9 18.8 ± 0.9 29.3 ± 1.5 103.4 ± 3.8 2.84 ± 0.17 0.51 ± 0.03
RH9 57.6 ± 3.6 24.5 ± 1.2 37.8 ± 1.9 102.2 ± 3.8 2.35 ± 0.19 0.56 ± 0.04
RH10 57.6 ± 3.6 24.5 ± 1.2 37.8 ± 1.9 102.2 ± 3.8 2.35 ± 0.19 0.56 ± 0.04
Average 56.5 29.4 44.4 100.6 2.0 0.6
Median 57.6 30.3 45.9 100.7 1.9 0.6
Deviation 1.8 7.3 9.9 2.3 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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