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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19991451008
Observation time: 05/25/1999 145.42273 1008 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1999
Fractional day of year 145.422726
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 36523.5 ± 8.0
Shock type FR
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 150.780
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -23.613
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -11.760
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0305
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0264
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 8.10, 10.43, 10.67
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:08:01 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 18:39:49 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
34.811 ± 2.443

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -512.3 ± 6.3 -582.6 ± 4.5
Vy GSE [km/s] 56.8 ± 6.3 24.5 ± 5.8
Vz GSE [km/s] 34.4 ± 3.8 -32.8 ± 9.1
Wi [km/s] 76.2 ± 7.8 50.4 ± 5.4
We [km/s] 2408.7 ± 246.5 1592.5 ± 170.3
Ni [n/cc] 4.9 ± 0.6 2.0 ± 0.3
Bx GSE [nT] 5.6 ± 0.2 4.2 ± 0.2
By GSE [nT] -3.2 ± 1.4 -1.0 ± 0.2
Bz GSE [nT] -5.4 ± 0.6 -1.9 ± 0.4
Plasma Beta
0.844 ± 0.969
0.491 ± 0.429
Sound Speed [km/s]
98.33 ± 10.06
65.01 ± 6.95
Alfven Speed [km/s]
85.15 ± 8.28
73.56 ± 5.74

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.969 ± 0.053 -0.097 ± 0.259 -0.227 ± 0.223 -13.14 ± 11.68 185.73 ± 15.31
VC -0.689 ± 0.057 -0.313 ± 0.064 -0.654 ± 0.539 -40.83 ± 4.85 204.46 ± 4.94
MX1 -0.935 ± 0.032 -0.129 ± 0.069 -0.330 ± 0.318 -19.28 ± 5.33 187.84 ± 4.22
MX2 -0.942 ± 0.033 -0.134 ± 0.052 -0.308 ± 0.298 -17.95 ± 6.12 188.10 ± 3.16
MX3 -0.929 ± 0.036 -0.126 ± 0.109 -0.349 ± 0.334 -20.40 ± 5.51 187.75 ± 6.70
RH08 -0.986 ± 0.002 -0.043 ± 0.012 -0.162 ± 0.161 -9.32 ± 0.73 182.51 ± 0.71
RH09 -0.986 ± 0.012 -0.043 ± 0.070 -0.162 ± 0.161 -9.32 ± 4.03 182.51 ± 4.07
RH10 -0.986 ± 0.012 -0.043 ± 0.070 -0.162 ± 0.161 -9.32 ± 4.03 182.51 ± 4.07
Average -0.928 -0.116 -0.294 -17.446 187.675
Median -0.942 -0.097 -0.227 -13.135 187.748
Deviation 0.099 0.089 0.165 10.527 7.229

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 62.6 ± 3.5 423.9 ± 25.9 0.42 ± 0.12
VC 85.7 ± 3.3 243.2 ± 33.4 0.42 ± 0.12
MX1 68.8 ± 3.3 397.4 ± 28.2 0.42 ± 0.12
MX2 67.8 ± 3.4 401.8 ± 27.8 0.42 ± 0.12
MX3 69.8 ± 3.3 393.2 ± 28.5 0.42 ± 0.12
RH08 57.8 ± 3.4 441.2 ± 24.2 0.42 ± 0.12
RH09 57.8 ± 3.4 441.2 ± 24.2 0.42 ± 0.12
RH10 57.8 ± 3.4 441.2 ± 24.2 0.42 ± 0.12
Average 66.0 397.9 0.42
Median 67.8 423.9 0.42
Deviation 9.5 65.8 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -59.2 ± 6.2 30.1 ± 1.1 39.2 ± 3.8 127.1 ± 4.4 -1.97 ± 0.23 -0.47 ± 0.06
VC -69.4 ± 5.0 4.8 ± 0.2 6.4 ± 0.6 130.5 ± 4.5 -14.45 ± 1.32 -0.53 ± 0.05
MX1 -63.0 ± 5.9 23.3 ± 0.8 30.7 ± 3.0 128.5 ± 4.4 -2.70 ± 0.30 -0.49 ± 0.06
MX2 -62.5 ± 6.1 24.4 ± 0.9 32.1 ± 3.1 128.3 ± 4.4 -2.56 ± 0.29 -0.49 ± 0.06
MX3 -63.4 ± 5.9 22.3 ± 0.8 29.4 ± 2.9 128.7 ± 4.4 -2.85 ± 0.31 -0.49 ± 0.06
RH8 -55.9 ± 6.1 35.2 ± 1.3 45.4 ± 4.4 125.8 ± 4.3 -1.59 ± 0.19 -0.45 ± 0.06
RH9 -55.9 ± 6.1 35.2 ± 1.3 45.4 ± 4.4 125.8 ± 4.3 -1.59 ± 0.19 -0.45 ± 0.06
RH10 -55.9 ± 6.1 35.2 ± 1.3 45.4 ± 4.4 125.8 ± 4.3 -1.59 ± 0.19 -0.45 ± 0.06
Average -60.6 26.3 34.3 127.5 -3.7 -0.5
Median -59.2 30.1 39.2 128.3 -2.0 -0.5
Deviation 4.8 10.3 13.1 1.7 4.4 0.0

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -145.7 ± 5.8 22.9 ± 0.9 33.9 ± 2.6 95.8 ± 4.0 -6.38 ± 0.35 -1.52 ± 0.10
VC -171.8 ± 8.6 3.7 ± 0.1 5.6 ± 0.4 98.4 ± 4.1 -47.11 ± 2.99 -1.75 ± 0.13
MX1 -155.1 ± 6.5 17.7 ± 0.7 26.6 ± 2.1 96.9 ± 4.0 -8.76 ± 0.49 -1.60 ± 0.11
MX2 -153.7 ± 6.3 18.6 ± 0.7 27.8 ± 2.2 96.7 ± 4.0 -8.29 ± 0.46 -1.59 ± 0.11
MX3 -156.2 ± 6.6 16.9 ± 0.6 25.4 ± 2.0 97.0 ± 4.0 -9.23 ± 0.52 -1.61 ± 0.11
RH8 -137.5 ± 5.4 26.7 ± 1.0 39.2 ± 3.1 94.8 ± 4.0 -5.15 ± 0.27 -1.45 ± 0.09
RH9 -137.5 ± 5.4 26.7 ± 1.0 39.2 ± 3.1 94.8 ± 4.0 -5.15 ± 0.27 -1.45 ± 0.09
RH10 -137.5 ± 5.4 26.7 ± 1.0 39.2 ± 3.1 94.8 ± 4.0 -5.15 ± 0.27 -1.45 ± 0.09
Average -149.4 20.0 29.6 96.1 -11.9 -1.6
Median -145.7 22.9 33.9 96.7 -6.4 -1.5
Deviation 12.2 7.8 11.4 1.3 14.3 0.1

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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