CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19991770231
Observation time: 06/26/1999 177.10536 0231 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1999
Fractional day of year 177.105365
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 9103.5 ± 9.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 209.460
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -22.200
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -3.574
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0215
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0244
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 8.63, 33.64, 36.52
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:08:05 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 18:41:35 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
52.557 ± 0.791

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -314.1 ± 1.7 -349.8 ± 0.8
Vy GSE [km/s] -0.1 ± 1.1 -11.5 ± 1.9
Vz GSE [km/s] -1.6 ± 1.5 -0.6 ± 1.2
Wi [km/s] 24.5 ± 0.4 30.1 ± 0.4
We [km/s] 775.2 ± 11.9 951.3 ± 14.1
Ni [n/cc] 20.0 ± 0.9 38.6 ± 2.1
Bx GSE [nT] 1.8 ± 0.3 3.4 ± 0.2
By GSE [nT] -3.8 ± 0.3 -8.0 ± 0.3
Bz GSE [nT] -3.1 ± 0.2 -5.3 ± 0.4
Plasma Beta
0.922 ± 0.912
0.708 ± 0.702
Sound Speed [km/s]
31.65 ± 0.49
38.84 ± 0.58
Alfven Speed [km/s]
25.59 ± 0.79
35.86 ± 1.50

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.666 ± 0.503 -0.578 ± 0.540 0.472 ± 0.434 28.19 ± 44.85 220.94 ± 41.49
VC -0.952 ± 0.016 -0.304 ± 0.052 0.024 ± 0.024 1.39 ± 2.67 197.71 ± 3.10
MX1 -0.934 ± 0.025 -0.358 ± 0.065 -0.017 ± 0.017 -0.99 ± 2.39 200.95 ± 4.00
MX2 -0.933 ± 0.026 -0.360 ± 0.066 -0.011 ± 0.011 -0.63 ± 2.19 201.10 ± 4.08
MX3 -0.932 ± 0.026 -0.362 ± 0.068 -0.005 ± 0.005 -0.29 ± 2.08 201.24 ± 4.16
RH08 -0.948 ± 0.003 -0.318 ± 0.008 -0.028 ± 0.028 -1.60 ± 0.52 198.55 ± 0.50
RH09 -0.847 ± 0.037 -0.037 ± 0.055 -0.531 ± 0.474 -32.05 ± 3.96 182.51 ± 3.71
RH10 -0.871 ± 0.034 -0.069 ± 0.067 -0.486 ± 0.444 -29.08 ± 3.96 184.51 ± 4.43
Average -0.885 -0.298 -0.073 -4.384 198.439
Median -0.932 -0.318 -0.011 -0.628 200.952
Deviation 0.096 0.174 0.316 18.973 11.808

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 85.2 ± 4.0 271.8 ± 5.5 1.91 ± 0.05
VC 83.6 ± 3.3 377.9 ± 5.6 1.91 ± 0.05
MX1 87.6 ± 3.3 371.8 ± 5.4 1.91 ± 0.05
MX2 87.5 ± 3.3 371.5 ± 5.4 1.91 ± 0.05
MX3 87.4 ± 3.3 371.2 ± 5.5 1.91 ± 0.05
RH08 86.1 ± 3.3 376.4 ± 5.4 1.91 ± 0.05
RH09 86.6 ± 2.5 329.8 ± 3.9 1.91 ± 0.05
RH10 87.2 ± 2.6 340.3 ± 4.1 1.91 ± 0.05
Average 86.4 351.3 1.91
Median 87.2 371.5 1.91
Deviation 1.4 36.8 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 63.4 ± 2.2 1.6 ± 0.0 2.1 ± 0.1 40.7 ± 0.3 38.44 ± 1.77 1.56 ± 0.06
VC 78.8 ± 1.9 2.2 ± 0.0 2.8 ± 0.1 40.6 ± 0.3 35.63 ± 1.25 1.94 ± 0.05
MX1 78.5 ± 1.8 0.8 ± 0.0 1.1 ± 0.0 40.7 ± 0.3 95.65 ± 3.31 1.93 ± 0.05
MX2 78.4 ± 1.8 0.9 ± 0.0 1.1 ± 0.0 40.7 ± 0.3 91.85 ± 3.19 1.93 ± 0.05
MX3 78.4 ± 1.8 0.9 ± 0.0 1.1 ± 0.0 40.7 ± 0.3 88.62 ± 3.09 1.93 ± 0.05
RH8 78.7 ± 1.8 1.4 ± 0.0 1.7 ± 0.1 40.7 ± 0.3 57.89 ± 1.99 1.93 ± 0.05
RH9 63.0 ± 1.0 1.2 ± 0.0 1.5 ± 0.0 40.7 ± 0.3 52.90 ± 1.42 1.55 ± 0.03
RH10 65.9 ± 1.1 1.0 ± 0.0 1.2 ± 0.0 40.7 ± 0.3 68.75 ± 1.89 1.62 ± 0.03
Average 73.1 1.2 1.6 40.7 66.2 1.8
Median 78.4 1.2 1.5 40.7 68.8 1.9
Deviation 7.5 0.5 0.6 0.0 23.9 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 32.6 ± 1.1 2.2 ± 0.0 3.0 ± 0.1 52.8 ± 0.9 14.92 ± 0.59 0.62 ± 0.02
VC 41.3 ± 0.7 2.9 ± 0.1 4.0 ± 0.2 52.8 ± 0.9 14.11 ± 0.36 0.78 ± 0.02
MX1 41.1 ± 0.7 1.1 ± 0.0 1.5 ± 0.1 52.9 ± 0.9 37.82 ± 0.89 0.78 ± 0.02
MX2 41.1 ± 0.7 1.1 ± 0.0 1.5 ± 0.1 52.9 ± 0.9 36.31 ± 0.86 0.78 ± 0.02
MX3 41.0 ± 0.7 1.2 ± 0.0 1.6 ± 0.1 52.9 ± 0.9 35.03 ± 0.83 0.78 ± 0.02
RH8 41.3 ± 0.7 1.8 ± 0.0 2.5 ± 0.1 52.8 ± 0.9 22.93 ± 0.55 0.78 ± 0.02
RH9 32.9 ± 0.8 1.6 ± 0.0 2.1 ± 0.1 52.9 ± 0.9 20.84 ± 0.53 0.62 ± 0.01
RH10 34.5 ± 0.8 1.3 ± 0.0 1.7 ± 0.1 52.9 ± 0.9 27.17 ± 0.65 0.65 ± 0.01
Average 38.2 1.6 2.2 52.8 26.1 0.7
Median 41.1 1.6 2.1 52.9 27.2 0.8
Deviation 4.1 0.6 0.9 0.0 9.5 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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