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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19992550357
Observation time: 09/12/1999 255.16523 0357 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1999
Fractional day of year 255.165226
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 14275.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 33.182
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -38.085
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -3.900
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0277
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0220
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 7.77, 21.69, 22.35
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:08:40 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 18:59:04 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
3.861 ± 0.244

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -418.5 ± 2.9 -493.1 ± 6.1
Vy GSE [km/s] -29.4 ± 2.9 -74.3 ± 5.4
Vz GSE [km/s] 13.5 ± 3.1 47.6 ± 2.5
Wi [km/s] 33.0 ± 0.8 45.7 ± 2.4
We [km/s] 1043.6 ± 25.4 1446.6 ± 75.4
Ni [n/cc] 3.7 ± 0.2 9.9 ± 0.4
Bx GSE [nT] 1.7 ± 0.2 3.8 ± 0.7
By GSE [nT] -3.0 ± 0.3 -8.9 ± 1.0
Bz GSE [nT] -2.1 ± 0.3 -1.7 ± 0.8
Plasma Beta
0.513 ± 0.502
0.463 ± 0.535
Sound Speed [km/s]
42.60 ± 1.04
59.06 ± 3.08
Alfven Speed [km/s]
46.11 ± 0.95
68.52 ± 6.49

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.423 ± 0.473 0.076 ± 0.316 0.903 ± 0.484 64.52 ± 30.32 169.76 ± 41.24
VC -0.797 ± 0.037 -0.481 ± 0.057 0.364 ± 0.347 21.38 ± 2.83 211.11 ± 4.04
MX1 -0.845 ± 0.043 -0.259 ± 0.091 0.468 ± 0.431 27.93 ± 4.20 197.06 ± 6.13
MX2 -0.873 ± 0.033 -0.283 ± 0.087 0.397 ± 0.375 23.38 ± 2.66 197.94 ± 5.70
MX3 -0.887 ± 0.035 -0.295 ± 0.088 0.356 ± 0.340 20.83 ± 3.35 198.38 ± 5.69
RH08 -0.900 ± 0.005 -0.285 ± 0.009 0.330 ± 0.317 19.25 ± 0.81 197.55 ± 0.54
RH09 -0.991 ± 0.009 -0.078 ± 0.066 0.106 ± 0.106 6.09 ± 4.01 184.51 ± 3.81
RH10 -0.992 ± 0.008 -0.078 ± 0.067 0.095 ± 0.095 5.45 ± 4.01 184.51 ± 3.85
Average -0.839 -0.210 0.377 23.604 192.603
Median -0.873 -0.259 0.364 21.375 197.549
Deviation 0.181 0.174 0.251 18.365 12.546

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 45.4 ± 6.5 282.6 ± 5.5 2.63 ± 0.20
VC 80.1 ± 5.8 503.1 ± 7.8 2.63 ± 0.20
MX1 65.8 ± 5.8 512.3 ± 7.6 2.63 ± 0.20
MX2 68.4 ± 5.6 525.0 ± 7.8 2.63 ± 0.20
MX3 69.9 ± 5.5 530.7 ± 7.9 2.63 ± 0.20
RH08 69.9 ± 5.4 534.9 ± 8.0 2.63 ± 0.20
RH09 65.2 ± 4.1 546.1 ± 8.6 2.63 ± 0.20
RH10 65.5 ± 4.1 546.0 ± 8.7 2.63 ± 0.20
Average 66.3 497.6 2.63
Median 68.4 530.7 2.63
Deviation 9.7 88.1 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 95.5 ± 3.2 23.7 ± 0.4 32.4 ± 0.7 58.1 ± 1.1 4.03 ± 0.16 1.64 ± 0.07
VC 150.4 ± 3.8 5.4 ± 0.1 7.9 ± 0.2 62.5 ± 1.1 27.93 ± 0.73 2.40 ± 0.06
MX1 144.8 ± 3.6 13.1 ± 0.2 18.9 ± 0.4 61.4 ± 1.1 11.06 ± 0.29 2.36 ± 0.06
MX2 145.8 ± 3.6 11.7 ± 0.2 16.9 ± 0.4 61.7 ± 1.1 12.47 ± 0.32 2.36 ± 0.06
MX3 146.0 ± 3.6 10.9 ± 0.2 15.8 ± 0.3 61.8 ± 1.1 13.39 ± 0.33 2.36 ± 0.06
RH8 145.3 ± 3.5 10.9 ± 0.2 15.8 ± 0.3 61.8 ± 1.1 13.34 ± 0.33 2.35 ± 0.06
RH9 127.5 ± 3.1 13.4 ± 0.2 19.3 ± 0.4 61.3 ± 1.1 9.49 ± 0.20 2.08 ± 0.04
RH10 127.0 ± 3.1 13.3 ± 0.2 19.1 ± 0.4 61.4 ± 1.1 9.59 ± 0.20 2.07 ± 0.04
Average 135.3 12.8 18.3 61.3 12.7 2.2
Median 145.3 13.1 18.9 61.7 12.5 2.4
Deviation 18.3 5.1 6.8 1.3 6.9 0.3

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 36.7 ± 2.7 33.6 ± 0.9 48.1 ± 4.6 84.2 ± 3.5 1.09 ± 0.11 0.44 ± 0.05
VC 56.9 ± 4.0 7.7 ± 0.2 11.7 ± 1.1 90.3 ± 3.5 7.44 ± 0.59 0.63 ± 0.06
MX1 54.2 ± 4.1 18.6 ± 0.5 28.1 ± 2.7 88.7 ± 3.5 2.92 ± 0.26 0.61 ± 0.06
MX2 54.5 ± 4.4 16.6 ± 0.4 25.2 ± 2.4 89.1 ± 3.5 3.28 ± 0.30 0.61 ± 0.07
MX3 54.5 ± 4.5 15.5 ± 0.4 23.5 ± 2.2 89.3 ± 3.5 3.52 ± 0.33 0.61 ± 0.07
RH8 54.2 ± 4.6 15.5 ± 0.4 23.5 ± 2.2 89.3 ± 3.5 3.50 ± 0.34 0.61 ± 0.07
RH9 46.5 ± 5.8 19.1 ± 0.5 28.7 ± 2.7 88.6 ± 3.5 2.44 ± 0.33 0.53 ± 0.08
RH10 46.3 ± 5.8 18.8 ± 0.5 28.4 ± 2.7 88.7 ± 3.5 2.46 ± 0.33 0.52 ± 0.08
Average 50.5 18.2 27.2 88.5 3.3 0.6
Median 54.2 18.6 28.1 89.1 3.3 0.6
Deviation 6.8 7.2 10.1 1.8 1.8 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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