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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19992351411
Observation time: 08/23/1999 235.59148 1411 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1999
Fractional day of year 235.591476
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 51103.5 ± 60.0
Shock type SF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 65.038
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -17.821
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -3.670
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0196
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0005
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0150
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 0.85, 0.93, 0.98
Event added to database
Sat Oct 15 17:47:46 2005
Event last processed
Tue Mar 31 00:17:34 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
14.144 ± 1.039

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -418.5 ± 2.3 -439.2 ± 6.2
Vy GSE [km/s] -39.4 ± 7.5 2.8 ± 18.8
Vz GSE [km/s] -20.2 ± 5.9 21.0 ± 5.5
Wi [km/s] 28.7 ± 0.6 37.0 ± 7.2
We [km/s] 908.7 ± 17.8 1169.6 ± 226.2
Ni [n/cc] 7.2 ± 0.2 9.3 ± 0.3
Bx GSE [nT] -3.9 ± 0.3 -0.8 ± 0.9
By GSE [nT] 10.5 ± 0.2 3.1 ± 3.2
Bz GSE [nT] 0.8 ± 0.7 -8.6 ± 1.5
Plasma Beta
0.099 ± 0.099
0.293 ± 0.274
Sound Speed [km/s]
37.10 ± 0.73
47.75 ± 9.23
Alfven Speed [km/s]
91.50 ± 1.65
69.65 ± 1.56

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.257 ± 0.096 0.737 ± 0.077 -0.625 ± 0.527 -38.65 ± 6.76 109.21 ± 7.24
VC -0.355 ± 0.139 0.643 ± 0.121 0.678 ± 0.548 42.72 ± 9.48 118.92 ± 11.41
MX1 -0.195 ± 0.095 0.758 ± 0.080 -0.623 ± 0.526 -38.51 ± 7.21 104.47 ± 7.00
MX2 -0.290 ± 0.113 0.726 ± 0.079 -0.623 ± 0.526 -38.53 ± 6.48 111.79 ± 8.70
MX3 -0.816 ± 0.363 0.397 ± 0.682 -0.419 ± 0.393 -24.78 ± 23.09 154.06 ± 47.58
RH08 -0.968 ± 0.009 -0.145 ± 0.043 -0.207 ± 0.204 -11.93 ± 1.84 188.52 ± 2.52
RH09 -0.968 ± 0.011 -0.145 ± 0.054 -0.207 ± 0.204 -11.93 ± 2.25 188.52 ± 3.22
RH10 -0.968 ± 0.013 -0.145 ± 0.059 -0.207 ± 0.204 -11.93 ± 2.50 188.52 ± 3.50
Average -0.602 0.353 -0.279 -16.694 145.502
Median -0.355 0.643 -0.207 -11.929 154.058
Deviation 0.356 0.428 0.432 26.988 38.675

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 42.6 ± 3.7 150.1 ± 53.3 1.28 ± 0.05
VC 39.6 ± 3.9 418.6 ± 79.1 1.28 ± 0.05
MX1 42.7 ± 3.8 120.0 ± 53.9 1.28 ± 0.05
MX2 42.5 ± 3.6 166.9 ± 53.1 1.28 ± 0.05
MX3 51.5 ± 1.2 424.1 ± 42.8 1.28 ± 0.05
RH08 79.5 ± 1.3 439.5 ± 21.4 1.28 ± 0.05
RH09 79.5 ± 1.3 439.5 ± 21.4 1.28 ± 0.05
RH10 79.5 ± 1.3 439.5 ± 21.4 1.28 ± 0.05
Average 57.2 324.8 1.28
Median 51.5 424.1 1.28
Deviation 18.8 149.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 59.1 ± 6.4 26.3 ± 0.5 67.4 ± 1.2 95.2 ± 1.6 2.25 ± 0.24 0.62 ± 0.07
VC 309.0 ± 6.5 27.6 ± 0.5 70.5 ± 1.3 94.8 ± 1.6 11.21 ± 0.14 3.26 ± 0.07
MX1 55.5 ± 6.6 26.2 ± 0.5 67.2 ± 1.2 95.2 ± 1.6 2.12 ± 0.25 0.58 ± 0.07
MX2 61.5 ± 6.3 26.3 ± 0.5 67.5 ± 1.2 95.2 ± 1.6 2.34 ± 0.24 0.65 ± 0.07
MX3 89.6 ± 3.1 22.0 ± 0.4 57.0 ± 1.0 96.3 ± 1.6 4.08 ± 0.15 0.93 ± 0.04
RH8 24.6 ± 1.8 6.3 ± 0.1 16.7 ± 0.3 98.5 ± 1.6 3.93 ± 0.31 0.25 ± 0.02
RH9 24.6 ± 1.8 6.3 ± 0.1 16.7 ± 0.3 98.5 ± 1.6 3.93 ± 0.31 0.25 ± 0.02
RH10 24.6 ± 1.8 6.3 ± 0.1 16.7 ± 0.3 98.5 ± 1.6 3.93 ± 0.31 0.25 ± 0.02
Average 81.1 18.4 47.4 96.5 4.2 0.8
Median 59.1 26.2 67.2 96.3 3.9 0.6
Deviation 94.9 10.2 25.8 1.7 3.0 1.0

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 48.3 ± 11.6 30.8 ± 4.6 51.3 ± 1.1 78.9 ± 2.8 1.57 ± 0.27 0.61 ± 0.13
VC 246.5 ± 17.3 32.5 ± 5.0 53.6 ± 1.2 78.2 ± 2.6 7.69 ± 1.09 3.15 ± 0.16
MX1 45.1 ± 11.7 30.7 ± 4.6 51.2 ± 1.1 78.9 ± 2.8 1.47 ± 0.27 0.57 ± 0.13
MX2 50.4 ± 11.5 30.9 ± 4.7 51.4 ± 1.1 78.9 ± 2.8 1.63 ± 0.27 0.64 ± 0.13
MX3 73.2 ± 9.2 25.5 ± 3.7 43.4 ± 1.0 80.8 ± 3.3 2.90 ± 0.33 0.90 ± 0.09
RH8 19.3 ± 4.4 7.1 ± 1.0 12.7 ± 0.3 84.5 ± 4.1 2.74 ± 0.62 0.23 ± 0.05
RH9 19.3 ± 4.4 7.1 ± 1.0 12.7 ± 0.3 84.5 ± 4.1 2.74 ± 0.62 0.23 ± 0.05
RH10 19.3 ± 4.4 7.1 ± 1.0 12.7 ± 0.3 84.5 ± 4.1 2.74 ± 0.62 0.23 ± 0.05
Average 65.2 21.5 36.1 81.2 2.9 0.8
Median 48.3 30.7 51.2 80.8 2.7 0.6
Deviation 75.7 12.1 19.6 2.9 2.0 1.0

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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