CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19981860315
Observation time: 07/05/1998 186.13609 0315 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1998
Fractional day of year 186.136088
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 11758.0 ± 60.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.036
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.006
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.000
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0036
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0034
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 35.08, 38.04, 41.50
Event added to database
Sat Apr 30 21:42:41 2005
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 14:25:55 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.006 ± 0.001

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -441.7 ± 3.1 -510.3 ± 8.9
Vy GSE [km/s] -11.1 ± 5.4 -27.8 ± 5.0
Vz GSE [km/s] -39.6 ± 4.4 -8.8 ± 8.2
Wi [km/s] 53.6 ± 1.3 76.4 ± 3.0
We [km/s] 1694.0 ± 41.6 2415.5 ± 93.9
Ni [n/cc] 6.1 ± 0.5 10.2 ± 0.9
Bx GSE [nT] 2.4 ± 0.5 5.3 ± 1.6
By GSE [nT] -5.2 ± 0.8 5.9 ± 1.2
Bz GSE [nT] 2.7 ± 0.8 -3.2 ± 1.2
Plasma Beta
0.887 ± 0.889
1.629 ± 1.527
Sound Speed [km/s]
69.00 ± 1.74
98.55 ± 3.91
Alfven Speed [km/s]
57.43 ± 5.27
60.65 ± 5.67

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.976 ± 0.032 0.199 ± 0.135 -0.089 ± 0.089 -5.12 ± 10.50 168.45 ± 7.91
VC -0.894 ± 0.040 -0.221 ± 0.096 0.390 ± 0.369 22.99 ± 4.82 193.87 ± 6.11
MX1 -0.958 ± 0.030 0.277 ± 0.096 0.077 ± 0.077 4.40 ± 8.16 163.86 ± 5.72
MX2 -0.869 ± 0.092 0.384 ± 0.174 0.312 ± 0.301 18.15 ± 10.29 156.16 ± 11.35
MX3 -0.935 ± 0.042 0.315 ± 0.108 0.161 ± 0.159 9.25 ± 7.63 161.37 ± 6.63
RH08 -0.844 ± 0.018 0.404 ± 0.030 -0.352 ± 0.337 -20.61 ± 2.00 154.43 ± 2.00
RH09 -0.859 ± 0.024 0.393 ± 0.037 -0.330 ± 0.317 -19.25 ± 3.36 155.43 ± 2.43
RH10 -0.859 ± 0.033 0.393 ± 0.055 -0.330 ± 0.317 -19.25 ± 4.06 155.43 ± 3.63
Average -0.899 0.268 -0.020 -1.178 163.625
Median -0.869 0.384 0.077 4.398 161.366
Deviation 0.050 0.210 0.299 17.498 13.189

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 55.2 ± 3.9 584.0 ± 3.8 1.68 ± 0.17
VC 89.8 ± 4.4 574.1 ± 5.4 1.68 ± 0.17
MX1 56.1 ± 4.2 573.2 ± 4.1 1.68 ± 0.17
MX2 59.2 ± 5.4 522.7 ± 4.2 1.68 ± 0.17
MX3 57.0 ± 4.6 559.2 ± 4.1 1.68 ± 0.17
RH08 37.0 ± 4.3 484.6 ± 2.4 1.68 ± 0.17
RH09 38.3 ± 4.2 493.8 ± 2.5 1.68 ± 0.17
RH10 38.3 ± 4.2 493.8 ± 22.3 1.68 ± 0.17
Average 53.9 535.7 1.68
Median 56.1 559.2 1.68
Deviation 17.3 41.5 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 152.1 ± 4.0 26.3 ± 1.3 32.8 ± 3.0 86.0 ± 2.9 5.80 ± 0.29 1.77 ± 0.07
VC 192.5 ± 4.0 0.2 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0 89.9 ± 3.1 1144.48 ± 71.07 2.14 ± 0.11
MX1 156.7 ± 3.9 25.6 ± 1.3 32.0 ± 2.9 86.2 ± 2.9 6.14 ± 0.31 1.82 ± 0.07
MX2 155.8 ± 3.6 23.3 ± 1.1 29.4 ± 2.7 86.8 ± 2.9 6.70 ± 0.34 1.80 ± 0.07
MX3 156.4 ± 3.8 24.9 ± 1.2 31.3 ± 2.9 86.4 ± 2.9 6.29 ± 0.32 1.81 ± 0.07
RH8 102.8 ± 5.1 39.0 ± 2.0 45.9 ± 4.2 81.0 ± 2.5 2.64 ± 0.13 1.27 ± 0.06
RH9 106.4 ± 5.0 38.1 ± 2.0 45.1 ± 4.1 81.4 ± 2.6 2.79 ± 0.14 1.31 ± 0.06
RH10 106.4 ± 5.0 38.1 ± 2.0 45.1 ± 4.1 81.4 ± 2.6 2.79 ± 0.14 1.31 ± 0.06
Average 141.1 26.9 32.7 84.9 147.2 1.7
Median 155.8 26.3 32.8 86.2 6.1 1.8
Deviation 32.4 12.7 14.9 3.2 403.0 0.3

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 90.9 ± 8.6 30.5 ± 2.2 34.6 ± 3.2 111.7 ± 3.9 2.99 ± 0.30 0.82 ± 0.09
VC 115.2 ± 10.0 0.2 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0 115.8 ± 4.1 586.08 ± 64.27 1.00 ± 0.11
MX1 93.0 ± 9.4 29.7 ± 2.1 33.8 ± 3.2 112.0 ± 3.9 3.14 ± 0.33 0.83 ± 0.10
MX2 92.8 ± 10.2 27.1 ± 1.9 31.0 ± 2.9 112.6 ± 3.9 3.43 ± 0.39 0.83 ± 0.10
MX3 92.3 ± 9.7 29.0 ± 2.1 33.0 ± 3.1 112.2 ± 3.9 3.20 ± 0.35 0.82 ± 0.10
RH8 62.1 ± 6.9 44.6 ± 3.4 48.4 ± 4.5 106.9 ± 3.7 1.39 ± 0.14 0.58 ± 0.08
RH9 63.9 ± 7.1 43.7 ± 3.3 47.6 ± 4.5 107.3 ± 3.7 1.46 ± 0.15 0.60 ± 0.08
RH10 63.9 ± 7.1 43.7 ± 3.3 47.6 ± 4.5 107.3 ± 3.7 1.46 ± 0.15 0.60 ± 0.08
Average 84.3 31.1 34.5 110.7 75.4 0.8
Median 92.3 30.5 34.6 112.0 3.1 0.8
Deviation 19.0 14.5 15.7 3.2 206.3 0.2

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 Mon Apr 13 08:55:21 2009
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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