CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19982750653
Observation time: 10/02/1998 275.28689 0653 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1998
Fractional day of year 275.286887
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 24787.0 ± 16.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.037
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.006
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.001
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0041
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0040
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 37.19, 43.29, 47.64
Event added to database
Sat Apr 30 21:43:08 2005
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 14:40:12 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.004 ± 0.001

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -505.7 ± 13.0 -685.2 ± 14.6
Vy GSE [km/s] 5.4 ± 7.5 98.8 ± 7.6
Vz GSE [km/s] 15.1 ± 8.2 -14.5 ± 8.6
Wi [km/s] 55.4 ± 4.1 101.6 ± 4.8
We [km/s] 1751.2 ± 130.3 3212.1 ± 150.9
Ni [n/cc] 3.7 ± 0.5 7.9 ± 0.8
Bx GSE [nT] 2.2 ± 0.9 -4.6 ± 2.0
By GSE [nT] -5.7 ± 0.5 -10.1 ± 0.7
Bz GSE [nT] -1.5 ± 0.7 -9.9 ± 1.8
Plasma Beta
0.605 ± 0.657
0.816 ± 0.836
Sound Speed [km/s]
71.52 ± 5.34
131.15 ± 6.06
Alfven Speed [km/s]
72.25 ± 6.46
116.13 ± 16.19

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.548 ± 0.120 0.836 ± 0.079 0.035 ± 0.035 2.02 ± 7.53 123.28 ± 8.23
VC -0.879 ± 0.031 0.454 ± 0.058 -0.145 ± 0.144 -8.34 ± 3.00 152.67 ± 3.80
MX1 -0.614 ± 0.079 0.783 ± 0.062 0.098 ± 0.098 5.62 ± 4.93 128.08 ± 5.79
MX2 -0.668 ± 0.059 0.726 ± 0.054 0.165 ± 0.163 9.48 ± 4.81 132.61 ± 4.58
MX3 -0.688 ± 0.057 0.700 ± 0.056 0.192 ± 0.189 11.04 ± 4.98 134.51 ± 4.60
RH08 -0.573 ± 0.015 0.698 ± 0.013 0.430 ± 0.401 25.48 ± 0.93 129.36 ± 1.20
RH09 -0.587 ± 0.055 0.621 ± 0.053 0.520 ± 0.467 31.30 ± 3.74 133.37 ± 4.60
RH10 -0.603 ± 0.056 0.595 ± 0.057 0.531 ± 0.474 32.05 ± 4.00 135.38 ± 4.77
Average -0.645 0.677 0.228 13.582 133.656
Median -0.603 0.700 0.192 11.044 133.370
Deviation 0.105 0.119 0.244 14.627 8.648

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 19.1 ± 7.1 618.0 ± 7.6 2.18 ± 0.36
VC 47.6 ± 8.3 834.9 ± 9.3 2.18 ± 0.36
MX1 20.2 ± 8.1 661.9 ± 7.8 2.18 ± 0.36
MX2 22.4 ± 8.9 692.4 ± 8.0 2.18 ± 0.36
MX3 23.7 ± 9.1 704.3 ± 8.0 2.18 ± 0.36
RH08 21.1 ± 8.1 598.3 ± 6.6 2.18 ± 0.36
RH09 27.0 ± 7.8 592.4 ± 6.3 2.18 ± 0.36
RH10 28.7 ± 7.9 601.0 ± 53.6 2.18 ± 0.36
Average 26.2 662.9 2.18
Median 23.7 661.9 2.18
Deviation 9.3 82.1 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 335.7 ± 3.5 58.2 ± 2.6 68.3 ± 6.1 83.6 ± 4.6 5.78 ± 0.29 4.03 ± 0.26
VC 390.2 ± 8.1 36.5 ± 1.7 48.7 ± 4.4 95.1 ± 4.8 10.72 ± 0.62 4.11 ± 0.27
MX1 345.9 ± 4.3 57.5 ± 2.6 67.8 ± 6.1 84.1 ± 4.6 6.03 ± 0.32 4.13 ± 0.27
MX2 348.4 ± 5.3 55.9 ± 2.5 66.8 ± 6.0 85.1 ± 4.6 6.24 ± 0.35 4.11 ± 0.28
MX3 349.8 ± 5.8 55.0 ± 2.5 66.2 ± 5.9 85.7 ± 4.6 6.38 ± 0.37 4.09 ± 0.28
RH8 298.7 ± 6.0 56.8 ± 2.6 67.4 ± 6.0 84.5 ± 4.6 5.27 ± 0.33 3.55 ± 0.26
RH9 284.6 ± 7.0 52.6 ± 2.4 64.4 ± 5.8 87.2 ± 4.6 5.42 ± 0.37 3.28 ± 0.25
RH10 284.8 ± 7.4 51.3 ± 2.3 63.4 ± 5.7 88.0 ± 4.6 5.57 ± 0.38 3.25 ± 0.25
Average 329.8 53.0 64.1 86.7 6.4 3.8
Median 345.9 55.9 66.8 85.7 6.0 4.1
Deviation 37.3 7.1 6.5 3.7 1.8 0.4

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 160.9 ± 11.9 98.2 ± 7.3 109.7 ± 15.3 145.7 ± 6.1 1.65 ± 0.23 1.11 ± 0.12
VC 185.8 ± 15.2 62.0 ± 4.0 78.2 ± 10.9 164.4 ± 7.7 3.02 ± 0.42 1.14 ± 0.14
MX1 166.0 ± 12.2 97.0 ± 7.2 109.0 ± 15.2 146.5 ± 6.1 1.73 ± 0.24 1.14 ± 0.12
MX2 166.1 ± 12.3 94.5 ± 6.9 107.4 ± 15.0 148.1 ± 6.3 1.77 ± 0.24 1.13 ± 0.12
MX3 167.1 ± 12.4 93.0 ± 6.7 106.3 ± 14.8 149.1 ± 6.4 1.81 ± 0.25 1.12 ± 0.12
RH8 144.0 ± 10.2 96.0 ± 7.0 108.3 ± 15.1 147.2 ± 6.2 1.51 ± 0.20 0.98 ± 0.10
RH9 137.1 ± 9.9 89.1 ± 6.2 103.5 ± 14.4 151.5 ± 6.6 1.55 ± 0.20 0.91 ± 0.10
RH10 137.1 ± 10.0 86.9 ± 6.0 101.8 ± 14.2 152.7 ± 6.7 1.59 ± 0.20 0.90 ± 0.10
Average 158.0 89.6 103.0 150.7 1.8 1.1
Median 166.0 94.5 107.4 149.1 1.7 1.1
Deviation 17.2 11.8 10.4 6.1 0.5 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 Mon Apr 13 08:55:21 2009
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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