CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19971061221
Observation time: 04/16/1997 106.51488 1221 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1997
Fractional day of year 106.514878
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 44485.5 ± 6.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 226.912
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 5.012
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 23.338
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0242
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0216
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 6.76, 14.29, 14.66
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:04:26 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 16:50:18 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
56.494 ± 0.819

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -355.7 ± 1.5 -375.6 ± 1.0
Vy GSE [km/s] -0.4 ± 0.6 -10.1 ± 0.8
Vz GSE [km/s] 8.7 ± 1.0 11.7 ± 0.8
Wi [km/s] 25.7 ± 1.0 29.7 ± 0.6
We [km/s] 812.3 ± 30.0 938.0 ± 18.1
Ni [n/cc] 19.1 ± 1.0 30.4 ± 0.4
Bx GSE [nT] -2.4 ± 0.3 -3.2 ± 0.3
By GSE [nT] 0.2 ± 0.5 1.8 ± 0.5
Bz GSE [nT] -4.7 ± 0.2 -7.3 ± 0.2
Plasma Beta
0.930 ± 0.946
0.838 ± 0.828
Sound Speed [km/s]
33.16 ± 1.23
38.30 ± 0.74
Alfven Speed [km/s]
26.65 ± 0.76
32.41 ± 0.70

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.668 ± 0.407 -0.685 ± 0.397 -0.290 ± 0.281 -16.84 ± 17.93 225.72 ± 33.60
VC -0.891 ± 0.024 -0.434 ± 0.048 0.136 ± 0.135 7.83 ± 3.00 205.99 ± 3.08
MX1 -0.910 ± 0.024 -0.416 ± 0.052 0.002 ± 0.002 0.14 ± 8.39 204.55 ± 3.26
MX2 -0.918 ± 0.026 -0.397 ± 0.059 0.020 ± 0.020 1.15 ± 7.10 203.41 ± 3.69
MX3 -0.926 ± 0.032 -0.375 ± 0.080 0.041 ± 0.041 2.33 ± 5.80 202.04 ± 4.92
RH08 -0.962 ± 0.004 -0.267 ± 0.014 0.061 ± 0.061 3.52 ± 0.54 195.54 ± 0.84
RH09 -0.994 ± 0.007 -0.078 ± 0.060 0.073 ± 0.072 4.16 ± 4.11 184.51 ± 3.46
RH10 -0.994 ± 0.007 -0.078 ± 0.063 0.073 ± 0.072 4.16 ± 4.07 184.51 ± 3.65
Average -0.908 -0.341 0.015 0.808 200.784
Median -0.918 -0.375 0.061 3.523 203.409
Deviation 0.104 0.200 0.129 7.498 13.247

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 57.1 ± 5.8 286.2 ± 4.2 1.61 ± 0.07
VC 74.0 ± 4.6 378.1 ± 4.0 1.61 ± 0.07
MX1 66.2 ± 4.6 382.9 ± 4.2 1.61 ± 0.07
MX2 66.9 ± 4.5 386.0 ± 4.1 1.61 ± 0.07
MX3 67.8 ± 4.5 389.3 ± 4.1 1.61 ± 0.07
RH08 67.7 ± 4.0 401.3 ± 4.0 1.61 ± 0.07
RH09 67.1 ± 3.3 409.8 ± 3.8 1.61 ± 0.07
RH10 67.1 ± 3.3 409.8 ± 3.8 1.61 ± 0.07
Average 66.7 380.4 1.61
Median 67.1 389.3 1.61
Deviation 4.6 39.9 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 50.8 ± 0.9 11.8 ± 0.4 14.5 ± 0.4 40.9 ± 1.3 4.32 ± 0.13 1.24 ± 0.04
VC 60.1 ± 1.4 5.8 ± 0.2 7.3 ± 0.2 42.2 ± 1.4 10.41 ± 0.34 1.43 ± 0.05
MX1 59.3 ± 1.4 8.5 ± 0.3 10.7 ± 0.3 41.7 ± 1.3 6.94 ± 0.23 1.42 ± 0.05
MX2 59.4 ± 1.4 8.3 ± 0.2 10.4 ± 0.3 41.7 ± 1.3 7.17 ± 0.24 1.42 ± 0.05
MX3 59.4 ± 1.4 8.0 ± 0.2 10.1 ± 0.3 41.8 ± 1.3 7.44 ± 0.25 1.42 ± 0.05
RH8 58.7 ± 1.5 8.0 ± 0.2 10.1 ± 0.3 41.8 ± 1.3 7.33 ± 0.26 1.41 ± 0.05
RH9 55.5 ± 1.6 8.2 ± 0.2 10.4 ± 0.3 41.7 ± 1.3 6.74 ± 0.25 1.33 ± 0.05
RH10 55.5 ± 1.6 8.2 ± 0.2 10.4 ± 0.3 41.7 ± 1.3 6.74 ± 0.25 1.33 ± 0.05
Average 57.3 8.4 10.5 41.7 7.1 1.4
Median 59.3 8.2 10.4 41.7 7.2 1.4
Deviation 3.2 1.6 1.9 0.4 1.7 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 31.7 ± 1.0 14.0 ± 0.3 17.6 ± 0.4 48.2 ± 0.9 2.26 ± 0.09 0.66 ± 0.03
VC 37.7 ± 0.9 6.9 ± 0.1 8.9 ± 0.2 49.7 ± 1.0 5.48 ± 0.19 0.76 ± 0.03
MX1 37.1 ± 1.0 10.2 ± 0.2 13.1 ± 0.3 49.1 ± 1.0 3.64 ± 0.13 0.76 ± 0.03
MX2 37.2 ± 1.0 9.9 ± 0.2 12.7 ± 0.3 49.2 ± 1.0 3.76 ± 0.13 0.76 ± 0.03
MX3 37.2 ± 1.0 9.5 ± 0.2 12.2 ± 0.3 49.3 ± 1.0 3.91 ± 0.14 0.76 ± 0.03
RH8 36.7 ± 1.0 9.5 ± 0.2 12.3 ± 0.3 49.3 ± 1.0 3.85 ± 0.14 0.75 ± 0.03
RH9 34.7 ± 1.0 9.8 ± 0.2 12.6 ± 0.3 49.2 ± 1.0 3.53 ± 0.13 0.70 ± 0.03
RH10 34.7 ± 1.0 9.8 ± 0.2 12.6 ± 0.3 49.2 ± 1.0 3.53 ± 0.13 0.70 ± 0.03
Average 35.9 10.0 12.8 49.1 3.7 0.7
Median 37.1 9.8 12.6 49.2 3.8 0.8
Deviation 2.0 1.9 2.4 0.4 0.9 0.0

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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