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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19971400510
Observation time: 05/20/1997 140.21585 0510 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1997
Fractional day of year 140.215851
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 18649.5 ± 5.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 175.833
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 7.749
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 13.750
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0222
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0243
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 20.17, 32.08, 32.71
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:04:41 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 16:57:56 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
53.020 ± 0.649

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -301.0 ± 3.1 -329.2 ± 0.5
Vy GSE [km/s] -6.5 ± 3.6 -12.0 ± 0.8
Vz GSE [km/s] -11.3 ± 1.2 -22.9 ± 1.1
Wi [km/s] 19.0 ± 0.9 34.6 ± 0.9
We [km/s] 600.1 ± 29.1 1094.9 ± 28.8
Ni [n/cc] 8.6 ± 0.3 21.9 ± 0.5
Bx GSE [nT] -2.3 ± 0.5 -3.9 ± 0.2
By GSE [nT] 1.9 ± 0.6 1.9 ± 0.2
Bz GSE [nT] -1.6 ± 0.1 -1.4 ± 0.5
Plasma Beta
0.544 ± 0.537
2.592 ± 2.657
Sound Speed [km/s]
24.50 ± 1.19
44.70 ± 1.17
Alfven Speed [km/s]
25.82 ± 0.65
21.54 ± 0.62

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.693 ± 0.530 0.460 ± 0.714 -0.555 ± 0.490 -33.73 ± 32.44 146.38 ± 57.28
VC -0.912 ± 0.029 -0.165 ± 0.100 -0.375 ± 0.356 -22.02 ± 3.59 190.28 ± 6.28
MX1 -0.988 ± 0.097 0.070 ± 1.258 -0.139 ± 0.138 -8.00 ± 15.10 175.92 ± 72.99
MX2 -0.927 ± 0.444 -0.357 ± 1.150 -0.113 ± 0.113 -6.50 ± 13.89 201.07 ± 71.08
MX3 -0.732 ± 0.417 -0.202 ± 0.710 -0.650 ± 0.538 -40.57 ± 33.76 195.43 ± 54.95
RH08 -0.991 ± 0.001 -0.061 ± 0.009 -0.117 ± 0.117 -6.74 ± 0.53 183.51 ± 0.50
RH09 -0.987 ± 0.011 -0.061 ± 0.070 -0.151 ± 0.150 -8.68 ± 4.03 183.51 ± 4.07
RH10 -0.987 ± 0.011 -0.061 ± 0.070 -0.151 ± 0.150 -8.68 ± 4.03 183.51 ± 4.07
Average -0.902 -0.047 -0.281 -16.862 182.451
Median -0.927 -0.061 -0.151 -8.675 183.510
Deviation 0.121 0.241 0.217 13.604 16.577

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 12.7 ± 6.1 250.3 ± 1.9 2.55 ± 0.12
VC 44.9 ± 12.6 331.0 ± 2.9 2.55 ± 0.12
MX1 39.3 ± 10.7 346.7 ± 2.4 2.55 ± 0.12
MX2 60.8 ± 12.2 331.4 ± 3.1 2.55 ± 0.12
MX3 46.0 ± 11.5 277.4 ± 2.9 2.55 ± 0.12
RH08 46.0 ± 11.3 349.6 ± 2.6 2.55 ± 0.12
RH09 44.9 ± 11.5 349.0 ± 2.6 2.55 ± 0.12
RH10 44.9 ± 11.5 349.0 ± 2.6 2.55 ± 0.12
Average 42.4 323.0 2.55
Median 44.9 346.7 2.55
Deviation 13.5 38.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 38.6 ± 0.6 22.0 ± 0.5 25.2 ± 0.6 28.0 ± 0.4 1.75 ± 0.03 1.38 ± 0.02
VC 51.1 ± 3.3 13.6 ± 0.2 18.3 ± 0.5 32.9 ± 0.5 3.75 ± 0.18 1.55 ± 0.08
MX1 48.3 ± 2.8 15.2 ± 0.3 20.0 ± 0.5 32.2 ± 0.5 3.18 ± 0.13 1.50 ± 0.07
MX2 48.7 ± 4.1 8.9 ± 0.2 12.6 ± 0.3 34.5 ± 0.5 5.44 ± 0.37 1.41 ± 0.10
MX3 48.3 ± 3.0 13.3 ± 0.2 17.9 ± 0.5 33.0 ± 0.5 3.63 ± 0.16 1.46 ± 0.07
RH8 49.5 ± 3.2 13.3 ± 0.2 17.9 ± 0.5 33.0 ± 0.5 3.72 ± 0.18 1.50 ± 0.08
RH9 49.9 ± 3.2 13.6 ± 0.2 18.3 ± 0.5 32.9 ± 0.5 3.67 ± 0.18 1.51 ± 0.08
RH10 49.9 ± 3.2 13.6 ± 0.2 18.3 ± 0.5 32.9 ± 0.5 3.67 ± 0.18 1.51 ± 0.08
Average 48.0 14.2 18.6 32.4 3.6 1.5
Median 49.5 13.6 18.3 32.9 3.7 1.5
Deviation 3.9 3.6 3.4 1.9 1.0 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 15.1 ± 0.7 20.9 ± 0.6 21.0 ± 0.6 45.0 ± 1.2 0.73 ± 0.05 0.34 ± 0.02
VC 20.2 ± 0.6 14.4 ± 0.4 15.3 ± 0.4 47.5 ± 1.1 1.40 ± 0.07 0.42 ± 0.01
MX1 19.2 ± 0.5 15.8 ± 0.4 16.7 ± 0.5 47.0 ± 1.1 1.21 ± 0.05 0.41 ± 0.01
MX2 19.3 ± 0.6 9.6 ± 0.2 10.5 ± 0.3 48.7 ± 1.1 2.00 ± 0.09 0.40 ± 0.01
MX3 19.0 ± 0.8 14.1 ± 0.3 15.0 ± 0.4 47.6 ± 1.1 1.36 ± 0.09 0.40 ± 0.02
RH8 19.8 ± 0.5 14.1 ± 0.3 15.0 ± 0.4 47.6 ± 1.1 1.41 ± 0.06 0.42 ± 0.01
RH9 19.9 ± 0.5 14.4 ± 0.4 15.3 ± 0.4 47.5 ± 1.1 1.39 ± 0.06 0.42 ± 0.01
RH10 19.9 ± 0.5 14.4 ± 0.4 15.3 ± 0.4 47.5 ± 1.1 1.39 ± 0.06 0.42 ± 0.01
Average 19.1 14.7 15.5 47.3 1.4 0.4
Median 19.8 14.4 15.3 47.5 1.4 0.4
Deviation 1.6 3.1 2.9 1.0 0.3 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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