CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19972170459
Observation time: 08/05/1997 217.20769 0459 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1997
Fractional day of year 217.207691
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 17944.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 91.188
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -59.690
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -13.100
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0243
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0285
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 4.26, 5.78, 5.86
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:04:53 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 17:03:58 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
22.645 ± 0.633

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -349.1 ± 2.3 -363.5 ± 2.9
Vy GSE [km/s] 10.3 ± 2.5 -4.1 ± 4.5
Vz GSE [km/s] 27.8 ± 1.5 29.5 ± 6.7
Wi [km/s] 27.2 ± 0.5 30.8 ± 1.0
We [km/s] 859.9 ± 16.3 974.1 ± 30.4
Ni [n/cc] 11.0 ± 0.2 16.8 ± 0.6
Bx GSE [nT] 2.9 ± 0.4 4.7 ± 0.4
By GSE [nT] -1.1 ± 0.5 -3.4 ± 1.1
Bz GSE [nT] 3.3 ± 0.3 3.5 ± 1.4
Plasma Beta
0.820 ± 0.835
0.695 ± 0.652
Sound Speed [km/s]
35.10 ± 0.67
39.77 ± 1.24
Alfven Speed [km/s]
30.08 ± 0.83
37.17 ± 1.90

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.856 ± 0.425 -0.431 ± 0.710 -0.285 ± 0.277 -16.54 ± 53.55 206.74 ± 46.86
VC -0.714 ± 0.138 -0.691 ± 0.142 0.111 ± 0.111 6.39 ± 16.40 224.07 ± 11.25
MX1 -0.848 ± 0.238 -0.530 ± 0.381 0.011 ± 0.011 0.62 ± 28.50 212.01 ± 25.77
MX2 -0.810 ± 0.185 -0.578 ± 0.256 0.093 ± 0.093 5.36 ± 21.39 215.52 ± 18.07
MX3 -0.789 ± 0.171 -0.592 ± 0.225 0.162 ± 0.160 9.30 ± 15.93 216.89 ± 16.20
RH08 -0.991 ± 0.002 -0.113 ± 0.014 0.073 ± 0.072 4.16 ± 1.05 186.52 ± 0.81
RH09 -0.993 ± 0.008 -0.113 ± 0.068 0.028 ± 0.028 1.60 ± 4.06 186.52 ± 3.91
RH10 -0.993 ± 0.008 -0.113 ± 0.068 0.028 ± 0.028 1.60 ± 4.06 186.52 ± 3.91
Average -0.874 -0.395 0.028 1.562 204.349
Median -0.848 -0.431 0.073 4.165 212.010
Deviation 0.107 0.244 0.136 7.864 15.535

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 49.7 ± 8.2 336.0 ± 13.5 1.53 ± 0.04
VC 78.3 ± 8.2 304.4 ± 10.7 1.53 ± 0.04
MX1 66.3 ± 8.3 348.0 ± 11.2 1.53 ± 0.04
MX2 72.2 ± 8.3 337.5 ± 10.6 1.53 ± 0.04
MX3 76.1 ± 8.3 331.9 ± 10.2 1.53 ± 0.04
RH08 56.5 ± 7.4 392.4 ± 10.1 1.53 ± 0.04
RH09 54.2 ± 7.5 391.3 ± 10.1 1.53 ± 0.04
RH10 54.2 ± 7.5 391.3 ± 10.1 1.53 ± 0.04
Average 63.4 354.1 1.53
Median 66.3 348.0 1.53
Deviation 11.2 33.5 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 49.5 ± 2.7 15.7 ± 0.2 19.4 ± 0.5 43.5 ± 0.5 3.15 ± 0.20 1.14 ± 0.06
VC 59.2 ± 3.4 4.7 ± 0.1 6.1 ± 0.2 46.0 ± 0.6 12.68 ± 0.79 1.29 ± 0.08
MX1 57.1 ± 3.2 9.4 ± 0.1 12.1 ± 0.3 45.3 ± 0.6 6.09 ± 0.38 1.26 ± 0.07
MX2 57.9 ± 3.3 7.1 ± 0.1 9.2 ± 0.3 45.7 ± 0.6 8.19 ± 0.51 1.27 ± 0.07
MX3 57.9 ± 3.4 5.5 ± 0.1 7.2 ± 0.2 45.9 ± 0.6 10.52 ± 0.67 1.26 ± 0.08
RH8 45.6 ± 2.6 13.1 ± 0.2 16.6 ± 0.5 44.3 ± 0.5 3.48 ± 0.22 1.03 ± 0.06
RH9 45.0 ± 2.6 14.0 ± 0.2 17.6 ± 0.5 44.1 ± 0.5 3.21 ± 0.21 1.02 ± 0.06
RH10 45.0 ± 2.6 14.0 ± 0.2 17.6 ± 0.5 44.1 ± 0.5 3.21 ± 0.21 1.02 ± 0.06
Average 52.2 10.4 13.2 44.8 6.3 1.2
Median 57.1 13.1 16.6 45.3 6.1 1.3
Deviation 6.5 4.3 5.2 1.0 3.8 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 31.4 ± 4.6 18.7 ± 0.4 24.0 ± 1.2 51.2 ± 1.0 1.69 ± 0.25 0.61 ± 0.09
VC 38.8 ± 3.1 5.5 ± 0.1 7.6 ± 0.4 54.2 ± 1.0 7.01 ± 0.61 0.72 ± 0.06
MX1 37.3 ± 3.4 11.1 ± 0.2 14.9 ± 0.8 53.3 ± 1.0 3.35 ± 0.32 0.70 ± 0.06
MX2 37.8 ± 3.1 8.4 ± 0.2 11.4 ± 0.6 53.8 ± 1.0 4.50 ± 0.39 0.70 ± 0.06
MX3 37.8 ± 2.8 6.5 ± 0.1 8.9 ± 0.5 54.1 ± 1.0 5.79 ± 0.46 0.70 ± 0.05
RH8 29.6 ± 2.8 15.6 ± 0.4 20.5 ± 1.0 52.2 ± 1.0 1.90 ± 0.19 0.57 ± 0.05
RH9 29.1 ± 2.9 16.7 ± 0.4 21.8 ± 1.1 51.9 ± 1.0 1.74 ± 0.18 0.56 ± 0.05
RH10 29.1 ± 2.9 16.7 ± 0.4 21.8 ± 1.1 51.9 ± 1.0 1.74 ± 0.18 0.56 ± 0.05
Average 33.9 12.4 16.4 52.8 3.5 0.6
Median 37.3 15.6 20.5 53.3 3.4 0.7
Deviation 4.4 5.1 6.5 1.2 2.1 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 Fri Jun 13 11:06:02 2014
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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