CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19972452237
Observation time: 09/02/1997 245.94280 2237 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1997
Fractional day of year 245.942795
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 81457.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 72.657
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 32.904
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 1.531
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0254
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0227
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 3.65, 13.03, 13.25
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:04:57 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 17:05:53 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
22.011 ± 0.220

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -315.6 ± 1.9 -349.4 ± 2.3
Vy GSE [km/s] 0.7 ± 2.1 -21.7 ± 3.7
Vz GSE [km/s] -2.0 ± 3.4 -13.7 ± 2.8
Wi [km/s] 21.9 ± 0.7 28.0 ± 0.9
We [km/s] 694.1 ± 23.7 886.4 ± 29.2
Ni [n/cc] 11.1 ± 0.3 22.3 ± 0.9
Bx GSE [nT] -2.3 ± 0.2 -3.2 ± 0.6
By GSE [nT] -1.4 ± 0.5 0.4 ± 1.4
Bz GSE [nT] 2.7 ± 0.5 6.6 ± 0.2
Plasma Beta
0.751 ± 0.761
0.662 ± 0.662
Sound Speed [km/s]
28.34 ± 0.97
36.19 ± 1.19
Alfven Speed [km/s]
25.35 ± 0.48
34.62 ± 1.91

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.678 ± 0.210 -0.700 ± 0.204 0.225 ± 0.221 13.00 ± 12.78 225.94 ± 16.98
VC -0.803 ± 0.053 -0.528 ± 0.074 -0.276 ± 0.268 -16.00 ± 5.63 213.34 ± 5.18
MX1 -0.834 ± 0.053 -0.547 ± 0.078 0.074 ± 0.073 4.22 ± 12.48 213.29 ± 5.35
MX2 -0.887 ± 0.046 -0.461 ± 0.088 0.006 ± 0.006 0.36 ± 9.21 207.44 ± 5.70
MX3 -0.913 ± 0.057 -0.407 ± 0.128 -0.034 ± 0.034 -1.97 ± 7.51 204.05 ± 8.02
RH08 -0.919 ± 0.005 -0.382 ± 0.013 -0.095 ± 0.095 -5.45 ± 0.69 202.56 ± 0.79
RH09 -0.993 ± 0.007 0.113 ± 0.061 0.028 ± 0.028 1.60 ± 3.94 173.48 ± 3.51
RH10 -0.993 ± 0.007 0.113 ± 0.063 0.028 ± 0.028 1.60 ± 3.96 173.48 ± 3.63
Average -0.877 -0.350 -0.006 -0.331 201.699
Median -0.887 -0.407 0.028 1.601 207.443
Deviation 0.105 0.302 0.143 8.287 18.857

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 34.0 ± 10.0 283.4 ± 4.6 2.01 ± 0.10
VC 60.7 ± 8.6 337.3 ± 3.1 2.01 ± 0.10
MX1 40.7 ± 8.5 340.9 ± 3.3 2.01 ± 0.10
MX2 44.8 ± 7.6 359.7 ± 2.8 2.01 ± 0.10
MX3 47.5 ± 7.1 368.0 ± 2.6 2.01 ± 0.10
RH08 51.1 ± 7.0 371.0 ± 2.5 2.01 ± 0.10
RH09 55.1 ± 3.3 374.7 ± 3.8 2.01 ± 0.10
RH10 55.1 ± 3.3 374.7 ± 3.8 2.01 ± 0.10
Average 48.6 351.2 2.01
Median 51.1 368.0 2.01
Deviation 8.7 31.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 70.4 ± 2.2 17.7 ± 0.3 21.0 ± 0.4 33.7 ± 0.7 3.98 ± 0.10 2.09 ± 0.05
VC 83.7 ± 2.8 9.5 ± 0.2 12.4 ± 0.2 36.8 ± 0.7 8.78 ± 0.30 2.27 ± 0.08
MX1 78.3 ± 2.3 15.7 ± 0.3 19.2 ± 0.4 34.6 ± 0.7 4.99 ± 0.12 2.26 ± 0.06
MX2 79.9 ± 2.3 14.5 ± 0.3 18.0 ± 0.3 35.2 ± 0.7 5.51 ± 0.14 2.27 ± 0.06
MX3 80.2 ± 2.4 13.7 ± 0.2 17.1 ± 0.3 35.5 ± 0.7 5.86 ± 0.15 2.26 ± 0.06
RH8 80.9 ± 2.4 12.6 ± 0.2 15.9 ± 0.3 35.9 ± 0.7 6.44 ± 0.17 2.26 ± 0.06
RH9 61.2 ± 1.7 11.3 ± 0.2 14.5 ± 0.3 36.3 ± 0.7 5.42 ± 0.10 1.69 ± 0.03
RH10 61.2 ± 1.7 11.3 ± 0.2 14.5 ± 0.3 36.3 ± 0.7 5.42 ± 0.10 1.69 ± 0.03
Average 74.5 13.3 16.6 35.5 5.8 2.1
Median 79.9 13.7 17.1 35.9 5.5 2.3
Deviation 9.0 2.7 2.8 1.0 1.4 0.3

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 34.6 ± 2.9 23.4 ± 0.7 28.7 ± 1.6 44.3 ± 1.3 1.47 ± 0.12 0.78 ± 0.06
VC 41.5 ± 1.9 12.6 ± 0.4 16.9 ± 0.9 48.5 ± 1.5 3.29 ± 0.12 0.86 ± 0.03
MX1 38.8 ± 2.4 20.8 ± 0.6 26.2 ± 1.4 45.6 ± 1.4 1.87 ± 0.10 0.85 ± 0.05
MX2 39.7 ± 2.2 19.2 ± 0.6 24.6 ± 1.4 46.3 ± 1.4 2.07 ± 0.09 0.86 ± 0.04
MX3 39.9 ± 2.1 18.1 ± 0.6 23.4 ± 1.3 46.7 ± 1.4 2.20 ± 0.09 0.85 ± 0.04
RH8 40.2 ± 2.0 16.6 ± 0.5 21.8 ± 1.2 47.3 ± 1.4 2.42 ± 0.09 0.85 ± 0.03
RH9 30.5 ± 2.5 15.0 ± 0.5 19.8 ± 1.1 47.8 ± 1.4 2.04 ± 0.14 0.64 ± 0.05
RH10 30.5 ± 2.5 15.0 ± 0.5 19.8 ± 1.1 47.8 ± 1.4 2.04 ± 0.14 0.64 ± 0.05
Average 37.0 17.6 22.6 46.8 2.2 0.8
Median 39.7 18.1 23.4 47.3 2.1 0.9
Deviation 4.5 3.5 3.8 1.4 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 Fri Jun 13 11:06:02 2014
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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