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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19973570109
Observation time: 12/23/1997 357.04797 0109 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1997
Fractional day of year 357.047969
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 4144.5 ± 12.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 218.598
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 17.808
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 11.312
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0011
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0337
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0012
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0380
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 12.14, 16.44, 16.58
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:05:40 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 17:23:03 2009
Method selected
RH09
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
71.886 ± 0.819

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -296.8 ± 0.9 -304.8 ± 0.6
Vy GSE [km/s] -4.8 ± 0.5 0.8 ± 1.2
Vz GSE [km/s] -1.6 ± 0.9 10.1 ± 1.1
Wi [km/s] 15.3 ± 0.3 16.7 ± 0.2
We [km/s] 484.0 ± 8.9 527.9 ± 7.4
Ni [n/cc] 15.1 ± 0.4 21.5 ± 0.7
Bx GSE [nT] -1.6 ± 0.3 -2.6 ± 0.1
By GSE [nT] 0.7 ± 0.3 -0.0 ± 0.1
Bz GSE [nT] 0.0 ± 0.5 -1.1 ± 0.2
Plasma Beta
2.187 ± 2.002
1.563 ± 1.594
Sound Speed [km/s]
19.76 ± 0.36
21.55 ± 0.30
Alfven Speed [km/s]
10.49 ± 0.92
13.37 ± 0.32

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.760 ± 0.096 0.612 ± 0.117 0.218 ± 0.215 12.59 ± 9.44 141.19 ± 8.64
VC -0.529 ± 0.067 0.364 ± 0.079 0.767 ± 0.561 50.06 ± 4.01 145.44 ± 7.85
MX1 -0.787 ± 0.102 0.455 ± 0.104 0.416 ± 0.390 24.58 ± 13.78 149.97 ± 6.66
MX2 -0.793 ± 0.084 0.313 ± 0.083 0.523 ± 0.469 31.55 ± 9.22 158.44 ± 5.54
MX3 -0.785 ± 0.087 0.232 ± 0.107 0.574 ± 0.501 35.06 ± 8.49 163.56 ± 7.65
RH08 -0.840 ± 0.006 0.315 ± 0.012 0.441 ± 0.410 26.19 ± 0.58 159.44 ± 0.82
RH09 -0.999 ± 0.003 0.026 ± 0.067 -0.039 ± 0.039 -2.24 ± 3.28 178.50 ± 3.83
RH10 -0.999 ± 0.003 0.026 ± 0.067 -0.039 ± 0.039 -2.24 ± 3.36 178.50 ± 3.82
Average -0.812 0.293 0.358 21.944 159.379
Median -0.787 0.315 0.441 26.189 159.443
Deviation 0.149 0.200 0.289 18.272 13.954

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 22.6 ± 12.5 263.5 ± 3.8 1.42 ± 0.04
VC 48.9 ± 17.8 205.7 ± 5.1 1.42 ± 0.04
MX1 26.0 ± 14.6 277.3 ± 4.4 1.42 ± 0.04
MX2 32.0 ± 13.7 281.3 ± 4.8 1.42 ± 0.04
MX3 36.1 ± 13.0 279.8 ± 5.0 1.42 ± 0.04
RH08 28.2 ± 11.8 293.7 ± 4.6 1.42 ± 0.04
RH09 27.5 ± 11.9 322.3 ± 3.6 1.42 ± 0.04
RH10 27.5 ± 11.9 322.3 ± 3.6 1.42 ± 0.04
Average 31.1 280.7 1.42
Median 28.2 281.3 1.42
Deviation 8.3 37.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 41.0 ± 0.8 9.4 ± 0.8 9.7 ± 0.8 20.3 ± 0.3 4.39 ± 0.45 2.02 ± 0.05
VC 51.7 ± 1.0 6.3 ± 0.5 6.9 ± 0.6 21.5 ± 0.3 8.21 ± 0.73 2.41 ± 0.06
MX1 46.5 ± 0.9 9.1 ± 0.7 9.4 ± 0.8 20.4 ± 0.3 5.14 ± 0.52 2.27 ± 0.05
MX2 48.4 ± 1.0 8.5 ± 0.7 8.9 ± 0.8 20.7 ± 0.3 5.75 ± 0.56 2.34 ± 0.05
MX3 48.8 ± 1.0 8.0 ± 0.6 8.5 ± 0.7 20.9 ± 0.3 6.14 ± 0.59 2.34 ± 0.06
RH8 46.6 ± 1.0 8.9 ± 0.7 9.2 ± 0.8 20.5 ± 0.3 5.28 ± 0.53 2.27 ± 0.05
RH9 25.9 ± 0.9 9.0 ± 0.7 9.3 ± 0.8 20.5 ± 0.3 2.91 ± 0.32 1.26 ± 0.05
RH10 25.9 ± 0.9 9.0 ± 0.7 9.3 ± 0.8 20.5 ± 0.3 2.91 ± 0.32 1.26 ± 0.05
Average 41.8 8.5 8.9 20.7 5.1 2.0
Median 46.6 9.0 9.3 20.5 5.3 2.3
Deviation 10.3 1.0 0.9 0.4 1.7 0.5

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 29.0 ± 0.7 11.9 ± 0.2 12.3 ± 0.3 22.4 ± 0.3 2.45 ± 0.08 1.29 ± 0.04
VC 36.5 ± 0.9 7.8 ± 0.1 8.8 ± 0.2 24.1 ± 0.2 4.65 ± 0.13 1.51 ± 0.04
MX1 32.8 ± 0.7 11.4 ± 0.2 12.0 ± 0.3 22.6 ± 0.3 2.86 ± 0.08 1.45 ± 0.04
MX2 34.1 ± 0.8 10.6 ± 0.2 11.3 ± 0.3 23.0 ± 0.2 3.22 ± 0.08 1.48 ± 0.04
MX3 34.5 ± 0.8 10.0 ± 0.2 10.8 ± 0.3 23.3 ± 0.2 3.45 ± 0.09 1.48 ± 0.04
RH8 32.9 ± 0.7 11.1 ± 0.2 11.8 ± 0.3 22.8 ± 0.2 2.95 ± 0.07 1.44 ± 0.04
RH9 18.2 ± 0.6 11.2 ± 0.2 11.9 ± 0.3 22.7 ± 0.2 1.62 ± 0.05 0.80 ± 0.03
RH10 18.2 ± 0.6 11.2 ± 0.2 11.9 ± 0.3 22.7 ± 0.2 1.62 ± 0.05 0.80 ± 0.03
Average 29.5 10.7 11.3 23.0 2.9 1.3
Median 32.9 11.2 11.9 22.8 3.0 1.4
Deviation 7.3 1.3 1.1 0.5 1.0 0.3

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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