CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19980061329
Observation time: 01/06/1998 6.56182 1329 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1998
Fractional day of year 6.561823
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 48541.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 227.070
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 20.430
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -4.564
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0016
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0490
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0307
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 2.40, 3.86, 3.91
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:05:49 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 17:29:10 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
57.121 ± 1.434

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -306.4 ± 2.5 -369.2 ± 4.0
Vy GSE [km/s] -2.7 ± 3.8 38.4 ± 16.9
Vz GSE [km/s] 10.1 ± 2.8 18.2 ± 7.4
Wi [km/s] 25.3 ± 2.0 48.4 ± 3.5
We [km/s] 799.8 ± 64.5 1531.1 ± 111.1
Ni [n/cc] 9.7 ± 0.4 27.2 ± 3.4
Bx GSE [nT] -0.6 ± 0.7 0.5 ± 2.8
By GSE [nT] -6.5 ± 0.2 -3.2 ± 8.7
Bz GSE [nT] 0.3 ± 1.0 -5.2 ± 2.0
Plasma Beta
0.301 ± 0.304
1.271 ± 1.123
Sound Speed [km/s]
32.65 ± 2.63
62.51 ± 4.54
Alfven Speed [km/s]
46.14 ± 0.79
45.22 ± 7.32

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.852 ± 0.516 0.433 ± 0.972 0.293 ± 0.284 17.03 ± 33.89 153.06 ± 65.12
VC -0.841 ± 0.103 0.530 ± 0.163 0.108 ± 0.108 6.20 ± 6.14 147.80 ± 11.11
MX1 -0.953 ± 0.133 0.280 ± 0.451 0.114 ± 0.113 6.54 ± 7.74 163.63 ± 27.09
MX2 -0.928 ± 0.060 0.339 ± 0.148 0.155 ± 0.154 8.93 ± 10.57 159.93 ± 9.11
MX3 -0.921 ± 0.049 0.371 ± 0.113 0.115 ± 0.114 6.60 ± 10.18 158.07 ± 7.02
RH08 -0.971 ± 0.004 0.234 ± 0.017 0.039 ± 0.039 2.24 ± 0.76 166.46 ± 1.01
RH09 -0.996 ± 0.006 0.079 ± 0.068 0.039 ± 0.039 2.24 ± 4.06 175.49 ± 3.91
RH10 -0.996 ± 0.006 0.079 ± 0.068 0.039 ± 0.039 2.24 ± 4.06 175.49 ± 3.91
Average -0.932 0.293 0.113 6.503 162.491
Median -0.928 0.339 0.114 6.543 163.634
Deviation 0.060 0.160 0.085 4.946 9.898

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 70.6 ± 8.1 378.6 ± 11.1 2.83 ± 0.33
VC 64.2 ± 6.8 375.0 ± 12.9 2.83 ± 0.33
MX1 79.7 ± 6.8 405.6 ± 10.0 2.83 ± 0.33
MX2 76.3 ± 7.1 399.4 ± 10.3 2.83 ± 0.33
MX3 74.3 ± 6.8 397.4 ± 10.7 2.83 ± 0.33
RH08 82.3 ± 6.2 408.4 ± 10.0 2.83 ± 0.33
RH09 88.8 ± 6.2 407.1 ± 10.4 2.83 ± 0.33
RH10 88.8 ± 6.2 407.1 ± 10.4 2.83 ± 0.33
Average 78.1 397.3 2.83
Median 79.7 405.6 2.83
Deviation 8.6 13.3 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 115.6 ± 3.3 9.0 ± 0.5 15.3 ± 0.3 55.8 ± 2.0 12.94 ± 0.57 2.07 ± 0.05
VC 117.6 ± 3.0 11.9 ± 0.7 20.1 ± 0.3 55.3 ± 1.9 9.94 ± 0.48 2.13 ± 0.06
MX1 113.1 ± 2.8 4.8 ± 0.3 8.2 ± 0.1 56.4 ± 2.0 23.79 ± 1.05 2.01 ± 0.05
MX2 114.5 ± 2.9 6.4 ± 0.4 11.0 ± 0.2 56.2 ± 2.0 18.05 ± 0.80 2.04 ± 0.05
MX3 114.9 ± 2.9 7.3 ± 0.4 12.5 ± 0.2 56.1 ± 2.0 15.82 ± 0.71 2.05 ± 0.05
RH8 111.0 ± 2.6 3.6 ± 0.2 6.2 ± 0.1 56.4 ± 2.0 31.01 ± 1.38 1.97 ± 0.05
RH9 101.7 ± 2.5 0.6 ± 0.0 1.0 ± 0.0 56.6 ± 2.0 184.33 ± 7.91 1.80 ± 0.04
RH10 101.7 ± 2.5 0.6 ± 0.0 1.0 ± 0.0 56.6 ± 2.0 184.33 ± 7.91 1.80 ± 0.04
Average 111.3 5.5 9.4 56.2 60.0 2.0
Median 114.5 6.4 11.0 56.4 23.8 2.0
Deviation 6.2 4.0 6.7 0.4 77.0 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 41.9 ± 4.9 12.2 ± 1.2 15.0 ± 2.4 76.5 ± 3.7 3.47 ± 0.49 0.55 ± 0.06
VC 42.1 ± 6.8 16.1 ± 1.6 19.7 ± 3.2 75.8 ± 3.6 2.63 ± 0.45 0.55 ± 0.08
MX1 40.8 ± 3.0 6.5 ± 0.6 8.1 ± 1.3 77.2 ± 3.7 6.35 ± 0.71 0.53 ± 0.04
MX2 41.0 ± 3.6 8.6 ± 0.8 10.7 ± 1.7 77.0 ± 3.7 4.78 ± 0.58 0.53 ± 0.04
MX3 40.8 ± 4.2 9.9 ± 0.9 12.3 ± 2.0 76.9 ± 3.7 4.16 ± 0.53 0.53 ± 0.05
RH8 40.0 ± 2.9 4.9 ± 0.5 6.1 ± 1.0 77.3 ± 3.7 8.27 ± 0.93 0.52 ± 0.04
RH9 35.6 ± 3.1 0.8 ± 0.1 0.9 ± 0.2 77.5 ± 3.7 47.75 ± 6.17 0.46 ± 0.05
RH10 35.6 ± 3.1 0.8 ± 0.1 0.9 ± 0.2 77.5 ± 3.7 47.75 ± 6.17 0.46 ± 0.05
Average 39.7 7.5 9.2 77.0 15.6 0.5
Median 40.8 8.6 10.7 77.2 6.3 0.5
Deviation 2.6 5.4 6.6 0.6 19.9 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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