CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19980490748
Observation time: 02/18/1998 49.32550 0748 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1998
Fractional day of year 49.325503
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 28123.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 235.890
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -9.801
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -31.630
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0011
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0331
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0281
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 6.04, 13.37, 13.61
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:06:00 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 17:34:43 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
54.427 ± 1.292

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -375.6 ± 1.8 -407.7 ± 4.2
Vy GSE [km/s] -21.2 ± 0.9 -33.4 ± 1.2
Vz GSE [km/s] -27.9 ± 2.1 -19.7 ± 2.5
Wi [km/s] 29.2 ± 0.5 33.4 ± 0.9
We [km/s] 923.8 ± 14.9 1056.2 ± 29.8
Ni [n/cc] 17.2 ± 0.4 25.3 ± 1.4
Bx GSE [nT] 8.7 ± 0.5 7.2 ± 0.7
By GSE [nT] -12.9 ± 0.3 -20.4 ± 0.5
Bz GSE [nT] 0.1 ± 0.3 1.0 ± 1.1
Plasma Beta
0.128 ± 0.128
0.127 ± 0.126
Sound Speed [km/s]
37.71 ± 0.61
43.12 ± 1.22
Alfven Speed [km/s]
81.85 ± 1.38
94.00 ± 1.80

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.969 ± 0.029 0.222 ± 0.106 0.105 ± 0.105 6.05 ± 8.39 167.13 ± 6.28
VC -0.907 ± 0.024 -0.350 ± 0.038 0.234 ± 0.230 13.53 ± 4.86 201.07 ± 2.37
MX1 -0.964 ± 0.025 0.212 ± 0.106 0.162 ± 0.161 9.33 ± 3.48 167.60 ± 6.32
MX2 -0.963 ± 0.025 0.210 ± 0.107 0.171 ± 0.169 9.83 ± 3.34 167.67 ± 6.34
MX3 -0.960 ± 0.027 0.206 ± 0.107 0.188 ± 0.186 10.85 ± 4.34 167.87 ± 6.40
RH08 -0.991 ± 0.000 0.131 ± 0.000 0.017 ± 0.017 0.96 ± 0.83 172.48 ± 0.00
RH09 -0.991 ± 0.009 0.113 ± 0.068 0.073 ± 0.072 4.16 ± 4.03 173.48 ± 3.95
RH10 -0.991 ± 0.009 0.113 ± 0.068 0.073 ± 0.072 4.16 ± 4.03 173.48 ± 3.95
Average -0.967 0.107 0.128 7.361 173.848
Median -0.964 0.206 0.162 9.330 172.479
Deviation 0.028 0.190 0.073 4.198 11.349

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 43.7 ± 2.0 447.0 ± 11.4 1.46 ± 0.09
VC 77.7 ± 1.9 450.7 ± 12.1 1.46 ± 0.09
MX1 44.6 ± 1.9 444.7 ± 11.8 1.46 ± 0.09
MX2 44.8 ± 1.9 444.3 ± 11.8 1.46 ± 0.09
MX3 45.2 ± 1.9 443.4 ± 12.0 1.46 ± 0.09
RH08 48.7 ± 2.0 463.4 ± 11.0 1.46 ± 0.09
RH09 49.8 ± 2.0 463.9 ± 11.4 1.46 ± 0.09
RH10 49.8 ± 2.0 463.9 ± 11.4 1.46 ± 0.09
Average 50.5 452.7 1.46
Median 48.7 450.7 1.46
Deviation 11.2 9.4 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 90.5 ± 1.7 25.8 ± 0.3 59.2 ± 1.0 86.3 ± 1.2 3.50 ± 0.07 1.05 ± 0.02
VC 109.0 ± 1.9 7.3 ± 0.1 17.5 ± 0.3 89.8 ± 1.1 14.87 ± 0.30 1.21 ± 0.02
MX1 91.7 ± 1.8 25.4 ± 0.3 58.2 ± 1.0 86.5 ± 1.2 3.61 ± 0.08 1.06 ± 0.02
MX2 91.9 ± 1.8 25.3 ± 0.3 58.1 ± 1.0 86.5 ± 1.2 3.63 ± 0.08 1.06 ± 0.02
MX3 92.3 ± 1.8 25.1 ± 0.3 57.7 ± 1.0 86.6 ± 1.2 3.67 ± 0.08 1.07 ± 0.02
RH8 94.2 ± 1.8 23.4 ± 0.3 54.0 ± 0.9 87.0 ± 1.2 4.03 ± 0.08 1.08 ± 0.02
RH9 96.1 ± 1.8 22.8 ± 0.3 52.8 ± 0.9 87.2 ± 1.1 4.21 ± 0.09 1.10 ± 0.02
RH10 96.1 ± 1.8 22.8 ± 0.3 52.8 ± 0.9 87.2 ± 1.1 4.21 ± 0.09 1.10 ± 0.02
Average 95.2 22.3 51.3 87.1 5.2 1.1
Median 94.2 25.1 57.7 87.0 4.0 1.1
Deviation 5.9 6.2 13.9 1.1 3.9 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 61.3 ± 4.0 29.6 ± 0.7 68.0 ± 1.3 99.1 ± 1.5 2.07 ± 0.16 0.62 ± 0.04
VC 73.8 ± 4.2 8.4 ± 0.2 20.1 ± 0.4 103.1 ± 1.4 8.80 ± 0.59 0.72 ± 0.04
MX1 62.1 ± 4.1 29.0 ± 0.7 66.9 ± 1.3 99.3 ± 1.5 2.14 ± 0.16 0.63 ± 0.04
MX2 62.2 ± 4.1 29.0 ± 0.7 66.7 ± 1.3 99.3 ± 1.5 2.15 ± 0.16 0.63 ± 0.04
MX3 62.6 ± 4.1 28.8 ± 0.7 66.3 ± 1.3 99.4 ± 1.5 2.18 ± 0.16 0.63 ± 0.04
RH8 63.9 ± 4.1 26.8 ± 0.6 62.1 ± 1.2 99.9 ± 1.5 2.39 ± 0.18 0.64 ± 0.04
RH9 65.1 ± 4.2 26.1 ± 0.6 60.6 ± 1.2 100.1 ± 1.5 2.50 ± 0.18 0.65 ± 0.04
RH10 65.1 ± 4.2 26.1 ± 0.6 60.6 ± 1.2 100.1 ± 1.5 2.50 ± 0.18 0.65 ± 0.04
Average 64.5 25.5 58.9 100.0 3.1 0.6
Median 63.9 28.8 66.3 99.9 2.4 0.6
Deviation 4.0 7.0 16.0 1.3 2.3 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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