CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19980971653
Observation time: 04/07/1998 97.70387 1653 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1998
Fractional day of year 97.703872
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 60814.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 225.170
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -18.040
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 4.685
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0264
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0217
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 10.61, 28.31, 29.31
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:06:08 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 17:38:10 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
58.989 ± 7.324

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -289.1 ± 0.6 -324.2 ± 3.5
Vy GSE [km/s] -1.6 ± 2.7 -15.5 ± 3.7
Vz GSE [km/s] -17.0 ± 1.1 -60.2 ± 3.5
Wi [km/s] 19.4 ± 0.7 25.5 ± 1.3
We [km/s] 613.8 ± 22.2 805.2 ± 40.8
Ni [n/cc] 9.3 ± 0.3 18.3 ± 1.2
Bx GSE [nT] 6.7 ± 0.1 9.7 ± 0.3
By GSE [nT] -0.3 ± 0.4 -5.2 ± 0.8
Bz GSE [nT] -1.5 ± 0.1 -6.2 ± 0.5
Plasma Beta
0.155 ± 0.157
0.156 ± 0.159
Sound Speed [km/s]
25.06 ± 0.91
32.87 ± 1.67
Alfven Speed [km/s]
49.38 ± 1.02
64.83 ± 1.86

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.912 ± 0.028 -0.369 ± 0.053 -0.179 ± 0.177 -10.33 ± 6.50 202.05 ± 3.30
VC -0.613 ± 0.052 -0.242 ± 0.068 -0.752 ± 0.561 -48.74 ± 3.72 201.56 ± 6.09
MX1 -0.903 ± 0.034 -0.141 ± 0.058 -0.406 ± 0.382 -23.96 ± 4.70 188.91 ± 3.68
MX2 -0.873 ± 0.025 -0.052 ± 0.055 -0.484 ± 0.442 -28.97 ± 2.99 183.41 ± 3.61
MX3 -0.841 ± 0.020 0.021 ± 0.057 -0.541 ± 0.481 -32.75 ± 2.14 178.60 ± 3.88
RH08 -0.906 ± 0.004 0.056 ± 0.009 -0.419 ± 0.393 -24.77 ± 0.59 176.49 ± 0.55
RH09 -0.961 ± 0.018 0.025 ± 0.070 -0.274 ± 0.267 -15.89 ± 3.79 178.50 ± 4.20
RH10 -0.961 ± 0.018 0.025 ± 0.071 -0.274 ± 0.267 -15.89 ± 3.85 178.50 ± 4.21
Average -0.871 -0.085 -0.416 -25.162 186.000
Median -0.903 0.021 -0.406 -23.963 183.406
Deviation 0.112 0.154 0.181 12.081 10.506

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 33.5 ± 2.6 359.2 ± 5.9 1.98 ± 0.17
VC 64.7 ± 1.2 307.9 ± 4.6 1.98 ± 0.17
MX1 38.0 ± 1.3 373.3 ± 4.4 1.98 ± 0.17
MX2 41.7 ± 0.9 367.6 ± 4.1 1.98 ± 0.17
MX3 45.1 ± 0.8 359.7 ± 4.1 1.98 ± 0.17
RH08 37.1 ± 0.9 368.8 ± 4.0 1.98 ± 0.17
RH09 28.3 ± 0.9 374.5 ± 4.1 1.98 ± 0.17
RH10 28.3 ± 0.9 374.5 ± 4.1 1.98 ± 0.17
Average 39.6 360.7 1.98
Median 38.0 368.8 1.98
Deviation 11.7 22.2 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 92.0 ± 1.5 20.0 ± 0.7 41.2 ± 0.8 51.6 ± 1.1 4.60 ± 0.14 1.78 ± 0.03
VC 117.4 ± 1.5 9.7 ± 0.3 21.1 ± 0.4 54.5 ± 1.1 12.10 ± 0.35 2.15 ± 0.04
MX1 105.1 ± 1.1 18.7 ± 0.6 38.9 ± 0.8 52.1 ± 1.1 5.63 ± 0.17 2.02 ± 0.03
MX2 106.7 ± 0.9 17.6 ± 0.6 36.9 ± 0.8 52.5 ± 1.1 6.07 ± 0.18 2.03 ± 0.03
MX3 107.5 ± 0.8 16.5 ± 0.5 34.9 ± 0.7 52.9 ± 1.1 6.51 ± 0.20 2.03 ± 0.03
RH8 99.7 ± 0.7 19.0 ± 0.6 39.4 ± 0.8 52.0 ± 1.1 5.26 ± 0.16 1.92 ± 0.03
RH9 91.9 ± 0.7 21.3 ± 0.7 43.5 ± 0.9 51.1 ± 1.0 4.31 ± 0.14 1.80 ± 0.03
RH10 91.9 ± 0.7 21.3 ± 0.7 43.5 ± 0.9 51.1 ± 1.0 4.31 ± 0.14 1.80 ± 0.03
Average 101.5 18.0 37.4 52.2 6.1 1.9
Median 105.1 19.0 39.4 52.1 5.6 2.0
Deviation 9.3 3.7 7.2 1.1 2.6 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 47.1 ± 3.6 26.2 ± 1.1 54.1 ± 1.6 67.8 ± 1.5 1.80 ± 0.18 0.69 ± 0.04
VC 60.0 ± 3.5 12.7 ± 0.5 27.7 ± 0.8 71.6 ± 1.2 4.73 ± 0.43 0.84 ± 0.04
MX1 54.0 ± 3.7 24.5 ± 1.0 51.1 ± 1.5 68.5 ± 1.4 2.21 ± 0.22 0.79 ± 0.04
MX2 54.5 ± 3.9 23.1 ± 1.0 48.4 ± 1.4 69.0 ± 1.4 2.37 ± 0.25 0.79 ± 0.04
MX3 54.9 ± 4.0 21.7 ± 0.9 45.8 ± 1.3 69.4 ± 1.3 2.54 ± 0.27 0.79 ± 0.04
RH8 50.6 ± 3.9 24.9 ± 1.1 51.7 ± 1.5 68.3 ± 1.4 2.04 ± 0.23 0.74 ± 0.04
RH9 46.7 ± 3.8 28.0 ± 1.3 57.1 ± 1.6 67.1 ± 1.6 1.68 ± 0.19 0.70 ± 0.04
RH10 46.7 ± 3.8 28.0 ± 1.3 57.1 ± 1.6 67.1 ± 1.6 1.68 ± 0.19 0.70 ± 0.04
Average 51.8 23.6 49.1 68.6 2.4 0.8
Median 54.0 24.9 51.7 68.5 2.2 0.8
Deviation 4.8 4.9 9.5 1.5 1.0 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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