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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19981131729
Observation time: 04/23/1998 113.72849 1729 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1998
Fractional day of year 113.728490
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 62941.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 220.170
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -6.166
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 20.384
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0221
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0214
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 4.27, 12.32, 12.70
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:06:12 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 17:39:55 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
56.077 ± 1.394

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -326.8 ± 1.1 -370.4 ± 3.1
Vy GSE [km/s] -13.8 ± 1.2 -30.1 ± 2.2
Vz GSE [km/s] -3.0 ± 0.8 -1.8 ± 2.6
Wi [km/s] 25.9 ± 0.5 36.4 ± 1.7
We [km/s] 818.6 ± 15.0 1151.6 ± 52.7
Ni [n/cc] 14.3 ± 0.8 33.8 ± 3.2
Bx GSE [nT] -3.1 ± 0.1 -4.0 ± 0.3
By GSE [nT] 2.8 ± 0.1 7.2 ± 0.3
Bz GSE [nT] -0.2 ± 0.3 0.2 ± 0.7
Plasma Beta
1.154 ± 1.168
1.379 ± 1.289
Sound Speed [km/s]
33.42 ± 0.61
47.01 ± 2.15
Alfven Speed [km/s]
24.13 ± 0.68
31.22 ± 2.45

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.971 ± 0.048 -0.124 ± 0.092 -0.206 ± 0.203 -11.86 ± 13.18 187.31 ± 5.41
VC -0.936 ± 0.020 -0.352 ± 0.054 0.026 ± 0.026 1.49 ± 3.07 200.62 ± 3.32
MX1 -0.982 ± 0.011 -0.187 ± 0.060 0.015 ± 0.015 0.83 ± 3.26 190.77 ± 3.48
MX2 -0.981 ± 0.011 -0.193 ± 0.055 0.034 ± 0.034 1.98 ± 3.28 191.11 ± 3.20
MX3 -0.979 ± 0.011 -0.197 ± 0.051 0.051 ± 0.051 2.90 ± 3.77 191.38 ± 3.00
RH08 -0.985 ± 0.002 -0.165 ± 0.009 0.050 ± 0.050 2.88 ± 0.67 189.53 ± 0.52
RH09 -0.989 ± 0.010 -0.131 ± 0.068 0.073 ± 0.072 4.16 ± 4.03 187.52 ± 3.95
RH10 -0.989 ± 0.010 -0.131 ± 0.068 0.073 ± 0.072 4.16 ± 4.03 187.52 ± 3.95
Average -0.976 -0.185 0.014 0.818 190.717
Median -0.981 -0.165 0.050 2.882 190.765
Deviation 0.017 0.074 0.091 5.259 4.343

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 49.4 ± 1.1 393.4 ± 10.4 2.38 ± 0.31
VC 62.5 ± 1.5 389.3 ± 9.6 2.38 ± 0.31
MX1 52.7 ± 1.5 401.5 ± 9.9 2.38 ± 0.31
MX2 53.1 ± 1.5 401.2 ± 9.9 2.38 ± 0.31
MX3 53.5 ± 1.6 400.8 ± 9.8 2.38 ± 0.31
RH08 51.7 ± 1.6 401.7 ± 9.8 2.38 ± 0.31
RH09 49.8 ± 1.7 401.6 ± 9.8 2.38 ± 0.31
RH10 49.8 ± 1.7 401.6 ± 9.8 2.38 ± 0.31
Average 52.8 398.9 2.38
Median 52.7 401.5 2.38
Deviation 4.2 4.8 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 73.8 ± 1.2 13.5 ± 0.3 15.7 ± 0.4 39.0 ± 0.5 5.48 ± 0.16 1.89 ± 0.05
VC 78.7 ± 1.2 9.3 ± 0.2 11.1 ± 0.3 40.2 ± 0.6 8.51 ± 0.23 1.96 ± 0.04
MX1 78.0 ± 1.2 12.4 ± 0.2 14.6 ± 0.4 39.3 ± 0.5 6.27 ± 0.18 1.98 ± 0.05
MX2 78.2 ± 1.2 12.3 ± 0.2 14.5 ± 0.4 39.3 ± 0.5 6.36 ± 0.18 1.99 ± 0.05
MX3 78.3 ± 1.2 12.2 ± 0.2 14.4 ± 0.4 39.4 ± 0.5 6.43 ± 0.18 1.99 ± 0.05
RH8 77.7 ± 1.2 12.8 ± 0.2 15.0 ± 0.4 39.2 ± 0.5 6.10 ± 0.17 1.98 ± 0.05
RH9 76.9 ± 1.1 13.3 ± 0.3 15.6 ± 0.4 39.0 ± 0.5 5.77 ± 0.17 1.97 ± 0.05
RH10 76.9 ± 1.1 13.3 ± 0.3 15.6 ± 0.4 39.0 ± 0.5 5.77 ± 0.17 1.97 ± 0.05
Average 77.3 12.4 14.5 39.3 6.3 2.0
Median 78.0 12.8 15.0 39.3 6.3 2.0
Deviation 1.5 1.4 1.5 0.4 0.9 0.0

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 29.7 ± 3.3 17.8 ± 1.1 20.3 ± 1.6 53.6 ± 2.4 1.68 ± 0.26 0.56 ± 0.08
VC 32.1 ± 2.7 12.3 ± 0.8 14.4 ± 1.1 55.1 ± 2.5 2.63 ± 0.34 0.59 ± 0.07
MX1 32.1 ± 2.9 16.5 ± 1.0 18.9 ± 1.5 54.0 ± 2.4 1.96 ± 0.27 0.60 ± 0.08
MX2 32.2 ± 2.9 16.3 ± 1.0 18.7 ± 1.5 54.1 ± 2.4 1.99 ± 0.27 0.60 ± 0.08
MX3 32.3 ± 2.9 16.1 ± 1.0 18.6 ± 1.5 54.1 ± 2.4 2.02 ± 0.27 0.60 ± 0.08
RH8 32.0 ± 2.9 16.9 ± 1.1 19.4 ± 1.5 53.9 ± 2.4 1.91 ± 0.26 0.60 ± 0.08
RH9 31.6 ± 2.9 17.6 ± 1.1 20.1 ± 1.6 53.6 ± 2.4 1.80 ± 0.25 0.59 ± 0.08
RH10 31.6 ± 2.9 17.6 ± 1.1 20.1 ± 1.6 53.6 ± 2.4 1.80 ± 0.25 0.59 ± 0.08
Average 31.7 16.4 18.8 54.0 2.0 0.6
Median 32.1 16.9 19.4 54.0 2.0 0.6
Deviation 0.9 1.8 1.9 0.5 0.3 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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