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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19981200843
Observation time: 04/30/1998 120.36328 0843 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1998
Fractional day of year 120.363281
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 31387.5 ± 12.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 216.920
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 2.056
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 25.040
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0276
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0242
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 18.71, 34.82, 40.21
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:06:16 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 17:41:42 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
43.106 ± 6.740

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -317.0 ± 2.5 -364.8 ± 2.7
Vy GSE [km/s] -6.9 ± 2.2 -57.0 ± 2.4
Vz GSE [km/s] -15.7 ± 2.4 17.3 ± 4.7
Wi [km/s] 12.8 ± 0.7 30.0 ± 1.4
We [km/s] 405.6 ± 20.6 948.3 ± 45.8
Ni [n/cc] 11.6 ± 0.6 34.5 ± 1.9
Bx GSE [nT] 0.8 ± 0.3 3.5 ± 0.7
By GSE [nT] 0.3 ± 0.2 -1.9 ± 1.1
Bz GSE [nT] 0.6 ± 0.4 1.0 ± 1.4
Plasma Beta
3.856 ± 2.653
3.458 ± 3.257
Sound Speed [km/s]
16.56 ± 0.84
38.71 ± 1.87
Alfven Speed [km/s]
7.33 ± 1.94
16.58 ± 2.03

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.569 ± 0.347 -0.663 ± 0.320 -0.486 ± 0.444 -29.11 ± 27.01 229.37 ± 27.05
VC -0.624 ± 0.034 -0.654 ± 0.033 0.429 ± 0.400 25.39 ± 3.14 226.34 ± 2.60
MX1 -0.712 ± 0.429 -0.592 ± 0.490 0.379 ± 0.359 22.25 ± 37.00 219.74 ± 37.36
MX2 -0.611 ± 0.148 -0.669 ± 0.135 0.423 ± 0.396 25.02 ± 3.90 227.59 ± 12.54
MX3 -0.614 ± 0.144 -0.669 ± 0.133 0.419 ± 0.392 24.76 ± 4.48 227.43 ± 12.19
RH08 -0.690 ± 0.011 -0.613 ± 0.012 0.385 ± 0.365 22.67 ± 0.72 221.62 ± 0.97
RH09 -0.352 ± 0.067 -0.681 ± 0.051 -0.642 ± 0.535 -39.98 ± 3.92 242.67 ± 5.35
RH10 -0.361 ± 0.065 -0.642 ± 0.053 -0.676 ± 0.547 -42.53 ± 3.99 240.67 ± 5.41
Average -0.567 -0.648 0.029 1.059 229.428
Median -0.611 -0.654 0.385 22.673 227.590
Deviation 0.137 0.031 0.525 31.932 8.226

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 28.2 ± 18.6 260.3 ± 5.4 3.03 ± 0.21
VC 68.0 ± 9.2 310.3 ± 6.4 3.03 ± 0.21
MX1 63.8 ± 9.5 337.8 ± 6.3 3.03 ± 0.21
MX2 68.0 ± 8.9 306.5 ± 6.4 3.03 ± 0.21
MX3 67.8 ± 8.9 307.5 ± 6.4 3.03 ± 0.21
RH08 64.6 ± 9.3 331.2 ± 6.3 3.03 ± 0.21
RH09 30.8 ± 24.9 171.1 ± 5.4 3.03 ± 0.21
RH10 29.5 ± 24.6 170.5 ± 5.4 3.03 ± 0.21
Average 52.6 274.4 3.03
Median 64.6 307.5 3.03
Deviation 19.2 68.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 67.8 ± 1.5 6.3 ± 1.6 6.5 ± 1.7 17.0 ± 0.9 11.54 ± 3.41 3.99 ± 0.22
VC 114.8 ± 1.8 2.5 ± 0.6 2.7 ± 0.7 18.0 ± 1.0 48.45 ± 13.26 6.39 ± 0.35
MX1 114.0 ± 1.9 3.0 ± 0.7 3.2 ± 0.9 17.9 ± 1.0 40.73 ± 11.10 6.37 ± 0.33
MX2 114.8 ± 1.8 2.5 ± 0.6 2.7 ± 0.7 18.0 ± 1.0 48.46 ± 13.28 6.39 ± 0.35
MX3 114.8 ± 1.8 2.5 ± 0.6 2.8 ± 0.7 18.0 ± 1.0 47.91 ± 13.13 6.39 ± 0.35
RH8 114.4 ± 1.8 2.9 ± 0.7 3.1 ± 0.8 18.0 ± 1.0 42.00 ± 11.47 6.39 ± 0.34
RH9 44.8 ± 1.9 6.1 ± 1.5 6.3 ± 1.7 17.1 ± 0.9 7.87 ± 2.38 2.63 ± 0.19
RH10 41.0 ± 1.9 6.2 ± 1.5 6.4 ± 1.7 17.1 ± 0.9 7.08 ± 2.14 2.41 ± 0.18
Average 90.8 4.0 4.2 17.6 31.8 5.1
Median 114.4 3.0 3.2 18.0 42.0 6.4
Deviation 33.7 1.8 1.8 0.5 19.2 1.8

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 23.4 ± 2.8 14.3 ± 1.6 14.6 ± 1.8 39.7 ± 1.7 1.65 ± 0.20 0.59 ± 0.07
VC 38.1 ± 4.3 5.7 ± 0.6 6.2 ± 0.8 41.8 ± 1.4 6.70 ± 1.13 0.91 ± 0.12
MX1 37.8 ± 4.2 6.8 ± 0.7 7.3 ± 0.9 41.6 ± 1.4 5.64 ± 0.92 0.91 ± 0.12
MX2 38.0 ± 4.3 5.7 ± 0.6 6.2 ± 0.8 41.8 ± 1.4 6.71 ± 1.12 0.91 ± 0.12
MX3 38.1 ± 4.3 5.8 ± 0.6 6.3 ± 0.8 41.8 ± 1.4 6.63 ± 1.11 0.91 ± 0.12
RH8 38.0 ± 4.2 6.6 ± 0.7 7.1 ± 0.9 41.6 ± 1.4 5.82 ± 0.96 0.91 ± 0.12
RH9 15.1 ± 3.0 13.8 ± 1.6 14.2 ± 1.7 39.8 ± 1.6 1.09 ± 0.19 0.38 ± 0.07
RH10 13.8 ± 3.1 14.0 ± 1.6 14.4 ± 1.8 39.7 ± 1.7 0.98 ± 0.19 0.35 ± 0.08
Average 30.3 9.1 9.5 41.0 4.4 0.7
Median 38.0 6.8 7.3 41.6 5.8 0.9
Deviation 11.0 4.1 4.1 1.0 2.7 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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