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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19981491512
Observation time: 05/29/1998 149.63339 1512 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1998
Fractional day of year 149.633385
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 54724.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 188.800
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 39.630
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 24.340
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0306
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0227
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 7.88, 9.17, 9.34
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:06:27 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 17:47:18 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
28.738 ± 1.238

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -525.8 ± 5.1 -606.2 ± 14.7
Vy GSE [km/s] -12.9 ± 3.3 69.2 ± 18.4
Vz GSE [km/s] -6.5 ± 6.6 48.5 ± 9.7
Wi [km/s] 67.6 ± 2.4 88.7 ± 2.3
We [km/s] 2136.3 ± 74.8 2804.0 ± 73.4
Ni [n/cc] 7.7 ± 0.5 15.9 ± 0.9
Bx GSE [nT] -4.7 ± 0.4 -9.9 ± 2.3
By GSE [nT] 10.6 ± 0.2 -8.2 ± 5.3
Bz GSE [nT] -0.1 ± 1.0 -14.7 ± 2.3
Plasma Beta
0.551 ± 0.552
0.633 ± 0.643
Sound Speed [km/s]
87.21 ± 3.05
114.47 ± 3.00
Alfven Speed [km/s]
91.29 ± 3.35
111.65 ± 3.96

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.691 ± 0.123 0.569 ± 0.144 -0.445 ± 0.413 -26.43 ± 7.54 140.51 ± 11.54
VC -0.629 ± 0.058 0.637 ± 0.058 0.446 ± 0.414 26.48 ± 8.60 134.62 ± 3.09
MX1 -0.850 ± 0.356 -0.225 ± 0.843 0.477 ± 0.437 28.50 ± 34.57 194.82 ± 56.62
MX2 -0.942 ± 0.038 0.329 ± 0.107 -0.062 ± 0.062 -3.58 ± 7.35 160.76 ± 6.49
MX3 -0.974 ± 0.020 0.208 ± 0.078 0.092 ± 0.092 5.27 ± 7.15 167.94 ± 4.56
RH08 -1.000 ± 0.000 0.026 ± 0.012 -0.006 ± 0.006 -0.32 ± 0.68 178.50 ± 0.71
RH09 -0.999 ± 0.003 0.044 ± 0.067 -0.006 ± 0.006 -0.32 ± 3.50 177.49 ± 3.83
RH10 -0.999 ± 0.003 0.044 ± 0.068 -0.006 ± 0.006 -0.32 ± 3.66 177.49 ± 3.91
Average -0.885 0.204 0.061 3.661 166.516
Median -0.942 0.208 -0.006 -0.320 177.493
Deviation 0.149 0.294 0.294 17.509 20.404

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 36.6 ± 3.4 517.1 ± 42.3 2.10 ± 0.14
VC 33.4 ± 4.4 572.5 ± 35.4 2.10 ± 0.14
MX1 82.1 ± 3.4 595.6 ± 19.0 2.10 ± 0.14
MX2 46.9 ± 2.3 696.3 ± 37.2 2.10 ± 0.14
MX3 54.2 ± 2.6 711.6 ± 33.2 2.10 ± 0.14
RH08 64.5 ± 2.4 692.5 ± 29.0 2.10 ± 0.14
RH09 63.5 ± 2.4 694.9 ± 29.5 2.10 ± 0.14
RH10 63.5 ± 2.4 694.9 ± 29.5 2.10 ± 0.14
Average 55.6 646.9 2.10
Median 63.5 694.9 2.10
Deviation 16.2 74.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 158.1 ± 5.4 56.5 ± 1.1 73.3 ± 2.7 113.0 ± 2.2 2.80 ± 0.13 1.40 ± 0.06
VC 253.0 ± 5.2 59.6 ± 1.1 76.2 ± 2.8 111.3 ± 2.2 4.25 ± 0.14 2.27 ± 0.08
MX1 149.1 ± 4.5 8.7 ± 0.2 12.6 ± 0.5 126.0 ± 2.4 17.12 ± 0.73 1.18 ± 0.05
MX2 204.6 ± 5.3 46.2 ± 0.9 62.3 ± 2.3 117.6 ± 2.3 4.43 ± 0.17 1.74 ± 0.07
MX3 202.8 ± 5.2 38.7 ± 0.7 53.4 ± 2.0 120.2 ± 2.3 5.25 ± 0.20 1.69 ± 0.06
RH8 167.1 ± 5.2 27.8 ± 0.5 39.3 ± 1.4 123.2 ± 2.4 6.02 ± 0.26 1.36 ± 0.06
RH9 170.2 ± 5.2 28.8 ± 0.5 40.7 ± 1.5 123.0 ± 2.4 5.90 ± 0.25 1.38 ± 0.06
RH10 170.2 ± 5.2 28.8 ± 0.5 40.7 ± 1.5 123.0 ± 2.4 5.90 ± 0.25 1.38 ± 0.06
Average 184.4 36.9 49.8 119.7 6.5 1.6
Median 170.2 38.7 53.4 123.0 5.9 1.4
Deviation 34.0 16.9 21.0 5.3 4.4 0.3

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 80.3 ± 23.4 71.7 ± 1.6 89.6 ± 3.2 143.0 ± 3.1 1.12 ± 0.32 0.56 ± 0.16
VC 125.7 ± 17.9 75.7 ± 1.7 93.2 ± 3.3 140.9 ± 3.1 1.66 ± 0.24 0.89 ± 0.13
MX1 73.0 ± 7.8 11.1 ± 0.2 15.4 ± 0.5 159.6 ± 3.5 6.61 ± 0.77 0.46 ± 0.05
MX2 105.3 ± 20.0 58.6 ± 1.3 76.2 ± 2.7 148.8 ± 3.3 1.80 ± 0.34 0.71 ± 0.13
MX3 102.4 ± 17.4 49.1 ± 1.1 65.3 ± 2.3 152.2 ± 3.4 2.09 ± 0.35 0.67 ± 0.11
RH8 84.9 ± 15.2 35.2 ± 0.8 48.0 ± 1.7 156.0 ± 3.4 2.41 ± 0.43 0.54 ± 0.10
RH9 86.5 ± 15.5 36.6 ± 0.8 49.8 ± 1.8 155.7 ± 3.4 2.37 ± 0.42 0.56 ± 0.10
RH10 86.5 ± 15.5 36.6 ± 0.8 49.8 ± 1.8 155.7 ± 3.4 2.37 ± 0.42 0.56 ± 0.10
Average 93.1 46.8 60.9 151.5 2.6 0.6
Median 86.5 49.1 65.3 155.7 2.4 0.6
Deviation 17.0 21.4 25.6 6.7 1.7 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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