CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19982220031
Observation time: 08/10/1998 222.02172 0031 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1998
Fractional day of year 222.021719
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 1876.5 ± 6.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 77.715
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 19.608
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -2.180
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0005
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0303
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0210
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 84.60, 109.92, 117.87
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:06:49 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 17:54:23 2009
Method selected
MX2
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
-0.552 ± 426.399

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -395.3 ± 1.7 -437.7 ± 6.6
Vy GSE [km/s] 3.7 ± 3.1 -49.2 ± 11.6
Vz GSE [km/s] 7.3 ± 7.1 60.2 ± 9.7
Wi [km/s] 21.9 ± 3.3 39.8 ± 4.6
We [km/s] 691.6 ± 105.2 1257.1 ± 144.5
Ni [n/cc] 3.4 ± 0.1 3.3 ± 0.1
Bx GSE [nT] -4.5 ± 0.1 -7.7 ± 0.6
By GSE [nT] 1.7 ± 0.2 7.4 ± 1.0
Bz GSE [nT] 0.9 ± 0.2 0.6 ± 0.6
Plasma Beta
0.151 ± 0.127
0.097 ± 0.088
Sound Speed [km/s]
28.23 ± 4.29
51.32 ± 5.90
Alfven Speed [km/s]
57.22 ± 2.69
128.81 ± 3.77

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC 0.831 ± 0.070 0.429 ± 0.074 -0.355 ± 0.339 -20.79 ± 11.00 27.33 ± 4.61
VC 0.495 ± 0.056 0.612 ± 0.063 -0.617 ± 0.523 -38.06 ± 6.94 51.02 ± 2.89
MX1 0.733 ± 0.062 0.372 ± 0.055 -0.570 ± 0.498 -34.73 ± 6.46 26.94 ± 3.67
MX2 0.705 ± 0.061 0.358 ± 0.052 -0.612 ± 0.521 -37.74 ± 6.02 26.93 ± 3.49
MX3 0.686 ± 0.063 0.348 ± 0.051 -0.639 ± 0.533 -39.72 ± 6.04 26.92 ± 3.37
RH08 -0.995 ± 0.001 -0.061 ± 0.009 -0.073 ± 0.072 -4.16 ± 0.84 183.51 ± 0.54
RH09 -0.936 ± 0.023 -0.124 ± 0.067 -0.330 ± 0.317 -19.25 ± 3.81 187.52 ± 4.12
RH10 -0.975 ± 0.015 -0.043 ± 0.071 -0.218 ± 0.214 -12.58 ± 3.96 182.51 ± 4.17
Average 0.068 0.237 -0.427 -25.879 89.084
Median 0.686 0.358 -0.355 -20.786 51.015
Deviation 0.864 0.273 0.214 13.508 79.450

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 46.9 ± 2.7 735.1 ± 6107.8 0.96 ± 0.06
VC 68.8 ± 3.1 1044.3 ± 6682.0 0.96 ± 0.06
MX1 49.2 ± 3.1 880.1 ± 6381.7 0.96 ± 0.06
MX2 50.1 ± 3.2 905.5 ± 6394.3 0.96 ± 0.06
MX3 50.8 ± 3.3 920.9 ± 6393.1 0.96 ± 0.06
RH08 28.2 ± 1.9 -129.7 ± 3527.0 0.96 ± 0.06
RH09 40.8 ± 2.2 64.1 ± 2555.7 0.96 ± 0.06
RH10 32.7 ± 2.2 6.3 ± 2808.8 0.96 ± 0.06
Average 45.9 553.3 0.96
Median 49.2 880.1 0.96
Deviation 12.5 484.8 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 1064.5 ± 4.2 18.0 ± 2.2 39.1 ± 1.8 61.3 ± 2.3 59.90 ± 6.45 17.38 ± 0.64
VC 1242.3 ± 6.3 9.2 ± 1.0 20.7 ± 1.0 63.3 ± 2.5 136.19 ± 13.95 19.66 ± 0.74
MX1 1172.5 ± 5.5 17.1 ± 2.0 37.4 ± 1.8 61.6 ± 2.4 69.33 ± 7.43 19.06 ± 0.69
MX2 1187.4 ± 5.7 16.7 ± 2.0 36.7 ± 1.7 61.7 ± 2.4 71.70 ± 7.66 19.27 ± 0.70
MX3 1195.4 ± 5.9 16.5 ± 2.0 36.1 ± 1.7 61.8 ± 2.4 73.34 ± 7.82 19.38 ± 0.70
RH8 -522.5 ± 1.6 24.0 ± 3.2 50.4 ± 2.4 59.2 ± 2.4 -22.03 ± 2.53 -8.84 ± 0.35
RH9 -303.0 ± 2.2 20.1 ± 2.5 43.4 ± 2.0 60.6 ± 2.3 -15.22 ± 1.60 -5.00 ± 0.21
RH10 -377.4 ± 1.9 22.7 ± 3.0 48.2 ± 2.3 59.7 ± 2.3 -16.80 ± 1.86 -6.33 ± 0.26
Average 582.4 18.0 39.0 61.1 44.6 9.3
Median 1172.5 18.0 39.1 61.6 69.3 19.1
Deviation 818.0 4.6 9.1 1.3 56.8 13.3

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 1141.1 ± 11.7 33.5 ± 3.4 88.1 ± 2.6 134.6 ± 2.6 34.30 ± 3.24 8.48 ± 0.14
VC 1328.3 ± 13.1 17.3 ± 1.6 46.6 ± 1.4 137.7 ± 2.3 77.13 ± 6.95 9.65 ± 0.14
MX1 1253.4 ± 11.7 32.0 ± 3.2 84.2 ± 2.5 135.0 ± 2.6 39.53 ± 3.72 9.28 ± 0.15
MX2 1268.5 ± 11.7 31.3 ± 3.1 82.6 ± 2.4 135.2 ± 2.6 40.85 ± 3.84 9.39 ± 0.15
MX3 1276.6 ± 11.6 30.8 ± 3.1 81.4 ± 2.4 135.3 ± 2.6 41.75 ± 3.92 9.44 ± 0.15
RH8 -564.0 ± 7.1 44.3 ± 4.8 113.5 ± 3.3 131.4 ± 3.2 -12.85 ± 1.27 -4.29 ± 0.10
RH9 -331.7 ± 7.5 37.4 ± 3.8 97.6 ± 2.9 133.6 ± 2.8 -8.93 ± 0.84 -2.48 ± 0.07
RH10 -409.4 ± 6.7 42.1 ± 4.4 108.4 ± 3.2 132.2 ± 3.0 -9.81 ± 0.95 -3.10 ± 0.08
Average 620.4 33.6 87.8 134.4 25.2 4.5
Median 1253.4 33.5 88.1 135.0 39.5 9.3
Deviation 877.8 8.3 20.6 2.0 32.4 6.5

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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