CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19982340211
Observation time: 08/22/1998 234.09116 0211 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1998
Fractional day of year 234.091163
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 7876.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 82.211
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -32.762
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -5.259
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0247
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0215
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 21.72, 40.36, 41.56
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:06:56 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 17:58:02 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
14.916 ± 0.459

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -294.5 ± 0.7 -306.0 ± 0.5
Vy GSE [km/s] -15.1 ± 1.0 -29.7 ± 0.7
Vz GSE [km/s] -12.4 ± 0.7 -16.5 ± 0.5
Wi [km/s] 15.3 ± 0.2 17.1 ± 0.3
We [km/s] 484.9 ± 6.6 542.0 ± 10.1
Ni [n/cc] 18.9 ± 0.2 28.7 ± 0.4
Bx GSE [nT] -1.0 ± 0.1 -2.0 ± 0.1
By GSE [nT] 0.4 ± 0.2 1.9 ± 0.5
Bz GSE [nT] 2.6 ± 0.1 3.3 ± 0.2
Plasma Beta
1.220 ± 1.203
0.944 ± 0.939
Sound Speed [km/s]
19.79 ± 0.27
22.13 ± 0.41
Alfven Speed [km/s]
13.93 ± 0.70
17.67 ± 0.61

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.981 ± 0.234 -0.138 ± 1.294 0.137 ± 0.136 7.88 ± 61.69 188.02 ± 75.59
VC -0.603 ± 0.032 -0.767 ± 0.026 -0.217 ± 0.213 -12.51 ± 2.65 231.82 ± 2.34
MX1 -0.732 ± 0.079 -0.630 ± 0.085 0.259 ± 0.253 15.02 ± 12.17 220.73 ± 6.07
MX2 -0.798 ± 0.075 -0.597 ± 0.100 0.083 ± 0.083 4.75 ± 6.11 216.78 ± 7.18
MX3 -0.836 ± 0.072 -0.541 ± 0.111 -0.091 ± 0.091 -5.22 ± 3.87 212.94 ± 7.58
RH08 -0.787 ± 0.006 -0.606 ± 0.008 -0.117 ± 0.117 -6.74 ± 0.58 217.60 ± 0.55
RH09 -0.995 ± 0.006 0.079 ± 0.051 -0.061 ± 0.061 -3.52 ± 4.00 175.49 ± 2.92
RH10 -0.995 ± 0.006 0.079 ± 0.058 -0.061 ± 0.061 -3.52 ± 4.06 175.49 ± 3.33
Average -0.841 -0.390 -0.009 -0.482 204.859
Median -0.798 -0.541 -0.061 -3.523 216.780
Deviation 0.142 0.341 0.155 8.963 21.902

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 63.3 ± 1.6 326.4 ± 2.0 1.52 ± 0.02
VC 84.1 ± 2.0 247.3 ± 2.9 1.52 ± 0.02
MX1 66.3 ± 2.0 270.6 ± 2.7 1.52 ± 0.02
MX2 74.5 ± 1.7 294.4 ± 2.7 1.52 ± 0.02
MX3 82.6 ± 1.4 307.4 ± 2.6 1.52 ± 0.02
RH08 85.6 ± 1.6 295.8 ± 2.7 1.52 ± 0.02
RH09 72.4 ± 2.2 323.2 ± 1.9 1.52 ± 0.02
RH10 72.4 ± 2.2 323.2 ± 1.9 1.52 ± 0.02
Average 75.2 298.5 1.52
Median 74.5 307.4 1.52
Deviation 8.3 28.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 37.2 ± 0.8 5.2 ± 0.2 6.3 ± 0.3 23.6 ± 0.4 7.11 ± 0.38 1.57 ± 0.05
VC 55.3 ± 1.1 1.2 ± 0.0 1.4 ± 0.1 24.2 ± 0.4 47.30 ± 2.45 2.29 ± 0.08
MX1 48.7 ± 1.1 4.7 ± 0.2 5.6 ± 0.3 23.8 ± 0.4 10.47 ± 0.56 2.05 ± 0.07
MX2 51.3 ± 1.1 3.1 ± 0.1 3.7 ± 0.2 24.0 ± 0.4 16.76 ± 0.89 2.14 ± 0.07
MX3 51.9 ± 1.0 1.5 ± 0.0 1.8 ± 0.1 24.2 ± 0.4 35.61 ± 1.86 2.15 ± 0.07
RH8 53.5 ± 1.1 0.9 ± 0.0 1.1 ± 0.1 24.2 ± 0.4 61.07 ± 3.18 2.21 ± 0.07
RH9 30.6 ± 0.6 3.5 ± 0.1 4.2 ± 0.2 24.0 ± 0.4 8.79 ± 0.47 1.28 ± 0.04
RH10 30.6 ± 0.6 3.5 ± 0.1 4.2 ± 0.2 24.0 ± 0.4 8.79 ± 0.47 1.28 ± 0.04
Average 44.9 2.9 3.5 24.0 24.5 1.9
Median 51.3 3.5 4.2 24.0 16.8 2.1
Deviation 10.4 1.6 1.9 0.2 20.8 0.4

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 24.5 ± 0.4 6.4 ± 0.2 7.9 ± 0.3 27.6 ± 0.6 3.85 ± 0.17 0.89 ± 0.03
VC 36.3 ± 0.4 1.4 ± 0.0 1.8 ± 0.1 28.3 ± 0.6 25.60 ± 0.77 1.28 ± 0.03
MX1 32.2 ± 0.5 5.7 ± 0.1 7.1 ± 0.2 27.7 ± 0.6 5.70 ± 0.20 1.16 ± 0.03
MX2 33.8 ± 0.4 3.7 ± 0.1 4.7 ± 0.2 28.1 ± 0.6 9.10 ± 0.31 1.21 ± 0.03
MX3 34.1 ± 0.4 1.8 ± 0.0 2.3 ± 0.1 28.3 ± 0.6 19.27 ± 0.66 1.21 ± 0.04
RH8 35.2 ± 0.4 1.1 ± 0.0 1.4 ± 0.0 28.3 ± 0.6 33.10 ± 1.09 1.24 ± 0.04
RH9 20.1 ± 0.5 4.2 ± 0.1 5.3 ± 0.2 28.0 ± 0.6 4.75 ± 0.24 0.72 ± 0.03
RH10 20.1 ± 0.5 4.2 ± 0.1 5.3 ± 0.2 28.0 ± 0.6 4.75 ± 0.24 0.72 ± 0.03
Average 29.5 3.6 4.5 28.0 13.3 1.1
Median 33.8 4.2 5.3 28.1 9.1 1.2
Deviation 6.8 2.0 2.5 0.3 11.3 0.2

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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