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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19982672320
Observation time: 09/24/1998 267.97266 2320 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1998
Fractional day of year 267.972656
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 84037.5 ± 6.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 183.440
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 14.700
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -5.840
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0302
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0276
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 14.64, 22.54, 23.77
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:07:03 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 18:01:55 2009
Method selected
RH09
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
22.967 ± 3.482

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -434.8 ± 2.8 -620.1 ± 19.3
Vy GSE [km/s] 19.0 ± 2.0 -37.1 ± 18.2
Vz GSE [km/s] 20.8 ± 5.8 -67.1 ± 14.3
Wi [km/s] 52.8 ± 1.0 103.2 ± 7.2
We [km/s] 1670.6 ± 33.1 3263.8 ± 227.2
Ni [n/cc] 7.7 ± 0.5 16.9 ± 2.4
Bx GSE [nT] -6.4 ± 0.6 -15.3 ± 1.3
By GSE [nT] 12.7 ± 0.3 33.2 ± 2.8
Bz GSE [nT] 3.0 ± 0.8 15.6 ± 3.1
Plasma Beta
0.215 ± 0.214
0.242 ± 0.277
Sound Speed [km/s]
68.20 ± 1.35
133.24 ± 9.28
Alfven Speed [km/s]
114.45 ± 5.16
213.44 ± 19.04

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.525 ± 0.347 0.440 ± 0.379 -0.729 ± 0.559 -46.79 ± 20.28 140.04 ± 37.20
VC -0.872 ± 0.037 -0.262 ± 0.071 -0.414 ± 0.388 -24.45 ± 4.40 196.76 ± 4.65
MX1 -0.912 ± 0.031 -0.151 ± 0.065 -0.382 ± 0.363 -22.48 ± 4.48 189.42 ± 4.09
MX2 -0.915 ± 0.029 -0.164 ± 0.058 -0.368 ± 0.351 -21.61 ± 4.22 190.16 ± 3.63
MX3 -0.917 ± 0.028 -0.171 ± 0.056 -0.361 ± 0.344 -21.14 ± 4.15 190.54 ± 3.46
RH08 -0.914 ± 0.004 -0.220 ± 0.009 -0.341 ± 0.327 -19.92 ± 0.56 193.54 ± 0.58
RH09 -0.939 ± 0.024 -0.175 ± 0.070 -0.296 ± 0.287 -17.22 ± 4.00 190.53 ± 4.24
RH10 -0.954 ± 0.021 -0.143 ± 0.070 -0.263 ± 0.256 -15.22 ± 4.00 188.52 ± 4.20
Average -0.868 -0.106 -0.394 -23.605 184.939
Median -0.914 -0.164 -0.361 -21.143 190.529
Deviation 0.141 0.224 0.143 9.812 18.332

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 62.4 ± 2.9 476.9 ± 64.5 2.17 ± 0.38
VC 86.1 ± 2.4 753.0 ± 95.1 2.17 ± 0.38
MX1 79.1 ± 2.4 765.3 ± 95.1 2.17 ± 0.38
MX2 79.5 ± 2.4 766.6 ± 95.3 2.17 ± 0.38
MX3 79.7 ± 2.4 768.3 ± 95.3 2.17 ± 0.38
RH08 82.1 ± 2.4 772.4 ± 95.6 2.17 ± 0.38
RH09 78.6 ± 2.4 780.0 ± 95.5 2.17 ± 0.38
RH10 76.2 ± 2.4 783.3 ± 95.1 2.17 ± 0.38
Average 78.0 733.2 2.17
Median 79.5 768.3 2.17
Deviation 6.9 104.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 255.6 ± 4.0 27.7 ± 0.3 53.0 ± 2.4 130.4 ± 4.1 9.22 ± 0.14 1.96 ± 0.07
VC 387.7 ± 4.0 3.9 ± 0.0 7.7 ± 0.3 133.2 ± 4.0 98.40 ± 1.17 2.91 ± 0.09
MX1 379.8 ± 3.7 11.1 ± 0.1 21.6 ± 1.0 132.8 ± 4.0 34.34 ± 0.40 2.86 ± 0.09
MX2 379.5 ± 3.7 10.7 ± 0.1 20.8 ± 0.9 132.8 ± 4.0 35.58 ± 0.42 2.86 ± 0.09
MX3 380.4 ± 3.7 10.5 ± 0.1 20.4 ± 0.9 132.9 ± 4.0 36.36 ± 0.43 2.87 ± 0.09
RH8 386.3 ± 3.7 8.1 ± 0.1 15.8 ± 0.7 133.0 ± 4.0 47.77 ± 0.56 2.91 ± 0.09
RH9 381.2 ± 3.5 11.6 ± 0.1 22.6 ± 1.0 132.8 ± 4.0 32.78 ± 0.38 2.87 ± 0.08
RH10 376.6 ± 3.4 14.1 ± 0.1 27.4 ± 1.2 132.5 ± 4.0 26.77 ± 0.31 2.84 ± 0.08
Average 365.9 12.2 23.7 132.5 40.2 2.8
Median 380.4 11.1 21.6 132.8 35.6 2.9
Deviation 44.7 6.9 13.2 0.9 25.9 0.3

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 118.9 ± 19.7 53.3 ± 2.4 98.9 ± 8.8 246.3 ± 14.8 2.23 ± 0.34 0.49 ± 0.09
VC 175.0 ± 18.4 7.6 ± 0.3 14.4 ± 1.3 251.9 ± 14.5 23.17 ± 2.79 0.70 ± 0.11
MX1 168.7 ± 18.8 21.3 ± 0.9 40.2 ± 3.6 251.1 ± 14.5 7.95 ± 0.99 0.68 ± 0.11
MX2 168.3 ± 18.8 20.5 ± 0.9 38.8 ± 3.5 251.2 ± 14.5 8.23 ± 1.03 0.68 ± 0.11
MX3 169.2 ± 18.8 20.1 ± 0.9 38.0 ± 3.4 251.2 ± 14.5 8.43 ± 1.06 0.68 ± 0.11
RH8 174.6 ± 18.8 15.5 ± 0.7 29.4 ± 2.6 251.6 ± 14.5 11.26 ± 1.39 0.70 ± 0.11
RH9 171.3 ± 19.1 22.3 ± 1.0 42.2 ± 3.8 251.0 ± 14.5 7.68 ± 0.97 0.69 ± 0.11
RH10 168.6 ± 19.2 27.0 ± 1.2 51.0 ± 4.6 250.6 ± 14.6 6.25 ± 0.80 0.68 ± 0.11
Average 164.3 23.5 44.1 250.6 9.4 0.7
Median 169.2 21.3 40.2 251.2 8.2 0.7
Deviation 18.6 13.3 24.6 1.8 6.1 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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