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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19982750706
Observation time: 10/02/1998 275.29589 0706 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1998
Fractional day of year 275.295885
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 25564.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 173.239
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 17.840
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -2.205
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0268
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0287
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 14.93, 15.14, 17.37
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:07:10 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 18:03:52 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
18.524 ± 3.397

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -514.6 ± 13.7 -699.0 ± 11.4
Vy GSE [km/s] 3.2 ± 10.9 85.9 ± 17.8
Vz GSE [km/s] -3.9 ± 5.9 -17.1 ± 20.0
Wi [km/s] 52.1 ± 12.0 104.6 ± 15.6
We [km/s] 1647.5 ± 381.0 3308.0 ± 493.7
Ni [n/cc] 2.8 ± 1.1 7.7 ± 1.1
Bx GSE [nT] 2.1 ± 1.0 -5.9 ± 1.6
By GSE [nT] -5.6 ± 0.7 -12.9 ± 1.6
Bz GSE [nT] -2.5 ± 0.7 -7.7 ± 3.2
Plasma Beta
0.437 ± 0.374
0.724 ± 0.802
Sound Speed [km/s]
67.26 ± 15.55
135.05 ± 20.15
Alfven Speed [km/s]
93.85 ± 29.36
130.99 ± 19.88

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.706 ± 0.110 0.672 ± 0.115 0.225 ± 0.221 13.00 ± 11.78 136.41 ± 8.96
VC -0.911 ± 0.041 0.408 ± 0.090 -0.061 ± 0.061 -3.48 ± 5.36 155.89 ± 5.66
MX1 -0.716 ± 0.080 0.678 ± 0.085 0.167 ± 0.166 9.62 ± 6.43 136.54 ± 6.69
MX2 -0.718 ± 0.076 0.684 ± 0.080 0.131 ± 0.130 7.52 ± 4.24 136.39 ± 6.35
MX3 -0.719 ± 0.077 0.685 ± 0.080 0.117 ± 0.117 6.73 ± 4.37 136.37 ± 6.38
RH08 -0.679 ± 0.017 0.603 ± 0.018 0.419 ± 0.393 24.77 ± 2.05 138.38 ± 1.26
RH09 -0.567 ± 0.056 0.065 ± 0.070 0.821 ± 0.550 55.21 ± 3.89 173.48 ± 7.08
RH10 -0.552 ± 0.059 0.053 ± 0.070 0.832 ± 0.545 56.35 ± 4.03 174.48 ± 7.28
Average -0.696 0.481 0.331 21.213 148.494
Median -0.706 0.672 0.225 12.997 138.384
Deviation 0.111 0.276 0.333 22.715 17.068

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 27.3 ± 8.9 651.6 ± 86.6 3.43 ± 2.09
VC 51.7 ± 8.8 785.7 ± 101.0 3.43 ± 2.09
MX1 29.0 ± 8.7 660.2 ± 89.1 3.43 ± 2.09
MX2 30.0 ± 8.5 661.9 ± 90.4 3.43 ± 2.09
MX3 30.5 ± 8.5 662.5 ± 90.9 3.43 ± 2.09
RH08 26.2 ± 9.9 620.3 ± 77.0 3.43 ± 2.09
RH09 56.4 ± 9.2 444.3 ± 44.7 3.43 ± 2.09
RH10 57.1 ± 9.2 429.9 ± 43.3 3.43 ± 2.09
Average 38.5 614.6 3.43
Median 30.5 660.2 3.43
Deviation 13.9 119.8 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 287.2 ± 10.7 51.6 ± 8.4 83.4 ± 26.1 105.4 ± 23.5 5.78 ± 1.45 2.81 ± 0.43
VC 315.4 ± 12.4 33.1 ± 4.7 58.1 ± 18.2 113.2 ± 20.7 9.76 ± 1.92 2.85 ± 0.39
MX1 290.4 ± 10.8 50.4 ± 8.1 82.1 ± 25.7 106.0 ± 23.2 5.97 ± 1.47 2.82 ± 0.43
MX2 290.8 ± 10.9 49.7 ± 8.0 81.2 ± 25.4 106.4 ± 23.1 6.06 ± 1.48 2.81 ± 0.42
MX3 290.9 ± 10.9 49.4 ± 7.9 80.9 ± 25.3 106.5 ± 23.0 6.10 ± 1.48 2.81 ± 0.42
RH8 270.7 ± 10.1 52.3 ± 8.6 84.2 ± 26.3 104.9 ± 23.6 5.38 ± 1.37 2.66 ± 0.41
RH9 155.5 ± 8.5 29.3 ± 4.0 51.9 ± 16.2 114.3 ± 20.3 5.45 ± 1.12 1.39 ± 0.19
RH10 149.1 ± 8.3 28.7 ± 3.9 50.9 ± 15.9 114.5 ± 20.3 5.34 ± 1.10 1.33 ± 0.18
Average 256.3 43.1 71.6 108.9 6.2 2.4
Median 290.4 49.7 81.2 106.5 6.0 2.8
Deviation 65.3 10.6 15.0 4.3 1.5 0.7

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 104.4 ± 11.5 93.5 ± 6.4 116.4 ± 17.7 165.2 ± 7.7 1.12 ± 0.12 0.63 ± 0.08
VC 112.8 ± 14.1 59.7 ± 3.6 81.1 ± 12.3 180.2 ± 7.9 1.89 ± 0.23 0.63 ± 0.08
MX1 104.6 ± 12.5 91.3 ± 6.1 114.5 ± 17.4 166.4 ± 7.7 1.15 ± 0.13 0.63 ± 0.08
MX2 103.6 ± 13.2 90.0 ± 6.0 113.4 ± 17.2 167.1 ± 7.7 1.15 ± 0.14 0.62 ± 0.08
MX3 103.2 ± 13.4 89.5 ± 5.9 112.9 ± 17.1 167.4 ± 7.7 1.16 ± 0.14 0.62 ± 0.08
RH8 101.2 ± 8.3 94.9 ± 6.5 117.5 ± 17.8 164.4 ± 7.7 1.07 ± 0.10 0.62 ± 0.06
RH9 56.5 ± 15.0 52.7 ± 3.1 72.4 ± 11.0 182.4 ± 8.0 1.08 ± 0.31 0.31 ± 0.09
RH10 54.0 ± 15.4 51.6 ± 3.1 71.1 ± 10.8 182.7 ± 8.0 1.06 ± 0.32 0.30 ± 0.09
Average 92.5 77.9 99.9 172.0 1.2 0.5
Median 103.6 90.0 113.4 167.4 1.1 0.6
Deviation 23.3 19.5 21.0 8.2 0.3 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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