CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19983160718
Observation time: 11/12/1998 316.30446 0718 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1998
Fractional day of year 316.304462
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 26305.5 ± 9.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 34.999
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 16.204
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 2.968
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0224
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0263
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 3.80, 7.97, 8.16
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:07:20 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 18:21:42 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
8.745 ± 0.292

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -337.3 ± 3.1 -372.6 ± 6.7
Vy GSE [km/s] -14.0 ± 4.3 -19.4 ± 3.3
Vz GSE [km/s] -13.9 ± 11.0 -21.1 ± 4.5
Wi [km/s] 20.5 ± 2.4 28.4 ± 2.1
We [km/s] 648.2 ± 77.4 897.3 ± 67.7
Ni [n/cc] 4.0 ± 0.6 7.7 ± 0.5
Bx GSE [nT] 3.9 ± 0.2 3.2 ± 0.9
By GSE [nT] -3.9 ± 0.4 -7.4 ± 0.7
Bz GSE [nT] -0.9 ± 1.0 -2.5 ± 0.5
Plasma Beta
0.112 ± 0.117
0.182 ± 0.183
Sound Speed [km/s]
26.46 ± 3.16
36.63 ± 2.76
Alfven Speed [km/s]
63.05 ± 5.48
66.87 ± 2.24

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.945 ± 0.070 0.319 ± 0.194 -0.068 ± 0.068 -3.91 ± 20.79 161.33 ± 11.78
VC -0.971 ± 0.059 -0.140 ± 0.138 -0.192 ± 0.190 -11.10 ± 16.77 188.21 ± 8.10
MX1 -0.965 ± 0.056 0.258 ± 0.205 -0.037 ± 0.037 -2.09 ± 14.62 165.02 ± 12.15
MX2 -0.968 ± 0.051 0.249 ± 0.197 -0.035 ± 0.035 -1.98 ± 13.74 165.56 ± 11.68
MX3 -0.971 ± 0.047 0.238 ± 0.190 -0.031 ± 0.031 -1.77 ± 13.05 166.24 ± 11.23
RH08 -0.995 ± 0.001 0.096 ± 0.014 -0.006 ± 0.006 -0.32 ± 1.17 174.48 ± 0.80
RH09 -0.993 ± 0.008 0.114 ± 0.068 -0.017 ± 0.017 -0.96 ± 4.05 173.48 ± 3.91
RH10 -0.993 ± 0.008 0.113 ± 0.068 -0.028 ± 0.028 -1.60 ± 4.06 173.48 ± 3.91
Average -0.975 0.156 -0.052 -2.967 170.976
Median -0.971 0.238 -0.031 -1.774 173.482
Deviation 0.018 0.145 0.060 3.445 8.471

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 30.8 ± 1.7 382.4 ± 12.0 1.97 ± 0.33
VC 57.2 ± 1.9 410.5 ± 13.8 1.97 ± 0.33
MX1 33.3 ± 1.6 391.8 ± 12.2 1.97 ± 0.33
MX2 33.8 ± 1.6 392.8 ± 12.2 1.97 ± 0.33
MX3 34.3 ± 1.7 394.0 ± 12.2 1.97 ± 0.33
RH08 41.4 ± 2.4 407.4 ± 12.7 1.97 ± 0.33
RH09 40.7 ± 2.3 406.1 ± 12.7 1.97 ± 0.33
RH10 40.8 ± 2.1 406.3 ± 12.7 1.97 ± 0.33
Average 39.0 398.9 1.97
Median 40.7 406.1 1.97
Deviation 8.4 10.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 67.1 ± 2.2 22.1 ± 2.5 54.2 ± 4.7 64.8 ± 5.0 3.08 ± 0.47 1.04 ± 0.06
VC 78.2 ± 3.1 13.4 ± 1.4 34.1 ± 3.0 67.2 ± 4.4 5.91 ± 0.89 1.17 ± 0.05
MX1 69.3 ± 2.3 21.4 ± 2.4 52.7 ± 4.6 65.0 ± 4.9 3.28 ± 0.51 1.07 ± 0.06
MX2 69.3 ± 2.3 21.3 ± 2.3 52.4 ± 4.6 65.1 ± 4.9 3.30 ± 0.52 1.07 ± 0.06
MX3 69.4 ± 2.3 21.1 ± 2.3 52.1 ± 4.5 65.1 ± 4.9 3.33 ± 0.52 1.07 ± 0.06
RH8 72.9 ± 2.8 19.0 ± 2.0 47.3 ± 4.1 65.8 ± 4.7 3.90 ± 0.63 1.11 ± 0.05
RH9 72.4 ± 2.7 19.2 ± 2.1 47.8 ± 4.2 65.7 ± 4.8 3.82 ± 0.61 1.10 ± 0.05
RH10 72.5 ± 2.7 19.2 ± 2.1 47.7 ± 4.1 65.7 ± 4.8 3.84 ± 0.61 1.11 ± 0.05
Average 71.4 19.6 48.5 65.5 3.8 1.1
Median 72.4 21.1 52.1 65.7 3.8 1.1
Deviation 3.4 2.8 6.4 0.8 0.9 0.0

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 34.9 ± 6.4 30.0 ± 2.0 57.4 ± 1.9 70.1 ± 2.0 1.18 ± 0.26 0.50 ± 0.09
VC 41.9 ± 6.9 17.8 ± 1.0 36.2 ± 1.2 74.2 ± 1.9 2.36 ± 0.45 0.57 ± 0.10
MX1 36.3 ± 6.5 29.0 ± 1.9 55.9 ± 1.9 70.6 ± 1.9 1.26 ± 0.27 0.52 ± 0.10
MX2 36.3 ± 6.5 28.8 ± 1.8 55.6 ± 1.9 70.6 ± 1.9 1.27 ± 0.27 0.51 ± 0.10
MX3 36.2 ± 6.5 28.6 ± 1.8 55.2 ± 1.9 70.7 ± 1.9 1.28 ± 0.27 0.51 ± 0.10
RH8 38.3 ± 6.6 25.5 ± 1.6 50.1 ± 1.7 71.9 ± 1.9 1.51 ± 0.31 0.53 ± 0.10
RH9 37.9 ± 6.6 25.9 ± 1.6 50.7 ± 1.7 71.8 ± 1.9 1.47 ± 0.30 0.53 ± 0.10
RH10 37.8 ± 6.6 25.8 ± 1.6 50.6 ± 1.7 71.8 ± 1.9 1.48 ± 0.31 0.53 ± 0.10
Average 37.5 26.4 51.5 71.5 1.5 0.5
Median 37.8 28.6 55.2 71.8 1.5 0.5
Deviation 2.1 3.9 6.8 1.3 0.4 0.0

Survey interval (About, Top)
Survey of solar wind interval
Selected data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters
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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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