CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19983621820
Observation time: 12/28/1998 362.76408 1820 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1998
Fractional day of year 362.764080
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 66016.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 45.099
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -36.822
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -28.327
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0011
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0338
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0301
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 5.31, 7.08, 7.21
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:07:31 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 18:25:42 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
8.274 ± 0.961

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -361.5 ± 11.7 -408.5 ± 8.6
Vy GSE [km/s] -29.0 ± 8.1 -37.4 ± 6.5
Vz GSE [km/s] 8.7 ± 11.0 23.0 ± 4.7
Wi [km/s] 36.0 ± 7.9 43.2 ± 10.4
We [km/s] 1137.0 ± 248.7 1365.6 ± 327.9
Ni [n/cc] 6.9 ± 0.9 12.1 ± 1.0
Bx GSE [nT] -3.7 ± 1.7 -2.9 ± 2.1
By GSE [nT] 4.1 ± 0.6 4.0 ± 1.5
Bz GSE [nT] -4.1 ± 1.5 -11.1 ± 1.4
Plasma Beta
0.410 ± 0.433
0.331 ± 0.323
Sound Speed [km/s]
46.42 ± 10.16
55.75 ± 13.39
Alfven Speed [km/s]
60.48 ± 6.93
78.10 ± 5.82

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.882 ± 0.338 0.462 ± 0.645 -0.090 ± 0.090 -5.17 ± 18.34 152.37 ± 41.86
VC -0.932 ± 0.087 -0.218 ± 0.255 0.289 ± 0.280 16.77 ± 12.85 193.14 ± 15.61
MX1 -0.983 ± 0.083 0.163 ± 0.476 -0.087 ± 0.087 -4.98 ± 17.37 170.56 ± 27.78
MX2 -0.992 ± 0.037 -0.091 ± 0.295 -0.086 ± 0.085 -4.91 ± 17.08 185.26 ± 17.02
MX3 -0.967 ± 0.058 -0.244 ± 0.215 -0.076 ± 0.076 -4.38 ± 16.36 194.17 ± 12.74
RH08 -0.986 ± 0.002 -0.130 ± 0.009 -0.106 ± 0.106 -6.09 ± 0.77 187.52 ± 0.54
RH09 -0.982 ± 0.013 -0.147 ± 0.070 -0.117 ± 0.117 -6.74 ± 4.01 188.52 ± 4.07
RH10 -0.986 ± 0.012 -0.130 ± 0.069 -0.106 ± 0.106 -6.09 ± 4.02 187.52 ± 4.03
Average -0.964 -0.042 -0.047 -2.699 182.384
Median -0.982 -0.130 -0.087 -4.983 187.521
Deviation 0.038 0.238 0.136 7.905 14.115

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 38.0 ± 17.1 386.7 ± 34.2 1.77 ± 0.27
VC 79.5 ± 15.1 460.9 ± 27.7 1.77 ± 0.27
MX1 49.1 ± 15.1 449.5 ± 33.4 1.77 ± 0.27
MX2 59.7 ± 13.4 466.6 ± 30.8 1.77 ± 0.27
MX3 66.7 ± 12.4 463.8 ± 28.4 1.77 ± 0.27
RH08 60.7 ± 12.9 465.2 ± 30.2 1.77 ± 0.27
RH09 61.0 ± 12.7 464.0 ± 30.0 1.77 ± 0.27
RH10 60.7 ± 12.9 465.2 ± 30.2 1.77 ± 0.27
Average 59.4 452.7 1.77
Median 60.7 464.0 1.77
Deviation 12.1 27.2 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 81.9 ± 13.2 30.7 ± 4.3 47.7 ± 5.5 70.6 ± 2.4 2.76 ± 0.82 1.16 ± 0.19
VC 115.0 ± 10.1 6.5 ± 0.8 11.0 ± 1.3 76.8 ± 2.4 18.06 ± 3.39 1.50 ± 0.16
MX1 99.7 ± 12.5 24.7 ± 3.2 39.6 ± 4.5 73.0 ± 2.3 4.16 ± 1.05 1.37 ± 0.18
MX2 106.1 ± 11.1 18.5 ± 2.3 30.5 ± 3.5 74.8 ± 2.3 5.87 ± 1.32 1.42 ± 0.17
MX3 107.9 ± 10.0 14.3 ± 1.8 23.9 ± 2.7 75.7 ± 2.3 7.71 ± 1.62 1.43 ± 0.15
RH8 105.9 ± 10.9 18.0 ± 2.2 29.6 ± 3.4 75.0 ± 2.3 6.05 ± 1.35 1.42 ± 0.16
RH9 105.8 ± 10.7 17.7 ± 2.2 29.3 ± 3.4 75.0 ± 2.3 6.11 ± 1.36 1.41 ± 0.16
RH10 105.9 ± 10.9 18.0 ± 2.2 29.6 ± 3.4 75.0 ± 2.3 6.05 ± 1.35 1.42 ± 0.16
Average 103.5 18.6 30.2 74.5 7.1 1.4
Median 105.9 18.0 29.6 75.0 6.0 1.4
Deviation 9.7 7.1 10.7 1.9 4.7 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 45.6 ± 10.6 38.3 ± 7.7 61.6 ± 4.6 88.6 ± 5.8 1.26 ± 0.45 0.52 ± 0.15
VC 65.3 ± 5.9 8.1 ± 1.5 14.2 ± 1.1 96.3 ± 7.4 8.45 ± 2.36 0.68 ± 0.10
MX1 56.2 ± 9.7 30.7 ± 5.9 51.1 ± 3.8 91.6 ± 6.4 1.93 ± 0.61 0.62 ± 0.14
MX2 60.0 ± 8.4 23.1 ± 4.4 39.4 ± 2.9 93.8 ± 6.8 2.73 ± 0.80 0.65 ± 0.12
MX3 61.6 ± 7.3 17.9 ± 3.3 30.9 ± 2.3 95.0 ± 7.1 3.61 ± 1.02 0.65 ± 0.11
RH8 60.1 ± 8.2 22.4 ± 4.2 38.3 ± 2.9 94.0 ± 6.9 2.82 ± 0.82 0.65 ± 0.12
RH9 60.1 ± 8.1 22.1 ± 4.2 37.8 ± 2.8 94.1 ± 6.9 2.85 ± 0.83 0.65 ± 0.12
RH10 60.1 ± 8.2 22.4 ± 4.2 38.3 ± 2.9 94.0 ± 6.9 2.82 ± 0.82 0.65 ± 0.12
Average 58.6 23.1 38.9 93.4 3.3 0.6
Median 60.1 22.4 38.3 94.0 2.8 0.6
Deviation 5.8 8.8 13.8 2.4 2.2 0.0

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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