CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19981491503
Observation time: 05/29/1998 149.62742 1503 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1998
Fractional day of year 149.627419
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 54209.0 ± 16.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.035
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.000
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.004
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0011
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0043
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0028
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 18.47, 19.79, 20.29
Event added to database
Sat Apr 30 21:42:32 2005
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 14:22:45 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.006 ± 0.000

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -526.5 ± 5.2 -610.3 ± 12.8
Vy GSE [km/s] -22.9 ± 3.9 73.9 ± 2.5
Vz GSE [km/s] 0.2 ± 9.2 26.0 ± 7.4
Wi [km/s] 64.8 ± 1.7 75.5 ± 3.6
We [km/s] 2048.0 ± 54.9 2388.0 ± 114.2
Ni [n/cc] 8.7 ± 0.6 15.8 ± 0.9
Bx GSE [nT] -4.8 ± 0.4 -2.4 ± 2.9
By GSE [nT] 10.7 ± 0.2 -11.4 ± 2.4
Bz GSE [nT] -0.2 ± 1.0 -13.3 ± 2.6
Plasma Beta
0.562 ± 0.563
0.584 ± 0.544
Sound Speed [km/s]
83.63 ± 2.22
97.50 ± 4.68
Alfven Speed [km/s]
86.80 ± 4.32
99.34 ± 4.86

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.605 ± 0.104 0.355 ± 0.130 -0.713 ± 0.556 -45.44 ± 6.96 149.56 ± 11.61
VC -0.640 ± 0.061 0.743 ± 0.054 0.196 ± 0.194 11.32 ± 4.90 130.74 ± 4.66
MX1 -0.629 ± 0.203 -0.498 ± 0.228 0.598 ± 0.514 36.70 ± 14.50 218.36 ± 18.92
MX2 -0.857 ± 0.056 0.189 ± 0.139 -0.479 ± 0.439 -28.63 ± 5.71 167.57 ± 9.28
MX3 -0.942 ± 0.036 0.088 ± 0.140 -0.324 ± 0.312 -18.91 ± 5.99 174.66 ± 8.51
RH08 -0.951 ± 0.003 -0.264 ± 0.010 -0.162 ± 0.161 -9.32 ± 0.65 195.54 ± 0.58
RH09 -0.951 ± 0.013 -0.264 ± 0.035 -0.162 ± 0.161 -9.32 ± 3.44 195.54 ± 2.08
RH10 -0.951 ± 0.015 -0.264 ± 0.040 -0.162 ± 0.161 -9.32 ± 3.87 195.54 ± 2.41
Average -0.816 0.011 -0.151 -9.116 178.441
Median -0.857 0.088 -0.162 -9.324 195.543
Deviation 0.162 0.410 0.403 24.822 28.566

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 53.9 ± 4.0 459.3 ± 3.5 1.87 ± 0.10
VC 20.0 ± 3.4 610.5 ± 4.5 1.87 ± 0.10
MX1 79.0 ± 3.5 396.7 ± 2.2 1.87 ± 0.10
MX2 57.1 ± 2.9 617.4 ± 4.0 1.87 ± 0.10
MX3 61.0 ± 2.4 664.0 ± 4.1 1.87 ± 0.10
RH08 80.3 ± 2.1 609.7 ± 3.5 1.87 ± 0.10
RH09 80.3 ± 2.1 609.7 ± 3.5 1.87 ± 0.10
RH10 80.3 ± 2.1 609.7 ± 30.4 1.87 ± 0.10
Average 64.0 572.1 1.87
Median 79.0 609.7 1.87
Deviation 21.1 92.3 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 149.4 ± 7.3 37.3 ± 0.7 51.2 ± 2.5 114.7 ± 2.5 4.01 ± 0.17 1.30 ± 0.06
VC 290.7 ± 4.3 68.8 ± 1.1 81.6 ± 4.1 99.0 ± 2.4 4.22 ± 0.08 2.94 ± 0.06
MX1 54.0 ± 6.4 11.5 ± 0.2 16.6 ± 0.8 120.0 ± 2.5 4.68 ± 0.53 0.45 ± 0.05
MX2 170.7 ± 6.3 34.0 ± 0.6 47.1 ± 2.3 115.7 ± 2.5 5.02 ± 0.14 1.48 ± 0.05
MX3 170.2 ± 5.8 30.1 ± 0.5 42.1 ± 2.1 116.8 ± 2.5 5.65 ± 0.13 1.46 ± 0.04
RH8 103.1 ± 5.6 10.2 ± 0.2 14.6 ± 0.7 120.2 ± 2.5 10.15 ± 0.42 0.86 ± 0.04
RH9 103.1 ± 5.6 10.2 ± 0.2 14.6 ± 0.7 120.2 ± 2.5 10.15 ± 0.42 0.86 ± 0.04
RH10 103.1 ± 5.6 10.2 ± 0.2 14.6 ± 0.7 120.2 ± 2.5 10.15 ± 0.42 0.86 ± 0.04
Average 143.0 26.5 35.3 115.8 6.8 1.3
Median 149.4 30.1 42.1 120.0 5.7 1.3
Deviation 71.8 20.7 24.5 7.2 2.9 0.8

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 82.5 ± 10.7 43.1 ± 1.2 58.6 ± 2.9 132.5 ± 3.8 1.92 ± 0.26 0.62 ± 0.09
VC 160.1 ± 8.0 79.5 ± 2.1 93.4 ± 4.6 114.4 ± 3.4 2.02 ± 0.13 1.40 ± 0.09
MX1 33.9 ± 8.4 13.3 ± 0.4 18.9 ± 0.9 138.6 ± 4.0 2.56 ± 0.67 0.25 ± 0.06
MX2 92.8 ± 12.5 39.3 ± 1.1 53.9 ± 2.6 133.6 ± 3.9 2.37 ± 0.34 0.70 ± 0.10
MX3 91.0 ± 12.9 34.8 ± 1.0 48.2 ± 2.4 134.9 ± 3.9 2.62 ± 0.40 0.68 ± 0.10
RH8 53.0 ± 12.5 11.7 ± 0.3 16.7 ± 0.8 138.8 ± 4.0 4.53 ± 1.11 0.38 ± 0.09
RH9 53.0 ± 12.5 11.7 ± 0.3 16.7 ± 0.8 138.8 ± 4.0 4.53 ± 1.11 0.38 ± 0.09
RH10 53.0 ± 12.5 11.7 ± 0.3 16.7 ± 0.8 138.8 ± 4.0 4.53 ± 1.11 0.38 ± 0.09
Average 77.4 30.6 40.4 133.8 3.1 0.6
Median 82.5 34.8 48.2 138.6 2.6 0.6
Deviation 39.6 23.9 28.1 8.3 1.2 0.4

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 Mon Apr 13 08:55:21 2009
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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