Database: dscovr_data
Event ID: 20163140541
Observation time: 11/09/2016 314.23749 0541 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
Year |
2016 |
Fractional day of year |
314.237488 |
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
20519.0 ± 60.0 |
Shock type |
FF |
Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
218.087 |
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-7.207 |
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
26.023 |
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0014 |
Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0014 |
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0013
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Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0013 |
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
4.44, 23.63, 24.25 |
Event added to database
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Wed Jul 19 06:48:45 2017
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Event last processed
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Tue Oct 24 13:07:00 2017
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Method selected
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RH08
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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64.601 ± 2.482
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Asymptotic
plasma
parameters (About, Top)
Parameter
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Upstream
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Downstream
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Vx GSE [km/s] |
-296.5 ± 0.5 |
-327.5 ± 0.6 |
Vy GSE [km/s] |
-8.1 ± 1.4 |
-4.4 ± 1.0 |
Vz GSE [km/s] |
-10.9 ± 1.3 |
-3.4 ± 0.8 |
Wi [km/s] |
17.7 ± 0.4 |
21.9 ± 0.3 |
We [km/s] |
558.2 ± 11.1 |
693.3 ± 8.0 |
Ni [n/cc] |
15.2 ± 0.4 |
33.5 ± 1.1 |
Bx GSE [nT] |
-0.2 ± 0.6 |
-0.5 ± 0.2 |
By GSE [nT] |
-4.2 ± 0.4 |
-7.4 ± 0.4 |
Bz GSE [nT] |
0.6 ± 1.0 |
0.6 ± 0.6 |
Plasma Beta
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0.530 ± 0.490
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0.608 ± 0.605
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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22.79 ± 0.45
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28.30 ± 0.33
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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24.40 ± 1.51
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28.30 ± 1.84
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
MC |
-0.828 ± 0.376 |
-0.037 ± 0.594 |
0.559 ± 0.492 |
34.01 ± 38.44 |
182.54 ± 41.08 |
VC |
-0.966 ± 0.012 |
0.115 ± 0.051 |
0.232 ± 0.228 |
13.44 ± 2.61 |
173.22 ± 3.04 |
MX1 |
-0.960 ± 0.029 |
0.069 ± 0.247 |
0.271 ± 0.264 |
15.70 ± 4.99 |
175.90 ± 14.72 |
MX2 |
-0.970 ± 0.021 |
0.073 ± 0.219 |
0.233 ± 0.229 |
13.49 ± 3.00 |
175.67 ± 12.94 |
MX3 |
-0.976 ± 0.020 |
0.075 ± 0.204 |
0.204 ± 0.201 |
11.78 ± 3.57 |
175.58 ± 11.96 |
RH08 |
-0.988 ± 0.001 |
0.026 ± 0.010 |
0.151 ± 0.150 |
8.68 ± 0.37 |
178.50 ± 0.58 |
RH09 |
-0.929 ± 0.022 |
-0.190 ± 0.064 |
-0.318 ± 0.307 |
-18.57 ± 3.27 |
191.53 ± 3.95 |
RH10 |
-0.932 ± 0.024 |
-0.207 ± 0.064 |
-0.296 ± 0.287 |
-17.22 ± 3.87 |
192.53 ± 3.93 |
Average |
-0.944 |
-0.009 |
0.130 |
7.663 |
180.683 |
Median |
-0.960 |
0.069 |
0.232 |
13.441 |
178.496 |
Deviation |
0.051 |
0.125 |
0.296 |
17.531 |
7.523 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
MC |
80.7 ± 13.4 |
293.8 ± 0.2 |
2.21 ± 0.08 |
VC |
88.6 ± 10.3 |
341.3 ± 0.2 |
2.21 ± 0.08 |
MX1 |
88.5 ± 10.6 |
339.5 ± 0.2 |
2.21 ± 0.08 |
MX2 |
89.0 ± 10.2 |
342.7 ± 0.2 |
2.21 ± 0.08 |
MX3 |
89.4 ± 9.9 |
344.9 ± 0.2 |
2.21 ± 0.08 |
RH08 |
87.0 ± 9.3 |
349.0 ± 0.2 |
2.21 ± 0.08 |
RH09 |
79.0 ± 4.3 |
327.1 ± 0.1 |
2.21 ± 0.08 |
RH10 |
77.8 ± 4.5 |
328.5 ± 1.7 |
2.21 ± 0.08 |
Average |
85.0 |
333.4 |
2.21 |
Median |
88.5 |
341.3 |
2.21 |
Deviation |
4.9 |
17.7 |
0.00 |
Upstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
Method
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dV
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Slow
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Intermediate
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Fast
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Slow
Mach
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Fast
Mach
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MC |
54.1 ± 0.7 |
2.7 ± 0.1 |
3.9 ± 0.2 |
33.3 ± 1.0 |
20.16 ± 0.69 |
1.63 ± 0.06 |
VC |
58.5 ± 0.6 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
0.6 ± 0.0 |
33.4 ± 1.0 |
148.52 ± 4.02 |
1.75 ± 0.05 |
MX1 |
58.3 ± 0.6 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
0.6 ± 0.0 |
33.4 ± 1.0 |
136.26 ± 3.80 |
1.75 ± 0.05 |
MX2 |
58.4 ± 0.6 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
33.4 ± 1.0 |
209.60 ± 5.72 |
1.75 ± 0.05 |
MX3 |
58.4 ± 0.5 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
33.4 ± 1.0 |
311.38 ± 8.37 |
1.75 ± 0.05 |
RH8 |
57.9 ± 0.5 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
1.3 ± 0.1 |
33.4 ± 1.0 |
66.51 ± 1.76 |
1.74 ± 0.05 |
RH9 |
46.7 ± 0.5 |
3.2 ± 0.1 |
4.7 ± 0.3 |
33.3 ± 1.0 |
14.65 ± 0.35 |
1.41 ± 0.04 |
RH10 |
47.2 ± 0.5 |
3.5 ± 0.1 |
5.2 ± 0.3 |
33.2 ± 1.0 |
13.36 ± 0.32 |
1.42 ± 0.04 |
Average |
54.9 |
1.4 |
2.1 |
33.4 |
115.1 |
1.6 |
Median |
58.3 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
33.4 |
136.3 |
1.7 |
Deviation |
5.1 |
1.4 |
2.1 |
0.1 |
107.5 |
0.2 |
Downstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
Method
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dV
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Slow
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Intermediate
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Fast
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Slow
Mach
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Fast
Mach
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MC |
24.3 ± 0.6 |
3.2 ± 0.1 |
4.6 ± 0.3 |
39.9 ± 1.2 |
7.55 ± 0.32 |
0.61 ± 0.03 |
VC |
26.3 ± 0.6 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
40.0 ± 1.2 |
55.65 ± 2.41 |
0.66 ± 0.03 |
MX1 |
26.2 ± 0.6 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
40.0 ± 1.2 |
51.03 ± 2.16 |
0.66 ± 0.03 |
MX2 |
26.3 ± 0.6 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
40.0 ± 1.2 |
78.49 ± 3.32 |
0.66 ± 0.03 |
MX3 |
26.3 ± 0.6 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
40.0 ± 1.2 |
116.69 ± 4.93 |
0.66 ± 0.03 |
RH8 |
26.0 ± 0.5 |
1.0 ± 0.0 |
1.5 ± 0.1 |
40.0 ± 1.2 |
24.87 ± 1.02 |
0.65 ± 0.03 |
RH9 |
21.0 ± 0.6 |
3.8 ± 0.1 |
5.4 ± 0.4 |
39.9 ± 1.2 |
5.47 ± 0.21 |
0.53 ± 0.02 |
RH10 |
21.2 ± 0.6 |
4.2 ± 0.1 |
6.0 ± 0.4 |
39.8 ± 1.2 |
5.00 ± 0.18 |
0.53 ± 0.02 |
Average |
24.7 |
1.7 |
2.5 |
40.0 |
43.1 |
0.6 |
Median |
26.2 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
40.0 |
51.0 |
0.7 |
Deviation |
2.3 |
1.7 |
2.4 |
0.1 |
40.3 |
0.1 |
Survey interval (About, Top)

Selected
data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters

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Velocity

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Magnetic Field
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Simple
Methods
(About, Top)
Rankine Chi^2
Contour (About, Top)
Shock
Speed (About, Top)

Theta Bn (About, Top)

Mach Numbers (About, Top)
Page updated Mon Apr 13 08:55:21 2009
Michael L Stevens
(mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)
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