CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: dscovr_data
Event ID: 20171471445
Observation time: 05/27/2017 147.61528 1445 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2017
Fractional day of year 147.615278
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 53160.0 ± 60.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 227.422
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 29.025
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 15.303
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0013
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0013
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0012
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0012
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 1.64, 9.80, 9.87
Event added to database
Tue Oct 24 16:12:26 2017
Event last processed
Wed Oct 25 11:48:48 2017
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
64.350 ± 0.247

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -300.6 ± 0.7 -357.4 ± 3.9
Vy GSE [km/s] -15.0 ± 2.8 2.8 ± 5.2
Vz GSE [km/s] -7.7 ± 2.3 10.0 ± 6.3
Wi [km/s] 13.6 ± 0.2 31.8 ± 3.3
We [km/s] 430.5 ± 7.8 1005.8 ± 103.9
Ni [n/cc] 5.7 ± 0.3 30.4 ± 1.4
Bx GSE [nT] -1.3 ± 0.3 -2.3 ± 1.9
By GSE [nT] -2.1 ± 0.4 -4.6 ± 4.2
Bz GSE [nT] 0.7 ± 0.2 -4.5 ± 1.9
Plasma Beta
0.329 ± 0.331
1.008 ± 0.981
Sound Speed [km/s]
17.57 ± 0.32
41.06 ± 4.24
Alfven Speed [km/s]
23.82 ± 1.00
32.87 ± 4.21

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.628 ± 0.390 -0.676 ± 0.374 0.385 ± 0.365 22.65 ± 37.08 227.14 ± 29.74
VC -0.915 ± 0.041 0.289 ± 0.097 0.282 ± 0.274 16.39 ± 5.93 162.44 ± 6.02
MX1 -0.919 ± 0.102 0.287 ± 0.302 0.270 ± 0.264 15.69 ± 8.71 162.63 ± 18.83
MX2 -0.951 ± 0.046 0.237 ± 0.138 0.200 ± 0.198 11.56 ± 9.20 166.01 ± 8.28
MX3 -0.946 ± 0.048 0.259 ± 0.141 0.194 ± 0.192 11.21 ± 8.72 164.71 ± 8.54
RH08 -0.995 ± 0.002 0.096 ± 0.018 0.028 ± 0.028 1.60 ± 0.72 174.48 ± 1.05
RH09 -0.976 ± 0.015 0.181 ± 0.069 0.117 ± 0.117 6.74 ± 4.01 169.47 ± 4.07
RH10 -0.976 ± 0.015 0.181 ± 0.069 0.117 ± 0.117 6.74 ± 4.01 169.47 ± 4.07
Average -0.913 0.107 0.199 11.571 174.546
Median -0.946 0.237 0.200 11.560 169.471
Deviation 0.119 0.323 0.113 6.646 21.631

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 15.0 ± 7.1 230.4 ± 0.6 5.34 ± 0.38
VC 72.5 ± 9.8 344.9 ± 0.3 5.34 ± 0.38
MX1 72.4 ± 9.8 346.2 ± 0.3 5.34 ± 0.38
MX2 70.1 ± 9.6 357.1 ± 0.3 5.34 ± 0.38
MX3 71.4 ± 9.6 355.5 ± 0.3 5.34 ± 0.38
RH08 64.4 ± 8.7 370.8 ± 0.3 5.34 ± 0.38
RH09 67.8 ± 9.3 365.5 ± 0.3 5.34 ± 0.38
RH10 67.8 ± 9.3 365.5 ± 3.7 5.34 ± 0.38
Average 62.7 342.0 5.34
Median 70.1 357.1 5.34
Deviation 19.4 46.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 34.5 ± 1.3 16.4 ± 0.2 23.0 ± 1.0 24.6 ± 0.9 2.11 ± 0.09 1.40 ± 0.09
VC 76.5 ± 1.6 4.3 ± 0.1 7.2 ± 0.3 29.3 ± 0.8 17.79 ± 0.48 2.61 ± 0.08
MX1 76.5 ± 1.6 4.3 ± 0.1 7.2 ± 0.3 29.3 ± 0.8 17.75 ± 0.48 2.61 ± 0.08
MX2 76.5 ± 1.4 4.9 ± 0.1 8.1 ± 0.3 29.2 ± 0.8 15.66 ± 0.39 2.62 ± 0.07
MX3 76.4 ± 1.4 4.6 ± 0.1 7.6 ± 0.3 29.3 ± 0.8 16.75 ± 0.42 2.61 ± 0.07
RH8 73.4 ± 0.8 6.3 ± 0.1 10.3 ± 0.4 28.9 ± 0.8 11.73 ± 0.26 2.54 ± 0.07
RH9 75.6 ± 1.1 5.4 ± 0.1 9.0 ± 0.4 29.1 ± 0.8 13.95 ± 0.32 2.60 ± 0.07
RH10 75.6 ± 1.1 5.4 ± 0.1 9.0 ± 0.4 29.1 ± 0.8 13.95 ± 0.32 2.60 ± 0.07
Average 70.6 6.4 10.2 28.6 13.7 2.5
Median 76.4 5.4 9.0 29.2 15.7 2.6
Deviation 14.6 4.1 5.3 1.6 5.1 0.4

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 4.1 ± 6.2 29.7 ± 2.8 31.7 ± 4.1 43.6 ± 3.0 0.14 ± 0.22 0.09 ± 0.14
VC 14.4 ± 2.5 7.7 ± 0.6 9.9 ± 1.3 52.3 ± 3.2 1.87 ± 0.35 0.28 ± 0.05
MX1 14.4 ± 2.5 7.7 ± 0.6 9.9 ± 1.3 52.2 ± 3.2 1.87 ± 0.35 0.28 ± 0.05
MX2 14.7 ± 2.7 8.8 ± 0.6 11.2 ± 1.4 52.1 ± 3.2 1.68 ± 0.32 0.28 ± 0.05
MX3 14.6 ± 2.6 8.2 ± 0.6 10.5 ± 1.3 52.2 ± 3.2 1.79 ± 0.33 0.28 ± 0.05
RH8 14.7 ± 3.4 11.2 ± 0.8 14.2 ± 1.8 51.6 ± 3.1 1.31 ± 0.30 0.28 ± 0.07
RH9 14.9 ± 2.9 9.7 ± 0.7 12.4 ± 1.6 51.9 ± 3.1 1.53 ± 0.31 0.29 ± 0.06
RH10 14.9 ± 2.9 9.7 ± 0.7 12.4 ± 1.6 51.9 ± 3.1 1.53 ± 0.31 0.29 ± 0.06
Average 13.3 11.6 14.0 51.0 1.5 0.3
Median 14.7 9.7 12.4 52.1 1.7 0.3
Deviation 3.7 7.4 7.3 3.0 0.6 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 Mon Apr 13 08:55:21 2009
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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