CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19982380640
Observation time: 08/26/1998 238.27811 0640 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1998
Fractional day of year 238.278108
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 24028.5 ± 9.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 117.050
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -21.570
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -7.610
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0262
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0304
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 12.54, 35.90, 37.10
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:06:59 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 17:59:54 2009
Method selected
RH09
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
13.276 ± 2.971

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -463.5 ± 4.4 -622.6 ± 17.1
Vy GSE [km/s] -2.3 ± 2.5 -3.8 ± 7.6
Vz GSE [km/s] 23.4 ± 4.4 -182.0 ± 14.5
Wi [km/s] 42.6 ± 1.6 126.6 ± 11.9
We [km/s] 1346.8 ± 49.2 4004.2 ± 377.1
Ni [n/cc] 4.9 ± 0.4 14.0 ± 0.7
Bx GSE [nT] 0.2 ± 0.2 -7.8 ± 6.5
By GSE [nT] 6.4 ± 0.2 10.3 ± 7.4
Bz GSE [nT] -1.0 ± 0.4 10.1 ± 3.9
Plasma Beta
0.439 ± 0.419
1.344 ± 1.381
Sound Speed [km/s]
54.98 ± 2.01
163.47 ± 15.39
Alfven Speed [km/s]
64.75 ± 4.04
111.14 ± 13.00

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.552 ± 0.918 0.789 ± 0.650 -0.270 ± 0.263 -15.65 ± 30.48 124.98 ± 66.36
VC -0.613 ± 0.059 -0.003 ± 0.029 -0.790 ± 0.558 -52.20 ± 4.26 180.30 ± 2.76
MX1 -0.755 ± 0.191 0.184 ± 0.673 -0.630 ± 0.529 -39.03 ± 9.29 166.33 ± 51.03
MX2 -0.732 ± 0.066 0.194 ± 0.138 -0.653 ± 0.539 -40.76 ± 5.00 165.14 ± 10.70
MX3 -0.763 ± 0.077 0.126 ± 0.136 -0.634 ± 0.531 -39.31 ± 6.78 170.64 ± 10.16
RH08 -0.655 ± 0.010 0.040 ± 0.009 -0.754 ± 0.561 -48.95 ± 0.74 176.49 ± 0.82
RH09 -0.822 ± 0.040 0.138 ± 0.070 -0.553 ± 0.488 -33.58 ± 3.97 170.47 ± 4.84
RH10 -0.507 ± 0.060 0.771 ± 0.045 -0.385 ± 0.365 -22.67 ± 4.03 123.34 ± 4.34
Average -0.675 0.280 -0.584 -36.520 159.712
Median -0.655 0.184 -0.630 -39.032 170.474
Deviation 0.111 0.316 0.177 12.357 22.499

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 36.7 ± 1.9 464.7 ± 15.5 2.88 ± 0.31
VC 84.2 ± 3.1 667.8 ± 27.1 2.88 ± 0.31
MX1 75.2 ± 2.7 718.7 ± 25.7 2.88 ± 0.31
MX2 74.4 ± 2.7 708.0 ± 25.8 2.88 ± 0.31
MX3 78.6 ± 2.7 726.2 ± 25.9 2.88 ± 0.31
RH08 82.2 ± 3.0 687.4 ± 26.8 2.88 ± 0.31
RH09 78.7 ± 2.5 747.2 ± 25.5 2.88 ± 0.31
RH10 36.5 ± 2.3 466.1 ± 17.5 2.88 ± 0.31
Average 68.3 648.3 2.88
Median 78.6 708.0 2.88
Deviation 19.8 115.4 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 217.0 ± 3.4 37.3 ± 1.0 51.9 ± 3.2 76.4 ± 2.8 5.82 ± 0.21 2.84 ± 0.13
VC 402.2 ± 3.8 4.2 ± 0.1 6.5 ± 0.4 84.9 ± 2.9 95.64 ± 3.02 4.74 ± 0.18
MX1 383.9 ± 3.9 10.7 ± 0.3 16.5 ± 1.0 84.3 ± 2.9 35.78 ± 1.15 4.56 ± 0.17
MX2 384.4 ± 3.9 11.4 ± 0.3 17.5 ± 1.1 84.2 ± 2.9 33.80 ± 1.09 4.57 ± 0.18
MX3 387.4 ± 3.9 8.3 ± 0.2 12.8 ± 0.8 84.6 ± 2.9 46.55 ± 1.49 4.58 ± 0.17
RH8 401.3 ± 3.8 5.7 ± 0.2 8.8 ± 0.6 84.8 ± 2.9 70.30 ± 2.23 4.74 ± 0.18
RH9 379.6 ± 3.9 8.2 ± 0.2 12.7 ± 0.8 84.6 ± 2.9 46.26 ± 1.49 4.49 ± 0.17
RH10 241.9 ± 3.6 37.4 ± 1.0 52.0 ± 3.2 76.3 ± 2.8 6.47 ± 0.23 3.17 ± 0.15
Average 349.7 15.4 22.3 82.5 42.6 4.2
Median 384.4 10.7 16.5 84.6 46.3 4.6
Deviation 75.0 13.8 18.6 3.8 30.2 0.8

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 74.9 ± 5.9 80.3 ± 8.4 89.1 ± 10.4 180.9 ± 15.3 0.94 ± 0.09 0.42 ± 0.04
VC 142.5 ± 9.6 9.2 ± 0.9 11.2 ± 1.3 197.7 ± 16.7 15.60 ± 1.75 0.73 ± 0.08
MX1 134.8 ± 9.6 23.5 ± 2.3 28.3 ± 3.3 196.6 ± 16.6 5.78 ± 0.57 0.69 ± 0.07
MX2 134.1 ± 9.5 24.9 ± 2.5 30.0 ± 3.5 196.4 ± 16.6 5.43 ± 0.55 0.69 ± 0.07
MX3 136.1 ± 9.9 18.2 ± 1.8 22.0 ± 2.6 197.1 ± 16.7 7.52 ± 0.74 0.69 ± 0.07
RH8 142.3 ± 9.6 12.5 ± 1.2 15.1 ± 1.8 197.6 ± 16.7 11.47 ± 1.24 0.72 ± 0.08
RH9 135.6 ± 10.5 18.0 ± 1.8 21.7 ± 2.5 197.1 ± 16.7 7.59 ± 0.71 0.69 ± 0.07
RH10 83.1 ± 6.4 80.6 ± 8.4 89.3 ± 10.4 180.8 ± 15.3 1.04 ± 0.12 0.46 ± 0.04
Average 122.9 33.4 38.3 193.0 6.9 0.6
Median 135.6 23.5 28.3 197.1 7.5 0.7
Deviation 27.4 29.5 32.0 7.5 4.9 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 Fri Jun 13 11:06:02 2014
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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