CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20000450713
Observation time: 02/14/2000 45.30071 0713 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2000
Fractional day of year 45.300712
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 25981.5 ± 6.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 141.754
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 5.524
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 9.950
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0314
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0296
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 8.92, 13.49, 13.77
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:09:14 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 19:15:17 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
16.658 ± 1768.746

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -570.5 ± 8.5 -616.0 ± 20.6
Vy GSE [km/s] -17.6 ± 4.3 -7.4 ± 8.2
Vz GSE [km/s] -0.5 ± 21.1 -46.8 ± 15.7
Wi [km/s] 48.8 ± 5.5 70.3 ± 8.6
We [km/s] 1543.2 ± 173.6 2223.3 ± 270.5
Ni [n/cc] 2.9 ± 0.4 5.0 ± 0.7
Bx GSE [nT] 2.9 ± 0.4 4.5 ± 2.8
By GSE [nT] -5.0 ± 0.2 -8.0 ± 1.9
Bz GSE [nT] 0.9 ± 1.1 -1.1 ± 1.9
Plasma Beta
0.437 ± 0.408
0.551 ± 0.555
Sound Speed [km/s]
63.00 ± 7.09
90.77 ± 11.04
Alfven Speed [km/s]
76.54 ± 6.15
97.07 ± 6.84

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.765 ± 0.407 0.536 ± 0.554 -0.357 ± 0.341 -20.92 ± 27.38 145.00 ± 40.87
VC -0.710 ± 0.252 0.213 ± 0.251 -0.671 ± 0.545 -42.13 ± 21.51 163.28 ± 19.36
MX1 -0.789 ± 0.209 0.269 ± 0.438 -0.552 ± 0.488 -33.53 ± 16.13 161.16 ± 31.62
MX2 -0.782 ± 0.189 0.224 ± 0.343 -0.582 ± 0.505 -35.57 ± 16.58 164.01 ± 24.91
MX3 -0.779 ± 0.188 0.199 ± 0.293 -0.594 ± 0.512 -36.47 ± 17.19 165.69 ± 21.27
RH08 -0.985 ± 0.002 0.060 ± 0.012 -0.162 ± 0.161 -9.32 ± 0.63 176.49 ± 0.69
RH09 -0.987 ± 0.011 0.061 ± 0.070 -0.151 ± 0.150 -8.68 ± 4.03 176.49 ± 4.07
RH10 -0.987 ± 0.011 0.061 ± 0.070 -0.151 ± 0.150 -8.68 ± 4.03 176.49 ± 4.07
Average -0.848 0.203 -0.402 -24.411 166.077
Median -0.782 0.213 -0.357 -20.919 165.688
Deviation 0.117 0.159 0.224 14.152 10.729

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 28.4 ± 4.2 567.0 ± 649.3 1.81 ± 0.31
VC 50.7 ± 6.9 564.8 ± 617.5 1.81 ± 0.31
MX1 45.7 ± 5.6 605.2 ± 643.6 1.81 ± 0.31
MX2 48.5 ± 5.8 602.9 ± 635.7 1.81 ± 0.31
MX3 50.1 ± 5.8 603.1 ± 631.0 1.81 ± 0.31
RH08 56.3 ± 3.3 700.7 ± 593.5 1.81 ± 0.31
RH09 56.3 ± 3.3 701.2 ± 591.6 1.81 ± 0.31
RH10 56.3 ± 3.3 701.2 ± 591.6 1.81 ± 0.31
Average 49.0 630.7 1.81
Median 50.7 605.2 1.81
Deviation 9.3 60.3 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 139.7 ± 8.3 48.4 ± 1.4 67.3 ± 5.4 86.9 ± 1.9 2.89 ± 0.21 1.61 ± 0.09
VC 163.0 ± 13.5 32.2 ± 0.7 48.5 ± 3.9 94.2 ± 1.6 5.07 ± 0.47 1.73 ± 0.14
MX1 159.5 ± 11.5 36.1 ± 0.9 53.5 ± 4.3 92.8 ± 1.6 4.43 ± 0.36 1.72 ± 0.12
MX2 160.4 ± 12.0 33.9 ± 0.8 50.7 ± 4.1 93.6 ± 1.6 4.74 ± 0.40 1.71 ± 0.13
MX3 161.8 ± 12.2 32.7 ± 0.8 49.1 ± 3.9 94.0 ± 1.6 4.96 ± 0.42 1.72 ± 0.13
RH8 139.8 ± 8.0 27.8 ± 0.6 42.5 ± 3.4 95.6 ± 1.6 5.04 ± 0.33 1.46 ± 0.09
RH9 139.3 ± 8.0 27.7 ± 0.6 42.4 ± 3.4 95.6 ± 1.6 5.02 ± 0.33 1.46 ± 0.09
RH10 139.3 ± 8.0 27.7 ± 0.6 42.4 ± 3.4 95.6 ± 1.6 5.02 ± 0.33 1.46 ± 0.09
Average 150.3 33.3 49.6 93.5 4.6 1.6
Median 159.5 32.7 49.1 94.2 5.0 1.7
Deviation 11.6 6.9 8.3 2.9 0.7 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 82.8 ± 14.3 66.6 ± 3.0 85.4 ± 6.0 115.5 ± 4.5 1.25 ± 0.24 0.72 ± 0.14
VC 97.4 ± 13.7 44.0 ± 1.9 61.5 ± 4.3 125.9 ± 4.8 2.22 ± 0.34 0.78 ± 0.12
MX1 95.3 ± 14.6 49.4 ± 2.1 67.9 ± 4.8 123.9 ± 4.8 1.94 ± 0.32 0.77 ± 0.13
MX2 95.6 ± 14.5 46.3 ± 2.0 64.3 ± 4.5 125.1 ± 4.8 2.07 ± 0.34 0.77 ± 0.13
MX3 96.7 ± 14.4 44.7 ± 1.9 62.3 ± 4.4 125.7 ± 4.8 2.17 ± 0.35 0.77 ± 0.13
RH8 86.8 ± 19.1 38.0 ± 1.6 53.9 ± 3.8 127.8 ± 4.9 2.30 ± 0.56 0.68 ± 0.16
RH9 86.7 ± 19.2 37.9 ± 1.6 53.8 ± 3.8 127.9 ± 4.9 2.30 ± 0.56 0.68 ± 0.16
RH10 86.7 ± 19.2 37.9 ± 1.6 53.8 ± 3.8 127.9 ± 4.9 2.30 ± 0.56 0.68 ± 0.16
Average 91.0 45.6 62.9 124.9 2.1 0.7
Median 95.3 44.7 62.3 125.9 2.2 0.8
Deviation 5.8 9.5 10.6 4.1 0.4 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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