CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20002862233
Observation time: 10/12/2000 286.94019 2233 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2000
Fractional day of year 286.940191
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 81232.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 31.190
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -239.595
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.110
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0276
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0304
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 3.65, 11.13, 11.55
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:10:42 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 19:52:41 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.759 ± 0.593

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -327.4 ± 7.1 -441.7 ± 6.1
Vy GSE [km/s] -18.7 ± 2.8 -52.4 ± 8.6
Vz GSE [km/s] 13.8 ± 2.4 20.3 ± 18.6
Wi [km/s] 33.6 ± 2.9 43.9 ± 3.7
We [km/s] 1061.9 ± 92.5 1387.5 ± 117.4
Ni [n/cc] 4.3 ± 0.3 10.1 ± 0.8
Bx GSE [nT] -1.8 ± 0.3 -1.7 ± 1.1
By GSE [nT] 4.4 ± 0.0 12.6 ± 1.4
Bz GSE [nT] 3.7 ± 0.2 11.2 ± 1.8
Plasma Beta
0.283 ± 0.302
0.140 ± 0.141
Sound Speed [km/s]
43.35 ± 3.77
56.65 ± 4.79
Alfven Speed [km/s]
63.74 ± 2.61
117.37 ± 5.14

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.985 ± 0.072 0.172 ± 0.404 -0.030 ± 0.030 -1.72 ± 22.97 170.09 ± 23.49
VC -0.957 ± 0.024 -0.285 ± 0.076 0.055 ± 0.055 3.14 ± 8.42 196.56 ± 4.56
MX1 -0.976 ± 0.026 -0.123 ± 0.110 0.177 ± 0.175 10.19 ± 7.10 187.20 ± 6.46
MX2 -0.972 ± 0.026 -0.140 ± 0.095 0.189 ± 0.187 10.91 ± 6.58 188.22 ± 5.60
MX3 -0.969 ± 0.025 -0.149 ± 0.088 0.195 ± 0.193 11.27 ± 6.35 188.75 ± 5.20
RH08 -0.970 ± 0.003 -0.111 ± 0.012 0.218 ± 0.214 12.58 ± 0.74 186.52 ± 0.71
RH09 -0.959 ± 0.020 -0.076 ± 0.070 0.274 ± 0.267 15.89 ± 4.01 184.51 ± 4.20
RH10 -0.956 ± 0.021 -0.075 ± 0.071 0.285 ± 0.277 16.55 ± 3.98 184.51 ± 4.24
Average -0.968 -0.098 0.170 9.853 185.796
Median -0.969 -0.111 0.195 11.273 187.195
Deviation 0.010 0.128 0.107 6.222 7.397

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 66.6 ± 3.4 501.1 ± 23.6 2.43 ± 0.24
VC 84.0 ± 2.9 526.0 ± 20.4 2.43 ± 0.24
MX1 72.3 ± 2.9 526.0 ± 20.4 2.43 ± 0.24
MX2 72.7 ± 2.8 526.0 ± 20.2 2.43 ± 0.24
MX3 72.9 ± 2.8 525.9 ± 20.1 2.43 ± 0.24
RH08 70.4 ± 2.8 524.1 ± 20.1 2.43 ± 0.24
RH09 66.9 ± 2.8 516.8 ± 20.0 2.43 ± 0.24
RH10 66.5 ± 2.7 515.2 ± 19.9 2.43 ± 0.24
Average 71.5 520.1 2.43
Median 72.3 525.9 2.43
Deviation 5.7 8.8 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 182.4 ± 7.0 14.4 ± 0.8 25.3 ± 1.0 75.8 ± 1.3 12.66 ± 0.46 2.41 ± 0.12
VC 206.6 ± 6.8 3.8 ± 0.2 6.7 ± 0.3 77.1 ± 1.3 55.00 ± 1.92 2.68 ± 0.11
MX1 201.5 ± 6.7 11.0 ± 0.6 19.4 ± 0.8 76.4 ± 1.3 18.40 ± 0.65 2.64 ± 0.11
MX2 202.6 ± 6.7 10.7 ± 0.6 19.0 ± 0.8 76.4 ± 1.3 18.91 ± 0.67 2.65 ± 0.11
MX3 203.1 ± 6.6 10.6 ± 0.6 18.8 ± 0.8 76.5 ± 1.3 19.18 ± 0.68 2.66 ± 0.11
RH8 201.6 ± 6.6 12.2 ± 0.7 21.4 ± 0.9 76.2 ± 1.3 16.61 ± 0.59 2.65 ± 0.11
RH9 197.7 ± 6.4 14.3 ± 0.8 25.0 ± 1.0 75.9 ± 1.3 13.87 ± 0.50 2.61 ± 0.11
RH10 197.0 ± 6.4 14.5 ± 0.8 25.4 ± 1.0 75.8 ± 1.3 13.60 ± 0.49 2.60 ± 0.11
Average 199.0 11.4 20.1 76.3 21.0 2.6
Median 201.6 12.2 21.4 76.4 18.4 2.6
Deviation 7.4 3.5 6.2 0.4 14.0 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 75.9 ± 7.5 20.5 ± 1.5 46.6 ± 2.0 128.7 ± 6.1 3.73 ± 0.53 0.59 ± 0.07
VC 87.2 ± 4.0 5.4 ± 0.4 12.4 ± 0.5 130.2 ± 6.2 16.33 ± 1.47 0.67 ± 0.04
MX1 84.6 ± 5.3 15.6 ± 1.2 35.7 ± 1.6 129.4 ± 6.1 5.44 ± 0.48 0.65 ± 0.05
MX2 85.5 ± 5.3 15.3 ± 1.1 34.9 ± 1.5 129.5 ± 6.1 5.62 ± 0.48 0.66 ± 0.05
MX3 86.0 ± 5.3 15.1 ± 1.1 34.5 ± 1.5 129.5 ± 6.1 5.72 ± 0.48 0.66 ± 0.05
RH8 85.6 ± 5.7 17.3 ± 1.3 39.5 ± 1.7 129.2 ± 6.1 4.97 ± 0.42 0.66 ± 0.05
RH9 83.8 ± 6.3 20.3 ± 1.5 46.1 ± 2.0 128.8 ± 6.1 4.14 ± 0.35 0.65 ± 0.05
RH10 83.4 ± 6.4 20.6 ± 1.6 46.8 ± 2.1 128.7 ± 6.1 4.06 ± 0.34 0.65 ± 0.05
Average 84.0 16.3 37.1 129.3 6.3 0.7
Median 85.5 17.3 39.5 129.4 5.4 0.7
Deviation 3.5 5.0 11.3 0.5 4.1 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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