CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20003110930
Observation time: 11/06/2000 311.39589 0930 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2000
Fractional day of year 311.395885
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 34204.5 ± 18.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 71.816
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -120.463
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 6.990
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0204
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0004
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0211
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 23.61, 26.83, 28.89
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:10:56 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 19:59:36 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
10.502 ± 0.946

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -472.7 ± 11.9 -566.8 ± 9.4
Vy GSE [km/s] -34.0 ± 5.6 54.1 ± 15.5
Vz GSE [km/s] -2.3 ± 12.1 51.0 ± 2.7
Wi [km/s] 39.0 ± 4.5 78.4 ± 10.9
We [km/s] 1232.0 ± 143.8 2478.5 ± 346.2
Ni [n/cc] 2.0 ± 0.3 4.2 ± 0.4
Bx GSE [nT] -1.9 ± 1.0 -2.7 ± 0.9
By GSE [nT] 4.3 ± 0.5 0.8 ± 1.2
Bz GSE [nT] -1.4 ± 0.6 -9.1 ± 0.6
Plasma Beta
0.257 ± 0.272
0.628 ± 0.739
Sound Speed [km/s]
50.30 ± 5.87
101.18 ± 14.13
Alfven Speed [km/s]
78.74 ± 6.06
102.27 ± 9.43

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.403 ± 0.155 0.845 ± 0.077 -0.351 ± 0.336 -20.54 ± 3.86 115.52 ± 10.52
VC -0.675 ± 0.083 0.632 ± 0.087 0.381 ± 0.362 22.41 ± 5.36 136.86 ± 7.12
MX1 -0.718 ± 0.601 0.661 ± 0.651 -0.218 ± 0.215 -12.60 ± 19.58 137.36 ± 51.83
MX2 -0.762 ± 0.042 0.613 ± 0.051 -0.209 ± 0.206 -12.05 ± 3.56 141.15 ± 3.79
MX3 -0.863 ± 0.023 0.486 ± 0.037 -0.140 ± 0.139 -8.06 ± 4.98 150.63 ± 2.41
RH08 -0.992 ± 0.004 -0.078 ± 0.041 -0.095 ± 0.095 -5.45 ± 1.16 184.51 ± 2.34
RH09 -0.994 ± 0.007 -0.026 ± 0.071 -0.106 ± 0.106 -6.09 ± 3.81 181.50 ± 4.06
RH10 -0.994 ± 0.008 -0.026 ± 0.070 -0.106 ± 0.106 -6.09 ± 4.02 181.50 ± 4.03
Average -0.800 0.388 -0.106 -6.060 153.631
Median -0.762 0.613 -0.106 -6.093 150.630
Deviation 0.206 0.371 0.214 12.552 25.830

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 12.4 ± 7.7 340.0 ± 33.4 2.30 ± 0.39
VC 46.2 ± 3.4 559.5 ± 42.2 2.30 ± 0.39
MX1 24.6 ± 12.0 531.7 ± 34.2 2.30 ± 0.39
MX2 28.1 ± 12.2 556.5 ± 33.6 2.30 ± 0.39
MX3 37.8 ± 12.0 611.2 ± 32.3 2.30 ± 0.39
RH08 70.4 ± 13.1 626.0 ± 21.6 2.30 ± 0.39
RH09 67.4 ± 13.1 632.8 ± 22.4 2.30 ± 0.39
RH10 67.4 ± 13.1 632.8 ± 22.4 2.30 ± 0.39
Average 44.3 561.3 2.30
Median 46.2 611.2 2.30
Deviation 22.3 97.7 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 177.2 ± 6.4 48.2 ± 5.3 76.9 ± 5.9 80.1 ± 5.5 3.71 ± 0.47 2.22 ± 0.15
VC 262.9 ± 3.8 30.8 ± 2.6 54.5 ± 4.2 88.5 ± 3.3 8.59 ± 0.83 2.98 ± 0.10
MX1 214.3 ± 8.9 43.3 ± 4.3 71.6 ± 5.5 83.0 ± 4.6 5.00 ± 0.57 2.59 ± 0.16
MX2 216.8 ± 9.4 41.5 ± 4.0 69.5 ± 5.3 83.9 ± 4.3 5.27 ± 0.58 2.59 ± 0.16
MX3 219.5 ± 10.2 36.0 ± 3.2 62.2 ± 4.8 86.4 ± 3.7 6.13 ± 0.63 2.54 ± 0.15
RH8 154.0 ± 13.2 14.2 ± 1.1 26.4 ± 2.0 92.6 ± 2.6 10.87 ± 1.16 1.66 ± 0.15
RH9 161.7 ± 13.1 16.4 ± 1.2 30.3 ± 2.3 92.3 ± 2.7 9.91 ± 1.03 1.75 ± 0.15
RH10 161.7 ± 13.1 16.4 ± 1.2 30.3 ± 2.3 92.3 ± 2.7 9.91 ± 1.03 1.75 ± 0.15
Average 196.0 30.9 52.7 87.4 7.4 2.3
Median 214.3 36.0 62.2 88.5 8.6 2.5
Deviation 38.3 13.6 20.8 4.8 2.7 0.5

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 83.4 ± 12.7 86.5 ± 4.4 99.9 ± 9.2 115.8 ± 4.2 0.96 ± 0.11 0.72 ± 0.11
VC 123.5 ± 11.8 52.6 ± 1.9 70.7 ± 6.5 134.7 ± 3.5 2.34 ± 0.16 0.92 ± 0.08
MX1 100.1 ± 11.3 75.7 ± 3.2 93.0 ± 8.6 123.2 ± 3.5 1.32 ± 0.11 0.81 ± 0.09
MX2 102.2 ± 11.0 72.2 ± 2.9 90.2 ± 8.3 125.2 ± 3.5 1.41 ± 0.11 0.82 ± 0.09
MX3 103.0 ± 10.3 61.9 ± 2.3 80.8 ± 7.4 130.6 ± 3.5 1.66 ± 0.13 0.79 ± 0.08
RH8 72.6 ± 9.5 24.1 ± 0.8 34.2 ± 3.2 142.6 ± 3.7 3.02 ± 0.41 0.51 ± 0.07
RH9 76.2 ± 9.3 27.7 ± 0.9 39.3 ± 3.6 141.9 ± 3.7 2.75 ± 0.34 0.54 ± 0.07
RH10 76.2 ± 9.3 27.7 ± 0.9 39.3 ± 3.6 141.9 ± 3.7 2.75 ± 0.34 0.54 ± 0.07
Average 92.2 53.6 68.4 132.0 2.0 0.7
Median 100.1 61.9 80.8 134.7 2.3 0.8
Deviation 17.9 24.5 27.0 10.0 0.8 0.2

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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