CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20003330525
Observation time: 11/28/2000 333.22637 0525 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2000
Fractional day of year 333.226372
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 19558.5 ± 6.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 68.984
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 113.217
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -2.250
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0011
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0420
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0011
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0428
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 8.73, 10.75, 10.99
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:11:16 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 20:10:45 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
9.948 ± 0.873

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -525.2 ± 2.4 -569.0 ± 5.1
Vy GSE [km/s] 19.3 ± 2.4 39.4 ± 6.0
Vz GSE [km/s] 6.2 ± 2.9 -34.8 ± 5.8
Wi [km/s] 32.0 ± 1.3 47.4 ± 3.2
We [km/s] 1013.0 ± 39.5 1500.0 ± 102.6
Ni [n/cc] 5.3 ± 0.4 11.0 ± 1.0
Bx GSE [nT] 4.8 ± 0.3 6.9 ± 1.2
By GSE [nT] 3.5 ± 0.7 8.8 ± 0.9
Bz GSE [nT] -2.9 ± 0.9 1.2 ± 3.2
Plasma Beta
0.260 ± 0.246
0.395 ± 0.420
Sound Speed [km/s]
41.35 ± 1.61
61.24 ± 4.19
Alfven Speed [km/s]
63.12 ± 3.18
77.02 ± 7.08

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.780 ± 0.169 -0.185 ± 0.394 0.597 ± 0.513 36.69 ± 13.93 193.37 ± 28.82
VC -0.696 ± 0.066 0.322 ± 0.107 -0.642 ± 0.534 -39.94 ± 4.34 155.17 ± 8.65
MX1 -0.991 ± 0.095 0.026 ± 0.904 -0.128 ± 0.127 -7.35 ± 41.26 178.51 ± 52.25
MX2 -0.520 ± 0.196 0.626 ± 0.169 -0.582 ± 0.505 -35.56 ± 8.10 129.71 ± 17.30
MX3 -0.672 ± 0.123 0.563 ± 0.136 -0.482 ± 0.440 -28.79 ± 10.40 140.03 ± 10.53
RH08 -0.956 ± 0.004 0.075 ± 0.007 -0.285 ± 0.277 -16.55 ± 0.76 175.49 ± 0.45
RH09 -0.959 ± 0.020 0.076 ± 0.068 -0.274 ± 0.267 -15.89 ± 4.05 175.49 ± 4.09
RH10 -0.959 ± 0.020 0.076 ± 0.070 -0.274 ± 0.267 -15.89 ± 4.01 175.49 ± 4.20
Average -0.817 0.197 -0.258 -15.409 165.407
Median -0.780 0.076 -0.274 -15.887 175.487
Deviation 0.175 0.281 0.388 23.808 21.650

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 22.5 ± 7.6 421.4 ± 7.9 2.07 ± 0.30
VC 86.8 ± 3.2 486.2 ± 22.4 2.07 ± 0.30
MX1 49.8 ± 2.7 612.1 ± 19.1 2.07 ± 0.30
MX2 78.3 ± 1.8 392.2 ± 18.2 2.07 ± 0.30
MX3 89.0 ± 1.9 473.8 ± 18.8 2.07 ± 0.30
RH08 58.3 ± 3.0 603.8 ± 21.0 2.07 ± 0.30
RH09 57.8 ± 2.9 605.1 ± 20.8 2.07 ± 0.30
RH10 57.8 ± 2.9 605.1 ± 20.8 2.07 ± 0.30
Average 62.5 525.0 2.07
Median 58.3 603.8 2.07
Deviation 21.9 91.9 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 11.4 ± 3.2 36.5 ± 1.2 58.3 ± 2.9 66.1 ± 2.8 0.31 ± 0.09 0.17 ± 0.05
VC 118.5 ± 1.7 1.9 ± 0.0 3.5 ± 0.2 75.5 ± 2.6 62.04 ± 2.13 1.57 ± 0.06
MX1 91.6 ± 2.2 23.4 ± 0.6 40.7 ± 2.0 71.8 ± 2.6 3.91 ± 0.17 1.28 ± 0.05
MX2 110.7 ± 1.7 7.0 ± 0.2 12.8 ± 0.6 75.2 ± 2.6 15.72 ± 0.51 1.47 ± 0.06
MX3 113.2 ± 1.5 0.6 ± 0.0 1.1 ± 0.1 75.5 ± 2.6 182.68 ± 5.95 1.50 ± 0.05
RH8 102.2 ± 2.0 18.7 ± 0.5 33.2 ± 1.7 73.1 ± 2.6 5.46 ± 0.22 1.40 ± 0.06
RH9 101.7 ± 2.0 19.0 ± 0.5 33.6 ± 1.7 73.1 ± 2.6 5.36 ± 0.21 1.39 ± 0.06
RH10 101.7 ± 2.0 19.0 ± 0.5 33.6 ± 1.7 73.1 ± 2.6 5.36 ± 0.21 1.39 ± 0.06
Average 93.9 15.8 27.1 72.9 35.1 1.3
Median 102.2 19.0 33.6 73.1 5.5 1.4
Deviation 34.3 12.0 19.7 3.1 62.9 0.5

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 5.5 ± 3.7 51.8 ± 2.0 71.2 ± 6.5 83.9 ± 5.2 0.11 ± 0.07 0.07 ± 0.05
VC 55.2 ± 5.4 2.6 ± 0.1 4.3 ± 0.4 98.6 ± 4.2 20.97 ± 2.04 0.56 ± 0.07
MX1 42.5 ± 5.4 32.5 ± 0.9 49.7 ± 4.6 93.1 ± 4.4 1.31 ± 0.17 0.46 ± 0.08
MX2 51.6 ± 4.1 9.7 ± 0.3 15.6 ± 1.4 98.2 ± 4.2 5.31 ± 0.39 0.53 ± 0.05
MX3 52.8 ± 4.1 0.9 ± 0.0 1.4 ± 0.1 98.6 ± 4.2 61.75 ± 4.68 0.54 ± 0.05
RH8 47.2 ± 5.7 25.9 ± 0.7 40.5 ± 3.7 95.2 ± 4.3 1.82 ± 0.22 0.50 ± 0.08
RH9 47.0 ± 5.7 26.3 ± 0.7 41.0 ± 3.8 95.1 ± 4.3 1.79 ± 0.22 0.50 ± 0.08
RH10 47.0 ± 5.7 26.3 ± 0.7 41.0 ± 3.8 95.1 ± 4.3 1.79 ± 0.22 0.50 ± 0.08
Average 43.6 22.0 33.1 94.7 11.9 0.5
Median 47.2 26.3 41.0 95.2 1.8 0.5
Deviation 15.9 17.0 24.0 4.8 21.3 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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