Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event Database ID: 20003571939
Observation time: 12/22/2000 DOY 357.81884 1939 [UT]
General
information (Description, Top)
| Year |
2000 |
| Fractional day of year |
357.818837 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
70747.5 ± 9.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
10.070 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
234.576 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-15.103 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0010 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0341 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0009
|
| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0290 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
3.38, 4.07, 4.30 |
Event added to database
|
Mon Feb 14 11:11:23 2005
|
Event last processed
|
Mon Mar 30 20:14:21 2009
|
Method selected
|
RH08
|
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
|
-1.419 ± 2.059
|
Asymptotic
plasma
parameters (About, Top)
|
Parameter
|
Upstream
|
Downstream
|
| Vx GSE [km/s] |
-284.8 ± 1.4 |
-301.4 ± 3.2 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
6.6 ± 0.7 |
10.2 ± 1.8 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
5.8 ± 1.9 |
-2.1 ± 4.4 |
| Wi [km/s] |
19.4 ± 0.2 |
21.6 ± 0.4 |
| We [km/s] |
613.7 ± 7.2 |
683.9 ± 12.8 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
17.6 ± 0.6 |
27.5 ± 0.8 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-1.2 ± 0.4 |
-1.1 ± 1.0 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-2.4 ± 0.2 |
-3.0 ± 0.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.8 ± 0.4 |
1.0 ± 1.6 |
Plasma Beta
|
1.688 ± 1.665
|
1.883 ± 1.837
|
Sound Speed [km/s]
|
25.05 ± 0.30
|
27.92 ± 0.52
|
Alfven Speed [km/s]
|
15.01 ± 0.89
|
15.79 ± 0.51
|
Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.889 ± 0.487 |
-0.455 ± 0.951 |
-0.043 ± 0.043 |
-2.48 ± 28.30 |
207.12 ± 61.26 |
| VC |
-0.897 ± 0.074 |
0.210 ± 0.109 |
-0.388 ± 0.367 |
-22.83 ± 10.58 |
166.81 ± 6.88 |
| MX1 |
-0.982 ± 0.160 |
0.142 ± 1.098 |
-0.122 ± 0.121 |
-7.01 ± 11.08 |
171.78 ± 64.03 |
| MX2 |
-1.000 ± 0.007 |
0.005 ± 0.708 |
-0.022 ± 0.022 |
-1.25 ± 14.33 |
179.69 ± 40.59 |
| MX3 |
-0.946 ± 0.131 |
0.324 ± 0.382 |
0.007 ± 0.007 |
0.42 ± 20.68 |
161.10 ± 23.12 |
| RH08 |
-0.965 ± 0.010 |
0.076 ± 0.021 |
0.251 ± 0.246 |
14.56 ± 2.17 |
175.49 ± 1.23 |
| RH09 |
-0.885 ± 0.027 |
0.149 ± 0.066 |
0.441 ± 0.410 |
26.19 ± 3.20 |
170.47 ± 4.26 |
| RH10 |
-0.898 ± 0.030 |
0.135 ± 0.068 |
0.419 ± 0.393 |
24.77 ± 3.88 |
171.48 ± 4.36 |
| Average |
-0.933 |
0.073 |
0.068 |
4.046 |
175.492 |
| Median |
-0.898 |
0.142 |
0.007 |
0.424 |
171.784 |
| Deviation |
0.046 |
0.233 |
0.284 |
16.729 |
13.914 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
38.3 ± 7.9 |
285.5 ± 8.9 |
1.57 ± 0.08 |
| VC |
71.7 ± 8.9 |
306.9 ± 10.3 |
1.57 ± 0.08 |
| MX1 |
70.3 ± 8.5 |
329.9 ± 8.5 |
1.57 ± 0.08 |
| MX2 |
64.3 ± 8.2 |
331.1 ± 8.0 |
1.57 ± 0.08 |
| MX3 |
82.4 ± 8.4 |
317.5 ± 6.6 |
1.57 ± 0.08 |
| RH08 |
73.4 ± 7.6 |
314.3 ± 5.4 |
1.57 ± 0.08 |
| RH09 |
82.0 ± 7.1 |
287.1 ± 3.9 |
1.57 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
80.7 ± 7.2 |
291.5 ± 4.1 |
1.57 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
70.4 |
308.0 |
1.57 |
| Median |
73.4 |
314.3 |
1.57 |
| Deviation |
14.5 |
18.4 |
0.00 |
Upstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
|
Method
|
dV
|
Slow
|
Intermediate
|
Fast
|
Slow
Mach
|
Fast
Mach
|
| MC |
35.4 ± 1.1 |
10.9 ± 0.5 |
11.8 ± 0.7 |
27.1 ± 0.4 |
3.26 ± 0.10 |
1.31 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
52.1 ± 2.1 |
4.1 ± 0.2 |
4.7 ± 0.3 |
28.9 ± 0.5 |
12.80 ± 0.40 |
1.80 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
49.8 ± 1.7 |
4.4 ± 0.2 |
5.1 ± 0.3 |
28.9 ± 0.5 |
11.35 ± 0.36 |
1.72 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
46.5 ± 1.5 |
5.7 ± 0.3 |
6.5 ± 0.4 |
28.7 ± 0.4 |
8.16 ± 0.26 |
1.62 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
45.8 ± 1.5 |
1.7 ± 0.1 |
2.0 ± 0.1 |
29.2 ± 0.5 |
26.97 ± 0.93 |
1.57 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
37.5 ± 1.1 |
3.7 ± 0.2 |
4.3 ± 0.3 |
29.0 ± 0.5 |
10.13 ± 0.37 |
1.29 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
31.5 ± 0.8 |
1.8 ± 0.1 |
2.1 ± 0.1 |
29.2 ± 0.5 |
17.64 ± 0.77 |
1.08 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
32.4 ± 0.8 |
2.1 ± 0.1 |
2.4 ± 0.1 |
29.1 ± 0.5 |
15.51 ± 0.66 |
1.11 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
41.4 |
4.3 |
4.9 |
28.8 |
13.2 |
1.4 |
| Median |
45.8 |
4.1 |
4.7 |
29.0 |
12.8 |
1.6 |
| Deviation |
8.1 |
3.0 |
3.2 |
0.7 |
7.1 |
0.3 |
Downstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
|
Method
|
dV
|
Slow
|
Intermediate
|
Fast
|
Slow
Mach
|
Fast
Mach
|
| MC |
22.1 ± 3.7 |
11.6 ± 0.3 |
12.4 ± 0.4 |
29.9 ± 0.5 |
1.91 ± 0.31 |
0.74 ± 0.12 |
| VC |
33.5 ± 4.2 |
4.3 ± 0.1 |
5.0 ± 0.2 |
31.8 ± 0.4 |
7.69 ± 0.91 |
1.05 ± 0.12 |
| MX1 |
32.1 ± 3.5 |
4.7 ± 0.1 |
5.3 ± 0.2 |
31.7 ± 0.4 |
6.85 ± 0.70 |
1.01 ± 0.10 |
| MX2 |
29.8 ± 3.3 |
6.1 ± 0.1 |
6.9 ± 0.2 |
31.5 ± 0.4 |
4.89 ± 0.52 |
0.94 ± 0.09 |
| MX3 |
29.1 ± 2.6 |
1.8 ± 0.0 |
2.1 ± 0.1 |
32.0 ± 0.4 |
16.02 ± 1.36 |
0.91 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
23.3 ± 2.1 |
4.0 ± 0.1 |
4.5 ± 0.1 |
31.8 ± 0.4 |
5.88 ± 0.52 |
0.73 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
19.8 ± 1.4 |
1.9 ± 0.0 |
2.2 ± 0.1 |
32.0 ± 0.4 |
10.40 ± 0.74 |
0.62 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
20.4 ± 1.4 |
2.2 ± 0.1 |
2.6 ± 0.1 |
32.0 ± 0.4 |
9.13 ± 0.66 |
0.64 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
26.2 |
4.6 |
5.1 |
31.6 |
7.8 |
0.8 |
| Median |
29.1 |
4.3 |
5.0 |
31.8 |
7.7 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
5.5 |
3.2 |
3.4 |
0.7 |
4.2 |
0.2 |
Survey interval (About, Top)
Selected
data (About, Top)
|
Key plasma parameters
|
Velocity
|
Magnetic Field
|
Shock direction from simple methods
(About, Top)
Rankine-Hugoniot Chi^2
contour plots (About, Top)
Shock
speed in solar wind frame (About, Top)
Theta Bn (About, Top)
Mach numbers and wave speeds (About, Top)
Page updated Mon Apr 13 08:55:29 2009
Justin C Kasper
(jkasper@cfa.harvard.edu)
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