CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20010880533
Observation time: 03/29/2001 88.23130 0533 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2001
Fractional day of year 88.231302
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 19984.5 ± 6.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -1.942
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -237.914
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 3.742
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0267
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0003
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0235
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 14.78, 17.82, 20.11
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:13:05 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 20:40:02 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
-19.739 ± 3.149

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -536.7 ± 2.4 -556.3 ± 0.7
Vy GSE [km/s] 8.1 ± 2.2 -15.7 ± 2.6
Vz GSE [km/s] 4.0 ± 1.6 5.0 ± 1.7
Wi [km/s] 21.0 ± 1.1 22.7 ± 0.6
We [km/s] 664.9 ± 35.7 717.4 ± 18.3
Ni [n/cc] 2.4 ± 0.1 3.5 ± 0.0
Bx GSE [nT] -1.7 ± 0.2 -0.9 ± 0.0
By GSE [nT] -0.5 ± 0.2 0.1 ± 0.1
Bz GSE [nT] -2.9 ± 0.1 -5.2 ± 0.0
Plasma Beta
0.186 ± 0.182
0.136 ± 0.136
Sound Speed [km/s]
27.14 ± 1.46
29.29 ± 0.75
Alfven Speed [km/s]
48.93 ± 1.37
61.50 ± 0.14

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.846 ± 0.066 -0.335 ± 0.166 -0.415 ± 0.389 -24.52 ± 1.20 201.57 ± 11.23
VC -0.636 ± 0.069 -0.771 ± 0.057 0.032 ± 0.032 1.81 ± 3.81 230.51 ± 5.13
MX1 -0.688 ± 0.043 -0.599 ± 0.049 -0.411 ± 0.386 -24.25 ± 2.07 221.03 ± 4.01
MX2 -0.629 ± 0.058 -0.667 ± 0.055 -0.401 ± 0.378 -23.62 ± 2.80 226.68 ± 4.83
MX3 -0.552 ± 0.084 -0.739 ± 0.065 -0.386 ± 0.365 -22.70 ± 3.77 233.23 ± 6.43
RH08 -0.798 ± 0.012 -0.399 ± 0.022 -0.453 ± 0.419 -26.91 ± 0.51 206.57 ± 1.59
RH09 -0.829 ± 0.032 -0.344 ± 0.069 -0.441 ± 0.410 -26.19 ± 2.00 202.56 ± 4.77
RH10 -0.829 ± 0.034 -0.344 ± 0.069 -0.441 ± 0.410 -26.19 ± 2.55 202.56 ± 4.71
Average -0.726 -0.525 -0.364 -21.571 215.591
Median -0.688 -0.399 -0.411 -24.251 221.035
Deviation 0.113 0.189 0.162 9.555 13.646

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 34.3 ± 1.6 522.5 ± 7.5 1.46 ± 0.09
VC 66.3 ± 1.6 428.6 ± 11.6 1.46 ± 0.09
MX1 38.8 ± 1.6 445.2 ± 9.3 1.46 ± 0.09
MX2 41.4 ± 2.1 415.2 ± 9.8 1.46 ± 0.09
MX3 44.8 ± 2.6 374.9 ± 10.3 1.46 ± 0.09
RH08 32.7 ± 1.1 497.7 ± 7.8 1.46 ± 0.09
RH09 32.8 ± 1.5 512.7 ± 7.5 1.46 ± 0.09
RH10 32.8 ± 1.5 512.7 ± 7.5 1.46 ± 0.09
Average 40.5 463.7 1.46
Median 38.8 497.7 1.46
Deviation 11.4 55.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 72.7 ± 2.2 21.2 ± 1.0 40.4 ± 1.1 51.8 ± 1.3 3.44 ± 0.10 1.40 ± 0.05
VC 93.5 ± 2.3 9.7 ± 0.4 19.7 ± 0.6 55.1 ± 1.3 9.68 ± 0.29 1.70 ± 0.06
MX1 82.5 ± 2.3 19.8 ± 0.9 38.1 ± 1.1 52.4 ± 1.3 4.18 ± 0.14 1.58 ± 0.06
MX2 84.8 ± 2.3 18.9 ± 0.9 36.7 ± 1.0 52.7 ± 1.3 4.49 ± 0.15 1.61 ± 0.06
MX3 86.0 ± 2.3 17.7 ± 0.8 34.7 ± 1.0 53.1 ± 1.3 4.85 ± 0.17 1.62 ± 0.06
RH8 74.6 ± 2.2 21.7 ± 1.0 41.2 ± 1.2 51.6 ± 1.3 3.45 ± 0.11 1.45 ± 0.06
RH9 72.4 ± 2.2 21.6 ± 1.0 41.1 ± 1.2 51.6 ± 1.3 3.35 ± 0.10 1.40 ± 0.05
RH10 72.4 ± 2.2 21.6 ± 1.0 41.1 ± 1.2 51.6 ± 1.3 3.35 ± 0.10 1.40 ± 0.05
Average 79.9 19.0 36.6 52.5 4.6 1.5
Median 82.5 21.2 40.4 52.4 4.2 1.6
Deviation 8.0 4.0 7.3 1.2 2.1 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 48.6 ± 0.9 23.2 ± 0.5 50.8 ± 0.1 64.0 ± 0.3 2.09 ± 0.07 0.76 ± 0.01
VC 62.8 ± 1.8 10.8 ± 0.2 24.7 ± 0.1 67.3 ± 0.4 5.84 ± 0.29 0.93 ± 0.03
MX1 55.3 ± 1.1 21.7 ± 0.5 47.9 ± 0.1 64.6 ± 0.3 2.54 ± 0.10 0.86 ± 0.02
MX2 57.1 ± 1.3 20.8 ± 0.5 46.2 ± 0.1 64.9 ± 0.3 2.74 ± 0.12 0.88 ± 0.02
MX3 58.0 ± 1.4 19.6 ± 0.4 43.6 ± 0.1 65.2 ± 0.3 2.96 ± 0.14 0.89 ± 0.03
RH8 50.0 ± 1.0 23.8 ± 0.6 51.8 ± 0.1 63.8 ± 0.3 2.11 ± 0.07 0.78 ± 0.02
RH9 48.5 ± 0.9 23.7 ± 0.6 51.7 ± 0.1 63.9 ± 0.3 2.05 ± 0.07 0.76 ± 0.01
RH10 48.5 ± 0.9 23.7 ± 0.6 51.7 ± 0.1 63.9 ± 0.3 2.05 ± 0.07 0.76 ± 0.01
Average 53.6 20.9 46.0 64.7 2.8 0.8
Median 55.3 23.2 50.8 64.6 2.5 0.9
Deviation 5.4 4.4 9.1 1.2 1.3 0.1

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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