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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20011381609
Observation time: 05/18/2001 138.67342 1609 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2001
Fractional day of year 138.673420
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 58183.5 ± 9.0
Shock type SF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 44.102
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -171.883
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -9.500
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0005
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0171
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0256
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 5.09, 5.62, 5.85
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:13:58 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 21:04:28 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
-0.675 ± 0.611

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -412.9 ± 2.8 -432.0 ± 6.5
Vy GSE [km/s] -17.5 ± 2.6 21.0 ± 8.0
Vz GSE [km/s] -14.9 ± 1.6 -24.2 ± 5.6
Wi [km/s] 35.8 ± 0.8 49.7 ± 4.1
We [km/s] 1131.1 ± 25.2 1572.0 ± 129.9
Ni [n/cc] 3.7 ± 0.3 5.0 ± 0.3
Bx GSE [nT] -3.5 ± 0.1 -1.8 ± 0.6
By GSE [nT] 6.9 ± 0.2 -0.0 ± 0.7
Bz GSE [nT] -0.3 ± 0.4 4.9 ± 0.6
Plasma Beta
0.163 ± 0.173
1.012 ± 1.010
Sound Speed [km/s]
46.18 ± 1.03
64.18 ± 5.30
Alfven Speed [km/s]
88.92 ± 5.17
51.63 ± 6.83

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.513 ± 0.087 0.439 ± 0.096 0.737 ± 0.560 47.51 ± 4.56 139.48 ± 9.80
VC -0.437 ± 0.139 0.872 ± 0.075 -0.221 ± 0.217 -12.74 ± 8.37 116.62 ± 9.05
MX1 -0.885 ± 0.402 0.348 ± 0.894 0.308 ± 0.298 17.95 ± 39.35 158.54 ± 57.61
MX2 -0.532 ± 0.062 0.419 ± 0.064 0.736 ± 0.560 47.38 ± 4.46 141.73 ± 5.79
MX3 -0.592 ± 0.153 0.392 ± 0.183 0.704 ± 0.555 44.74 ± 10.17 146.50 ± 16.35
RH08 -0.962 ± 0.004 -0.267 ± 0.015 0.061 ± 0.061 3.52 ± 1.24 195.54 ± 0.87
RH09 -0.962 ± 0.012 -0.267 ± 0.039 0.061 ± 0.061 3.52 ± 3.56 195.54 ± 2.34
RH10 -0.962 ± 0.012 -0.267 ± 0.043 0.061 ± 0.061 3.52 ± 3.77 195.54 ± 2.53
Average -0.731 0.208 0.306 19.426 161.187
Median -0.592 0.392 0.308 17.949 158.539
Deviation 0.232 0.426 0.375 23.924 30.705

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 53.3 ± 3.0 268.5 ± 26.6 1.32 ± 0.11
VC 10.8 ± 2.9 331.1 ± 53.3 1.32 ± 0.11
MX1 45.7 ± 2.2 459.9 ± 34.8 1.32 ± 0.11
MX2 54.0 ± 3.0 275.5 ± 26.3 1.32 ± 0.11
MX3 53.7 ± 3.0 302.8 ± 26.3 1.32 ± 0.11
RH08 78.9 ± 1.4 437.6 ± 28.5 1.32 ± 0.11
RH09 78.9 ± 1.4 437.6 ± 28.5 1.32 ± 0.11
RH10 78.9 ± 1.4 437.6 ± 28.5 1.32 ± 0.11
Average 56.8 368.8 1.32
Median 54.0 437.6 1.32
Deviation 23.1 82.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 75.2 ± 1.8 25.3 ± 0.5 53.1 ± 3.1 97.0 ± 4.7 2.98 ± 0.11 0.78 ± 0.05
VC 162.5 ± 2.3 45.1 ± 1.0 87.3 ± 5.1 89.5 ± 5.1 3.61 ± 0.09 1.82 ± 0.12
MX1 105.0 ± 2.4 30.0 ± 0.6 62.1 ± 3.6 95.6 ± 4.7 3.50 ± 0.10 1.10 ± 0.06
MX2 74.3 ± 1.8 24.9 ± 0.5 52.3 ± 3.0 97.1 ± 4.7 2.99 ± 0.11 0.77 ± 0.05
MX3 75.6 ± 1.9 25.1 ± 0.5 52.7 ± 3.1 97.0 ± 4.7 3.02 ± 0.11 0.78 ± 0.05
RH8 36.9 ± 2.9 7.9 ± 0.2 17.2 ± 1.0 99.9 ± 4.6 4.65 ± 0.32 0.37 ± 0.03
RH9 36.9 ± 2.9 7.9 ± 0.2 17.2 ± 1.0 99.9 ± 4.6 4.65 ± 0.32 0.37 ± 0.03
RH10 36.9 ± 2.9 7.9 ± 0.2 17.2 ± 1.0 99.9 ± 4.6 4.65 ± 0.32 0.37 ± 0.03
Average 75.4 21.8 44.9 97.0 3.8 0.8
Median 75.2 25.1 52.7 97.1 3.6 0.8
Deviation 43.0 13.2 25.6 3.5 0.8 0.5

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 55.3 ± 7.8 24.9 ± 1.5 30.8 ± 4.1 78.9 ± 2.1 2.22 ± 0.22 0.70 ± 0.10
VC 118.6 ± 7.3 48.5 ± 5.0 50.7 ± 6.7 66.8 ± 3.8 2.46 ± 0.24 1.78 ± 0.15
MX1 77.6 ± 7.3 29.7 ± 1.9 36.1 ± 4.8 77.2 ± 2.1 2.61 ± 0.22 1.00 ± 0.09
MX2 54.8 ± 7.7 24.4 ± 1.5 30.4 ± 4.0 79.0 ± 2.1 2.24 ± 0.23 0.69 ± 0.09
MX3 55.7 ± 7.5 24.6 ± 1.5 30.6 ± 4.0 79.0 ± 2.1 2.26 ± 0.22 0.71 ± 0.09
RH8 29.4 ± 6.2 7.7 ± 0.4 10.0 ± 1.3 82.4 ± 2.1 3.83 ± 0.85 0.36 ± 0.07
RH9 29.4 ± 6.2 7.7 ± 0.4 10.0 ± 1.3 82.4 ± 2.1 3.83 ± 0.85 0.36 ± 0.07
RH10 29.4 ± 6.2 7.7 ± 0.4 10.0 ± 1.3 82.4 ± 2.1 3.83 ± 0.85 0.36 ± 0.07
Average 56.3 21.9 26.1 78.5 2.9 0.7
Median 55.3 24.6 30.6 79.0 2.6 0.7
Deviation 30.5 14.1 14.9 5.1 0.8 0.5

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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