CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20042040945
Observation time: 07/22/2004 204.40650 0945 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2004
Fractional day of year 204.406498
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 35121.4 ± 90.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 260.668
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 8.874
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 18.980
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0235
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0229
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 6.08, 8.31, 8.68
Event added to database
Sun Mar 13 01:26:33 2005
Event last processed
Tue Mar 31 00:02:09 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
54.832 ± 2.261

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -343.9 ± 7.5 -450.5 ± 8.4
Vy GSE [km/s] 6.5 ± 7.6 -65.5 ± 10.2
Vz GSE [km/s] -24.6 ± 6.0 -81.3 ± 3.2
Wi [km/s] 24.3 ± 2.3 60.5 ± 11.9
We [km/s] 769.3 ± 74.1 1914.2 ± 376.8
Ni [n/cc] 2.6 ± 0.6 10.0 ± 1.0
Bx GSE [nT] 4.2 ± 0.6 3.3 ± 1.7
By GSE [nT] 1.8 ± 0.4 -0.1 ± 2.9
Bz GSE [nT] -1.3 ± 0.1 -10.7 ± 1.5
Plasma Beta
0.149 ± 0.126
0.593 ± 0.633
Sound Speed [km/s]
31.40 ± 3.03
78.15 ± 15.38
Alfven Speed [km/s]
66.03 ± 10.42
81.08 ± 5.78

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.891 ± 0.053 -0.414 ± 0.108 0.184 ± 0.182 10.59 ± 5.49 204.92 ± 6.95
VC -0.759 ± 0.053 -0.512 ± 0.076 -0.403 ± 0.380 -23.76 ± 3.10 214.00 ± 5.64
MX1 -0.890 ± 0.051 -0.421 ± 0.103 0.173 ± 0.171 9.97 ± 5.61 205.30 ± 6.58
MX2 -0.870 ± 0.052 -0.473 ± 0.090 0.140 ± 0.139 8.04 ± 7.66 208.54 ± 5.91
MX3 -0.861 ± 0.066 -0.492 ± 0.111 0.129 ± 0.128 7.40 ± 8.73 209.75 ± 7.39
RH08 -0.969 ± 0.007 -0.216 ± 0.029 0.117 ± 0.117 6.74 ± 0.84 192.53 ± 1.74
RH09 -0.957 ± 0.020 -0.266 ± 0.068 0.117 ± 0.117 6.74 ± 4.01 195.54 ± 4.07
RH10 -0.963 ± 0.019 -0.250 ± 0.068 0.106 ± 0.106 6.09 ± 4.02 194.54 ± 4.03
Average -0.895 -0.380 0.070 3.975 203.141
Median -0.890 -0.414 0.129 7.398 205.295
Deviation 0.070 0.119 0.193 11.320 7.953

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 9.0 ± 2.1 450.8 ± 15.5 4.02 ± 0.78
VC 42.0 ± 2.3 453.8 ± 18.3 4.02 ± 0.78
MX1 9.5 ± 2.0 451.9 ± 15.6 4.02 ± 0.78
MX2 11.6 ± 2.2 449.0 ± 16.0 4.02 ± 0.78
MX3 12.5 ± 2.5 447.5 ± 16.2 4.02 ± 0.78
RH08 15.6 ± 6.2 480.8 ± 15.1 4.02 ± 0.78
RH09 13.9 ± 5.6 478.8 ± 15.3 4.02 ± 0.78
RH10 14.9 ± 5.7 481.4 ± 15.3 4.02 ± 0.78
Average 16.1 461.7 4.02
Median 13.9 453.8 4.02
Deviation 10.7 15.5 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 151.5 ± 6.0 30.9 ± 2.9 65.2 ± 10.3 66.3 ± 10.3 4.95 ± 0.56 2.32 ± 0.29
VC 186.3 ± 4.4 21.9 ± 1.7 49.1 ± 7.7 69.9 ± 9.4 8.54 ± 0.77 2.70 ± 0.33
MX1 152.6 ± 5.9 30.8 ± 2.9 65.1 ± 10.3 66.3 ± 10.3 4.99 ± 0.56 2.34 ± 0.29
MX2 156.4 ± 5.6 30.5 ± 2.9 64.7 ± 10.2 66.5 ± 10.3 5.17 ± 0.57 2.39 ± 0.30
MX3 157.7 ± 5.5 30.4 ± 2.8 64.5 ± 10.2 66.5 ± 10.2 5.23 ± 0.58 2.41 ± 0.30
RH8 151.7 ± 6.9 29.9 ± 2.7 63.6 ± 10.0 66.8 ± 10.2 5.12 ± 0.56 2.31 ± 0.28
RH9 154.4 ± 6.6 30.2 ± 2.8 64.1 ± 10.1 66.6 ± 10.2 5.16 ± 0.57 2.35 ± 0.29
RH10 154.7 ± 6.7 30.0 ± 2.8 63.8 ± 10.1 66.7 ± 10.2 5.20 ± 0.57 2.36 ± 0.29
Average 158.2 29.3 62.5 67.0 5.5 2.4
Median 154.7 30.4 64.5 66.6 5.2 2.4
Deviation 11.6 3.0 5.5 1.2 1.2 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 37.0 ± 8.9 69.4 ± 8.9 80.1 ± 5.7 89.3 ± 7.4 0.54 ± 0.14 0.41 ± 0.08
VC 45.6 ± 7.9 44.7 ± 4.8 60.2 ± 4.3 104.0 ± 8.7 1.02 ± 0.16 0.44 ± 0.06
MX1 37.2 ± 8.9 69.2 ± 8.9 80.0 ± 5.7 89.5 ± 7.4 0.54 ± 0.14 0.41 ± 0.08
MX2 37.5 ± 9.0 67.9 ± 8.5 79.4 ± 5.7 90.5 ± 7.4 0.56 ± 0.14 0.41 ± 0.08
MX3 37.8 ± 9.1 67.4 ± 8.4 79.2 ± 5.6 90.9 ± 7.4 0.56 ± 0.14 0.41 ± 0.08
RH8 39.5 ± 8.6 65.4 ± 7.9 78.1 ± 5.6 92.4 ± 7.5 0.61 ± 0.13 0.42 ± 0.07
RH9 39.8 ± 8.7 66.5 ± 8.2 78.7 ± 5.6 91.6 ± 7.4 0.60 ± 0.13 0.43 ± 0.08
RH10 40.1 ± 8.6 65.9 ± 8.0 78.4 ± 5.6 92.0 ± 7.5 0.61 ± 0.13 0.43 ± 0.07
Average 39.3 64.5 76.8 92.5 0.6 0.4
Median 39.5 67.4 79.2 91.6 0.6 0.4
Deviation 2.8 8.1 6.7 4.8 0.2 0.0

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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