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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20191891826
Observation time: 07/08/2019 189.76832 1826 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2019
Fractional day of year 189.768316
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 66382.5 ± 40.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 226.957
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 103.469
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -4.540
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0230
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0226
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 12.02, 32.21, 65.36
Event added to database
Tue Dec 10 17:34:52 2019
Event last processed
Tue Dec 10 19:05:19 2019
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
53.796 ± 9.659

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -303.5 ± 0.9 -371.8 ± 2.3
Vy GSE [km/s] 0.5 ± 1.4 -4.4 ± 2.5
Vz GSE [km/s] -6.8 ± 2.3 -53.3 ± 1.8
Wi [km/s] 14.1 ± 0.8 23.9 ± 0.8
We [km/s] 446.2 ± 24.0 757.2 ± 24.3
Ni [n/cc] 7.6 ± 0.4 20.5 ± 1.2
Bx GSE [nT] -0.2 ± 0.3 0.6 ± 0.3
By GSE [nT] -3.8 ± 0.2 -10.2 ± 0.2
Bz GSE [nT] 0.4 ± 0.5 0.5 ± 0.3
Plasma Beta
0.213 ± 0.199
0.235 ± 0.235
Sound Speed [km/s]
18.22 ± 0.98
30.91 ± 0.99
Alfven Speed [km/s]
30.89 ± 2.33
49.53 ± 1.16

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.997 ± 0.069 -0.071 ± 0.783 -0.043 ± 0.043 -2.46 ± 54.59 184.07 ± 45.03
VC -0.826 ± 0.018 -0.060 ± 0.033 -0.561 ± 0.493 -34.14 ± 1.86 184.15 ± 2.27
MX1 -0.824 ± 0.022 -0.112 ± 0.075 -0.556 ± 0.490 -33.75 ± 2.07 187.73 ± 5.20
MX2 -0.823 ± 0.021 -0.112 ± 0.074 -0.557 ± 0.491 -33.86 ± 1.96 187.73 ± 5.18
MX3 -0.822 ± 0.021 -0.112 ± 0.074 -0.558 ± 0.491 -33.91 ± 1.94 187.73 ± 5.17
RH08 -0.856 ± 0.008 -0.098 ± 0.007 -0.508 ± 0.459 -30.56 ± 0.85 186.52 ± 0.45
RH09 0.000 ± 0.000 -0.000 ± 0.000 -1.000 ± 0.000 -90.00 ± 0.00 160.45 ± 104.36
RH10 -0.000 ± 0.000 -0.000 ± 0.000 -1.000 ± 0.000 -90.00 ± 0.00 0.00 ± 104.36
Average -0.643 -0.070 -0.598 -43.584 159.797
Median -0.823 -0.071 -0.557 -33.856 186.518
Deviation 0.401 0.048 0.304 30.574 65.217

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 83.0 ± 4.7 415.3 ± 0.6 2.70 ± 0.14
VC 86.9 ± 7.4 385.9 ± 0.8 2.70 ± 0.14
MX1 83.9 ± 7.4 385.1 ± 0.8 2.70 ± 0.14
MX2 83.9 ± 7.4 384.8 ± 0.8 2.70 ± 0.14
MX3 84.0 ± 7.4 384.6 ± 0.8 2.70 ± 0.14
RH08 84.4 ± 7.2 394.4 ± 0.8 2.70 ± 0.14
RH09 84.8 ± 7.5 79.4 ± 0.7 2.70 ± 0.14
RH10 84.8 ± 7.5 79.4 ± 5.1 2.70 ± 0.14
Average 84.5 313.6 2.70
Median 84.4 385.1 2.70
Deviation 1.1 144.9 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 112.6 ± 1.0 1.9 ± 0.1 3.7 ± 0.3 35.8 ± 1.9 59.40 ± 2.76 3.15 ± 0.18
VC 131.6 ± 1.8 0.8 ± 0.0 1.7 ± 0.1 35.9 ± 1.9 156.02 ± 8.00 3.68 ± 0.20
MX1 131.3 ± 1.8 1.7 ± 0.1 3.3 ± 0.2 35.9 ± 1.9 79.25 ± 4.05 3.67 ± 0.20
MX2 131.3 ± 1.8 1.7 ± 0.1 3.3 ± 0.2 35.9 ± 1.9 79.55 ± 4.06 3.67 ± 0.20
MX3 131.3 ± 1.8 1.7 ± 0.1 3.3 ± 0.2 35.9 ± 1.9 79.70 ± 4.07 3.67 ± 0.20
RH8 131.4 ± 1.7 1.5 ± 0.1 3.0 ± 0.2 35.9 ± 1.9 85.77 ± 4.34 3.67 ± 0.20
RH9 72.6 ± 2.3 1.4 ± 0.1 2.8 ± 0.2 35.9 ± 1.9 50.95 ± 3.35 2.03 ± 0.12
RH10 72.6 ± 2.3 1.4 ± 0.1 2.8 ± 0.2 35.9 ± 1.9 50.95 ± 3.35 2.03 ± 0.12
Average 114.3 1.5 3.0 35.9 80.2 3.2
Median 131.3 1.7 3.3 35.9 79.6 3.7
Deviation 26.5 0.3 0.6 0.0 33.6 0.7

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 42.1 ± 2.1 3.2 ± 0.1 6.0 ± 0.1 58.3 ± 0.9 13.24 ± 0.48 0.72 ± 0.03
VC 48.7 ± 1.5 1.4 ± 0.0 2.7 ± 0.1 58.4 ± 0.9 34.43 ± 0.62 0.83 ± 0.02
MX1 48.6 ± 1.5 2.8 ± 0.1 5.2 ± 0.1 58.3 ± 0.9 17.48 ± 0.31 0.83 ± 0.02
MX2 48.6 ± 1.5 2.8 ± 0.1 5.2 ± 0.1 58.3 ± 0.9 17.54 ± 0.31 0.83 ± 0.02
MX3 48.6 ± 1.5 2.8 ± 0.1 5.2 ± 0.1 58.3 ± 0.9 17.58 ± 0.32 0.83 ± 0.02
RH8 48.7 ± 1.5 2.6 ± 0.1 4.9 ± 0.1 58.3 ± 0.9 18.96 ± 0.35 0.84 ± 0.02
RH9 26.1 ± 1.8 2.4 ± 0.1 4.5 ± 0.1 58.3 ± 0.9 10.92 ± 0.84 0.45 ± 0.03
RH10 26.1 ± 1.8 2.4 ± 0.1 4.5 ± 0.1 58.3 ± 0.9 10.92 ± 0.84 0.45 ± 0.03
Average 42.2 2.5 4.8 58.3 17.6 0.7
Median 48.6 2.8 5.2 58.3 17.5 0.8
Deviation 10.2 0.5 1.0 0.0 7.5 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 Wed Jan 22 21:47:00 2020
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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