CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20002011530
Observation time: 07/19/2000 201.64609 1530 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2000
Fractional day of year 201.646094
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 55822.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 11.749
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -60.332
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -5.575
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0241
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0259
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 3.09, 7.36, 7.66
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:09:55 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 19:31:07 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.405 ± 0.209

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -471.0 ± 7.6 -578.8 ± 6.5
Vy GSE [km/s] -40.5 ± 4.2 -83.7 ± 5.3
Vz GSE [km/s] 23.5 ± 5.7 72.9 ± 15.7
Wi [km/s] 29.4 ± 2.4 49.3 ± 4.5
We [km/s] 928.5 ± 75.6 1557.9 ± 140.8
Ni [n/cc] 2.3 ± 0.2 7.4 ± 0.4
Bx GSE [nT] 2.8 ± 0.8 5.4 ± 0.9
By GSE [nT] -2.9 ± 0.6 -7.6 ± 1.3
Bz GSE [nT] 0.0 ± 0.4 5.5 ± 2.4
Plasma Beta
0.249 ± 0.234
0.321 ± 0.399
Sound Speed [km/s]
37.90 ± 3.09
63.60 ± 5.75
Alfven Speed [km/s]
59.98 ± 4.69
89.20 ± 8.51

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.761 ± 0.269 0.423 ± 0.429 0.492 ± 0.448 29.50 ± 17.47 150.92 ± 31.83
VC -0.855 ± 0.049 -0.342 ± 0.041 0.390 ± 0.369 22.98 ± 7.34 201.81 ± 2.43
MX1 -0.948 ± 0.036 -0.060 ± 0.196 0.313 ± 0.303 18.27 ± 6.28 183.65 ± 11.86
MX2 -0.949 ± 0.033 -0.181 ± 0.113 0.257 ± 0.251 14.89 ± 5.62 190.80 ± 6.82
MX3 -0.948 ± 0.033 -0.217 ± 0.103 0.235 ± 0.230 13.57 ± 5.90 192.89 ± 6.20
RH08 -0.975 ± 0.004 -0.164 ± 0.018 0.151 ± 0.150 8.68 ± 1.22 189.53 ± 1.09
RH09 -0.993 ± 0.008 -0.113 ± 0.068 0.028 ± 0.028 1.60 ± 3.98 186.52 ± 3.91
RH10 -0.993 ± 0.008 -0.113 ± 0.068 0.028 ± 0.028 1.60 ± 4.04 186.52 ± 3.92
Average -0.928 -0.096 0.237 13.885 185.330
Median -0.948 -0.113 0.257 14.886 189.526
Deviation 0.080 0.226 0.165 9.825 14.958

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 35.0 ± 7.3 483.8 ± 11.3 3.21 ± 0.29
VC 69.5 ± 11.4 608.5 ± 8.6 3.21 ± 0.29
MX1 52.1 ± 11.5 630.9 ± 7.8 3.21 ± 0.29
MX2 58.0 ± 12.0 638.7 ± 7.3 3.21 ± 0.29
MX3 59.7 ± 12.1 639.0 ± 7.2 3.21 ± 0.29
RH08 55.8 ± 12.5 643.3 ± 6.9 3.21 ± 0.29
RH09 52.4 ± 12.9 638.2 ± 7.3 3.21 ± 0.29
RH10 52.4 ± 12.9 638.2 ± 7.3 3.21 ± 0.29
Average 54.4 615.1 3.21
Median 55.8 638.2 3.21
Deviation 9.7 54.2 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 131.0 ± 5.4 28.5 ± 1.5 49.1 ± 3.8 65.1 ± 3.3 4.61 ± 0.37 2.02 ± 0.09
VC 182.9 ± 7.5 11.3 ± 0.5 21.0 ± 1.6 70.2 ± 2.8 16.24 ± 1.05 2.61 ± 0.08
MX1 174.7 ± 7.3 20.4 ± 0.9 36.8 ± 2.9 68.1 ± 3.0 8.58 ± 0.62 2.57 ± 0.08
MX2 178.2 ± 7.6 17.4 ± 0.8 31.8 ± 2.5 68.9 ± 2.9 10.25 ± 0.73 2.59 ± 0.07
MX3 178.3 ± 7.7 16.5 ± 0.7 30.2 ± 2.4 69.2 ± 2.9 10.83 ± 0.77 2.58 ± 0.07
RH8 173.9 ± 7.7 18.5 ± 0.8 33.7 ± 2.6 68.6 ± 2.9 9.41 ± 0.70 2.53 ± 0.07
RH9 165.2 ± 7.8 20.3 ± 0.9 36.6 ± 2.9 68.1 ± 3.0 8.16 ± 0.64 2.42 ± 0.06
RH10 165.2 ± 7.8 20.3 ± 0.9 36.6 ± 2.9 68.1 ± 3.0 8.16 ± 0.64 2.42 ± 0.06
Average 168.7 19.2 34.5 68.3 9.5 2.5
Median 174.7 20.3 36.6 68.6 9.4 2.6
Deviation 16.4 4.8 7.9 1.5 3.3 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 43.0 ± 8.1 46.4 ± 2.3 73.0 ± 7.0 99.5 ± 5.5 0.93 ± 0.19 0.43 ± 0.09
VC 56.7 ± 6.3 18.2 ± 0.7 31.2 ± 3.0 108.3 ± 4.7 3.13 ± 0.45 0.52 ± 0.06
MX1 54.5 ± 6.0 33.1 ± 1.4 54.7 ± 5.2 104.8 ± 4.9 1.66 ± 0.24 0.52 ± 0.06
MX2 55.3 ± 5.9 28.2 ± 1.2 47.3 ± 4.5 106.2 ± 4.8 1.97 ± 0.28 0.52 ± 0.05
MX3 55.2 ± 6.0 26.7 ± 1.1 44.9 ± 4.3 106.6 ± 4.8 2.08 ± 0.30 0.52 ± 0.05
RH8 54.3 ± 6.0 30.0 ± 1.2 50.1 ± 4.8 105.7 ± 4.8 1.82 ± 0.27 0.51 ± 0.05
RH9 51.8 ± 6.6 32.9 ± 1.4 54.5 ± 5.2 104.8 ± 4.9 1.58 ± 0.25 0.49 ± 0.05
RH10 51.8 ± 6.6 32.9 ± 1.4 54.5 ± 5.2 104.8 ± 4.9 1.58 ± 0.25 0.49 ± 0.05
Average 52.8 31.0 51.3 105.1 1.8 0.5
Median 54.5 32.9 54.5 105.7 1.8 0.5
Deviation 4.3 7.9 11.7 2.6 0.6 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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