CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20003150619
Observation time: 11/10/2000 315.26356 0619 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2000
Fractional day of year 315.263559
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 22771.5 ± 6.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 83.622
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -86.061
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 7.150
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0011
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0336
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0272
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 19.11, 2.96, 3.00
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:11:03 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 20:03:22 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.689 ± 65.202

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -638.0 ± 12.5 -811.7 ± 61.0
Vy GSE [km/s] 24.8 ± 16.8 73.3 ± 34.8
Vz GSE [km/s] 32.3 ± 19.9 75.4 ± 19.8
Wi [km/s] 66.8 ± 3.6 153.5 ± 42.1
We [km/s] 2111.3 ± 115.0 4854.2 ± 1330.6
Ni [n/cc] 6.8 ± 0.7 14.2 ± 5.8
Bx GSE [nT] 4.7 ± 1.5 12.2 ± 3.7
By GSE [nT] -6.1 ± 2.2 -10.6 ± 6.4
Bz GSE [nT] 5.4 ± 2.5 11.0 ± 5.8
Plasma Beta
0.638 ± 0.657
1.814 ± 1.808
Sound Speed [km/s]
86.20 ± 4.69
198.17 ± 54.32
Alfven Speed [km/s]
84.49 ± 6.20
132.63 ± 31.43

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.986 ± 0.184 0.165 ± 1.090 0.032 ± 0.032 1.81 ± 43.31 170.49 ± 63.36
VC -0.934 ± 0.065 0.261 ± 0.183 0.243 ± 0.238 14.07 ± 9.79 164.39 ± 11.23
MX1 -0.790 ± 0.300 -0.193 ± 0.524 0.581 ± 0.505 35.55 ± 27.55 193.75 ± 37.66
MX2 -0.818 ± 0.185 -0.089 ± 0.437 0.568 ± 0.497 34.62 ± 18.13 186.19 ± 30.58
MX3 -0.882 ± 0.178 0.055 ± 0.527 0.468 ± 0.430 27.87 ± 21.42 176.41 ± 34.23
RH08 -0.996 ± 0.001 0.061 ± 0.010 0.061 ± 0.061 3.52 ± 0.37 176.49 ± 0.58
RH09 -0.587 ± 0.016 -0.798 ± 0.013 0.140 ± 0.139 8.03 ± 3.28 233.65 ± 1.09
RH10 -0.587 ± 0.022 -0.798 ± 0.017 0.140 ± 0.139 8.03 ± 3.96 233.65 ± 1.49
Average -0.823 -0.167 0.279 16.687 191.877
Median -0.818 0.055 0.243 14.067 186.190
Deviation 0.163 0.413 0.227 13.908 27.293

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 56.2 ± 9.6 995.9 ± 8805.3 2.06 ± 0.87
VC 61.5 ± 11.1 987.1 ± 9601.8 2.06 ± 0.87
MX1 86.6 ± 10.7 812.9 ± 6785.5 2.06 ± 0.87
MX2 88.5 ± 11.1 856.3 ± 7583.7 2.06 ± 0.87
MX3 78.4 ± 11.2 924.8 ± 8640.9 2.06 ± 0.87
RH08 61.3 ± 9.6 1000.5 ± 8357.7 2.06 ± 0.87
RH09 73.1 ± 12.2 488.7 ± 609.1 2.06 ± 0.87
RH10 73.1 ± 12.2 488.7 ± 609.1 2.06 ± 0.87
Average 72.3 819.3 2.06
Median 73.1 924.8 2.06
Deviation 12.0 214.9 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 361.8 ± 11.9 34.9 ± 1.2 47.0 ± 3.5 115.7 ± 4.3 10.37 ± 0.51 3.13 ± 0.16
VC 376.8 ± 14.3 29.6 ± 1.0 40.3 ± 3.0 117.2 ± 4.4 12.75 ± 0.62 3.22 ± 0.16
MX1 294.7 ± 17.7 3.6 ± 0.1 5.0 ± 0.4 120.8 ± 4.5 83.10 ± 6.05 2.44 ± 0.18
MX2 318.1 ± 17.8 1.6 ± 0.1 2.2 ± 0.2 120.8 ± 4.5 200.10 ± 13.49 2.64 ± 0.18
MX3 345.4 ± 16.9 12.2 ± 0.4 17.0 ± 1.3 120.2 ± 4.5 28.37 ± 1.70 2.88 ± 0.18
RH8 361.4 ± 12.7 29.8 ± 1.0 40.6 ± 3.0 117.1 ± 4.4 12.14 ± 0.64 3.09 ± 0.17
RH9 129.4 ± 17.2 17.6 ± 0.6 24.5 ± 1.8 119.6 ± 4.5 7.38 ± 1.15 1.09 ± 0.17
RH10 129.4 ± 17.2 17.6 ± 0.6 24.5 ± 1.8 119.6 ± 4.5 7.38 ± 1.15 1.09 ± 0.17
Average 289.6 18.4 25.1 118.9 45.2 2.4
Median 345.4 17.6 24.5 119.6 12.7 2.9
Deviation 102.3 12.4 16.7 1.9 67.5 0.9

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 181.2 ± 63.8 59.0 ± 5.3 73.8 ± 17.5 236.3 ± 33.7 3.10 ± 1.09 0.81 ± 0.37
VC 191.3 ± 63.4 50.2 ± 4.5 63.3 ± 15.0 238.4 ± 33.5 3.85 ± 1.27 0.85 ± 0.37
MX1 141.7 ± 46.9 6.1 ± 0.5 7.8 ± 1.9 243.6 ± 33.1 23.45 ± 7.53 0.61 ± 0.25
MX2 155.8 ± 50.3 2.7 ± 0.2 3.5 ± 0.8 243.7 ± 33.1 57.57 ± 18.20 0.67 ± 0.28
MX3 169.3 ± 56.4 20.8 ± 1.8 26.8 ± 6.3 242.8 ± 33.1 8.19 ± 2.70 0.73 ± 0.31
RH8 182.7 ± 62.2 50.6 ± 4.5 63.7 ± 15.1 238.3 ± 33.5 3.65 ± 1.24 0.81 ± 0.36
RH9 60.2 ± 29.7 30.1 ± 2.7 38.5 ± 9.1 241.8 ± 33.2 2.00 ± 0.95 0.26 ± 0.14
RH10 60.2 ± 29.7 30.1 ± 2.7 38.5 ± 9.1 241.8 ± 33.2 2.00 ± 0.95 0.26 ± 0.14
Average 142.8 31.2 39.5 240.9 13.0 0.6
Median 169.3 30.1 38.5 241.8 3.8 0.7
Deviation 53.4 20.9 26.2 2.8 19.4 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 Fri Jun 13 11:06:02 2014
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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