CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20003310532
Observation time: 11/26/2000 331.23068 0532 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2000
Fractional day of year 331.230677
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 19930.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 76.832
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 94.997
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.710
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0193
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0005
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0157
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 18.90, 33.65, 35.58
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:11:09 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 20:06:50 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
14.449 ± 1.117

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -375.8 ± 1.6 -423.3 ± 2.1
Vy GSE [km/s] -27.7 ± 1.4 -41.2 ± 3.2
Vz GSE [km/s] -39.8 ± 2.4 -27.3 ± 3.1
Wi [km/s] 34.3 ± 0.9 40.4 ± 1.2
We [km/s] 1083.9 ± 30.0 1278.9 ± 36.5
Ni [n/cc] 5.9 ± 0.4 10.1 ± 0.5
Bx GSE [nT] 3.6 ± 0.2 2.5 ± 0.3
By GSE [nT] -4.6 ± 0.2 -8.5 ± 0.3
Bz GSE [nT] -2.2 ± 0.2 -4.4 ± 0.4
Plasma Beta
0.376 ± 0.395
0.353 ± 0.337
Sound Speed [km/s]
44.25 ± 1.22
52.21 ± 1.49
Alfven Speed [km/s]
56.18 ± 2.61
68.23 ± 1.95

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.968 ± 0.021 0.243 ± 0.080 0.059 ± 0.059 3.37 ± 5.77 165.90 ± 4.73
VC -0.933 ± 0.024 -0.266 ± 0.065 0.243 ± 0.238 14.05 ± 3.90 195.91 ± 4.01
MX1 -0.943 ± 0.019 0.076 ± 0.080 0.324 ± 0.312 18.91 ± 3.13 175.42 ± 4.88
MX2 -0.929 ± 0.025 0.045 ± 0.080 0.367 ± 0.350 21.53 ± 3.83 177.21 ± 4.94
MX3 -0.909 ± 0.035 0.008 ± 0.086 0.417 ± 0.391 24.63 ± 4.76 179.47 ± 5.44
RH08 -0.952 ± 0.005 0.109 ± 0.009 0.285 ± 0.277 16.55 ± 1.06 173.48 ± 0.53
RH09 -0.962 ± 0.017 0.267 ± 0.061 -0.061 ± 0.061 -3.52 ± 4.11 164.46 ± 3.63
RH10 -0.962 ± 0.018 0.268 ± 0.064 -0.050 ± 0.050 -2.88 ± 4.09 164.46 ± 3.81
Average -0.945 0.094 0.198 11.581 174.540
Median -0.943 0.109 0.285 16.554 175.420
Deviation 0.020 0.178 0.189 11.074 10.475

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 41.2 ± 2.4 462.5 ± 11.6 1.70 ± 0.12
VC 65.1 ± 2.3 474.3 ± 13.5 1.70 ± 0.12
MX1 44.9 ± 2.3 456.4 ± 13.4 1.70 ± 0.12
MX2 46.1 ± 2.2 451.3 ± 13.7 1.70 ± 0.12
MX3 47.8 ± 2.2 443.9 ± 13.9 1.70 ± 0.12
RH08 43.6 ± 2.3 459.5 ± 13.2 1.70 ± 0.12
RH09 43.6 ± 2.4 458.4 ± 10.7 1.70 ± 0.12
RH10 43.2 ± 2.4 458.6 ± 10.7 1.70 ± 0.12
Average 46.9 458.1 1.70
Median 44.9 458.6 1.70
Deviation 7.6 8.8 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 107.7 ± 1.6 28.5 ± 0.3 42.3 ± 2.0 65.6 ± 1.6 3.78 ± 0.06 1.64 ± 0.04
VC 126.0 ± 2.0 14.9 ± 0.1 23.7 ± 1.1 70.0 ± 1.5 8.43 ± 0.12 1.80 ± 0.04
MX1 117.0 ± 2.1 26.5 ± 0.2 39.8 ± 1.8 66.5 ± 1.6 4.42 ± 0.07 1.76 ± 0.04
MX2 118.0 ± 2.2 25.8 ± 0.2 39.0 ± 1.8 66.7 ± 1.6 4.57 ± 0.07 1.77 ± 0.04
MX3 119.1 ± 2.3 24.9 ± 0.2 37.8 ± 1.8 67.1 ± 1.6 4.78 ± 0.08 1.78 ± 0.04
RH8 115.9 ± 2.1 27.2 ± 0.3 40.7 ± 1.9 66.2 ± 1.6 4.26 ± 0.07 1.75 ± 0.04
RH9 102.0 ± 1.4 27.2 ± 0.3 40.7 ± 1.9 66.2 ± 1.6 3.75 ± 0.05 1.54 ± 0.03
RH10 102.5 ± 1.4 27.4 ± 0.3 41.0 ± 1.9 66.1 ± 1.6 3.74 ± 0.05 1.55 ± 0.03
Average 113.5 25.3 38.1 66.8 4.7 1.7
Median 117.0 27.2 40.7 66.5 4.4 1.8
Deviation 8.6 4.3 6.0 1.4 1.6 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 64.3 ± 2.7 34.0 ± 0.7 51.4 ± 1.5 78.9 ± 1.5 1.89 ± 0.09 0.81 ± 0.04
VC 75.1 ± 1.3 17.8 ± 0.3 28.7 ± 0.8 84.1 ± 1.6 4.21 ± 0.14 0.89 ± 0.03
MX1 69.2 ± 2.2 31.6 ± 0.6 48.3 ± 1.4 79.9 ± 1.5 2.19 ± 0.09 0.87 ± 0.04
MX2 69.8 ± 2.2 30.8 ± 0.6 47.3 ± 1.4 80.2 ± 1.5 2.27 ± 0.09 0.87 ± 0.04
MX3 70.8 ± 2.1 29.7 ± 0.6 45.9 ± 1.3 80.6 ± 1.5 2.39 ± 0.10 0.88 ± 0.04
RH8 68.6 ± 2.3 32.4 ± 0.6 49.4 ± 1.4 79.6 ± 1.5 2.12 ± 0.09 0.86 ± 0.04
RH9 60.7 ± 2.8 32.4 ± 0.6 49.4 ± 1.4 79.6 ± 1.5 1.87 ± 0.10 0.76 ± 0.04
RH10 61.0 ± 2.8 32.7 ± 0.6 49.7 ± 1.4 79.5 ± 1.5 1.87 ± 0.10 0.77 ± 0.04
Average 67.4 30.2 46.3 80.3 2.4 0.8
Median 69.2 32.4 49.4 79.9 2.2 0.9
Deviation 5.0 5.1 7.3 1.6 0.8 0.1

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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