CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20010811359
Observation time: 03/22/2001 81.58273 1359 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2001
Fractional day of year 81.582726
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 50347.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -10.711
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -215.936
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 5.680
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0244
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0232
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 5.21, 26.00, 26.58
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:12:55 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 20:35:08 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
-2.544 ± 0.880

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -310.2 ± 1.3 -350.9 ± 2.6
Vy GSE [km/s] -13.7 ± 3.1 -24.0 ± 3.3
Vz GSE [km/s] 10.6 ± 1.5 21.1 ± 1.8
Wi [km/s] 20.8 ± 0.6 29.6 ± 1.4
We [km/s] 656.2 ± 18.3 935.9 ± 45.7
Ni [n/cc] 19.8 ± 1.6 45.8 ± 3.4
Bx GSE [nT] 3.1 ± 0.8 3.3 ± 0.7
By GSE [nT] -4.7 ± 1.3 -10.5 ± 0.6
Bz GSE [nT] 8.2 ± 0.7 15.6 ± 0.3
Plasma Beta
0.176 ± 0.173
0.233 ± 0.208
Sound Speed [km/s]
26.79 ± 0.75
38.21 ± 1.87
Alfven Speed [km/s]
49.65 ± 2.72
61.87 ± 3.68

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.924 ± 0.219 -0.279 ± 0.669 -0.261 ± 0.255 -15.14 ± 19.75 196.78 ± 41.43
VC -0.942 ± 0.024 -0.233 ± 0.084 0.242 ± 0.237 14.01 ± 2.94 193.87 ± 5.13
MX1 -0.996 ± 0.008 -0.079 ± 0.066 -0.041 ± 0.041 -2.38 ± 7.67 184.55 ± 3.81
MX2 -0.998 ± 0.004 -0.056 ± 0.066 -0.017 ± 0.017 -1.00 ± 6.53 183.23 ± 3.78
MX3 -0.999 ± 0.003 -0.031 ± 0.079 0.009 ± 0.009 0.51 ± 5.43 181.80 ± 4.53
RH08 -1.000 ± 0.000 0.009 ± 0.015 0.028 ± 0.028 1.60 ± 0.66 179.50 ± 0.84
RH09 -0.996 ± 0.006 -0.044 ± 0.069 0.073 ± 0.072 4.16 ± 4.03 182.51 ± 3.95
RH10 -0.996 ± 0.006 -0.044 ± 0.069 0.073 ± 0.072 4.16 ± 4.03 182.51 ± 3.95
Average -0.982 -0.095 0.013 0.742 185.591
Median -0.996 -0.044 0.028 1.601 183.233
Deviation 0.030 0.103 0.141 8.153 6.220

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 68.7 ± 7.5 354.6 ± 7.9 2.35 ± 0.22
VC 88.8 ± 5.1 374.1 ± 8.4 2.35 ± 0.22
MX1 72.6 ± 5.4 381.6 ± 7.5 2.35 ± 0.22
MX2 73.1 ± 5.1 382.3 ± 7.4 2.35 ± 0.22
MX3 73.7 ± 4.8 382.7 ± 7.3 2.35 ± 0.22
RH08 73.5 ± 4.5 382.0 ± 7.1 2.35 ± 0.22
RH09 77.1 ± 4.6 383.7 ± 7.5 2.35 ± 0.22
RH10 77.1 ± 4.6 383.7 ± 7.5 2.35 ± 0.22
Average 75.6 378.1 2.35
Median 73.7 382.3 2.35
Deviation 6.0 10.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 66.9 ± 2.0 8.7 ± 0.2 18.1 ± 1.0 55.8 ± 2.4 7.72 ± 0.22 1.20 ± 0.06
VC 76.2 ± 2.0 0.5 ± 0.0 1.1 ± 0.1 56.4 ± 2.4 149.22 ± 3.44 1.35 ± 0.06
MX1 72.0 ± 1.5 7.1 ± 0.2 14.8 ± 0.8 56.0 ± 2.4 10.14 ± 0.23 1.29 ± 0.06
MX2 72.1 ± 1.4 6.9 ± 0.2 14.4 ± 0.8 56.0 ± 2.4 10.45 ± 0.24 1.29 ± 0.06
MX3 72.2 ± 1.4 6.7 ± 0.2 14.0 ± 0.8 56.0 ± 2.4 10.82 ± 0.24 1.29 ± 0.06
RH8 71.7 ± 1.3 6.8 ± 0.2 14.1 ± 0.8 56.0 ± 2.4 10.63 ± 0.23 1.28 ± 0.06
RH9 73.3 ± 1.4 5.3 ± 0.1 11.0 ± 0.6 56.2 ± 2.4 13.93 ± 0.30 1.31 ± 0.06
RH10 73.3 ± 1.4 5.3 ± 0.1 11.0 ± 0.6 56.2 ± 2.4 13.93 ± 0.30 1.31 ± 0.06
Average 72.2 5.9 12.3 56.1 28.4 1.3
Median 72.2 6.8 14.1 56.0 10.8 1.3
Deviation 2.6 2.4 5.1 0.2 48.9 0.0

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 29.1 ± 3.2 12.0 ± 0.3 22.5 ± 1.3 71.8 ± 2.5 2.44 ± 0.30 0.41 ± 0.05
VC 32.8 ± 3.1 0.7 ± 0.0 1.3 ± 0.1 72.8 ± 2.5 46.78 ± 4.90 0.45 ± 0.05
MX1 31.0 ± 2.8 9.8 ± 0.3 18.5 ± 1.1 72.1 ± 2.5 3.17 ± 0.33 0.43 ± 0.05
MX2 31.0 ± 2.8 9.5 ± 0.3 18.0 ± 1.1 72.2 ± 2.5 3.27 ± 0.33 0.43 ± 0.05
MX3 31.0 ± 2.7 9.2 ± 0.3 17.4 ± 1.0 72.2 ± 2.5 3.38 ± 0.34 0.43 ± 0.04
RH8 30.8 ± 2.6 9.3 ± 0.3 17.6 ± 1.0 72.2 ± 2.5 3.31 ± 0.32 0.43 ± 0.04
RH9 31.5 ± 2.7 7.2 ± 0.2 13.8 ± 0.8 72.4 ± 2.5 4.34 ± 0.43 0.44 ± 0.05
RH10 31.5 ± 2.7 7.2 ± 0.2 13.8 ± 0.8 72.4 ± 2.5 4.34 ± 0.43 0.44 ± 0.05
Average 31.1 8.1 15.4 72.3 8.9 0.4
Median 31.0 9.3 17.6 72.2 3.4 0.4
Deviation 1.0 3.4 6.3 0.3 15.3 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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