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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20011111529
Observation time: 04/21/2001 111.64530 1529 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2001
Fractional day of year 111.645295
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 55753.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 6.675
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -260.555
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -3.840
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0004
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0128
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0004
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0115
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 12.82, 84.03, 148.43
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:13:37 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 20:55:36 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
28.724 ± 1.485

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -360.9 ± 1.5 -386.2 ± 1.8
Vy GSE [km/s] -6.4 ± 1.3 4.0 ± 0.9
Vz GSE [km/s] -7.3 ± 0.8 -1.7 ± 0.5
Wi [km/s] 20.3 ± 0.9 23.9 ± 0.5
We [km/s] 643.3 ± 27.6 756.2 ± 15.9
Ni [n/cc] 7.1 ± 0.2 11.9 ± 0.4
Bx GSE [nT] -0.5 ± 0.0 -1.1 ± 0.1
By GSE [nT] -3.2 ± 0.0 -4.7 ± 0.3
Bz GSE [nT] 1.3 ± 0.3 2.4 ± 0.2
Plasma Beta
0.516 ± 0.509
0.482 ± 0.500
Sound Speed [km/s]
26.26 ± 1.13
30.87 ± 0.65
Alfven Speed [km/s]
28.37 ± 0.88
34.48 ± 0.88

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.638 ± 0.444 0.669 ± 0.427 0.382 ± 0.362 22.43 ± 30.82 133.62 ± 36.01
VC -0.906 ± 0.019 0.373 ± 0.046 0.200 ± 0.197 11.53 ± 1.20 157.61 ± 2.91
MX1 -0.868 ± 0.059 0.473 ± 0.107 0.154 ± 0.153 8.86 ± 2.71 151.42 ± 7.07
MX2 -0.873 ± 0.054 0.465 ± 0.101 0.144 ± 0.143 8.28 ± 3.07 151.96 ± 6.62
MX3 -0.882 ± 0.048 0.454 ± 0.092 0.129 ± 0.128 7.39 ± 3.74 152.78 ± 5.98
RH08 -0.911 ± 0.009 0.379 ± 0.020 0.162 ± 0.161 9.32 ± 0.76 157.44 ± 1.28
RH09 -0.351 ± 0.066 0.624 ± 0.055 0.698 ± 0.553 44.29 ± 4.04 119.33 ± 5.65
RH10 -0.367 ± 0.065 0.627 ± 0.054 0.687 ± 0.550 43.40 ± 4.00 120.33 ± 5.51
Average -0.724 0.508 0.319 19.440 143.063
Median -0.868 0.473 0.200 11.532 151.964
Deviation 0.242 0.116 0.244 15.800 16.172

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 67.5 ± 3.0 286.5 ± 2.2 1.67 ± 0.04
VC 82.1 ± 1.6 393.3 ± 2.1 1.67 ± 0.04
MX1 75.4 ± 1.7 379.0 ± 2.1 1.67 ± 0.04
MX2 75.7 ± 1.6 381.2 ± 2.1 1.67 ± 0.04
MX3 76.0 ± 1.5 384.4 ± 2.1 1.67 ± 0.04
RH08 81.0 ± 1.5 395.4 ± 2.1 1.67 ± 0.04
RH09 74.5 ± 4.1 165.8 ± 1.9 1.67 ± 0.04
RH10 74.3 ± 4.0 172.6 ± 1.9 1.67 ± 0.04
Average 75.8 319.8 1.67
Median 75.7 381.2 1.67
Deviation 4.5 99.3 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 63.4 ± 2.0 7.5 ± 0.2 10.8 ± 0.3 37.9 ± 1.1 8.46 ± 0.51 1.67 ± 0.10
VC 70.2 ± 1.9 2.7 ± 0.1 3.9 ± 0.1 38.6 ± 1.1 26.38 ± 1.48 1.82 ± 0.10
MX1 70.0 ± 2.0 4.9 ± 0.1 7.1 ± 0.2 38.4 ± 1.1 14.35 ± 0.81 1.83 ± 0.10
MX2 70.0 ± 2.0 4.8 ± 0.1 7.0 ± 0.2 38.4 ± 1.1 14.59 ± 0.82 1.83 ± 0.10
MX3 70.0 ± 1.9 4.7 ± 0.1 6.8 ± 0.2 38.4 ± 1.1 14.97 ± 0.84 1.83 ± 0.10
RH8 70.1 ± 1.9 3.0 ± 0.1 4.4 ± 0.1 38.5 ± 1.1 23.31 ± 1.31 1.82 ± 0.10
RH9 48.3 ± 1.7 5.2 ± 0.2 7.6 ± 0.2 38.3 ± 1.1 9.33 ± 0.60 1.26 ± 0.08
RH10 49.2 ± 1.7 5.3 ± 0.2 7.7 ± 0.2 38.3 ± 1.1 9.35 ± 0.60 1.29 ± 0.08
Average 63.9 4.8 6.9 38.3 15.1 1.7
Median 70.0 4.9 7.1 38.4 14.6 1.8
Deviation 9.6 1.5 2.1 0.2 6.6 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 38.2 ± 1.1 9.0 ± 0.1 13.2 ± 0.3 45.4 ± 0.6 4.27 ± 0.16 0.84 ± 0.03
VC 42.3 ± 1.6 3.2 ± 0.0 4.8 ± 0.1 46.2 ± 0.6 13.30 ± 0.63 0.92 ± 0.04
MX1 42.3 ± 1.4 5.8 ± 0.1 8.7 ± 0.2 45.9 ± 0.6 7.25 ± 0.33 0.92 ± 0.04
MX2 42.3 ± 1.5 5.7 ± 0.1 8.5 ± 0.2 45.9 ± 0.6 7.38 ± 0.33 0.92 ± 0.04
MX3 42.2 ± 1.5 5.6 ± 0.1 8.3 ± 0.2 45.9 ± 0.6 7.57 ± 0.34 0.92 ± 0.04
RH8 42.2 ± 1.5 3.6 ± 0.0 5.4 ± 0.1 46.1 ± 0.6 11.75 ± 0.56 0.92 ± 0.04
RH9 29.0 ± 0.7 6.2 ± 0.1 9.2 ± 0.2 45.9 ± 0.6 4.69 ± 0.16 0.63 ± 0.02
RH10 29.6 ± 0.8 6.3 ± 0.1 9.4 ± 0.2 45.9 ± 0.6 4.70 ± 0.16 0.65 ± 0.02
Average 38.5 5.7 8.4 45.9 7.6 0.8
Median 42.2 5.8 8.7 45.9 7.4 0.9
Deviation 5.9 1.8 2.6 0.2 3.3 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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