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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20011180500
Observation time: 04/28/2001 118.20852 0500 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2001
Fractional day of year 118.208524
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 18016.5 ± 6.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 9.130
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -249.722
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -5.719
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0282
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0266
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 8.02, 26.75, 29.86
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:13:41 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 20:57:27 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
-1.648 ± 0.483

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -445.4 ± 6.4 -748.1 ± 33.9
Vy GSE [km/s] -43.5 ± 7.2 -94.8 ± 31.1
Vz GSE [km/s] -27.8 ± 13.7 -22.0 ± 38.7
Wi [km/s] 38.1 ± 8.2 77.6 ± 20.0
We [km/s] 1206.4 ± 257.8 2453.1 ± 632.4
Ni [n/cc] 2.4 ± 0.5 6.8 ± 1.8
Bx GSE [nT] -4.2 ± 0.6 -3.7 ± 4.4
By GSE [nT] 4.3 ± 1.0 16.7 ± 2.4
Bz GSE [nT] 1.5 ± 0.7 -7.6 ± 5.8
Plasma Beta
0.207 ± 0.171
0.232 ± 0.221
Sound Speed [km/s]
49.25 ± 10.53
100.15 ± 25.82
Alfven Speed [km/s]
90.79 ± 11.59
170.34 ± 19.29

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.817 ± 0.191 0.373 ± 0.329 0.441 ± 0.410 26.16 ± 17.32 155.48 ± 22.73
VC -0.985 ± 0.020 -0.174 ± 0.115 0.008 ± 0.008 0.47 ± 7.68 190.02 ± 6.66
MX1 -0.992 ± 0.059 0.105 ± 0.535 0.077 ± 0.077 4.42 ± 13.57 173.97 ± 30.92
MX2 -0.995 ± 0.017 -0.041 ± 0.239 -0.088 ± 0.088 -5.06 ± 9.44 182.33 ± 13.77
MX3 -0.992 ± 0.024 -0.067 ± 0.206 -0.109 ± 0.109 -6.28 ± 10.05 183.89 ± 11.88
RH08 -0.995 ± 0.001 -0.096 ± 0.010 0.039 ± 0.039 2.24 ± 0.67 185.52 ± 0.55
RH09 -0.997 ± 0.005 -0.061 ± 0.068 0.039 ± 0.039 2.24 ± 4.06 183.51 ± 3.91
RH10 -0.999 ± 0.003 -0.026 ± 0.068 0.039 ± 0.039 2.24 ± 4.06 181.50 ± 3.91
Average -0.971 0.001 0.056 3.304 179.528
Median -0.992 -0.041 0.039 2.241 183.510
Deviation 0.063 0.169 0.169 9.977 10.703

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 23.6 ± 9.8 707.2 ± 83.0 3.10 ± 1.36
VC 56.9 ± 7.9 931.8 ± 181.9 3.10 ± 1.36
MX1 40.7 ± 7.6 903.2 ± 153.9 3.10 ± 1.36
MX2 51.6 ± 7.1 930.1 ± 179.7 3.10 ± 1.36
MX3 53.5 ± 7.1 930.1 ± 183.1 3.10 ± 1.36
RH08 52.1 ± 7.9 932.8 ± 174.4 3.10 ± 1.36
RH09 50.2 ± 7.8 931.0 ± 171.8 3.10 ± 1.36
RH10 48.4 ± 7.7 929.7 ± 169.1 3.10 ± 1.36
Average 47.1 899.5 3.10
Median 51.6 930.1 3.10
Deviation 10.6 78.3 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 372.0 ± 7.9 43.1 ± 8.0 83.2 ± 10.6 94.3 ± 9.5 8.96 ± 2.09 3.97 ± 0.32
VC 485.8 ± 7.1 23.8 ± 3.7 49.6 ± 6.3 101.3 ± 7.0 20.99 ± 4.02 4.81 ± 0.29
MX1 468.2 ± 6.5 34.1 ± 5.7 68.8 ± 8.8 98.2 ± 8.0 14.15 ± 2.89 4.79 ± 0.33
MX2 482.5 ± 6.1 27.3 ± 4.3 56.4 ± 7.2 100.4 ± 7.3 18.19 ± 3.49 4.83 ± 0.31
MX3 482.4 ± 6.1 26.0 ± 4.1 54.0 ± 6.9 100.7 ± 7.2 19.04 ± 3.62 4.81 ± 0.31
RH8 486.7 ± 7.0 26.9 ± 4.3 55.8 ± 7.1 100.5 ± 7.3 18.57 ± 3.62 4.86 ± 0.30
RH9 485.2 ± 6.9 28.2 ± 4.5 58.1 ± 7.4 100.1 ± 7.4 17.71 ± 3.47 4.87 ± 0.31
RH10 484.7 ± 6.8 29.4 ± 4.7 60.3 ± 7.7 99.8 ± 7.5 16.97 ± 3.35 4.88 ± 0.31
Average 468.5 29.8 60.8 99.4 16.8 4.7
Median 484.7 28.2 58.1 100.4 18.2 4.8
Deviation 39.4 6.1 10.6 2.3 3.7 0.3

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 141.4 ± 51.1 86.9 ± 19.3 156.1 ± 17.7 178.3 ± 17.5 1.66 ± 0.57 0.78 ± 0.21
VC 178.8 ± 30.4 47.6 ± 9.0 93.1 ± 10.5 193.2 ± 18.1 3.86 ± 0.81 0.92 ± 0.11
MX1 173.0 ± 38.5 68.4 ± 13.8 129.1 ± 14.6 186.7 ± 17.5 2.59 ± 0.62 0.92 ± 0.13
MX2 179.7 ± 29.8 54.6 ± 10.5 105.7 ± 12.0 191.3 ± 17.9 3.38 ± 0.70 0.94 ± 0.09
MX3 179.4 ± 28.4 52.1 ± 10.0 101.3 ± 11.5 192.0 ± 18.0 3.53 ± 0.72 0.93 ± 0.09
RH8 180.5 ± 33.2 53.9 ± 10.4 104.6 ± 11.8 191.5 ± 17.9 3.43 ± 0.74 0.94 ± 0.11
RH9 180.0 ± 34.0 56.4 ± 10.9 109.0 ± 12.3 190.8 ± 17.8 3.27 ± 0.71 0.94 ± 0.12
RH10 180.8 ± 34.7 58.9 ± 11.5 113.2 ± 12.8 190.0 ± 17.8 3.15 ± 0.69 0.95 ± 0.12
Average 174.2 59.9 114.0 189.2 3.1 0.9
Median 179.7 56.4 109.0 191.3 3.4 0.9
Deviation 13.5 12.5 19.9 4.8 0.7 0.1

Survey interval (About, Top)
Survey of solar wind interval
Selected data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters
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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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