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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20012421358
Observation time: 08/30/2001 242.58220 1358 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2001
Fractional day of year 242.582205
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 50302.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 24.796
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 147.552
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 6.612
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0222
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0216
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 16.09, 24.73, 25.88
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:15:01 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 21:29:37 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
2.424 ± 0.697

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -436.7 ± 3.7 -522.5 ± 9.0
Vy GSE [km/s] -0.1 ± 3.8 -25.6 ± 3.4
Vz GSE [km/s] -54.1 ± 6.1 -59.1 ± 6.3
Wi [km/s] 29.1 ± 1.4 40.9 ± 2.5
We [km/s] 921.5 ± 45.0 1293.6 ± 80.5
Ni [n/cc] 2.2 ± 0.1 4.5 ± 0.3
Bx GSE [nT] 2.7 ± 0.4 1.0 ± 0.7
By GSE [nT] -2.2 ± 0.4 -5.0 ± 0.4
Bz GSE [nT] -3.5 ± 0.6 -7.3 ± 0.3
Plasma Beta
0.165 ± 0.157
0.195 ± 0.196
Sound Speed [km/s]
37.62 ± 1.84
52.81 ± 3.28
Alfven Speed [km/s]
72.15 ± 2.81
93.09 ± 4.12

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.936 ± 0.069 0.111 ± 0.277 0.334 ± 0.321 19.52 ± 10.40 173.23 ± 16.94
VC -0.956 ± 0.019 -0.288 ± 0.060 -0.060 ± 0.060 -3.43 ± 5.36 196.75 ± 3.58
MX1 -0.935 ± 0.041 0.067 ± 0.137 0.347 ± 0.333 20.32 ± 6.61 175.89 ± 8.41
MX2 -0.931 ± 0.043 0.022 ± 0.073 0.365 ± 0.348 21.41 ± 6.77 178.62 ± 4.51
MX3 -0.926 ± 0.049 -0.019 ± 0.038 0.378 ± 0.358 22.18 ± 7.46 181.17 ± 2.32
RH08 -0.953 ± 0.005 0.058 ± 0.017 0.296 ± 0.287 17.22 ± 0.85 176.49 ± 1.02
RH09 -0.932 ± 0.025 0.173 ± 0.069 0.318 ± 0.307 18.57 ± 4.01 169.47 ± 4.24
RH10 -0.936 ± 0.025 0.174 ± 0.069 0.307 ± 0.297 17.89 ± 4.00 169.47 ± 4.24
Average -0.938 0.037 0.286 16.710 177.637
Median -0.935 0.067 0.334 19.524 176.490
Deviation 0.011 0.148 0.142 8.314 8.749

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 38.1 ± 4.7 549.9 ± 27.7 2.00 ± 0.19
VC 70.0 ± 4.1 603.0 ± 27.6 2.00 ± 0.19
MX1 39.1 ± 4.2 551.1 ± 28.0 2.00 ± 0.19
MX2 40.1 ± 3.8 549.6 ± 28.2 2.00 ± 0.19
MX3 41.2 ± 3.4 547.6 ± 28.3 2.00 ± 0.19
RH08 41.8 ± 4.5 565.1 ± 28.2 2.00 ± 0.19
RH09 36.6 ± 5.3 545.2 ± 27.2 2.00 ± 0.19
RH10 37.1 ± 5.4 547.9 ± 27.3 2.00 ± 0.19
Average 43.0 557.4 2.00
Median 40.1 549.9 2.00
Deviation 11.1 19.4 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 159.2 ± 2.4 27.9 ± 1.1 56.8 ± 2.2 76.5 ± 2.2 5.71 ± 0.22 2.08 ± 0.07
VC 182.3 ± 3.3 11.5 ± 0.4 24.7 ± 1.0 80.6 ± 1.9 15.83 ± 0.54 2.26 ± 0.08
MX1 161.4 ± 2.3 27.5 ± 1.1 56.0 ± 2.2 76.6 ± 2.2 5.88 ± 0.23 2.11 ± 0.07
MX2 162.9 ± 2.2 27.0 ± 1.0 55.2 ± 2.2 76.8 ± 2.2 6.03 ± 0.23 2.12 ± 0.07
MX3 163.7 ± 2.2 26.5 ± 1.0 54.3 ± 2.1 77.0 ± 2.2 6.18 ± 0.24 2.13 ± 0.06
RH8 164.7 ± 2.5 26.3 ± 1.0 53.8 ± 2.1 77.0 ± 2.2 6.28 ± 0.24 2.14 ± 0.07
RH9 155.4 ± 2.5 28.6 ± 1.1 57.9 ± 2.3 76.2 ± 2.3 5.45 ± 0.22 2.04 ± 0.08
RH10 155.9 ± 2.6 28.3 ± 1.1 57.5 ± 2.2 76.3 ± 2.2 5.51 ± 0.22 2.05 ± 0.08
Average 163.2 25.5 52.0 77.1 7.1 2.1
Median 162.9 27.5 56.0 76.8 6.0 2.1
Deviation 8.5 5.7 11.1 1.4 3.5 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 83.5 ± 10.0 38.7 ± 2.0 73.3 ± 3.2 99.8 ± 3.7 2.16 ± 0.23 0.84 ± 0.11
VC 92.7 ± 8.4 15.9 ± 0.7 31.9 ± 1.4 105.9 ± 3.6 5.84 ± 0.48 0.88 ± 0.09
MX1 84.6 ± 10.1 38.1 ± 1.9 72.2 ± 3.2 100.1 ± 3.7 2.22 ± 0.24 0.85 ± 0.11
MX2 85.5 ± 10.2 37.5 ± 1.9 71.2 ± 3.2 100.3 ± 3.7 2.28 ± 0.24 0.85 ± 0.11
MX3 85.8 ± 10.3 36.7 ± 1.9 70.0 ± 3.1 100.6 ± 3.6 2.33 ± 0.25 0.85 ± 0.11
RH8 85.9 ± 10.0 36.4 ± 1.8 69.4 ± 3.1 100.7 ± 3.6 2.36 ± 0.25 0.85 ± 0.11
RH9 81.5 ± 9.9 39.6 ± 2.0 74.7 ± 3.3 99.5 ± 3.7 2.06 ± 0.23 0.82 ± 0.11
RH10 81.7 ± 9.9 39.3 ± 2.0 74.2 ± 3.3 99.6 ± 3.7 2.08 ± 0.23 0.82 ± 0.11
Average 85.1 35.3 67.1 100.8 2.7 0.8
Median 85.5 38.1 72.2 100.3 2.3 0.9
Deviation 3.5 7.9 14.4 2.1 1.3 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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