CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20013010313
Observation time: 10/28/2001 301.13457 0313 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2001
Fractional day of year 301.134566
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 11626.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 7.364
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -68.225
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 4.681
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0302
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0011
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0336
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 7.47, 12.59, 13.12
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:16:09 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 21:57:58 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
3.954 ± 0.382

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -355.0 ± 12.9 -509.0 ± 7.8
Vy GSE [km/s] -7.8 ± 10.0 9.9 ± 9.7
Vz GSE [km/s] -2.0 ± 13.1 40.1 ± 18.1
Wi [km/s] 18.3 ± 3.6 56.6 ± 7.9
We [km/s] 578.9 ± 113.5 1790.6 ± 250.0
Ni [n/cc] 2.6 ± 0.7 7.1 ± 1.0
Bx GSE [nT] -2.8 ± 0.8 -0.7 ± 0.9
By GSE [nT] 5.5 ± 0.7 15.7 ± 1.0
Bz GSE [nT] -4.4 ± 0.5 -9.4 ± 1.9
Plasma Beta
0.036 ± 0.028
0.143 ± 0.130
Sound Speed [km/s]
23.64 ± 4.63
73.10 ± 10.20
Alfven Speed [km/s]
105.99 ± 16.92
152.71 ± 11.48

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.934 ± 0.110 0.064 ± 0.176 -0.352 ± 0.336 -20.59 ± 17.84 176.05 ± 10.79
VC -0.960 ± 0.035 0.112 ± 0.087 0.257 ± 0.251 14.90 ± 7.40 173.34 ± 5.17
MX1 -0.959 ± 0.027 0.265 ± 0.085 0.098 ± 0.098 5.62 ± 8.59 164.58 ± 5.05
MX2 -0.948 ± 0.032 0.281 ± 0.090 0.147 ± 0.146 8.43 ± 7.16 163.47 ± 5.41
MX3 -0.941 ± 0.034 0.290 ± 0.093 0.172 ± 0.170 9.90 ± 6.65 162.86 ± 5.65
RH08 -0.975 ± 0.002 0.217 ± 0.009 0.050 ± 0.050 2.88 ± 0.67 167.47 ± 0.55
RH09 -0.972 ± 0.016 0.234 ± 0.066 0.028 ± 0.028 1.60 ± 4.06 166.46 ± 3.91
RH10 -0.972 ± 0.016 0.234 ± 0.066 0.028 ± 0.028 1.60 ± 4.06 166.46 ± 3.91
Average -0.958 0.212 0.054 3.044 167.587
Median -0.959 0.234 0.098 5.623 166.462
Deviation 0.015 0.081 0.182 10.596 4.714

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 53.0 ± 7.6 538.9 ± 44.3 2.87 ± 0.96
VC 72.8 ± 6.5 595.5 ± 55.5 2.87 ± 0.96
MX1 60.3 ± 6.5 587.1 ± 53.7 2.87 ± 0.96
MX2 61.6 ± 6.4 583.8 ± 54.4 2.87 ± 0.96
MX3 62.3 ± 6.3 581.4 ± 54.7 2.87 ± 0.96
RH08 60.3 ± 6.8 591.8 ± 53.0 2.87 ± 0.96
RH09 58.7 ± 6.8 589.1 ± 52.6 2.87 ± 0.96
RH10 58.7 ± 6.8 589.1 ± 52.6 2.87 ± 0.96
Average 61.0 582.1 2.87
Median 60.3 589.1 2.87
Deviation 5.6 18.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 207.2 ± 10.5 13.9 ± 2.6 63.8 ± 10.2 107.9 ± 16.0 15.38 ± 3.15 1.96 ± 0.28
VC 256.2 ± 14.7 6.8 ± 1.2 31.3 ± 5.0 108.6 ± 15.7 39.20 ± 8.59 2.39 ± 0.29
MX1 248.8 ± 13.7 11.4 ± 2.1 52.6 ± 8.4 108.2 ± 15.9 22.54 ± 4.94 2.34 ± 0.29
MX2 249.7 ± 14.1 11.0 ± 2.0 50.4 ± 8.1 108.3 ± 15.9 23.60 ± 5.20 2.34 ± 0.29
MX3 249.9 ± 14.3 10.7 ± 1.9 49.3 ± 7.9 108.3 ± 15.9 24.17 ± 5.35 2.34 ± 0.29
RH8 247.5 ± 13.3 11.4 ± 2.1 52.5 ± 8.4 108.2 ± 15.9 22.46 ± 4.88 2.32 ± 0.29
RH9 246.0 ± 13.2 12.0 ± 2.2 55.0 ± 8.8 108.1 ± 15.9 21.27 ± 4.62 2.31 ± 0.29
RH10 246.0 ± 13.2 12.0 ± 2.2 55.0 ± 8.8 108.1 ± 15.9 21.27 ± 4.62 2.31 ± 0.29
Average 243.9 11.2 51.2 108.2 23.7 2.3
Median 248.8 11.4 52.6 108.2 22.5 2.3
Deviation 15.2 2.0 9.2 0.2 6.8 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 77.0 ± 11.6 40.7 ± 4.7 91.9 ± 6.9 164.6 ± 10.3 1.91 ± 0.30 0.47 ± 0.06
VC 95.5 ± 6.2 19.5 ± 2.2 45.0 ± 3.4 168.5 ± 10.3 4.96 ± 0.58 0.57 ± 0.05
MX1 92.2 ± 6.0 33.2 ± 3.8 75.8 ± 5.7 166.3 ± 10.3 2.81 ± 0.32 0.56 ± 0.04
MX2 92.4 ± 5.9 31.8 ± 3.6 72.7 ± 5.5 166.6 ± 10.3 2.94 ± 0.34 0.56 ± 0.04
MX3 92.5 ± 6.0 31.0 ± 3.5 71.0 ± 5.3 166.8 ± 10.3 3.01 ± 0.36 0.56 ± 0.05
RH8 91.3 ± 6.3 33.1 ± 3.8 75.6 ± 5.7 166.4 ± 10.3 2.79 ± 0.32 0.55 ± 0.04
RH9 90.9 ± 6.4 34.8 ± 4.0 79.3 ± 6.0 166.0 ± 10.3 2.64 ± 0.30 0.55 ± 0.04
RH10 90.9 ± 6.4 34.8 ± 4.0 79.3 ± 6.0 166.0 ± 10.3 2.64 ± 0.30 0.55 ± 0.04
Average 90.3 32.3 73.8 166.4 3.0 0.5
Median 92.2 33.2 75.8 166.4 2.8 0.6
Deviation 5.6 6.0 13.3 1.1 0.9 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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