CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20013141954
Observation time: 11/10/2001 314.82957 1954 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2001
Fractional day of year 314.829566
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 71674.5 ± 80.0
Shock type SF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 45.588
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -41.329
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 5.084
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0236
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0219
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 4.87, 6.60, 7.07
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:16:20 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 22:01:43 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
-0.446 ± 1.048

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -412.4 ± 2.4 -425.1 ± 2.9
Vy GSE [km/s] -37.9 ± 3.4 13.4 ± 1.4
Vz GSE [km/s] -9.5 ± 8.5 -61.4 ± 2.9
Wi [km/s] 30.8 ± 3.8 35.4 ± 2.4
We [km/s] 972.6 ± 121.4 1118.3 ± 75.5
Ni [n/cc] 1.7 ± 0.1 3.4 ± 0.2
Bx GSE [nT] 4.0 ± 0.3 1.6 ± 0.2
By GSE [nT] -4.2 ± 0.2 1.4 ± 0.4
Bz GSE [nT] 1.5 ± 0.8 -3.8 ± 0.2
Plasma Beta
0.096 ± 0.106
0.484 ± 0.514
Sound Speed [km/s]
39.71 ± 4.96
45.65 ± 3.08
Alfven Speed [km/s]
100.36 ± 4.35
51.30 ± 2.96

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.784 ± 0.050 0.206 ± 0.067 0.586 ± 0.507 35.88 ± 4.75 165.29 ± 4.80
VC -0.171 ± 0.044 0.697 ± 0.064 -0.696 ± 0.553 -44.14 ± 5.38 103.76 ± 3.41
MX1 -0.813 ± 0.036 0.167 ± 0.081 0.558 ± 0.491 33.90 ± 3.33 168.36 ± 5.66
MX2 -0.762 ± 0.064 0.234 ± 0.075 0.604 ± 0.517 37.15 ± 6.00 162.91 ± 5.47
MX3 -0.936 ± 0.109 -0.054 ± 0.366 0.348 ± 0.333 20.38 ± 17.61 183.32 ± 22.39
RH08 -0.534 ± 0.026 -0.675 ± 0.023 -0.508 ± 0.459 -30.56 ± 2.00 231.64 ± 2.00
RH09 -0.534 ± 0.048 -0.675 ± 0.039 -0.508 ± 0.459 -30.56 ± 2.18 231.64 ± 3.91
RH10 -0.550 ± 0.051 -0.671 ± 0.044 -0.497 ± 0.451 -29.82 ± 2.42 230.64 ± 4.21
Average -0.636 -0.096 -0.014 -0.970 184.696
Median -0.550 0.167 0.348 20.380 183.319
Deviation 0.240 0.521 0.584 35.716 45.023

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 58.6 ± 7.7 289.6 ± 8.8 1.96 ± 0.18
VC 39.1 ± 7.6 197.8 ± 17.5 1.96 ± 0.18
MX1 58.6 ± 7.6 303.1 ± 8.7 1.96 ± 0.18
MX2 58.5 ± 7.8 279.9 ± 8.9 1.96 ± 0.18
MX3 60.3 ± 6.2 365.5 ± 7.6 1.96 ± 0.18
RH08 89.9 ± 2.5 248.4 ± 5.4 1.96 ± 0.18
RH09 89.9 ± 2.5 248.4 ± 5.4 1.96 ± 0.18
RH10 89.2 ± 2.4 254.4 ± 5.3 1.96 ± 0.18
Average 68.0 273.4 1.96
Median 60.3 279.9 1.96
Deviation 19.1 49.3 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -20.3 ± 5.3 19.5 ± 2.2 52.4 ± 2.3 106.3 ± 3.7 -1.07 ± 0.37 -0.19 ± 0.05
VC 147.2 ± 6.7 29.7 ± 3.5 77.8 ± 3.4 103.8 ± 3.9 5.04 ± 0.91 1.42 ± 0.09
MX1 -20.5 ± 5.0 19.5 ± 2.2 52.3 ± 2.3 106.3 ± 3.7 -1.08 ± 0.36 -0.19 ± 0.05
MX2 -19.8 ± 5.4 19.6 ± 2.2 52.5 ± 2.3 106.2 ± 3.7 -1.04 ± 0.38 -0.19 ± 0.05
MX3 -19.2 ± 3.4 18.5 ± 2.1 49.8 ± 2.2 106.4 ± 3.7 -1.06 ± 0.26 -0.18 ± 0.03
RH8 -2.4 ± 4.7 0.1 ± 0.0 0.3 ± 0.0 108.1 ± 3.6 -21.25 ± 51.48 -0.02 ± 0.04
RH9 -2.4 ± 4.7 0.1 ± 0.0 0.3 ± 0.0 108.1 ± 3.6 -21.25 ± 51.48 -0.02 ± 0.04
RH10 -2.6 ± 4.6 0.5 ± 0.1 1.3 ± 0.1 108.1 ± 3.6 -4.68 ± 9.75 -0.02 ± 0.04
Average 7.5 13.4 35.8 106.6 -5.8 0.1
Median -2.6 19.5 52.3 106.4 -1.1 -0.0
Deviation 57.1 11.5 30.5 1.4 9.9 0.5

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -10.4 ± 3.7 18.4 ± 0.7 26.8 ± 1.5 66.3 ± 2.0 -0.56 ± 0.18 -0.16 ± 0.05
VC 73.1 ± 1.8 29.1 ± 1.1 39.8 ± 2.3 62.3 ± 1.9 2.52 ± 0.06 1.17 ± 0.05
MX1 -10.5 ± 3.7 18.4 ± 0.7 26.7 ± 1.5 66.3 ± 2.0 -0.57 ± 0.18 -0.16 ± 0.05
MX2 -10.1 ± 3.7 18.4 ± 0.7 26.8 ± 1.5 66.2 ± 2.0 -0.54 ± 0.18 -0.15 ± 0.05
MX3 -10.2 ± 3.5 17.4 ± 0.6 25.4 ± 1.5 66.5 ± 2.0 -0.58 ± 0.18 -0.15 ± 0.05
RH8 -0.9 ± 1.6 0.1 ± 0.0 0.1 ± 0.0 68.8 ± 2.1 -9.88 ± 17.85 -0.01 ± 0.02
RH9 -0.9 ± 1.6 0.1 ± 0.0 0.1 ± 0.0 68.8 ± 2.1 -9.88 ± 17.85 -0.01 ± 0.02
RH10 -1.0 ± 1.6 0.5 ± 0.0 0.7 ± 0.0 68.8 ± 2.1 -2.16 ± 3.45 -0.01 ± 0.02
Average 3.7 12.8 18.3 66.7 -2.7 0.1
Median -1.0 18.4 26.7 66.5 -0.6 -0.0
Deviation 28.4 11.1 15.6 2.2 4.6 0.5

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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