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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20020480124
Observation time: 02/17/2002 48.05863 0124 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2002
Fractional day of year 48.058628
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 5065.5 ± 54.0
Shock type SF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -8.300
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -290.979
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 10.700
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0221
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0242
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 6.14, 15.30, 16.24
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:17:53 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 22:37:39 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
-136.222 ± 2.808

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -327.2 ± 3.0 -360.3 ± 2.6
Vy GSE [km/s] -36.7 ± 2.1 -14.1 ± 0.5
Vz GSE [km/s] -10.3 ± 2.6 14.3 ± 2.0
Wi [km/s] 18.3 ± 0.3 18.5 ± 0.6
We [km/s] 578.9 ± 10.6 585.3 ± 19.0
Ni [n/cc] 7.9 ± 0.3 14.4 ± 0.5
Bx GSE [nT] -4.6 ± 0.2 2.7 ± 0.2
By GSE [nT] 3.5 ± 0.2 -1.0 ± 0.2
Bz GSE [nT] 4.0 ± 0.3 -2.1 ± 0.5
Plasma Beta
0.111 ± 0.108
0.807 ± 0.795
Sound Speed [km/s]
23.64 ± 0.43
23.90 ± 0.78
Alfven Speed [km/s]
55.01 ± 1.05
20.62 ± 0.78

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.740 ± 0.565 -0.665 ± 0.628 -0.105 ± 0.104 -6.01 ± 23.04 221.94 ± 48.58
VC -0.702 ± 0.048 0.483 ± 0.052 0.523 ± 0.469 31.53 ± 4.86 145.47 ± 3.75
MX1 -0.812 ± 0.346 -0.419 ± 0.579 -0.407 ± 0.383 -24.00 ± 28.62 207.29 ± 40.36
MX2 -0.821 ± 0.597 -0.569 ± 0.861 -0.047 ± 0.047 -2.68 ± 25.84 214.73 ± 60.10
MX3 -0.907 ± 0.247 0.036 ± 1.015 -0.420 ± 0.393 -24.84 ± 33.21 177.71 ± 64.13
RH08 -0.456 ± 0.015 -0.882 ± 0.008 0.117 ± 0.117 6.74 ± 1.29 242.67 ± 1.00
RH09 -0.456 ± 0.043 -0.882 ± 0.023 0.117 ± 0.117 6.74 ± 3.78 242.67 ± 2.78
RH10 -0.456 ± 0.043 -0.882 ± 0.023 0.117 ± 0.117 6.74 ± 3.83 242.67 ± 2.81
Average -0.669 -0.473 -0.013 -0.725 211.896
Median -0.702 -0.569 0.117 6.737 221.943
Deviation 0.186 0.496 0.309 18.371 34.955

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 84.6 ± 2.3 283.2 ± 5.2 1.83 ± 0.07
VC 4.0 ± 2.8 309.6 ± 6.4 1.83 ± 0.07
MX1 84.6 ± 2.8 300.9 ± 6.6 1.83 ± 0.07
MX2 76.8 ± 2.3 319.7 ± 5.5 1.83 ± 0.07
MX3 67.9 ± 2.9 344.3 ± 6.9 1.83 ± 0.07
RH08 85.7 ± 1.7 176.2 ± 3.3 1.83 ± 0.07
RH09 85.7 ± 1.7 176.2 ± 3.3 1.83 ± 0.07
RH10 85.7 ± 1.7 176.2 ± 3.3 1.83 ± 0.07
Average 71.9 260.8 1.83
Median 84.6 300.9 1.83
Deviation 28.1 72.1 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 15.7 ± 2.7 2.0 ± 0.0 5.2 ± 0.1 59.8 ± 0.9 7.70 ± 1.35 0.26 ± 0.05
VC 102.9 ± 1.8 23.6 ± 0.4 54.9 ± 1.0 55.0 ± 1.1 4.37 ± 0.12 1.87 ± 0.06
MX1 15.7 ± 3.2 2.0 ± 0.0 5.1 ± 0.1 59.8 ± 0.9 7.72 ± 1.62 0.26 ± 0.05
MX2 29.7 ± 2.8 5.0 ± 0.1 12.5 ± 0.2 59.7 ± 0.9 5.99 ± 0.58 0.50 ± 0.05
MX3 44.7 ± 3.5 8.2 ± 0.1 20.7 ± 0.4 59.3 ± 0.9 5.43 ± 0.47 0.75 ± 0.06
RH8 -4.1 ± 2.3 1.6 ± 0.0 4.1 ± 0.1 59.9 ± 0.9 -2.53 ± 1.39 -0.07 ± 0.04
RH9 -4.1 ± 2.3 1.6 ± 0.0 4.1 ± 0.1 59.9 ± 0.9 -2.53 ± 1.39 -0.07 ± 0.04
RH10 -4.1 ± 2.3 1.6 ± 0.0 4.1 ± 0.1 59.9 ± 0.9 -2.53 ± 1.39 -0.07 ± 0.04
Average 24.5 5.7 13.9 59.2 3.0 0.4
Median 15.7 2.0 5.2 59.8 5.4 0.3
Deviation 36.2 7.6 17.6 1.7 4.7 0.7

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 8.9 ± 2.1 1.5 ± 0.0 1.9 ± 0.1 31.5 ± 1.0 6.00 ± 1.27 0.28 ± 0.06
VC 55.9 ± 1.3 20.4 ± 0.8 20.6 ± 0.8 24.1 ± 0.8 2.74 ± 0.05 2.32 ± 0.06
MX1 8.3 ± 2.8 1.5 ± 0.0 1.9 ± 0.1 31.5 ± 1.0 5.62 ± 1.78 0.26 ± 0.08
MX2 16.6 ± 2.2 3.6 ± 0.1 4.7 ± 0.2 31.4 ± 1.0 4.62 ± 0.50 0.53 ± 0.06
MX3 24.1 ± 3.1 6.0 ± 0.2 7.7 ± 0.3 31.0 ± 1.0 4.03 ± 0.41 0.78 ± 0.08
RH8 -2.1 ± 1.1 1.2 ± 0.0 1.6 ± 0.1 31.5 ± 1.0 -1.82 ± 0.95 -0.07 ± 0.04
RH9 -2.1 ± 1.1 1.2 ± 0.0 1.6 ± 0.1 31.5 ± 1.0 -1.82 ± 0.95 -0.07 ± 0.04
RH10 -2.1 ± 1.1 1.2 ± 0.0 1.6 ± 0.1 31.5 ± 1.0 -1.82 ± 0.95 -0.07 ± 0.04
Average 13.4 4.6 5.2 30.5 2.2 0.5
Median 8.9 1.5 1.9 31.5 4.0 0.3
Deviation 19.6 6.6 6.6 2.6 3.5 0.8

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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