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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20021981555
Observation time: 07/17/2002 198.66366 1555 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2002
Fractional day of year 198.663663
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 57340.5 ± 9.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -16.854
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 72.479
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 3.993
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0301
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0378
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 4.65, 5.74, 5.89
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:20:01 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 23:18:28 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
2.347 ± 0.319

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -400.2 ± 2.8 -467.9 ± 20.9
Vy GSE [km/s] 19.0 ± 7.3 -66.0 ± 22.3
Vz GSE [km/s] 12.3 ± 5.1 -29.7 ± 15.4
Wi [km/s] 41.7 ± 3.9 81.9 ± 20.4
We [km/s] 1319.2 ± 122.1 2590.5 ± 644.2
Ni [n/cc] 5.5 ± 0.4 16.6 ± 3.5
Bx GSE [nT] -5.1 ± 0.5 -10.7 ± 3.8
By GSE [nT] 0.2 ± 1.2 3.8 ± 6.3
Bz GSE [nT] -2.4 ± 1.0 -6.3 ± 2.7
Plasma Beta
0.600 ± 0.572
1.534 ± 0.916
Sound Speed [km/s]
53.86 ± 4.98
105.76 ± 26.30
Alfven Speed [km/s]
54.20 ± 1.73
80.86 ± 21.07

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.836 ± 0.288 -0.511 ± 0.454 -0.201 ± 0.198 -11.58 ± 26.72 211.47 ± 30.98
VC -0.588 ± 0.170 -0.729 ± 0.139 -0.350 ± 0.335 -20.52 ± 6.90 231.09 ± 13.17
MX1 -0.732 ± 0.372 -0.589 ± 0.459 -0.341 ± 0.327 -19.96 ± 11.97 218.84 ± 35.78
MX2 -0.690 ± 0.246 -0.694 ± 0.245 -0.206 ± 0.203 -11.87 ± 16.70 225.14 ± 20.04
MX3 -0.712 ± 0.269 -0.661 ± 0.289 -0.238 ± 0.233 -13.74 ± 13.98 222.89 ± 23.01
RH08 -0.916 ± 0.009 -0.362 ± 0.021 -0.173 ± 0.171 -9.97 ± 1.16 201.56 ± 1.34
RH09 -0.897 ± 0.031 -0.391 ± 0.065 -0.207 ± 0.204 -11.93 ± 3.97 203.57 ± 4.16
RH10 -0.899 ± 0.031 -0.392 ± 0.066 -0.196 ± 0.193 -11.28 ± 3.96 203.57 ± 4.16
Average -0.784 -0.541 -0.239 -13.856 214.766
Median -0.732 -0.511 -0.206 -11.869 218.841
Deviation 0.120 0.148 0.068 4.074 11.294

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 35.5 ± 10.9 483.2 ± 21.2 3.14 ± 0.74
VC 49.1 ± 12.2 395.3 ± 30.8 3.14 ± 0.74
MX1 38.6 ± 12.0 446.8 ± 25.7 3.14 ± 0.74
MX2 46.8 ± 11.8 436.1 ± 26.5 3.14 ± 0.74
MX3 44.1 ± 11.8 443.6 ± 26.0 3.14 ± 0.74
RH08 28.9 ± 9.9 505.0 ± 18.5 3.14 ± 0.74
RH09 29.3 ± 10.0 500.6 ± 19.1 3.14 ± 0.74
RH10 29.6 ± 10.0 501.1 ± 19.0 3.14 ± 0.74
Average 37.7 464.0 3.14
Median 38.6 483.2 3.14
Deviation 8.2 39.6 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 161.1 ± 3.9 34.8 ± 1.4 44.1 ± 1.4 68.1 ± 3.3 4.63 ± 0.21 2.37 ± 0.13
VC 178.1 ± 5.9 26.6 ± 1.1 35.5 ± 1.1 71.7 ± 3.4 6.71 ± 0.35 2.49 ± 0.15
MX1 169.3 ± 4.8 33.0 ± 1.3 42.4 ± 1.4 69.0 ± 3.4 5.14 ± 0.24 2.46 ± 0.14
MX2 175.6 ± 5.2 28.0 ± 1.1 37.1 ± 1.2 71.2 ± 3.4 6.27 ± 0.32 2.47 ± 0.14
MX3 174.3 ± 5.0 29.7 ± 1.2 38.9 ± 1.2 70.5 ± 3.4 5.88 ± 0.29 2.48 ± 0.14
RH8 147.5 ± 3.0 38.6 ± 1.5 47.5 ± 1.5 66.0 ± 3.3 3.82 ± 0.16 2.24 ± 0.11
RH9 151.7 ± 3.2 38.4 ± 1.5 47.3 ± 1.5 66.2 ± 3.3 3.96 ± 0.17 2.30 ± 0.12
RH10 151.3 ± 3.2 38.2 ± 1.5 47.1 ± 1.5 66.3 ± 3.3 3.96 ± 0.17 2.29 ± 0.12
Average 163.6 33.4 42.5 68.6 5.0 2.4
Median 169.3 34.8 44.1 69.0 5.1 2.5
Deviation 12.3 4.9 4.8 2.3 1.1 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 52.6 ± 18.0 52.9 ± 6.6 65.9 ± 17.2 125.5 ± 12.9 1.01 ± 0.37 0.43 ± 0.16
VC 61.5 ± 18.8 40.9 ± 4.7 52.9 ± 13.8 130.0 ± 12.1 1.54 ± 0.57 0.48 ± 0.15
MX1 55.2 ± 17.9 50.3 ± 6.2 63.2 ± 16.5 126.6 ± 12.7 1.12 ± 0.41 0.45 ± 0.15
MX2 61.2 ± 18.3 43.1 ± 5.0 55.4 ± 14.4 129.3 ± 12.2 1.45 ± 0.51 0.48 ± 0.15
MX3 59.9 ± 18.2 45.5 ± 5.3 58.1 ± 15.1 128.5 ± 12.3 1.34 ± 0.48 0.48 ± 0.15
RH8 47.4 ± 18.3 58.1 ± 7.8 70.8 ± 18.5 123.0 ± 13.6 0.82 ± 0.32 0.40 ± 0.17
RH9 49.0 ± 18.1 57.8 ± 7.7 70.5 ± 18.4 123.2 ± 13.5 0.86 ± 0.32 0.41 ± 0.17
RH10 48.8 ± 18.1 57.6 ± 7.6 70.3 ± 18.3 123.3 ± 13.5 0.86 ± 0.32 0.41 ± 0.17
Average 54.5 50.8 63.4 126.2 1.1 0.4
Median 55.2 52.9 65.9 126.6 1.1 0.4
Deviation 5.9 6.9 7.2 2.9 0.3 0.0

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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