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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20022321350
Observation time: 08/20/2002 232.57686 1350 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2002
Fractional day of year 232.576858
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 49840.5 ± 6.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 45.775
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 78.732
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 5.240
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0260
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0260
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 2.40, 3.32, 3.43
Event added to database
Sat Mar 12 23:19:10 2005
Event last processed
Sun Mar 13 11:41:56 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
6.411 ± 0.788

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -465.3 ± 1.1 -486.7 ± 5.7
Vy GSE [km/s] -3.8 ± 0.8 -19.1 ± 5.2
Vz GSE [km/s] 3.3 ± 0.9 22.1 ± 12.7
Wi [km/s] 14.5 ± 0.7 17.9 ± 0.8
We [km/s] 459.8 ± 23.0 565.6 ± 25.8
Ni [n/cc] 2.8 ± 0.1 3.7 ± 0.2
Bx GSE [nT] 4.5 ± 0.1 4.7 ± 1.0
By GSE [nT] -3.8 ± 0.1 -6.2 ± 0.7
Bz GSE [nT] 0.0 ± 0.1 1.0 ± 1.3
Plasma Beta
0.035 ± 0.036
0.037 ± 0.035
Sound Speed [km/s]
18.77 ± 0.94
23.09 ± 1.05
Alfven Speed [km/s]
77.70 ± 1.79
92.74 ± 2.40

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.957 ± 0.081 0.193 ± 0.215 0.215 ± 0.212 12.44 ± 18.62 168.60 ± 12.85
VC -0.673 ± 0.170 -0.476 ± 0.153 0.566 ± 0.496 34.44 ± 18.75 215.29 ± 9.34
MX1 -0.948 ± 0.069 0.160 ± 0.200 0.275 ± 0.267 15.93 ± 12.75 170.44 ± 12.05
MX2 -0.936 ± 0.056 0.145 ± 0.182 0.321 ± 0.309 18.71 ± 8.77 171.17 ± 11.15
MX3 -0.897 ± 0.037 0.110 ± 0.144 0.428 ± 0.400 25.34 ± 4.40 173.00 ± 9.20
RH08 -0.968 ± 0.009 0.128 ± 0.025 0.218 ± 0.214 12.58 ± 2.19 172.48 ± 1.50
RH09 -0.960 ± 0.020 0.161 ± 0.069 0.229 ± 0.225 13.24 ± 3.98 170.47 ± 4.12
RH10 -0.965 ± 0.018 0.145 ± 0.070 0.218 ± 0.214 12.58 ± 3.97 171.48 ± 4.16
Average -0.913 0.071 0.309 18.159 176.616
Median -0.948 0.145 0.275 15.933 171.476
Deviation 0.100 0.222 0.127 7.937 15.684

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 35.8 ± 1.0 532.7 ± 37.1 1.31 ± 0.09
VC 83.3 ± 1.0 455.8 ± 34.4 1.31 ± 0.09
MX1 39.3 ± 0.9 535.2 ± 36.5 1.31 ± 0.09
MX2 41.6 ± 0.9 535.1 ± 35.6 1.31 ± 0.09
MX3 47.3 ± 0.9 528.0 ± 33.5 1.31 ± 0.09
RH08 38.9 ± 1.0 541.1 ± 39.1 1.31 ± 0.09
RH09 37.7 ± 1.0 536.9 ± 37.7 1.31 ± 0.09
RH10 38.1 ± 1.0 538.6 ± 38.6 1.31 ± 0.09
Average 45.3 525.4 1.31
Median 39.3 535.2 1.31
Deviation 15.8 28.4 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 87.4 ± 0.9 15.1 ± 0.7 63.1 ± 1.5 78.5 ± 1.7 5.81 ± 0.30 1.11 ± 0.03
VC 138.9 ± 1.0 2.1 ± 0.1 9.0 ± 0.2 79.9 ± 1.6 65.79 ± 3.01 1.74 ± 0.04
MX1 93.7 ± 0.9 14.3 ± 0.7 60.1 ± 1.4 78.6 ± 1.7 6.54 ± 0.33 1.19 ± 0.03
MX2 99.1 ± 0.8 13.8 ± 0.7 58.1 ± 1.3 78.7 ± 1.7 7.17 ± 0.36 1.26 ± 0.03
MX3 109.6 ± 0.8 12.5 ± 0.6 52.7 ± 1.2 79.0 ± 1.7 8.77 ± 0.42 1.39 ± 0.03
RH8 90.7 ± 0.9 14.4 ± 0.7 60.4 ± 1.4 78.6 ± 1.7 6.30 ± 0.32 1.15 ± 0.03
RH9 90.1 ± 0.9 14.7 ± 0.7 61.5 ± 1.4 78.6 ± 1.7 6.15 ± 0.31 1.15 ± 0.03
RH10 89.3 ± 0.9 14.6 ± 0.7 61.1 ± 1.4 78.6 ± 1.7 6.13 ± 0.31 1.14 ± 0.03
Average 99.8 12.7 53.2 78.8 14.1 1.3
Median 93.7 14.4 60.4 78.6 6.5 1.2
Deviation 17.3 4.3 18.2 0.5 20.9 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 65.8 ± 4.6 18.5 ± 0.8 75.3 ± 1.9 93.8 ± 2.3 3.55 ± 0.24 0.70 ± 0.05
VC 106.5 ± 4.0 2.6 ± 0.1 10.7 ± 0.3 95.5 ± 2.1 41.04 ± 1.55 1.12 ± 0.05
MX1 70.6 ± 4.6 17.6 ± 0.8 71.8 ± 1.9 93.9 ± 2.3 4.01 ± 0.25 0.75 ± 0.05
MX2 75.2 ± 4.7 17.0 ± 0.7 69.3 ± 1.8 94.0 ± 2.3 4.42 ± 0.26 0.80 ± 0.05
MX3 84.0 ± 5.2 15.4 ± 0.7 62.9 ± 1.6 94.3 ± 2.2 5.46 ± 0.31 0.89 ± 0.06
RH8 67.8 ± 4.5 17.7 ± 0.8 72.1 ± 1.9 93.9 ± 2.3 3.83 ± 0.26 0.72 ± 0.05
RH9 67.7 ± 4.6 18.1 ± 0.8 73.4 ± 1.9 93.9 ± 2.3 3.75 ± 0.25 0.72 ± 0.05
RH10 66.8 ± 4.6 17.9 ± 0.8 73.0 ± 1.9 93.9 ± 2.3 3.72 ± 0.25 0.71 ± 0.05
Average 75.6 15.6 63.6 94.2 8.7 0.8
Median 70.6 17.7 72.1 93.9 4.0 0.8
Deviation 13.9 5.3 21.7 0.6 13.1 0.1

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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