CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20050080015
Observation time: 01/08/2005 8.01082 0015 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2005
Fractional day of year 8.010816
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 934.5 ± 20.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 254.543
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 33.934
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 19.690
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0263
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0255
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 11.48, 12.12, 12.55
Event added to database
Mon Sep 23 15:36:36 2013
Event last processed
Tue Sep 24 15:41:48 2013
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
78.601 ± 22.791

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -524.8 ± 1.2 -545.0 ± 3.3
Vy GSE [km/s] 35.6 ± 2.0 49.1 ± 4.9
Vz GSE [km/s] -4.6 ± 1.1 -5.5 ± 5.5
Wi [km/s] 21.0 ± 0.5 27.5 ± 2.4
We [km/s] 663.0 ± 15.5 870.9 ± 76.7
Ni [n/cc] 29.7 ± 3.4 43.7 ± 8.3
Bx GSE [nT] 6.9 ± 0.4 7.4 ± 0.5
By GSE [nT] 12.0 ± 0.5 17.1 ± 0.9
Bz GSE [nT] -6.6 ± 0.5 -8.9 ± 1.5
Plasma Beta
0.117 ± 0.126
0.171 ± 0.201
Sound Speed [km/s]
27.07 ± 0.63
35.56 ± 3.13
Alfven Speed [km/s]
61.93 ± 5.64
69.48 ± 10.10

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.990 ± 0.073 -0.025 ± 0.259 0.140 ± 0.139 8.03 ± 29.80 181.42 ± 15.00
VC -0.832 ± 0.108 0.551 ± 0.163 -0.056 ± 0.056 -3.21 ± 12.52 146.49 ± 11.20
MX1 -0.977 ± 0.030 0.163 ± 0.115 0.137 ± 0.136 7.88 ± 9.71 170.55 ± 6.73
MX2 -0.977 ± 0.030 0.168 ± 0.111 0.128 ± 0.127 7.34 ± 10.28 170.23 ± 6.50
MX3 -0.976 ± 0.031 0.188 ± 0.102 0.109 ± 0.108 6.24 ± 12.97 169.07 ± 5.99
RH08 -0.218 ± 0.014 -0.404 ± 0.012 -0.888 ± 0.502 -62.66 ± 0.74 241.67 ± 1.89
RH09 -0.218 ± 0.046 -0.404 ± 0.040 -0.888 ± 0.502 -62.66 ± 2.36 241.67 ± 6.10
RH10 -0.218 ± 0.059 -0.404 ± 0.048 -0.888 ± 0.502 -62.66 ± 2.77 241.67 ± 7.81
Average -0.676 -0.021 -0.276 -20.212 195.348
Median -0.832 0.163 0.109 6.237 181.423
Deviation 0.382 0.355 0.511 35.333 39.559

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 58.4 ± 1.3 569.9 ± 196.4 1.51 ± 0.41
VC 85.3 ± 1.5 528.0 ± 195.2 1.51 ± 0.41
MX1 68.3 ± 1.5 578.2 ± 205.5 1.51 ± 0.41
MX2 68.8 ± 1.5 579.1 ± 205.6 1.51 ± 0.41
MX3 70.3 ± 1.4 580.3 ± 206.0 1.51 ± 0.41
RH08 88.1 ± 2.1 107.5 ± 14.8 1.51 ± 0.41
RH09 88.1 ± 2.1 107.5 ± 14.8 1.51 ± 0.41
RH10 88.1 ± 2.1 107.5 ± 117.9 1.51 ± 0.41
Average 76.9 394.8 1.51
Median 85.3 569.9 1.51
Deviation 11.8 238.5 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 51.9 ± 1.3 13.2 ± 0.3 32.4 ± 3.0 66.3 ± 5.2 3.93 ± 0.12 0.79 ± 0.07
VC 71.2 ± 1.4 2.0 ± 0.0 5.1 ± 0.5 67.6 ± 5.1 35.08 ± 1.32 1.06 ± 0.09
MX1 60.3 ± 1.3 9.3 ± 0.2 22.9 ± 2.1 67.0 ± 5.2 6.52 ± 0.21 0.91 ± 0.08
MX2 60.8 ± 1.3 9.0 ± 0.2 22.4 ± 2.0 67.0 ± 5.2 6.73 ± 0.22 0.91 ± 0.08
MX3 61.9 ± 1.3 8.4 ± 0.2 20.9 ± 1.9 67.1 ± 5.2 7.36 ± 0.24 0.93 ± 0.08
RH8 3.5 ± 1.0 0.8 ± 0.0 2.1 ± 0.2 67.6 ± 5.1 4.23 ± 1.18 0.05 ± 0.01
RH9 3.5 ± 1.0 0.8 ± 0.0 2.1 ± 0.2 67.6 ± 5.1 4.23 ± 1.18 0.05 ± 0.01
RH10 3.5 ± 1.0 0.8 ± 0.0 2.1 ± 0.2 67.6 ± 5.1 4.23 ± 1.18 0.05 ± 0.01
Average 39.6 5.6 13.7 67.2 9.0 0.6
Median 60.3 8.4 20.9 67.6 6.5 0.9
Deviation 30.3 5.0 12.2 0.5 10.6 0.5

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 32.4 ± 4.0 16.8 ± 1.0 36.4 ± 5.3 76.4 ± 8.4 1.93 ± 0.21 0.43 ± 0.09
VC 47.0 ± 2.9 2.6 ± 0.1 5.7 ± 0.8 78.3 ± 8.2 18.32 ± 1.69 0.61 ± 0.08
MX1 38.5 ± 3.8 11.7 ± 0.6 25.7 ± 3.7 77.4 ± 8.3 3.28 ± 0.32 0.51 ± 0.09
MX2 38.9 ± 3.7 11.5 ± 0.6 25.1 ± 3.7 77.4 ± 8.3 3.40 ± 0.32 0.51 ± 0.09
MX3 39.8 ± 3.6 10.7 ± 0.6 23.4 ± 3.4 77.6 ± 8.3 3.73 ± 0.35 0.52 ± 0.09
RH8 3.7 ± 4.3 1.0 ± 0.1 2.3 ± 0.3 78.3 ± 8.2 3.54 ± 4.04 0.04 ± 0.05
RH9 3.7 ± 4.3 1.0 ± 0.1 2.3 ± 0.3 78.3 ± 8.2 3.54 ± 4.04 0.04 ± 0.05
RH10 3.7 ± 4.3 1.0 ± 0.1 2.3 ± 0.3 78.3 ± 8.2 3.54 ± 4.04 0.04 ± 0.05
Average 25.9 7.1 15.4 77.7 5.2 0.3
Median 38.5 10.7 23.4 78.3 3.5 0.5
Deviation 18.9 6.3 13.7 0.7 5.3 0.2

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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