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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20051670809
Observation time: 06/16/2005 167.33970 0809 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2005
Fractional day of year 167.339705
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 29350.5 ± 40.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 245.300
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 84.162
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 16.830
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0207
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0192
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 8.02, 17.19, 18.01
Event added to database
Mon Sep 23 16:54:23 2013
Event last processed
Tue Sep 24 16:19:54 2013
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
42.179 ± 1.613

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -465.4 ± 2.0 -530.5 ± 2.4
Vy GSE [km/s] -4.5 ± 2.2 -32.8 ± 4.0
Vz GSE [km/s] -8.2 ± 6.7 29.6 ± 9.3
Wi [km/s] 17.2 ± 3.1 29.5 ± 3.3
We [km/s] 543.1 ± 97.9 933.9 ± 105.4
Ni [n/cc] 4.1 ± 0.8 7.7 ± 1.2
Bx GSE [nT] 6.7 ± 0.1 8.6 ± 0.6
By GSE [nT] -9.5 ± 0.0 -18.1 ± 0.5
Bz GSE [nT] 2.2 ± 0.3 4.1 ± 1.7
Plasma Beta
0.018 ± 0.019
0.034 ± 0.035
Sound Speed [km/s]
22.17 ± 4.00
38.13 ± 4.30
Alfven Speed [km/s]
128.60 ± 16.25
162.50 ± 13.74

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.988 ± 0.021 -0.145 ± 0.091 0.047 ± 0.047 2.68 ± 20.51 188.33 ± 5.25
VC -0.812 ± 0.052 -0.353 ± 0.047 0.464 ± 0.428 27.67 ± 6.52 203.45 ± 3.00
MX1 -0.918 ± 0.041 -0.105 ± 0.055 0.381 ± 0.362 22.42 ± 6.09 186.51 ± 3.41
MX2 -0.910 ± 0.037 -0.103 ± 0.055 0.401 ± 0.378 23.62 ± 5.21 186.45 ± 3.43
MX3 -0.900 ± 0.034 -0.100 ± 0.055 0.425 ± 0.397 25.12 ± 4.49 186.35 ± 3.48
RH08 -0.978 ± 0.003 -0.147 ± 0.014 0.151 ± 0.150 8.68 ± 1.04 188.52 ± 0.84
RH09 -0.978 ± 0.015 -0.129 ± 0.069 0.162 ± 0.161 9.32 ± 4.03 187.52 ± 4.07
RH10 -0.978 ± 0.015 -0.129 ± 0.069 0.162 ± 0.161 9.32 ± 4.03 187.52 ± 4.07
Average -0.933 -0.151 0.274 16.103 189.333
Median -0.918 -0.129 0.381 22.415 187.521
Deviation 0.060 0.083 0.160 9.553 5.767

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 64.3 ± 0.5 617.4 ± 9.8 1.96 ± 0.63
VC 85.0 ± 0.9 557.8 ± 12.6 1.96 ± 0.63
MX1 68.7 ± 0.9 599.5 ± 11.9 1.96 ± 0.63
MX2 69.2 ± 0.9 596.1 ± 11.9 1.96 ± 0.63
MX3 69.7 ± 0.9 591.3 ± 12.0 1.96 ± 0.63
RH08 66.0 ± 0.6 620.6 ± 10.6 1.96 ± 0.63
RH09 65.3 ± 0.6 621.1 ± 10.6 1.96 ± 0.63
RH10 65.3 ± 0.6 621.1 ± 62.8 1.96 ± 0.63
Average 69.2 603.1 1.96
Median 68.7 617.4 1.96
Deviation 6.7 22.1 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 157.1 ± 2.0 9.5 ± 1.7 55.8 ± 7.0 130.2 ± 16.6 16.91 ± 2.48 1.22 ± 0.13
VC 181.9 ± 3.8 1.9 ± 0.3 11.3 ± 1.4 130.5 ± 16.6 96.66 ± 13.70 1.41 ± 0.14
MX1 174.6 ± 3.9 7.9 ± 1.4 46.6 ± 5.9 130.3 ± 16.6 22.49 ± 3.22 1.36 ± 0.14
MX2 175.1 ± 4.0 7.8 ± 1.4 45.8 ± 5.8 130.3 ± 16.6 22.97 ± 3.29 1.36 ± 0.14
MX3 175.5 ± 4.1 7.6 ± 1.4 44.7 ± 5.6 130.3 ± 16.6 23.59 ± 3.37 1.36 ± 0.14
RH8 166.2 ± 2.5 8.9 ± 1.6 52.2 ± 6.6 130.2 ± 16.6 19.09 ± 2.78 1.29 ± 0.13
RH9 166.5 ± 2.6 9.2 ± 1.6 53.8 ± 6.8 130.2 ± 16.6 18.57 ± 2.70 1.29 ± 0.13
RH10 166.5 ± 2.6 9.2 ± 1.6 53.8 ± 6.8 130.2 ± 16.6 18.57 ± 2.70 1.29 ± 0.13
Average 170.4 7.7 45.5 130.3 29.9 1.3
Median 174.6 8.9 52.2 130.3 22.5 1.4
Deviation 7.8 2.5 14.4 0.1 27.1 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 87.0 ± 2.9 16.2 ± 1.8 70.4 ± 6.0 166.2 ± 13.8 5.45 ± 0.71 0.53 ± 0.04
VC 101.5 ± 5.2 3.3 ± 0.4 14.3 ± 1.2 166.9 ± 13.8 31.53 ± 4.66 0.61 ± 0.07
MX1 97.5 ± 4.5 13.5 ± 1.5 58.9 ± 5.0 166.4 ± 13.8 7.33 ± 1.06 0.59 ± 0.06
MX2 97.9 ± 4.6 13.2 ± 1.5 57.8 ± 4.9 166.4 ± 13.8 7.49 ± 1.09 0.59 ± 0.06
MX3 98.1 ± 4.8 12.9 ± 1.4 56.5 ± 4.8 166.4 ± 13.8 7.70 ± 1.13 0.59 ± 0.07
RH8 92.7 ± 3.2 15.1 ± 1.7 66.0 ± 5.6 166.3 ± 13.8 6.20 ± 0.83 0.56 ± 0.05
RH9 93.1 ± 3.2 15.6 ± 1.7 68.0 ± 5.7 166.2 ± 13.8 6.04 ± 0.81 0.56 ± 0.05
RH10 93.1 ± 3.2 15.6 ± 1.7 68.0 ± 5.7 166.2 ± 13.8 6.04 ± 0.81 0.56 ± 0.05
Average 95.1 13.2 57.5 166.4 9.7 0.6
Median 97.5 15.1 66.0 166.4 7.3 0.6
Deviation 4.5 4.2 18.2 0.2 8.8 0.0

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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