CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20132880057
Observation time: 10/15/2013 288.04023 0057 [UT]

Wind spacecraft

Site
Data tables
Selection
Normals
Parameters
Previous event
Next event
Yearly list
Main page
Help

General information
Asymptotic parameters
Shock front normals
Key parameters
Wave speed and Mach numbers
Survey
Selected
Simple methods
Rankine
Individual equations
Shock speed
Theta Bn
Mach numbers


General Information (About, Top)

Year 2013
Fractional day of year 288.040226
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 3475.5 ± 20.0
Shock type SF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 258.833
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 18.415
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 19.770
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0183
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0003
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0122
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 4.54, 6.71, 8.18
Event added to database
Tue Jun 10 23:34:02 2014
Event last processed
Wed Jun 11 02:23:43 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
63.056 ± 3.622

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -467.0 ± 4.1 -518.4 ± 12.1
Vy GSE [km/s] 9.9 ± 3.8 73.9 ± 5.2
Vz GSE [km/s] 10.5 ± 11.2 -40.0 ± 10.1
Wi [km/s] 50.8 ± 2.4 74.7 ± 7.9
We [km/s] 1604.9 ± 75.8 2363.6 ± 251.4
Ni [n/cc] 5.5 ± 0.4 6.4 ± 1.1
Bx GSE [nT] -6.2 ± 0.4 -2.0 ± 1.0
By GSE [nT] 8.9 ± 0.3 5.6 ± 0.8
Bz GSE [nT] -2.1 ± 0.7 5.7 ± 2.1
Plasma Beta
0.242 ± 0.239
1.137 ± 1.328
Sound Speed [km/s]
65.52 ± 3.10
96.49 ± 10.26
Alfven Speed [km/s]
103.67 ± 3.15
74.03 ± 13.66

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.350 ± 0.027 0.778 ± 0.024 0.522 ± 0.469 31.48 ± 2.50 114.23 ± 1.88
VC -0.531 ± 0.068 0.671 ± 0.064 -0.517 ± 0.465 -31.16 ± 6.34 128.38 ± 4.96
MX1 -0.389 ± 0.116 0.754 ± 0.064 0.529 ± 0.473 31.93 ± 2.83 117.31 ± 8.73
MX2 -0.352 ± 0.026 0.776 ± 0.023 0.523 ± 0.469 31.52 ± 2.51 114.38 ± 1.75
MX3 -0.312 ± 0.114 0.804 ± 0.051 0.506 ± 0.458 30.41 ± 3.22 111.18 ± 8.10
RH08 -0.811 ± 0.008 -0.559 ± 0.011 0.173 ± 0.171 9.97 ± 1.15 214.60 ± 0.76
RH09 -0.811 ± 0.024 -0.559 ± 0.033 0.173 ± 0.171 9.97 ± 3.35 214.60 ± 2.29
RH10 -0.809 ± 0.027 -0.558 ± 0.037 0.184 ± 0.182 10.62 ± 3.72 214.60 ± 2.54
Average -0.546 0.263 0.262 15.596 153.658
Median -0.389 0.754 0.506 30.411 128.381
Deviation 0.228 0.682 0.358 21.601 50.713

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 43.7 ± 3.4 341.6 ± 117.5 1.12 ± 0.16
VC 20.6 ± 3.4 619.1 ± 289.3 1.12 ± 0.16
MX1 43.6 ± 3.4 359.3 ± 118.5 1.12 ± 0.16
MX2 43.7 ± 3.4 342.4 ± 117.5 1.12 ± 0.16
MX3 43.4 ± 3.4 327.3 ± 118.6 1.12 ± 0.16
RH08 88.1 ± 2.4 346.5 ± 13.3 1.12 ± 0.16
RH09 88.1 ± 2.4 346.5 ± 13.3 1.12 ± 0.16
RH10 87.9 ± 2.4 348.5 ± 53.5 1.12 ± 0.16
Average 57.4 378.9 1.12
Median 43.7 346.5 1.12
Deviation 26.5 97.5 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 164.9 ± 7.9 42.7 ± 1.3 75.0 ± 2.3 115.0 ± 1.8 3.87 ± 0.17 1.43 ± 0.08
VC 369.8 ± 4.6 59.2 ± 2.3 97.1 ± 2.9 107.5 ± 2.5 6.26 ± 0.28 3.44 ± 0.08
MX1 164.5 ± 7.8 42.8 ± 1.3 75.1 ± 2.3 115.0 ± 1.8 3.85 ± 0.17 1.43 ± 0.08
MX2 164.8 ± 7.9 42.7 ± 1.3 75.0 ± 2.3 115.0 ± 1.8 3.86 ± 0.17 1.43 ± 0.08
MX3 168.4 ± 7.8 42.9 ± 1.3 75.3 ± 2.3 115.0 ± 1.8 3.93 ± 0.17 1.47 ± 0.08
RH8 -28.4 ± 4.3 1.9 ± 0.0 3.5 ± 0.1 122.7 ± 1.4 -15.20 ± 2.23 -0.23 ± 0.03
RH9 -28.4 ± 4.3 1.9 ± 0.0 3.5 ± 0.1 122.7 ± 1.4 -15.20 ± 2.23 -0.23 ± 0.03
RH10 -25.7 ± 4.2 2.0 ± 0.1 3.7 ± 0.1 122.7 ± 1.4 -12.93 ± 2.09 -0.21 ± 0.03
Average 118.7 29.5 51.0 116.9 -2.7 1.1
Median 164.8 42.7 75.0 115.0 3.9 1.4
Deviation 139.4 23.5 40.0 5.4 9.8 1.3

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 123.6 ± 3.5 44.8 ± 3.3 53.5 ± 9.9 113.9 ± 1.7 2.77 ± 0.26 1.09 ± 0.04
VC 273.4 ± 14.9 63.2 ± 6.1 69.3 ± 12.8 104.7 ± 3.3 4.37 ± 0.63 2.61 ± 0.09
MX1 122.9 ± 3.8 44.9 ± 3.3 53.7 ± 9.9 113.9 ± 1.7 2.75 ± 0.27 1.08 ± 0.04
MX2 123.5 ± 3.5 44.8 ± 3.3 53.5 ± 9.9 113.9 ± 1.7 2.77 ± 0.26 1.08 ± 0.04
MX3 126.5 ± 3.3 45.0 ± 3.3 53.8 ± 9.9 113.8 ± 1.7 2.82 ± 0.26 1.11 ± 0.04
RH8 -25.5 ± 5.6 1.9 ± 0.1 2.5 ± 0.5 122.4 ± 1.9 -13.04 ± 2.19 -0.21 ± 0.04
RH9 -25.5 ± 5.6 1.9 ± 0.1 2.5 ± 0.5 122.4 ± 1.9 -13.04 ± 2.19 -0.21 ± 0.04
RH10 -22.2 ± 5.5 2.1 ± 0.1 2.7 ± 0.5 122.4 ± 1.9 -10.68 ± 2.09 -0.18 ± 0.04
Average 87.1 31.1 36.4 115.9 -2.7 0.8
Median 123.5 44.8 53.5 113.9 2.8 1.1
Deviation 105.2 24.9 28.6 6.2 8.0 1.0

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)

   
 

Section Photo