CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20140500309
Observation time: 02/19/2014 50.13168 0309 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2014
Fractional day of year 50.131684
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 11377.5 ± 10.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 208.936
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 95.671
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -5.954
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0004
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0112
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0194
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 6.59, 10.94, 11.94
Event added to database
Wed Jun 11 01:36:51 2014
Event last processed
Wed Jun 11 03:03:40 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
34.453 ± 0.878

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -387.8 ± 3.1 -474.3 ± 6.6
Vy GSE [km/s] -1.6 ± 5.0 1.6 ± 9.7
Vz GSE [km/s] 4.6 ± 1.2 -34.6 ± 5.7
Wi [km/s] 23.5 ± 0.4 26.6 ± 1.4
We [km/s] 743.5 ± 11.3 840.4 ± 45.2
Ni [n/cc] 2.4 ± 0.0 3.9 ± 0.2
Bx GSE [nT] 3.5 ± 0.1 5.8 ± 0.4
By GSE [nT] -3.1 ± 0.3 -3.5 ± 4.0
Bz GSE [nT] -7.1 ± 0.1 -13.4 ± 1.0
Plasma Beta
0.038 ± 0.039
0.024 ± 0.025
Sound Speed [km/s]
30.35 ± 0.46
34.31 ± 1.84
Alfven Speed [km/s]
120.23 ± 0.33
171.39 ± 4.53

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.908 ± 0.364 0.333 ± 0.977 0.256 ± 0.250 14.84 ± 15.91 159.87 ± 61.67
VC -0.911 ± 0.025 0.035 ± 0.104 -0.411 ± 0.386 -24.28 ± 3.45 177.77 ± 6.52
MX1 -0.948 ± 0.034 0.073 ± 0.121 -0.311 ± 0.300 -18.10 ± 6.01 175.59 ± 7.33
MX2 -0.943 ± 0.026 0.040 ± 0.089 -0.330 ± 0.318 -19.29 ± 4.39 177.58 ± 5.38
MX3 -0.939 ± 0.022 0.017 ± 0.078 -0.342 ± 0.328 -20.03 ± 3.69 178.95 ± 4.76
RH08 -0.993 ± 0.004 0.009 ± 0.032 -0.117 ± 0.117 -6.74 ± 2.03 179.50 ± 1.86
RH09 -0.995 ± 0.007 -0.096 ± 0.068 -0.006 ± 0.006 -0.32 ± 4.05 185.52 ± 3.94
RH10 -0.994 ± 0.008 -0.114 ± 0.068 -0.006 ± 0.006 -0.32 ± 4.05 186.52 ± 3.94
Average -0.954 0.037 -0.158 -9.279 177.663
Median -0.943 0.035 -0.117 -6.737 178.947
Deviation 0.036 0.136 0.230 13.454 8.159

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 45.1 ± 0.5 542.8 ± 5.5 1.64 ± 0.09
VC 87.7 ± 0.5 606.1 ± 6.9 1.64 ± 0.09
MX1 81.2 ± 0.5 620.9 ± 6.9 1.64 ± 0.09
MX2 83.0 ± 0.6 620.0 ± 6.9 1.64 ± 0.09
MX3 84.1 ± 0.6 618.9 ± 6.8 1.64 ± 0.09
RH08 72.0 ± 0.7 632.4 ± 6.4 1.64 ± 0.09
RH09 68.6 ± 0.9 623.2 ± 5.9 1.64 ± 0.09
RH10 69.0 ± 1.0 622.0 ± 28.3 1.64 ± 0.09
Average 73.8 610.8 1.64
Median 81.2 620.9 1.64
Deviation 13.7 28.4 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 190.2 ± 1.5 21.1 ± 0.3 84.9 ± 0.2 122.2 ± 0.4 9.02 ± 0.19 1.56 ± 0.01
VC 254.9 ± 2.6 1.2 ± 0.0 4.9 ± 0.0 124.0 ± 0.4 213.71 ± 4.29 2.06 ± 0.02
MX1 255.0 ± 2.5 4.5 ± 0.1 18.4 ± 0.1 123.9 ± 0.4 56.51 ± 1.14 2.06 ± 0.02
MX2 255.9 ± 2.7 3.6 ± 0.1 14.7 ± 0.0 123.9 ± 0.4 70.87 ± 1.46 2.06 ± 0.02
MX3 256.3 ± 2.8 3.0 ± 0.0 12.3 ± 0.0 124.0 ± 0.4 84.78 ± 1.76 2.07 ± 0.03
RH8 247.9 ± 3.0 9.1 ± 0.1 37.2 ± 0.1 123.7 ± 0.4 27.16 ± 0.61 2.00 ± 0.03
RH9 237.1 ± 3.6 10.8 ± 0.2 43.9 ± 0.1 123.5 ± 0.4 22.01 ± 0.55 1.92 ± 0.03
RH10 236.6 ± 3.7 10.6 ± 0.2 43.0 ± 0.1 123.6 ± 0.4 22.40 ± 0.57 1.91 ± 0.03
Average 241.7 8.0 32.4 123.6 63.3 2.0
Median 254.9 9.1 37.2 123.9 56.5 2.1
Deviation 22.4 6.4 25.9 0.6 66.4 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 120.6 ± 6.0 24.0 ± 1.3 121.0 ± 3.2 173.1 ± 4.5 5.04 ± 0.40 0.70 ± 0.05
VC 159.8 ± 6.1 1.4 ± 0.1 6.9 ± 0.2 174.8 ± 4.6 117.53 ± 8.02 0.92 ± 0.05
MX1 160.6 ± 6.3 5.2 ± 0.3 26.3 ± 0.7 174.7 ± 4.6 31.22 ± 2.17 0.92 ± 0.05
MX2 161.2 ± 6.2 4.1 ± 0.2 21.0 ± 0.6 174.7 ± 4.6 39.16 ± 2.72 0.92 ± 0.05
MX3 161.5 ± 6.2 3.5 ± 0.2 17.6 ± 0.5 174.8 ± 4.6 46.86 ± 3.26 0.93 ± 0.05
RH8 157.4 ± 6.4 10.4 ± 0.5 53.0 ± 1.4 174.5 ± 4.6 15.14 ± 1.13 0.90 ± 0.05
RH9 151.1 ± 6.7 12.3 ± 0.6 62.5 ± 1.7 174.4 ± 4.6 12.32 ± 0.99 0.87 ± 0.05
RH10 150.8 ± 6.8 12.1 ± 0.6 61.3 ± 1.6 174.4 ± 4.6 12.54 ± 1.01 0.87 ± 0.05
Average 152.9 9.1 46.2 174.4 35.0 0.9
Median 159.8 10.4 53.0 174.7 31.2 0.9
Deviation 13.7 7.3 36.9 0.5 36.4 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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