CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20150840911
Observation time: 03/25/2015 84.38332 0911 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2015
Fractional day of year 84.383316
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 33118.5 ± 60.0
Shock type NN
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 258.561
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 29.785
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 15.387
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0004
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0127
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0005
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0166
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 1.35, 2.00, 2.32
Event added to database
Thu Jan 28 14:13:25 2016
Event last processed
Tue May 17 16:35:24 2016
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
46.636 ± 17.114

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -519.9 ± 8.6 -554.5 ± 6.3
Vy GSE [km/s] -42.1 ± 8.4 5.0 ± 5.4
Vz GSE [km/s] 25.0 ± 10.6 9.5 ± 3.2
Wi [km/s] 34.7 ± 6.3 35.4 ± 2.2
We [km/s] 1097.8 ± 198.7 1118.8 ± 69.0
Ni [n/cc] 2.9 ± 0.2 9.8 ± 1.5
Bx GSE [nT] -3.4 ± 0.6 -1.3 ± 1.9
By GSE [nT] 5.5 ± 0.8 -2.7 ± 1.4
Bz GSE [nT] -1.4 ± 0.9 -2.1 ± 0.9
Plasma Beta
0.171 ± 0.136
1.865 ± 1.484
Sound Speed [km/s]
44.82 ± 8.11
45.67 ± 2.82
Alfven Speed [km/s]
87.13 ± 6.16
30.05 ± 9.46

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.708 ± 0.102 -0.115 ± 0.206 -0.697 ± 0.553 -44.20 ± 8.00 189.22 ± 16.66
VC -0.573 ± 0.136 0.782 ± 0.102 -0.244 ± 0.239 -14.15 ± 8.19 126.22 ± 9.81
MX1 -0.906 ± 0.206 -0.261 ± 0.316 -0.334 ± 0.321 -19.53 ± 33.12 196.05 ± 19.72
MX2 -0.726 ± 0.075 -0.116 ± 0.210 -0.678 ± 0.548 -42.68 ± 5.71 189.12 ± 16.52
MX3 -0.747 ± 0.058 -0.118 ± 0.215 -0.654 ± 0.539 -40.87 ± 4.12 189.00 ± 16.45
RH08 -0.603 ± 0.023 -0.226 ± 0.014 0.765 ± 0.561 49.94 ± 1.82 200.56 ± 1.08
RH09 -0.603 ± 0.048 -0.226 ± 0.028 0.765 ± 0.561 49.94 ± 3.77 200.56 ± 2.06
RH10 -0.603 ± 0.053 -0.226 ± 0.032 0.765 ± 0.561 49.94 ± 4.18 200.56 ± 2.46
Average -0.683 -0.063 -0.039 -1.451 186.411
Median -0.603 -0.118 -0.244 -14.149 196.055
Deviation 0.112 0.347 0.686 43.902 24.896

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 65.3 ± 10.7 399.9 ± 2.3 3.51 ± 0.66
VC 10.5 ± 1.1 342.4 ± 3.4 3.51 ± 0.66
MX1 71.2 ± 9.3 510.2 ± 2.2 3.51 ± 0.66
MX2 65.0 ± 10.7 410.2 ± 2.4 3.51 ± 0.66
MX3 64.8 ± 10.7 422.1 ± 2.4 3.51 ± 0.66
RH08 88.0 ± 2.9 340.1 ± 0.5 3.51 ± 0.66
RH09 88.0 ± 2.9 340.1 ± 0.5 3.51 ± 0.66
RH10 88.0 ± 2.9 340.1 ± 2.3 3.51 ± 0.66
Average 67.6 388.1 3.51
Median 71.2 399.9 3.51
Deviation 25.5 60.6 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 44.6 ± 14.0 16.7 ± 2.0 36.4 ± 2.6 96.9 ± 2.6 2.74 ± 1.10 0.46 ± 0.15
VC 83.6 ± 6.5 43.7 ± 7.6 85.7 ± 6.1 87.8 ± 5.7 1.97 ± 0.43 0.95 ± 0.03
MX1 36.7 ± 12.7 12.8 ± 1.5 28.1 ± 2.0 97.5 ± 2.5 2.94 ± 1.26 0.38 ± 0.14
MX2 44.8 ± 13.9 16.9 ± 2.0 36.8 ± 2.6 96.9 ± 2.6 2.73 ± 1.09 0.46 ± 0.15
MX3 45.1 ± 13.9 17.1 ± 2.1 37.1 ± 2.6 96.8 ± 2.6 2.72 ± 1.07 0.47 ± 0.15
RH8 -1.9 ± 3.1 1.4 ± 0.2 3.0 ± 0.2 98.3 ± 2.4 -1.57 ± 2.37 -0.02 ± 0.03
RH9 -1.9 ± 3.1 1.4 ± 0.2 3.0 ± 0.2 98.3 ± 2.4 -1.57 ± 2.37 -0.02 ± 0.03
RH10 -1.9 ± 3.1 1.4 ± 0.2 3.0 ± 0.2 98.3 ± 2.4 -1.57 ± 2.37 -0.02 ± 0.03
Average 31.1 13.9 29.1 96.4 1.0 0.3
Median 44.6 16.7 36.4 97.5 2.7 0.5
Deviation 30.7 14.1 27.8 3.5 2.2 0.3

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 14.7 ± 6.2 10.4 ± 2.3 12.6 ± 4.0 54.2 ± 4.3 1.45 ± 0.60 0.27 ± 0.13
VC 23.1 ± 7.4 28.8 ± 8.5 29.5 ± 9.3 46.6 ± 2.7 0.88 ± 0.37 0.50 ± 0.18
MX1 12.4 ± 6.0 7.9 ± 1.8 9.7 ± 3.1 54.6 ± 4.4 1.59 ± 0.73 0.23 ± 0.12
MX2 14.7 ± 6.2 10.5 ± 2.3 12.7 ± 4.0 54.2 ± 4.3 1.43 ± 0.60 0.27 ± 0.13
MX3 14.7 ± 6.3 10.6 ± 2.4 12.8 ± 4.0 54.2 ± 4.3 1.42 ± 0.60 0.27 ± 0.13
RH8 -0.2 ± 1.4 0.8 ± 0.2 1.0 ± 0.3 55.2 ± 4.6 -0.37 ± 1.75 -0.00 ± 0.03
RH9 -0.2 ± 1.4 0.8 ± 0.2 1.0 ± 0.3 55.2 ± 4.6 -0.37 ± 1.75 -0.00 ± 0.03
RH10 -0.2 ± 1.4 0.8 ± 0.2 1.0 ± 0.3 55.2 ± 4.6 -0.37 ± 1.75 -0.00 ± 0.03
Average 9.9 8.8 10.1 53.7 0.7 0.2
Median 14.7 10.4 12.6 54.6 1.4 0.3
Deviation 8.9 9.2 9.6 2.9 0.9 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 Wed Jan 22 21:47:00 2020
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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