CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20150841943
Observation time: 03/25/2015 84.82196 1943 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2015
Fractional day of year 84.821962
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 71017.5 ± 50.0
Shock type NN
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 258.723
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 28.356
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 15.513
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0005
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0153
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0203
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 4.57, 9.05, 10.23
Event added to database
Thu Jan 28 14:15:21 2016
Event last processed
Tue May 17 16:37:34 2016
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
59.405 ± 19.457

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -560.9 ± 2.0 -528.5 ± 1.4
Vy GSE [km/s] 13.9 ± 0.3 3.5 ± 8.7
Vz GSE [km/s] -11.4 ± 1.3 -20.5 ± 2.3
Wi [km/s] 40.7 ± 1.3 49.2 ± 2.7
We [km/s] 1287.8 ± 40.5 1557.2 ± 85.6
Ni [n/cc] 6.9 ± 0.5 3.7 ± 0.1
Bx GSE [nT] 0.7 ± 0.6 -4.5 ± 0.1
By GSE [nT] 2.5 ± 0.2 1.0 ± 0.5
Bz GSE [nT] 0.3 ± 0.2 0.8 ± 0.1
Plasma Beta
3.463 ± 3.498
0.833 ± 0.788
Sound Speed [km/s]
52.57 ± 1.65
63.57 ± 3.49
Alfven Speed [km/s]
21.96 ± 1.38
54.06 ± 0.88

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.254 ± 0.083 0.945 ± 0.027 0.207 ± 0.204 11.97 ± 4.49 105.04 ± 5.05
VC -0.924 ± 0.071 0.289 ± 0.221 0.251 ± 0.246 14.55 ± 3.62 162.63 ± 13.68
MX1 -0.248 ± 0.083 0.937 ± 0.029 0.247 ± 0.241 14.28 ± 4.64 104.80 ± 5.05
MX2 -0.192 ± 0.114 0.863 ± 0.166 0.468 ± 0.430 27.88 ± 20.58 102.57 ± 7.19
MX3 -0.229 ± 0.079 0.910 ± 0.048 0.344 ± 0.330 20.13 ± 7.50 104.13 ± 4.92
RH08 -0.139 ± 0.005 0.158 ± 0.005 -0.978 ± 0.286 -77.86 ± 0.00 131.36 ± 1.88
RH09 -0.142 ± 0.058 0.155 ± 0.059 -0.978 ± 0.286 -77.86 ± 3.65 132.37 ± 14.99
RH10 -0.142 ± 0.059 0.155 ± 0.059 -0.978 ± 0.286 -77.86 ± 3.65 132.37 ± 15.05
Average -0.284 0.552 -0.177 -18.098 121.910
Median -0.192 0.863 0.247 14.276 131.365
Deviation 0.263 0.390 0.668 49.727 21.494

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 30.9 ± 12.3 178.0 ± 1.6 0.53 ± 0.05
VC 86.4 ± 12.2 559.3 ± 0.7 0.53 ± 0.05
MX1 31.0 ± 11.9 173.8 ± 1.6 0.53 ± 0.05
MX2 34.5 ± 8.9 137.7 ± 1.5 0.53 ± 0.05
MX3 32.2 ± 10.7 161.7 ± 1.6 0.53 ± 0.05
RH08 89.0 ± 5.4 88.2 ± 0.6 0.53 ± 0.05
RH09 88.8 ± 5.4 89.8 ± 0.6 0.53 ± 0.05
RH10 88.8 ± 5.4 89.8 ± 3.1 0.53 ± 0.05
Average 60.2 184.8 0.53
Median 86.4 161.7 0.53
Deviation 30.0 156.1 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 24.9 ± 0.8 18.4 ± 1.1 18.9 ± 1.2 53.9 ± 1.7 1.36 ± 0.06 0.46 ± 0.01
VC 40.0 ± 2.1 1.3 ± 0.1 1.4 ± 0.1 57.0 ± 1.8 31.48 ± 1.52 0.70 ± 0.04
MX1 24.7 ± 0.8 18.3 ± 1.1 18.8 ± 1.2 54.0 ± 1.7 1.35 ± 0.06 0.46 ± 0.01
MX2 23.2 ± 0.9 17.6 ± 1.0 18.1 ± 1.1 54.2 ± 1.7 1.32 ± 0.06 0.43 ± 0.02
MX3 24.4 ± 0.9 18.1 ± 1.1 18.6 ± 1.2 54.0 ± 1.7 1.35 ± 0.06 0.45 ± 0.02
RH8 -3.0 ± 1.1 0.4 ± 0.0 0.4 ± 0.0 57.0 ± 1.8 -8.16 ± 3.06 -0.05 ± 0.02
RH9 -2.9 ± 1.1 0.4 ± 0.0 0.5 ± 0.0 57.0 ± 1.8 -6.89 ± 2.61 -0.05 ± 0.02
RH10 -2.9 ± 1.1 0.4 ± 0.0 0.5 ± 0.0 57.0 ± 1.8 -6.89 ± 2.61 -0.05 ± 0.02
Average 16.0 9.4 9.6 55.5 1.9 0.3
Median 24.4 17.6 18.1 57.0 1.3 0.5
Deviation 16.6 9.3 9.6 1.6 12.7 0.3

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 44.8 ± 8.2 40.3 ± 0.7 46.4 ± 0.8 73.1 ± 2.6 1.11 ± 0.22 0.62 ± 0.13
VC 75.2 ± 2.3 2.6 ± 0.1 3.4 ± 0.1 83.4 ± 2.6 29.11 ± 1.36 0.90 ± 0.05
MX1 44.7 ± 8.2 40.2 ± 0.7 46.3 ± 0.8 73.1 ± 2.6 1.11 ± 0.22 0.61 ± 0.13
MX2 42.6 ± 7.8 38.1 ± 0.7 44.5 ± 0.7 74.3 ± 2.6 1.12 ± 0.22 0.58 ± 0.12
MX3 44.4 ± 8.1 39.6 ± 0.7 45.8 ± 0.7 73.5 ± 2.6 1.12 ± 0.22 0.61 ± 0.13
RH8 -5.8 ± 2.2 0.7 ± 0.0 1.0 ± 0.0 83.5 ± 2.6 -7.72 ± 2.96 -0.07 ± 0.03
RH9 -5.6 ± 2.2 0.9 ± 0.0 1.1 ± 0.0 83.5 ± 2.6 -6.49 ± 2.54 -0.07 ± 0.03
RH10 -5.6 ± 2.2 0.9 ± 0.0 1.1 ± 0.0 83.5 ± 2.6 -6.49 ± 2.54 -0.07 ± 0.03
Average 29.3 20.4 23.7 78.5 1.6 0.4
Median 44.4 38.1 44.5 83.4 1.1 0.6
Deviation 30.9 20.5 23.6 5.3 11.8 0.4

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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