CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20151060536
Observation time: 04/16/2015 106.23339 0536 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2015
Fractional day of year 106.233385
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 20164.5 ± 60.0
Shock type NN
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 257.577
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -44.928
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 18.102
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0004
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0145
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0005
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0170
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 20.78, 28.86, 32.95
Event added to database
Thu Jan 28 14:26:56 2016
Event last processed
Tue May 17 16:43:59 2016
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
61.161 ± 4.959

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -532.6 ± 4.0 -588.1 ± 3.0
Vy GSE [km/s] 41.8 ± 4.0 11.9 ± 3.2
Vz GSE [km/s] -37.7 ± 1.7 -29.8 ± 7.9
Wi [km/s] 63.9 ± 4.9 53.8 ± 2.6
We [km/s] 2019.7 ± 155.2 1701.1 ± 81.5
Ni [n/cc] 4.8 ± 0.3 3.0 ± 0.3
Bx GSE [nT] 4.4 ± 0.4 5.2 ± 0.3
By GSE [nT] -5.4 ± 0.8 -2.5 ± 0.4
Bz GSE [nT] -9.1 ± 0.8 -4.2 ± 0.4
Plasma Beta
0.315 ± 0.307
0.354 ± 0.344
Sound Speed [km/s]
82.45 ± 6.33
69.45 ± 3.33
Alfven Speed [km/s]
114.40 ± 4.70
90.92 ± 4.80

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.987 ± 0.015 0.056 ± 0.173 0.151 ± 0.150 8.71 ± 4.06 176.74 ± 10.04
VC -0.873 ± 0.042 -0.472 ± 0.075 0.120 ± 0.119 6.89 ± 6.46 208.41 ± 4.93
MX1 -0.896 ± 0.029 -0.314 ± 0.077 0.313 ± 0.303 18.26 ± 2.11 199.30 ± 4.93
MX2 -0.921 ± 0.019 -0.256 ± 0.058 0.294 ± 0.285 17.07 ± 2.00 195.52 ± 3.60
MX3 -0.872 ± 0.045 -0.362 ± 0.104 0.330 ± 0.317 19.24 ± 2.36 202.53 ± 6.85
RH08 -0.570 ± 0.028 0.747 ± 0.021 -0.341 ± 0.327 -19.92 ± 1.00 127.35 ± 2.10
RH09 -0.991 ± 0.010 -0.043 ± 0.070 0.128 ± 0.128 7.38 ± 4.01 182.51 ± 4.07
RH10 -0.992 ± 0.009 -0.043 ± 0.070 0.117 ± 0.117 6.74 ± 4.01 182.51 ± 4.07
Average -0.888 -0.086 0.139 8.046 184.360
Median -0.896 -0.043 0.151 8.707 195.520
Deviation 0.138 0.383 0.214 12.521 25.555

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 58.2 ± 2.2 436.6 ± 5.8 0.64 ± 0.04
VC 77.8 ± 0.6 339.3 ± 6.6 0.64 ± 0.04
MX1 63.4 ± 0.6 352.7 ± 6.2 0.64 ± 0.04
MX2 62.1 ± 0.3 370.7 ± 6.2 0.64 ± 0.04
MX3 64.6 ± 1.0 336.2 ± 6.2 0.64 ± 0.04
RH08 72.5 ± 6.1 342.3 ± 2.6 0.64 ± 0.04
RH09 62.4 ± 1.8 431.1 ± 6.1 0.64 ± 0.04
RH10 62.9 ± 1.8 432.3 ± 26.5 0.64 ± 0.04
Average 65.5 380.1 0.64
Median 63.4 370.7 0.64
Deviation 6.4 45.3 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -85.7 ± 4.2 36.4 ± 1.9 60.3 ± 2.5 136.3 ± 4.8 -2.35 ± 0.09 -0.63 ± 0.03
VC -101.5 ± 3.0 14.2 ± 0.7 24.2 ± 1.0 140.4 ± 5.0 -7.16 ± 0.39 -0.72 ± 0.03
MX1 -99.7 ± 3.4 30.6 ± 1.6 51.2 ± 2.1 137.8 ± 4.9 -3.27 ± 0.16 -0.72 ± 0.03
MX2 -98.1 ± 3.6 32.1 ± 1.7 53.6 ± 2.2 137.4 ± 4.9 -3.06 ± 0.14 -0.71 ± 0.03
MX3 -100.7 ± 3.3 29.2 ± 1.5 49.0 ± 2.0 138.1 ± 4.9 -3.45 ± 0.18 -0.73 ± 0.03
RH8 -5.6 ± 4.3 20.3 ± 1.0 34.4 ± 1.4 139.7 ± 5.0 -0.27 ± 0.21 -0.04 ± 0.03
RH9 -89.9 ± 4.0 31.8 ± 1.7 53.1 ± 2.2 137.5 ± 4.9 -2.83 ± 0.11 -0.65 ± 0.03
RH10 -89.8 ± 4.0 31.2 ± 1.6 52.1 ± 2.1 137.6 ± 4.9 -2.88 ± 0.11 -0.65 ± 0.03
Average -83.9 28.2 47.2 138.1 -3.2 -0.6
Median -89.9 31.2 52.1 137.8 -2.9 -0.7
Deviation 32.2 7.3 11.9 1.3 1.9 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -140.0 ± 4.1 30.1 ± 1.0 47.9 ± 2.5 110.5 ± 3.6 -4.65 ± 0.15 -1.27 ± 0.01
VC -165.0 ± 3.1 11.7 ± 0.4 19.3 ± 1.0 113.9 ± 3.6 -14.08 ± 0.50 -1.45 ± 0.03
MX1 -161.3 ± 4.5 25.3 ± 0.8 40.7 ± 2.1 111.7 ± 3.6 -6.39 ± 0.22 -1.45 ± 0.02
MX2 -159.2 ± 4.5 26.5 ± 0.8 42.6 ± 2.2 111.4 ± 3.6 -6.01 ± 0.20 -1.43 ± 0.02
MX3 -162.5 ± 4.5 24.2 ± 0.8 39.0 ± 2.1 111.9 ± 3.6 -6.73 ± 0.23 -1.45 ± 0.02
RH8 -12.2 ± 1.4 16.7 ± 0.5 27.3 ± 1.4 113.3 ± 3.6 -0.73 ± 0.07 -0.11 ± 0.01
RH9 -147.2 ± 3.8 26.3 ± 0.8 42.2 ± 2.2 111.4 ± 3.6 -5.61 ± 0.18 -1.32 ± 0.02
RH10 -147.1 ± 3.7 25.8 ± 0.8 41.4 ± 2.2 111.5 ± 3.6 -5.71 ± 0.18 -1.32 ± 0.02
Average -136.8 23.3 37.5 111.9 -6.2 -1.2
Median -147.2 25.8 41.4 111.7 -5.7 -1.3
Deviation 51.1 6.0 9.4 1.1 3.7 0.5

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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