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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20151211444
Observation time: 05/01/2015 121.61408 1444 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2015
Fractional day of year 121.614080
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 53056.5 ± 140.0
Shock type NN
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 242.621
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -83.676
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 15.101
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0225
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0268
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 1.09, 1.66, 1.70
Event added to database
Thu Jan 28 14:32:16 2016
Event last processed
Tue May 17 16:48:31 2016
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
52.150 ± 0.617

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -388.4 ± 5.3 -434.7 ± 8.3
Vy GSE [km/s] 39.5 ± 12.4 -8.9 ± 6.6
Vz GSE [km/s] -37.0 ± 8.4 -41.2 ± 23.9
Wi [km/s] 44.6 ± 3.2 55.4 ± 2.1
We [km/s] 1411.3 ± 101.6 1752.7 ± 67.0
Ni [n/cc] 4.0 ± 0.5 6.8 ± 0.4
Bx GSE [nT] -8.3 ± 0.4 -7.8 ± 0.7
By GSE [nT] 1.4 ± 0.8 7.6 ± 0.6
Bz GSE [nT] 3.0 ± 0.5 3.5 ± 2.6
Plasma Beta
0.210 ± 0.214
0.322 ± 0.332
Sound Speed [km/s]
57.62 ± 4.15
71.55 ± 2.74
Alfven Speed [km/s]
99.07 ± 8.07
98.18 ± 3.42

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.950 ± 0.023 0.058 ± 0.099 0.306 ± 0.296 17.82 ± 4.20 176.53 ± 5.98
VC -0.697 ± 0.138 -0.714 ± 0.135 -0.066 ± 0.066 -3.77 ± 18.83 225.66 ± 11.00
MX1 -0.955 ± 0.024 0.063 ± 0.098 0.289 ± 0.281 16.80 ± 4.53 176.24 ± 5.90
MX2 -0.979 ± 0.019 0.072 ± 0.099 0.191 ± 0.189 11.01 ± 5.15 175.77 ± 5.81
MX3 -0.995 ± 0.013 0.095 ± 0.140 -0.008 ± 0.008 -0.44 ± 12.39 174.55 ± 8.06
RH08 -0.998 ± 0.002 0.026 ± 0.017 0.061 ± 0.061 3.52 ± 1.97 178.50 ± 0.96
RH09 -0.998 ± 0.005 0.026 ± 0.058 0.061 ± 0.061 3.52 ± 4.14 178.50 ± 3.36
RH10 -0.998 ± 0.005 0.026 ± 0.059 0.061 ± 0.061 3.52 ± 4.14 178.50 ± 3.41
Average -0.946 -0.043 0.112 6.499 183.030
Median -0.979 0.058 0.061 3.523 178.496
Deviation 0.102 0.272 0.136 7.883 17.287

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 7.7 ± 2.7 454.6 ± 2.8 1.74 ± 0.13
VC 59.0 ± 3.9 399.5 ± 6.5 1.74 ± 0.13
MX1 7.9 ± 2.3 457.9 ± 2.8 1.74 ± 0.13
MX2 11.0 ± 2.3 475.6 ± 2.7 1.74 ± 0.13
MX3 20.7 ± 3.2 494.3 ± 3.1 1.74 ± 0.13
RH08 18.3 ± 2.6 496.1 ± 3.1 1.74 ± 0.13
RH09 18.3 ± 2.6 496.1 ± 3.1 1.74 ± 0.13
RH10 18.3 ± 2.6 496.1 ± 22.8 1.74 ± 0.13
Average 20.2 471.3 1.74
Median 18.3 494.3 1.74
Deviation 16.5 33.8 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 94.6 ± 7.0 56.8 ± 4.0 98.2 ± 8.0 99.5 ± 7.9 1.67 ± 0.21 0.95 ± 0.04
VC 154.4 ± 6.4 26.3 ± 1.5 51.1 ± 4.2 111.7 ± 6.2 5.90 ± 0.50 1.39 ± 0.14
MX1 95.1 ± 7.0 56.8 ± 4.0 98.1 ± 8.0 99.6 ± 7.9 1.69 ± 0.21 0.96 ± 0.04
MX2 99.6 ± 6.7 56.0 ± 3.9 97.2 ± 7.9 100.0 ± 7.8 1.79 ± 0.22 1.00 ± 0.03
MX3 103.7 ± 6.2 52.2 ± 3.5 92.6 ± 7.5 102.1 ± 7.4 2.00 ± 0.23 1.02 ± 0.02
RH8 109.8 ± 5.8 53.3 ± 3.6 94.0 ± 7.7 101.5 ± 7.5 2.07 ± 0.23 1.08 ± 0.03
RH9 109.8 ± 5.8 53.3 ± 3.6 94.0 ± 7.7 101.5 ± 7.5 2.07 ± 0.23 1.08 ± 0.03
RH10 109.8 ± 5.8 53.3 ± 3.6 94.0 ± 7.7 101.5 ± 7.5 2.07 ± 0.23 1.08 ± 0.03
Average 109.6 51.0 89.9 102.2 2.4 1.1
Median 109.8 53.3 94.0 101.5 2.1 1.1
Deviation 19.2 10.2 15.8 4.0 1.4 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 54.6 ± 8.1 70.2 ± 2.4 97.3 ± 3.4 99.2 ± 3.1 0.78 ± 0.12 0.55 ± 0.09
VC 87.3 ± 6.5 30.8 ± 0.4 50.6 ± 1.8 117.6 ± 1.4 2.84 ± 0.21 0.74 ± 0.06
MX1 55.1 ± 7.9 70.1 ± 2.4 97.3 ± 3.4 99.2 ± 3.1 0.79 ± 0.12 0.56 ± 0.08
MX2 58.5 ± 7.4 68.8 ± 2.2 96.4 ± 3.4 100.1 ± 2.9 0.85 ± 0.11 0.58 ± 0.08
MX3 62.1 ± 8.5 63.3 ± 1.6 91.8 ± 3.2 103.8 ± 2.3 0.98 ± 0.14 0.60 ± 0.08
RH8 65.1 ± 7.8 64.8 ± 1.7 93.2 ± 3.3 102.8 ± 2.5 1.01 ± 0.13 0.63 ± 0.08
RH9 65.1 ± 7.8 64.8 ± 1.7 93.2 ± 3.3 102.8 ± 2.5 1.01 ± 0.13 0.63 ± 0.08
RH10 65.1 ± 7.8 64.8 ± 1.7 93.2 ± 3.3 102.8 ± 2.5 1.01 ± 0.13 0.63 ± 0.08
Average 64.1 62.2 89.1 103.5 1.2 0.6
Median 65.1 64.8 93.2 102.8 1.0 0.6
Deviation 10.3 13.0 15.7 6.0 0.7 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 Wed Jan 22 21:47:00 2020
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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