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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20152270743
Observation time: 08/15/2015 227.32200 0743 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2015
Fractional day of year 227.321997
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 27820.5 ± 30.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 224.239
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 101.592
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -3.062
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0206
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0005
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0174
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 9.79, 20.83, 23.43
Event added to database
Fri Jan 29 13:58:01 2016
Event last processed
Tue May 17 17:10:58 2016
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
45.487 ± 6.739

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -355.5 ± 6.3 -428.1 ± 2.1
Vy GSE [km/s] -31.1 ± 2.5 -66.9 ± 1.5
Vz GSE [km/s] -6.8 ± 3.2 37.8 ± 7.5
Wi [km/s] 20.6 ± 1.6 36.9 ± 0.8
We [km/s] 650.0 ± 49.6 1165.5 ± 24.5
Ni [n/cc] 11.4 ± 1.6 25.5 ± 2.2
Bx GSE [nT] -4.7 ± 0.1 -4.2 ± 1.4
By GSE [nT] 8.0 ± 0.2 20.9 ± 0.6
Bz GSE [nT] 5.5 ± 0.2 9.9 ± 2.0
Plasma Beta
0.089 ± 0.090
0.130 ± 0.132
Sound Speed [km/s]
26.54 ± 2.02
47.58 ± 1.00
Alfven Speed [km/s]
70.18 ± 5.62
102.38 ± 5.53

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.885 ± 0.099 -0.097 ± 0.115 0.455 ± 0.421 27.07 ± 12.38 186.26 ± 7.43
VC -0.785 ± 0.045 -0.390 ± 0.053 0.482 ± 0.440 28.78 ± 5.02 206.43 ± 3.61
MX1 -0.813 ± 0.045 -0.156 ± 0.048 0.561 ± 0.493 34.13 ± 4.60 190.89 ± 3.30
MX2 -0.804 ± 0.042 -0.164 ± 0.043 0.572 ± 0.499 34.87 ± 4.21 191.52 ± 2.99
MX3 -0.797 ± 0.042 -0.170 ± 0.042 0.579 ± 0.504 35.41 ± 4.13 192.01 ± 2.96
RH08 -0.874 ± 0.009 -0.100 ± 0.012 0.475 ± 0.435 28.35 ± 1.09 186.52 ± 0.76
RH09 -0.916 ± 0.028 -0.056 ± 0.070 0.397 ± 0.374 23.37 ± 4.03 183.51 ± 4.35
RH10 -0.931 ± 0.026 -0.041 ± 0.070 0.363 ± 0.346 21.29 ± 4.04 182.51 ± 4.30
Average -0.851 -0.147 0.485 29.158 189.955
Median -0.813 -0.100 0.482 28.784 190.894
Deviation 0.058 0.110 0.081 5.303 7.572

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 57.0 ± 0.8 481.3 ± 3.7 2.31 ± 0.62
VC 72.8 ± 1.0 462.6 ± 3.9 2.31 ± 0.62
MX1 58.5 ± 1.0 458.2 ± 3.7 2.31 ± 0.62
MX2 58.8 ± 1.0 455.3 ± 3.7 2.31 ± 0.62
MX3 59.0 ± 1.0 453.4 ± 3.7 2.31 ± 0.62
RH08 56.8 ± 0.8 477.4 ± 3.7 2.31 ± 0.62
RH09 56.0 ± 0.6 488.7 ± 3.7 2.31 ± 0.62
RH10 56.0 ± 0.6 492.2 ± 20.0 2.31 ± 0.62
Average 59.4 471.1 2.31
Median 58.5 477.4 2.31
Deviation 5.6 15.6 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 166.7 ± 4.3 13.7 ± 0.9 38.2 ± 3.1 73.8 ± 4.9 12.19 ± 0.62 2.27 ± 0.19
VC 174.7 ± 3.0 7.4 ± 0.5 20.8 ± 1.7 74.7 ± 4.8 23.79 ± 1.24 2.35 ± 0.18
MX1 168.2 ± 3.5 13.1 ± 0.8 36.7 ± 2.9 73.9 ± 4.9 12.84 ± 0.68 2.28 ± 0.19
MX2 168.3 ± 3.4 13.0 ± 0.8 36.4 ± 2.9 74.0 ± 4.9 12.95 ± 0.69 2.29 ± 0.18
MX3 168.7 ± 3.3 12.9 ± 0.8 36.1 ± 2.9 74.0 ± 4.9 13.06 ± 0.70 2.29 ± 0.18
RH8 166.7 ± 4.2 13.8 ± 0.9 38.4 ± 3.1 73.8 ± 4.9 12.12 ± 0.62 2.27 ± 0.19
RH9 163.9 ± 4.7 14.1 ± 0.9 39.2 ± 3.1 73.8 ± 4.9 11.67 ± 0.58 2.23 ± 0.20
RH10 162.5 ± 4.9 14.1 ± 0.9 39.3 ± 3.1 73.8 ± 4.9 11.55 ± 0.57 2.21 ± 0.20
Average 167.5 12.8 35.6 74.0 13.8 2.3
Median 168.2 13.7 38.2 73.9 12.8 2.3
Deviation 3.6 2.2 6.1 0.3 4.1 0.0

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 78.6 ± 2.1 24.0 ± 0.5 55.7 ± 3.0 110.3 ± 5.2 3.27 ± 0.11 0.71 ± 0.02
VC 82.3 ± 2.1 12.9 ± 0.3 30.3 ± 1.6 112.2 ± 5.1 6.40 ± 0.22 0.73 ± 0.03
MX1 78.5 ± 2.9 23.0 ± 0.5 53.5 ± 2.9 110.5 ± 5.2 3.41 ± 0.15 0.71 ± 0.03
MX2 78.6 ± 3.0 22.8 ± 0.5 53.1 ± 2.9 110.6 ± 5.2 3.45 ± 0.16 0.71 ± 0.03
MX3 78.9 ± 3.0 22.7 ± 0.5 52.7 ± 2.8 110.6 ± 5.2 3.48 ± 0.16 0.71 ± 0.03
RH8 78.5 ± 2.3 24.2 ± 0.5 56.1 ± 3.0 110.3 ± 5.2 3.25 ± 0.12 0.71 ± 0.02
RH9 77.7 ± 1.8 24.7 ± 0.5 57.2 ± 3.1 110.2 ± 5.2 3.15 ± 0.09 0.71 ± 0.02
RH10 77.3 ± 1.6 24.7 ± 0.5 57.3 ± 3.1 110.2 ± 5.2 3.13 ± 0.08 0.70 ± 0.02
Average 78.8 22.4 52.0 110.6 3.7 0.7
Median 78.6 24.0 55.7 110.5 3.4 0.7
Deviation 1.5 3.9 8.9 0.7 1.1 0.0

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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