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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20152940954
Observation time: 10/21/2015 294.41314 0954 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2015
Fractional day of year 294.413142
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 35695.5 ± 100.0
Shock type NN
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 248.993
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -64.724
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 16.253
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0005
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0163
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0221
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 1.92, 12.66, 13.28
Event added to database
Mon Feb 1 15:57:06 2016
Event last processed
Tue May 17 17:15:31 2016
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
60.571 ± 1.342

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -398.0 ± 1.5 -422.2 ± 4.3
Vy GSE [km/s] 16.5 ± 4.4 61.2 ± 4.4
Vz GSE [km/s] -4.0 ± 2.6 6.3 ± 8.7
Wi [km/s] 27.3 ± 0.8 58.3 ± 1.7
We [km/s] 862.8 ± 25.3 1843.7 ± 54.5
Ni [n/cc] 36.3 ± 0.7 7.2 ± 0.5
Bx GSE [nT] -1.0 ± 0.7 3.9 ± 0.5
By GSE [nT] 0.9 ± 1.4 -10.2 ± 1.1
Bz GSE [nT] -7.4 ± 0.4 3.3 ± 3.1
Plasma Beta
0.964 ± 0.976
0.370 ± 0.364
Sound Speed [km/s]
35.22 ± 1.03
75.27 ± 2.23
Alfven Speed [km/s]
27.83 ± 0.88
96.24 ± 4.23

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.246 ± 0.357 0.658 ± 0.249 0.711 ± 0.556 45.35 ± 18.23 110.48 ± 30.29
VC -0.467 ± 0.054 0.865 ± 0.037 0.182 ± 0.180 10.49 ± 8.55 118.35 ± 3.45
MX1 -0.283 ± 0.119 0.600 ± 0.125 0.748 ± 0.561 48.43 ± 9.72 115.24 ± 10.13
MX2 -0.760 ± 0.392 0.418 ± 0.564 0.498 ± 0.452 29.85 ± 32.93 151.18 ± 41.23
MX3 -0.359 ± 0.125 0.563 ± 0.125 0.744 ± 0.561 48.09 ± 9.54 122.50 ± 10.80
RH08 -0.954 ± 0.007 -0.283 ± 0.022 0.095 ± 0.095 5.45 ± 1.37 196.55 ± 1.30
RH09 -0.930 ± 0.025 -0.367 ± 0.063 0.028 ± 0.028 1.60 ± 4.06 201.56 ± 3.91
RH10 -0.930 ± 0.025 -0.367 ± 0.063 0.028 ± 0.028 1.60 ± 4.06 201.56 ± 3.91
Average -0.616 0.261 0.379 23.858 152.177
Median -0.467 0.563 0.498 29.853 151.176
Deviation 0.309 0.513 0.330 21.371 41.360

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 54.4 ± 8.8 94.3 ± 0.8 0.20 ± 0.02
VC 89.4 ± 8.0 185.2 ± 0.8 0.20 ± 0.02
MX1 51.7 ± 8.4 108.4 ± 0.8 0.20 ± 0.02
MX2 70.6 ± 4.4 296.1 ± 0.6 0.20 ± 0.02
MX3 52.5 ± 7.7 137.9 ± 0.8 0.20 ± 0.02
RH08 90.0 ± 6.7 372.1 ± 0.3 0.20 ± 0.02
RH09 87.0 ± 7.5 362.8 ± 0.4 0.20 ± 0.02
RH10 87.0 ± 7.5 362.8 ± 2.2 0.20 ± 0.02
Average 72.8 240.0 0.20
Median 87.0 296.1 0.20
Deviation 17.6 121.1 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -11.5 ± 3.9 13.3 ± 0.3 16.2 ± 0.5 42.9 ± 0.9 -0.87 ± 0.31 -0.27 ± 0.10
VC -14.1 ± 4.2 0.2 ± 0.0 0.3 ± 0.0 44.9 ± 0.9 -60.83 ± 19.28 -0.32 ± 0.10
MX1 -11.1 ± 3.7 14.3 ± 0.3 17.2 ± 0.5 42.6 ± 0.9 -0.78 ± 0.28 -0.26 ± 0.09
MX2 -11.1 ± 2.7 7.3 ± 0.2 9.2 ± 0.3 44.3 ± 0.9 -1.52 ± 0.40 -0.25 ± 0.07
MX3 -11.2 ± 3.6 14.0 ± 0.3 17.0 ± 0.5 42.7 ± 0.9 -0.80 ± 0.27 -0.26 ± 0.09
RH8 -2.6 ± 1.5 0.0 ± 0.0 0.0 ± 0.0 44.9 ± 0.9 ******* ± 2990.11 -0.06 ± 0.03
RH9 -1.0 ± 1.8 1.1 ± 0.0 1.4 ± 0.0 44.9 ± 0.9 -0.92 ± 1.57 -0.02 ± 0.04
RH10 -1.0 ± 1.8 1.1 ± 0.0 1.4 ± 0.0 44.9 ± 0.9 -0.92 ± 1.57 -0.02 ± 0.04
Average -8.0 6.4 7.9 44.0 -675.4 -0.2
Median -11.1 7.3 9.2 44.9 -0.9 -0.3
Deviation 5.4 6.6 8.0 1.1 1883.4 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -54.2 ± 9.8 36.1 ± 0.5 56.0 ± 2.5 116.8 ± 2.6 -1.50 ± 0.26 -0.46 ± 0.08
VC -66.0 ± 7.1 0.6 ± 0.0 1.0 ± 0.0 122.2 ± 2.6 -104.15 ± 10.57 -0.54 ± 0.05
MX1 -52.5 ± 10.1 38.7 ± 0.5 59.6 ± 2.6 116.0 ± 2.6 -1.36 ± 0.25 -0.45 ± 0.08
MX2 -53.4 ± 9.2 19.9 ± 0.3 32.0 ± 1.4 120.6 ± 2.6 -2.68 ± 0.44 -0.44 ± 0.07
MX3 -52.7 ± 10.2 38.0 ± 0.5 58.7 ± 2.6 116.2 ± 2.6 -1.39 ± 0.26 -0.45 ± 0.08
RH8 -14.0 ± 3.9 0.0 ± 0.0 0.0 ± 0.0 122.2 ± 2.6 ******* ± 2852.61 -0.11 ± 0.03
RH9 -7.4 ± 3.0 3.1 ± 0.0 5.0 ± 0.2 122.2 ± 2.6 -2.40 ± 0.96 -0.06 ± 0.02
RH10 -7.4 ± 3.0 3.1 ± 0.0 5.0 ± 0.2 122.2 ± 2.6 -2.40 ± 0.96 -0.06 ± 0.02
Average -38.5 17.4 27.2 119.8 -1331.9 -0.3
Median -52.5 19.9 32.0 122.2 -2.4 -0.4
Deviation 24.4 17.8 27.5 2.9 3720.5 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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