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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20180442340
Observation time: 02/13/2018 44.98675 2340 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2018
Fractional day of year 44.986753
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 85255.5 ± 90.0
Shock type SF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 249.922
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 60.592
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 4.949
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0260
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0236
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 3.54, 6.42, 6.63
Event added to database
Fri Apr 20 10:02:54 2018
Event last processed
Fri Apr 20 10:14:22 2018
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
88.906 ± 16.573

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -304.8 ± 3.6 -323.9 ± 0.9
Vy GSE [km/s] -1.8 ± 3.7 8.7 ± 1.1
Vz GSE [km/s] 6.1 ± 1.9 -9.8 ± 1.7
Wi [km/s] 27.2 ± 2.1 24.0 ± 0.9
We [km/s] 861.0 ± 66.1 760.0 ± 27.7
Ni [n/cc] 5.8 ± 0.9 9.4 ± 0.2
Bx GSE [nT] 3.2 ± 0.2 0.9 ± 0.3
By GSE [nT] -2.7 ± 0.2 1.1 ± 0.2
Bz GSE [nT] 2.1 ± 0.3 1.9 ± 0.1
Plasma Beta
0.423 ± 0.431
2.018 ± 2.026
Sound Speed [km/s]
35.15 ± 2.70
31.03 ± 1.13
Alfven Speed [km/s]
43.21 ± 5.33
17.07 ± 1.05

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.489 ± 0.051 -0.334 ± 0.061 -0.806 ± 0.555 -53.72 ± 2.97 214.34 ± 6.54
VC -0.709 ± 0.086 0.377 ± 0.094 -0.596 ± 0.513 -36.56 ± 7.93 151.99 ± 6.95
MX1 -0.542 ± 0.287 -0.389 ± 0.219 -0.745 ± 0.561 -48.18 ± 26.53 215.69 ± 9.02
MX2 -0.489 ± 0.052 -0.335 ± 0.061 -0.805 ± 0.555 -53.65 ± 3.02 214.36 ± 6.58
MX3 -0.485 ± 0.071 -0.337 ± 0.072 -0.807 ± 0.555 -53.81 ± 4.91 214.78 ± 7.15
RH08 -0.725 ± 0.006 -0.411 ± 0.004 0.553 ± 0.488 33.58 ± 0.76 209.58 ± 0.00
RH09 -0.725 ± 0.039 -0.411 ± 0.035 0.553 ± 0.488 33.58 ± 4.18 209.58 ± 2.24
RH10 -0.725 ± 0.039 -0.411 ± 0.036 0.553 ± 0.488 33.58 ± 4.20 209.58 ± 2.36
Average -0.611 -0.281 -0.263 -18.148 204.987
Median -0.542 -0.337 -0.596 -36.562 214.336
Deviation 0.119 0.268 0.679 43.202 21.574

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 60.1 ± 4.3 195.1 ± 1.3 1.67 ± 0.36
VC 14.9 ± 4.0 285.5 ± 1.4 1.67 ± 0.36
MX1 61.7 ± 4.0 210.2 ± 1.3 1.67 ± 0.36
MX2 60.2 ± 4.3 195.3 ± 1.3 1.67 ± 0.36
MX3 60.4 ± 4.3 193.7 ± 1.3 1.67 ± 0.36
RH08 89.4 ± 2.7 227.9 ± 0.4 1.67 ± 0.36
RH09 89.4 ± 2.7 227.9 ± 0.4 1.67 ± 0.36
RH10 89.4 ± 2.7 227.9 ± 3.2 1.67 ± 0.36
Average 65.7 220.4 1.67
Median 61.7 227.9 1.67
Deviation 25.0 30.4 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 50.5 ± 1.4 13.9 ± 0.2 21.5 ± 2.7 54.2 ± 3.0 3.65 ± 0.13 0.94 ± 0.05
VC 73.7 ± 3.6 31.9 ± 1.5 41.8 ± 5.2 45.8 ± 4.3 2.32 ± 0.21 1.61 ± 0.11
MX1 48.9 ± 1.3 13.2 ± 0.2 20.5 ± 2.5 54.3 ± 3.0 3.72 ± 0.14 0.90 ± 0.05
MX2 50.5 ± 1.4 13.8 ± 0.2 21.5 ± 2.7 54.2 ± 3.0 3.65 ± 0.13 0.93 ± 0.05
MX3 50.2 ± 1.4 13.7 ± 0.2 21.3 ± 2.6 54.2 ± 3.0 3.66 ± 0.13 0.93 ± 0.05
RH8 3.0 ± 2.2 0.3 ± 0.0 0.5 ± 0.1 55.9 ± 2.9 9.95 ± 7.53 0.05 ± 0.04
RH9 3.0 ± 2.2 0.3 ± 0.0 0.5 ± 0.1 55.9 ± 2.9 9.95 ± 7.53 0.05 ± 0.04
RH10 3.0 ± 2.2 0.3 ± 0.0 0.5 ± 0.1 55.9 ± 2.9 9.95 ± 7.53 0.05 ± 0.04
Average 35.3 10.9 16.0 53.8 5.9 0.7
Median 50.2 13.7 21.3 54.3 3.7 0.9
Deviation 28.0 10.7 14.6 3.3 3.4 0.6

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 31.9 ± 2.1 7.6 ± 0.3 8.5 ± 0.5 34.6 ± 0.7 4.20 ± 0.40 0.92 ± 0.05
VC 46.7 ± 1.2 16.3 ± 0.9 16.5 ± 1.0 31.5 ± 1.0 2.88 ± 0.21 1.48 ± 0.03
MX1 30.8 ± 2.1 7.2 ± 0.3 8.1 ± 0.5 34.7 ± 0.7 4.27 ± 0.41 0.89 ± 0.05
MX2 31.9 ± 2.1 7.6 ± 0.3 8.5 ± 0.5 34.6 ± 0.7 4.20 ± 0.40 0.92 ± 0.05
MX3 31.7 ± 2.1 7.5 ± 0.3 8.4 ± 0.5 34.6 ± 0.7 4.21 ± 0.40 0.91 ± 0.05
RH8 2.3 ± 0.3 0.2 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0 35.4 ± 0.6 13.76 ± 2.08 0.06 ± 0.01
RH9 2.3 ± 0.3 0.2 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0 35.4 ± 0.6 13.76 ± 2.08 0.06 ± 0.01
RH10 2.3 ± 0.3 0.2 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0 35.4 ± 0.6 13.76 ± 2.08 0.06 ± 0.01
Average 22.5 5.8 6.3 34.5 7.6 0.7
Median 31.7 7.5 8.4 34.7 4.3 0.9
Deviation 17.5 5.6 5.8 1.3 5.1 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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