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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20211371552
Observation time: 05/17/2021 137.66172 1552 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2021
Fractional day of year 137.661719
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 57172.5 ± 20.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 202.017
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 52.654
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -9.034
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0262
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0003
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0164
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 12.06, 19.64, 21.38
Event added to database
Thu Jan 13 10:16:46 2022
Event last processed
Fri Jan 14 11:34:43 2022
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
54.098 ± 2.256

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -333.2 ± 0.8 -360.6 ± 0.7
Vy GSE [km/s] -23.1 ± 2.3 -35.3 ± 1.8
Vz GSE [km/s] -13.9 ± 3.1 5.0 ± 0.7
Wi [km/s] 19.7 ± 1.1 23.5 ± 0.8
We [km/s] 622.7 ± 35.3 741.7 ± 25.3
Ni [n/cc] 5.6 ± 0.3 10.0 ± 0.5
Bx GSE [nT] 2.7 ± 0.2 4.3 ± 0.8
By GSE [nT] -4.2 ± 0.1 -6.2 ± 1.1
Bz GSE [nT] 0.6 ± 0.2 1.4 ± 1.1
Plasma Beta
0.176 ± 0.171
0.190 ± 0.190
Sound Speed [km/s]
25.42 ± 1.44
30.28 ± 1.03
Alfven Speed [km/s]
47.03 ± 1.91
53.84 ± 0.76

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.918 ± 0.357 -0.332 ± 0.924 -0.219 ± 0.216 -12.67 ± 35.27 199.88 ± 57.62
VC -0.776 ± 0.047 -0.344 ± 0.072 0.528 ± 0.473 31.89 ± 4.25 203.89 ± 5.17
MX1 -0.758 ± 0.088 -0.381 ± 0.163 0.530 ± 0.474 31.99 ± 3.97 206.67 ± 12.27
MX2 -0.755 ± 0.079 -0.368 ± 0.146 0.543 ± 0.482 32.90 ± 4.12 205.96 ± 10.97
MX3 -0.751 ± 0.074 -0.349 ± 0.128 0.560 ± 0.492 34.05 ± 5.18 204.92 ± 9.59
RH08 -0.957 ± 0.007 -0.178 ± 0.028 0.229 ± 0.225 13.24 ± 1.36 190.53 ± 1.67
RH09 -0.982 ± 0.013 -0.147 ± 0.070 0.117 ± 0.117 6.74 ± 4.01 188.52 ± 4.07
RH10 -0.982 ± 0.013 -0.147 ± 0.070 0.117 ± 0.117 6.74 ± 4.01 188.52 ± 4.07
Average -0.860 -0.281 0.301 18.111 198.612
Median -0.776 -0.332 0.528 31.890 203.894
Deviation 0.109 0.104 0.286 17.260 8.081

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 76.2 ± 2.7 374.5 ± 1.1 1.86 ± 0.11
VC 86.3 ± 3.0 340.8 ± 1.5 1.86 ± 0.11
MX1 88.7 ± 3.0 335.6 ± 1.5 1.86 ± 0.11
MX2 88.2 ± 3.0 334.0 ± 1.5 1.86 ± 0.11
MX3 87.6 ± 3.0 332.0 ± 1.5 1.86 ± 0.11
RH08 70.4 ± 2.9 395.0 ± 1.3 1.86 ± 0.11
RH09 67.2 ± 2.9 400.3 ± 1.3 1.86 ± 0.11
RH10 67.2 ± 2.9 400.3 ± 6.0 1.86 ± 0.11
Average 79.0 364.1 1.86
Median 86.3 374.5 1.86
Deviation 9.8 31.6 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 58.1 ± 1.0 5.4 ± 0.2 11.2 ± 0.5 53.2 ± 1.9 10.85 ± 0.57 1.09 ± 0.05
VC 81.6 ± 1.8 1.4 ± 0.1 3.0 ± 0.1 53.5 ± 1.9 57.26 ± 1.75 1.53 ± 0.03
MX1 81.6 ± 1.9 0.5 ± 0.0 1.1 ± 0.0 53.5 ± 1.9 158.68 ± 4.77 1.53 ± 0.03
MX2 81.5 ± 1.9 0.7 ± 0.0 1.5 ± 0.1 53.5 ± 1.9 118.40 ± 3.55 1.53 ± 0.03
MX3 81.4 ± 2.0 0.9 ± 0.0 2.0 ± 0.1 53.5 ± 1.9 85.89 ± 2.58 1.52 ± 0.03
RH8 75.2 ± 0.7 7.6 ± 0.4 15.8 ± 0.6 52.9 ± 1.9 9.97 ± 0.40 1.42 ± 0.04
RH9 71.3 ± 0.5 8.8 ± 0.4 18.2 ± 0.7 52.8 ± 1.9 8.14 ± 0.36 1.35 ± 0.05
RH10 71.3 ± 0.5 8.8 ± 0.4 18.2 ± 0.7 52.8 ± 1.9 8.14 ± 0.36 1.35 ± 0.05
Average 75.2 4.3 8.9 53.2 57.2 1.4
Median 81.4 5.4 11.2 53.5 57.3 1.5
Deviation 8.3 3.8 7.8 0.3 58.6 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 33.0 ± 0.5 6.3 ± 0.2 12.9 ± 0.2 61.5 ± 1.1 5.21 ± 0.19 0.54 ± 0.01
VC 46.1 ± 0.3 1.7 ± 0.0 3.4 ± 0.0 61.8 ± 1.1 27.36 ± 0.59 0.75 ± 0.01
MX1 46.1 ± 0.4 0.6 ± 0.0 1.2 ± 0.0 61.8 ± 1.1 75.89 ± 1.51 0.75 ± 0.01
MX2 46.0 ± 0.4 0.8 ± 0.0 1.7 ± 0.0 61.8 ± 1.1 56.57 ± 1.14 0.75 ± 0.01
MX3 45.9 ± 0.3 1.1 ± 0.0 2.3 ± 0.0 61.8 ± 1.1 40.98 ± 0.84 0.74 ± 0.01
RH8 42.5 ± 0.2 8.9 ± 0.3 18.0 ± 0.3 61.1 ± 1.1 4.76 ± 0.16 0.69 ± 0.02
RH9 40.3 ± 0.4 10.4 ± 0.3 20.9 ± 0.3 60.9 ± 1.1 3.89 ± 0.14 0.66 ± 0.02
RH10 40.3 ± 0.4 10.4 ± 0.3 20.9 ± 0.3 60.9 ± 1.1 3.89 ± 0.14 0.66 ± 0.02
Average 42.5 5.0 10.2 61.4 27.3 0.7
Median 45.9 6.3 12.9 61.8 27.4 0.7
Deviation 4.6 4.4 8.9 0.4 28.0 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 Fri Jan 14 13:39:51 2022
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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