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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20211961915
Observation time: 07/15/2021 196.80224 1915 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2021
Fractional day of year 196.802240
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 69313.5 ± 20.0
Shock type FR
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 257.872
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 58.601
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 11.749
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0004
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0149
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0004
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0139
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 25.89, 52.88, 61.78
Event added to database
Thu Jan 13 10:31:11 2022
Event last processed
Fri Jan 14 11:44:06 2022
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
67.041 ± 0.250

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -443.6 ± 2.2 -485.4 ± 1.4
Vy GSE [km/s] -3.2 ± 1.9 -1.9 ± 2.8
Vz GSE [km/s] -25.2 ± 2.5 -13.2 ± 0.4
Wi [km/s] 54.6 ± 0.9 45.4 ± 1.0
We [km/s] 1725.5 ± 29.1 1436.2 ± 32.4
Ni [n/cc] 6.8 ± 0.3 3.2 ± 0.0
Bx GSE [nT] 1.7 ± 0.3 2.0 ± 0.2
By GSE [nT] -4.5 ± 0.3 0.3 ± 0.4
Bz GSE [nT] -0.8 ± 0.8 -2.7 ± 0.2
Plasma Beta
1.739 ± 1.696
1.184 ± 1.209
Sound Speed [km/s]
70.44 ± 1.19
58.63 ± 1.32
Alfven Speed [km/s]
41.50 ± 2.08
41.76 ± 0.28

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.641 ± 0.065 0.311 ± 0.068 0.702 ± 0.554 44.60 ± 5.25 154.12 ± 5.59
VC -0.961 ± 0.015 0.032 ± 0.072 0.275 ± 0.268 15.99 ± 3.15 178.11 ± 4.27
MX1 -0.947 ± 0.016 0.167 ± 0.068 0.274 ± 0.267 15.90 ± 2.28 170.02 ± 4.11
MX2 -0.999 ± 0.007 0.043 ± 0.123 -0.019 ± 0.019 -1.07 ± 15.06 177.52 ± 7.05
MX3 -0.963 ± 0.014 0.148 ± 0.065 0.228 ± 0.224 13.15 ± 2.31 171.28 ± 3.89
RH08 -0.999 ± 0.001 0.044 ± 0.014 -0.028 ± 0.028 -1.60 ± 0.87 177.49 ± 0.82
RH09 -0.995 ± 0.007 0.096 ± 0.068 0.006 ± 0.006 0.32 ± 4.05 174.48 ± 3.94
RH10 -0.997 ± 0.005 0.079 ± 0.069 0.006 ± 0.006 0.32 ± 4.05 175.49 ± 3.94
Average -0.938 0.115 0.180 10.952 172.314
Median -0.963 0.096 0.228 13.154 175.487
Deviation 0.122 0.093 0.250 15.653 7.925

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 51.1 ± 7.3 235.9 ± 1.1 0.47 ± 0.02
VC 65.5 ± 4.6 380.7 ± 1.1 0.47 ± 0.02
MX1 57.8 ± 4.6 375.0 ± 0.9 0.47 ± 0.02
MX2 67.1 ± 4.5 405.3 ± 0.9 0.47 ± 0.02
MX3 59.2 ± 4.5 382.6 ± 0.9 0.47 ± 0.02
RH08 67.1 ± 4.5 405.5 ± 0.9 0.47 ± 0.02
RH09 63.9 ± 4.4 402.7 ± 0.8 0.47 ± 0.02
RH10 64.8 ± 4.4 403.4 ± 3.3 0.47 ± 0.02
Average 62.1 373.9 0.47
Median 64.8 402.7 0.47
Deviation 5.6 57.1 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -29.6 ± 1.3 23.4 ± 1.0 26.1 ± 1.3 78.3 ± 1.5 -1.26 ± 0.09 -0.38 ± 0.02
VC -38.4 ± 1.9 15.1 ± 0.6 17.2 ± 0.9 80.4 ± 1.6 -2.55 ± 0.11 -0.48 ± 0.02
MX1 -37.7 ± 1.6 19.6 ± 0.8 22.1 ± 1.1 79.4 ± 1.5 -1.93 ± 0.08 -0.48 ± 0.02
MX2 -38.1 ± 2.2 14.1 ± 0.6 16.2 ± 0.8 80.5 ± 1.6 -2.70 ± 0.10 -0.47 ± 0.02
MX3 -38.1 ± 1.7 18.8 ± 0.8 21.3 ± 1.1 79.6 ± 1.5 -2.03 ± 0.08 -0.48 ± 0.02
RH8 -38.0 ± 2.2 14.1 ± 0.6 16.1 ± 0.8 80.5 ± 1.6 -2.70 ± 0.10 -0.47 ± 0.02
RH9 -38.3 ± 2.0 16.1 ± 0.6 18.3 ± 0.9 80.2 ± 1.5 -2.39 ± 0.08 -0.48 ± 0.02
RH10 -38.4 ± 2.1 15.5 ± 0.6 17.6 ± 0.9 80.3 ± 1.6 -2.48 ± 0.09 -0.48 ± 0.02
Average -37.1 17.1 19.4 79.9 -2.3 -0.5
Median -38.1 16.1 18.3 80.3 -2.4 -0.5
Deviation 3.0 3.3 3.5 0.8 0.5 0.0

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -65.2 ± 0.5 22.5 ± 0.2 26.2 ± 0.2 68.4 ± 1.1 -2.90 ± 0.04 -0.95 ± 0.02
VC -81.9 ± 1.4 14.4 ± 0.1 17.3 ± 0.1 70.5 ± 1.1 -5.70 ± 0.13 -1.16 ± 0.04
MX1 -80.9 ± 1.0 18.7 ± 0.1 22.2 ± 0.2 69.5 ± 1.1 -4.31 ± 0.08 -1.16 ± 0.03
MX2 -79.8 ± 1.3 13.5 ± 0.1 16.3 ± 0.1 70.7 ± 1.1 -5.91 ± 0.14 -1.13 ± 0.03
MX3 -81.3 ± 1.1 18.0 ± 0.1 21.4 ± 0.1 69.7 ± 1.1 -4.52 ± 0.09 -1.17 ± 0.03
RH8 -79.5 ± 1.3 13.4 ± 0.1 16.2 ± 0.1 70.7 ± 1.1 -5.92 ± 0.14 -1.12 ± 0.03
RH9 -80.2 ± 1.2 15.3 ± 0.1 18.4 ± 0.1 70.3 ± 1.1 -5.23 ± 0.11 -1.14 ± 0.03
RH10 -80.3 ± 1.2 14.8 ± 0.1 17.8 ± 0.1 70.5 ± 1.1 -5.44 ± 0.12 -1.14 ± 0.03
Average -78.6 16.3 19.5 70.0 -5.0 -1.1
Median -80.2 15.3 18.4 70.5 -5.2 -1.1
Deviation 5.5 3.2 3.5 0.8 1.0 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 13:39:38 2022
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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