CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20213040933
Observation time: 10/31/2021 304.39811 0933 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2021
Fractional day of year 304.398108
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 34396.5 ± 20.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 196.301
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 1.066
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -10.662
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0250
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0263
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 9.70, 17.60, 18.10
Event added to database
Thu Jan 13 11:28:06 2022
Event last processed
Fri Jan 14 11:51:45 2022
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
36.429 ± 6.311

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -367.1 ± 1.6 -406.9 ± 7.1
Vy GSE [km/s] 34.5 ± 1.6 -3.6 ± 7.3
Vz GSE [km/s] -37.9 ± 3.0 -85.4 ± 5.9
Wi [km/s] 31.6 ± 0.9 42.2 ± 1.4
We [km/s] 998.9 ± 27.7 1335.8 ± 45.2
Ni [n/cc] 6.8 ± 0.4 13.8 ± 1.2
Bx GSE [nT] -3.9 ± 0.2 -7.7 ± 0.6
By GSE [nT] -0.3 ± 0.4 1.0 ± 1.2
Bz GSE [nT] 2.0 ± 0.5 6.3 ± 1.1
Plasma Beta
0.733 ± 0.719
0.505 ± 0.522
Sound Speed [km/s]
40.78 ± 1.13
54.53 ± 1.85
Alfven Speed [km/s]
37.00 ± 1.57
59.64 ± 2.54

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.827 ± 0.279 -0.444 ± 0.495 -0.346 ± 0.332 -20.27 ± 16.57 208.23 ± 34.14
VC -0.550 ± 0.086 -0.526 ± 0.088 -0.649 ± 0.537 -40.46 ± 4.98 223.69 ± 8.23
MX1 -0.732 ± 0.074 -0.496 ± 0.092 -0.468 ± 0.430 -27.89 ± 6.63 214.10 ± 6.80
MX2 -0.729 ± 0.068 -0.487 ± 0.083 -0.480 ± 0.439 -28.71 ± 6.44 213.76 ± 6.07
MX3 -0.728 ± 0.067 -0.482 ± 0.079 -0.488 ± 0.445 -29.24 ± 6.55 213.51 ± 5.77
RH08 -0.801 ± 0.009 -0.349 ± 0.015 -0.486 ± 0.444 -29.08 ± 0.91 203.57 ± 1.04
RH09 -0.960 ± 0.019 -0.059 ± 0.069 -0.274 ± 0.267 -15.89 ± 3.91 183.51 ± 4.13
RH10 -0.961 ± 0.019 -0.042 ± 0.069 -0.274 ± 0.267 -15.89 ± 3.92 182.51 ± 4.11
Average -0.786 -0.361 -0.433 -25.929 205.359
Median -0.732 -0.444 -0.468 -27.895 213.506
Deviation 0.135 0.198 0.128 8.259 14.931

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 52.2 ± 8.7 433.9 ± 2.3 2.02 ± 0.24
VC 76.3 ± 8.7 352.7 ± 2.6 2.02 ± 0.24
MX1 61.4 ± 8.7 409.7 ± 2.4 2.02 ± 0.24
MX2 62.0 ± 8.7 409.9 ± 2.4 2.02 ± 0.24
MX3 62.4 ± 8.7 410.0 ± 2.4 2.02 ± 0.24
RH08 58.7 ± 8.5 437.7 ± 2.2 2.02 ± 0.24
RH09 42.8 ± 7.4 465.5 ± 1.7 2.02 ± 0.24
RH10 42.9 ± 7.3 464.7 ± 12.4 2.02 ± 0.24
Average 57.3 423.0 2.02
Median 61.4 433.9 2.02
Deviation 11.1 36.5 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 132.7 ± 2.1 17.7 ± 0.5 22.7 ± 1.0 52.2 ± 1.2 7.49 ± 0.27 2.55 ± 0.08
VC 144.3 ± 2.7 6.5 ± 0.2 8.8 ± 0.4 54.7 ± 1.3 22.07 ± 0.87 2.64 ± 0.10
MX1 140.5 ± 2.3 13.5 ± 0.3 17.7 ± 0.8 53.4 ± 1.3 10.41 ± 0.39 2.63 ± 0.09
MX2 140.8 ± 2.3 13.2 ± 0.3 17.4 ± 0.7 53.5 ± 1.3 10.64 ± 0.40 2.64 ± 0.09
MX3 141.0 ± 2.3 13.1 ± 0.3 17.2 ± 0.7 53.5 ± 1.3 10.79 ± 0.40 2.64 ± 0.09
RH8 137.3 ± 2.3 14.8 ± 0.4 19.2 ± 0.8 53.1 ± 1.3 9.29 ± 0.34 2.59 ± 0.09
RH9 104.8 ± 1.9 21.9 ± 0.6 27.1 ± 1.2 50.6 ± 1.2 4.79 ± 0.16 2.07 ± 0.06
RH10 103.1 ± 1.9 21.9 ± 0.6 27.1 ± 1.2 50.6 ± 1.2 4.72 ± 0.16 2.04 ± 0.06
Average 130.6 15.3 19.6 52.7 10.0 2.5
Median 140.5 14.8 19.2 53.4 10.4 2.6
Deviation 16.8 5.1 6.0 1.5 5.5 0.3

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 66.4 ± 5.4 26.0 ± 0.6 36.5 ± 1.6 76.5 ± 1.8 2.56 ± 0.24 0.87 ± 0.08
VC 71.6 ± 4.9 9.6 ± 0.2 14.2 ± 0.6 80.3 ± 1.9 7.46 ± 0.65 0.89 ± 0.08
MX1 70.2 ± 5.1 19.8 ± 0.4 28.5 ± 1.2 78.4 ± 1.9 3.55 ± 0.31 0.90 ± 0.08
MX2 70.4 ± 5.1 19.4 ± 0.4 28.0 ± 1.2 78.5 ± 1.9 3.63 ± 0.32 0.90 ± 0.08
MX3 70.5 ± 5.1 19.2 ± 0.4 27.7 ± 1.2 78.5 ± 1.9 3.68 ± 0.32 0.90 ± 0.08
RH8 69.0 ± 5.4 21.7 ± 0.5 31.0 ± 1.3 77.9 ± 1.9 3.18 ± 0.29 0.89 ± 0.08
RH9 51.4 ± 6.7 32.1 ± 0.7 43.7 ± 1.9 74.2 ± 1.8 1.60 ± 0.21 0.69 ± 0.09
RH10 50.2 ± 6.7 32.1 ± 0.7 43.7 ± 1.9 74.2 ± 1.8 1.57 ± 0.21 0.68 ± 0.09
Average 65.0 22.5 31.7 77.3 3.4 0.8
Median 70.2 21.7 31.0 78.4 3.5 0.9
Deviation 8.9 7.5 9.7 2.2 1.9 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 13:39:25 2022
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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