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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20222311651
Observation time: 08/19/2022 231.70210 1651 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2022
Fractional day of year 231.702101
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 60661.5 ± 20.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 247.176
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -82.437
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 9.356
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0230
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0260
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 1.68, 2.47, 2.54
Event added to database
Thu Sep 8 15:11:38 2022
Event last processed
Thu Sep 8 15:27:36 2022
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
39.787 ± 0.322

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -535.3 ± 6.2 -617.9 ± 11.2
Vy GSE [km/s] 45.6 ± 7.9 83.6 ± 22.6
Vz GSE [km/s] 15.5 ± 20.6 -24.0 ± 17.3
Wi [km/s] 49.2 ± 3.2 74.9 ± 4.2
We [km/s] 1556.8 ± 100.3 2367.5 ± 132.2
Ni [n/cc] 3.1 ± 0.2 7.3 ± 1.0
Bx GSE [nT] 4.7 ± 0.7 5.4 ± 1.3
By GSE [nT] 1.6 ± 0.5 2.8 ± 3.3
Bz GSE [nT] -1.1 ± 1.6 -7.8 ± 1.7
Plasma Beta
0.553 ± 0.497
0.796 ± 0.828
Sound Speed [km/s]
63.55 ± 4.09
96.65 ± 5.40
Alfven Speed [km/s]
67.12 ± 4.98
85.79 ± 9.06

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.991 ± 0.053 -0.132 ± 0.402 -0.009 ± 0.009 -0.50 ± 16.45 187.57 ± 23.25
VC -0.846 ± 0.121 0.376 ± 0.206 -0.378 ± 0.359 -22.24 ± 13.27 156.01 ± 13.75
MX1 -1.000 ± 0.004 -0.006 ± 0.378 -0.018 ± 0.018 -1.01 ± 10.89 180.35 ± 21.68
MX2 -0.965 ± 0.053 0.261 ± 0.194 -0.028 ± 0.028 -1.62 ± 7.31 164.86 ± 11.53
MX3 -0.932 ± 0.074 0.361 ± 0.190 -0.028 ± 0.028 -1.63 ± 6.91 158.81 ± 11.68
RH08 -0.994 ± 0.003 0.114 ± 0.027 0.006 ± 0.006 0.32 ± 1.48 173.48 ± 1.57
RH09 -0.994 ± 0.008 0.114 ± 0.068 -0.006 ± 0.006 -0.32 ± 4.05 173.48 ± 3.94
RH10 -0.994 ± 0.008 0.114 ± 0.068 -0.006 ± 0.006 -0.32 ± 4.05 173.48 ± 3.94
Average -0.964 0.150 -0.058 -3.414 171.006
Median -0.991 0.114 -0.009 -0.504 173.482
Deviation 0.053 0.176 0.130 7.635 10.633

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 21.3 ± 14.1 659.7 ± 1.9 2.39 ± 0.24
VC 55.7 ± 13.4 637.8 ± 3.7 2.39 ± 0.24
MX1 26.4 ± 13.0 677.2 ± 2.2 2.39 ± 0.24
MX2 39.2 ± 10.6 681.9 ± 3.3 2.39 ± 0.24
MX3 44.5 ± 9.8 669.1 ± 3.8 2.39 ± 0.24
RH08 31.3 ± 11.6 683.4 ± 2.7 2.39 ± 0.24
RH09 31.5 ± 11.7 684.4 ± 2.7 2.39 ± 0.24
RH10 31.5 ± 11.7 684.4 ± 18.7 2.39 ± 0.24
Average 35.2 672.2 2.39
Median 31.5 681.9 2.39
Deviation 10.9 16.4 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 135.3 ± 6.7 51.5 ± 2.1 62.5 ± 4.6 76.9 ± 2.9 2.63 ± 0.15 1.76 ± 0.10
VC 173.8 ± 12.0 27.1 ± 1.0 37.9 ± 2.8 88.5 ± 3.3 6.42 ± 0.51 1.97 ± 0.15
MX1 142.5 ± 6.5 48.2 ± 1.9 60.1 ± 4.5 79.0 ± 3.0 2.96 ± 0.16 1.80 ± 0.09
MX2 153.9 ± 6.2 39.3 ± 1.5 52.0 ± 3.9 83.8 ± 3.2 3.92 ± 0.19 1.84 ± 0.08
MX3 154.1 ± 6.0 35.5 ± 1.4 47.9 ± 3.6 85.5 ± 3.2 4.34 ± 0.21 1.80 ± 0.08
RH8 146.3 ± 5.8 44.9 ± 1.8 57.4 ± 4.3 81.0 ± 3.1 3.26 ± 0.15 1.81 ± 0.08
RH9 147.5 ± 6.0 44.7 ± 1.8 57.2 ± 4.2 81.0 ± 3.1 3.30 ± 0.16 1.82 ± 0.09
RH10 147.5 ± 6.0 44.7 ± 1.8 57.2 ± 4.2 81.0 ± 3.1 3.30 ± 0.16 1.82 ± 0.09
Average 150.1 42.0 54.0 82.1 3.8 1.8
Median 147.5 44.7 57.2 81.0 3.3 1.8
Deviation 11.3 7.8 8.0 3.7 1.2 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 58.0 ± 11.5 70.9 ± 2.9 79.9 ± 8.4 108.5 ± 2.8 0.82 ± 0.14 0.54 ± 0.11
VC 74.7 ± 10.4 37.5 ± 1.3 48.4 ± 5.1 124.0 ± 3.3 1.99 ± 0.30 0.60 ± 0.09
MX1 59.4 ± 11.1 66.4 ± 2.6 76.8 ± 8.1 111.2 ± 2.9 0.89 ± 0.15 0.53 ± 0.10
MX2 63.1 ± 12.0 54.4 ± 2.0 66.5 ± 7.0 117.6 ± 3.1 1.16 ± 0.22 0.54 ± 0.11
MX3 62.2 ± 12.8 49.1 ± 1.7 61.2 ± 6.5 119.9 ± 3.2 1.27 ± 0.27 0.52 ± 0.11
RH8 60.1 ± 11.4 62.0 ± 2.3 73.3 ± 7.7 113.8 ± 2.9 0.97 ± 0.18 0.53 ± 0.10
RH9 60.8 ± 11.3 61.7 ± 2.3 73.1 ± 7.7 113.9 ± 2.9 0.98 ± 0.18 0.53 ± 0.10
RH10 60.8 ± 11.3 61.7 ± 2.3 73.1 ± 7.7 113.9 ± 2.9 0.98 ± 0.18 0.53 ± 0.10
Average 62.4 58.0 69.1 115.3 1.1 0.5
Median 60.8 61.7 73.1 113.9 1.0 0.5
Deviation 5.2 10.6 10.2 5.0 0.4 0.0

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 Thu Sep 8 16:00:36 2022
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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