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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20230172101
Observation time: 01/17/2023 17.87602 2101 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2023
Fractional day of year 17.876024
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 75688.5 ± 80.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 258.180
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -4.510
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 13.131
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0005
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0155
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0225
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 4.20, 7.39, 7.71
Event added to database
Wed Oct 11 16:30:08 2023
Event last processed
Thu Oct 12 10:27:38 2023
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
54.950 ± 0.714

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -384.4 ± 0.5 -433.0 ± 3.1
Vy GSE [km/s] -17.5 ± 4.2 -32.3 ± 10.2
Vz GSE [km/s] 10.8 ± 2.5 -8.8 ± 7.8
Wi [km/s] 30.8 ± 1.4 49.4 ± 7.3
We [km/s] 974.2 ± 44.2 1562.4 ± 230.9
Ni [n/cc] 10.1 ± 0.6 21.3 ± 2.4
Bx GSE [nT] -0.4 ± 0.4 0.6 ± 1.8
By GSE [nT] 2.1 ± 0.2 4.1 ± 2.7
Bz GSE [nT] -1.0 ± 0.1 -3.1 ± 0.8
Plasma Beta
3.528 ± 3.302
4.200 ± 5.059
Sound Speed [km/s]
39.77 ± 1.81
63.79 ± 9.43
Alfven Speed [km/s]
16.57 ± 1.72
27.89 ± 9.71

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.962 ± 0.198 0.224 ± 0.805 0.156 ± 0.155 8.97 ± 24.11 166.90 ± 47.96
VC -0.896 ± 0.072 -0.266 ± 0.178 -0.355 ± 0.339 -20.78 ± 8.26 196.53 ± 11.37
MX1 -0.918 ± 0.094 -0.154 ± 0.444 -0.365 ± 0.348 -21.38 ± 9.08 189.51 ± 27.70
MX2 -0.848 ± 0.126 -0.194 ± 0.216 -0.494 ± 0.449 -29.58 ± 13.79 192.87 ± 14.47
MX3 -0.831 ± 0.118 -0.281 ± 0.188 -0.480 ± 0.439 -28.66 ± 12.64 198.66 ± 12.72
RH08 -0.967 ± 0.007 -0.233 ± 0.028 -0.106 ± 0.106 -6.09 ± 1.31 193.54 ± 1.65
RH09 -0.994 ± 0.008 -0.114 ± 0.068 -0.006 ± 0.006 -0.32 ± 4.05 186.52 ± 3.94
RH10 -0.994 ± 0.008 -0.114 ± 0.068 -0.006 ± 0.006 -0.32 ± 4.05 186.52 ± 3.94
Average -0.926 -0.141 -0.207 -12.270 188.881
Median -0.918 -0.154 -0.106 -6.093 192.869
Deviation 0.063 0.161 0.247 14.632 9.903

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 73.2 ± 7.6 441.5 ± 2.4 2.14 ± 0.35
VC 86.0 ± 8.6 448.0 ± 2.4 2.14 ± 0.35
MX1 79.8 ± 8.7 452.8 ± 2.8 2.14 ± 0.35
MX2 79.3 ± 8.4 424.3 ± 3.0 2.14 ± 0.35
MX3 84.3 ± 8.3 420.2 ± 2.7 2.14 ± 0.35
RH08 89.9 ± 8.7 473.4 ± 1.9 2.14 ± 0.35
RH09 86.1 ± 8.5 478.5 ± 2.0 2.14 ± 0.35
RH10 86.1 ± 8.5 478.5 ± 11.4 2.14 ± 0.35
Average 83.1 452.2 2.14
Median 86.0 452.8 2.14
Deviation 5.3 23.2 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 73.9 ± 0.7 4.4 ± 0.4 4.8 ± 0.5 42.9 ± 2.1 16.74 ± 1.67 1.73 ± 0.09
VC 102.7 ± 0.5 1.1 ± 0.1 1.1 ± 0.1 43.1 ± 2.1 97.65 ± 9.61 2.39 ± 0.10
MX1 101.0 ± 0.1 2.7 ± 0.3 2.9 ± 0.3 43.0 ± 2.1 37.66 ± 3.80 2.35 ± 0.11
MX2 100.4 ± 0.2 2.8 ± 0.3 3.1 ± 0.3 43.0 ± 2.1 35.56 ± 3.65 2.34 ± 0.11
MX3 101.0 ± 0.4 1.5 ± 0.1 1.7 ± 0.2 43.1 ± 2.1 66.58 ± 6.69 2.35 ± 0.11
RH8 98.9 ± 1.0 0.0 ± 0.0 0.0 ± 0.0 43.1 ± 2.1 3247.33 ± 306.88 2.30 ± 0.09
RH9 94.6 ± 0.8 1.0 ± 0.1 1.1 ± 0.1 43.1 ± 2.1 91.80 ± 8.70 2.20 ± 0.09
RH10 94.6 ± 0.8 1.0 ± 0.1 1.1 ± 0.1 43.1 ± 2.1 91.80 ± 8.70 2.20 ± 0.09
Average 95.9 1.8 2.0 43.0 460.6 2.2
Median 100.4 1.5 1.7 43.1 91.8 2.3
Deviation 9.4 1.4 1.5 0.1 1126.4 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 33.5 ± 3.5 7.3 ± 2.2 8.1 ± 2.8 69.8 ± 9.5 4.94 ± 1.40 0.49 ± 0.08
VC 48.2 ± 2.3 1.7 ± 0.5 1.9 ± 0.7 70.2 ± 9.5 29.63 ± 7.24 0.70 ± 0.08
MX1 46.9 ± 2.5 4.4 ± 1.3 4.9 ± 1.7 70.0 ± 9.5 11.33 ± 2.84 0.68 ± 0.10
MX2 46.5 ± 2.5 4.6 ± 1.4 5.2 ± 1.8 70.0 ± 9.5 10.69 ± 2.67 0.68 ± 0.10
MX3 46.9 ± 2.1 2.5 ± 0.7 2.8 ± 1.0 70.1 ± 9.5 20.02 ± 4.88 0.68 ± 0.09
RH8 46.4 ± 3.3 0.1 ± 0.0 0.1 ± 0.0 70.2 ± 9.5 983.48 ± 243.56 0.67 ± 0.06
RH9 44.5 ± 3.3 1.7 ± 0.5 1.9 ± 0.7 70.2 ± 9.5 27.94 ± 7.10 0.64 ± 0.07
RH10 44.5 ± 3.3 1.7 ± 0.5 1.9 ± 0.7 70.2 ± 9.5 27.94 ± 7.10 0.64 ± 0.07
Average 44.7 3.0 3.3 70.1 139.5 0.6
Median 46.5 2.5 2.8 70.2 27.9 0.7
Deviation 4.7 2.3 2.6 0.1 341.1 0.1

Survey interval (About, Top)
Survey of solar wind interval
Selected data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters
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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 Oct 12 13:23:45 2023
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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