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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20230740401
Observation time: 03/15/2023 74.16762 0401 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2023
Fractional day of year 74.167622
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 14482.5 ± 70.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 206.262
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -92.954
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -3.292
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0282
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0396
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 3.19, 7.36, 7.58
Event added to database
Wed Oct 11 16:35:44 2023
Event last processed
Thu Oct 12 10:29:59 2023
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
31.580 ± 1.306

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -410.4 ± 3.3 -538.4 ± 9.4
Vy GSE [km/s] -14.6 ± 6.9 -57.0 ± 15.4
Vz GSE [km/s] -3.4 ± 8.3 50.0 ± 20.1
Wi [km/s] 43.3 ± 1.6 83.6 ± 11.1
We [km/s] 1368.5 ± 50.7 2644.0 ± 351.8
Ni [n/cc] 8.9 ± 0.8 24.2 ± 3.5
Bx GSE [nT] -6.0 ± 0.4 -10.6 ± 2.1
By GSE [nT] 4.8 ± 0.9 11.7 ± 4.4
Bz GSE [nT] -1.6 ± 1.5 -5.2 ± 10.1
Plasma Beta
0.554 ± 0.533
1.017 ± 1.258
Sound Speed [km/s]
55.87 ± 2.07
107.94 ± 14.36
Alfven Speed [km/s]
58.62 ± 3.18
87.36 ± 12.01

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.943 ± 0.174 0.329 ± 0.490 -0.056 ± 0.056 -3.20 ± 35.20 160.74 ± 29.75
VC -0.884 ± 0.058 -0.293 ± 0.103 0.364 ± 0.347 21.32 ± 7.92 198.31 ± 6.61
MX1 -0.924 ± 0.131 -0.247 ± 0.435 0.291 ± 0.282 16.91 ± 12.43 194.94 ± 26.94
MX2 -0.900 ± 0.085 -0.320 ± 0.219 0.295 ± 0.286 17.18 ± 6.75 199.59 ± 13.95
MX3 -0.905 ± 0.080 -0.318 ± 0.203 0.282 ± 0.274 16.36 ± 8.00 199.39 ± 12.81
RH08 -0.968 ± 0.004 -0.145 ± 0.014 0.207 ± 0.204 11.93 ± 0.97 188.52 ± 0.84
RH09 -0.993 ± 0.008 -0.078 ± 0.069 0.084 ± 0.084 4.81 ± 4.02 184.51 ± 3.99
RH10 -0.994 ± 0.007 -0.078 ± 0.069 0.073 ± 0.072 4.16 ± 4.03 184.51 ± 3.95
Average -0.939 -0.144 0.192 11.184 188.813
Median -0.924 -0.145 0.282 16.364 194.937
Deviation 0.043 0.216 0.144 8.416 12.989

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 23.5 ± 4.1 542.8 ± 3.7 2.64 ± 0.46
VC 65.2 ± 7.0 596.0 ± 3.6 2.64 ± 0.46
MX1 60.6 ± 6.6 611.6 ± 3.7 2.64 ± 0.46
MX2 64.7 ± 6.5 603.2 ± 3.7 2.64 ± 0.46
MX3 64.2 ± 6.4 604.7 ± 3.7 2.64 ± 0.46
RH08 53.0 ± 6.2 622.4 ± 3.8 2.64 ± 0.46
RH09 46.8 ± 5.4 624.9 ± 3.8 2.64 ± 0.46
RH10 46.6 ± 5.4 624.5 ± 34.1 2.64 ± 0.46
Average 53.1 603.7 2.64
Median 60.6 611.6 2.64
Deviation 14.2 26.9 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 160.6 ± 3.9 44.1 ± 0.7 53.7 ± 2.9 68.0 ± 1.2 3.64 ± 0.12 2.36 ± 0.08
VC 230.0 ± 4.3 17.3 ± 0.3 24.6 ± 1.3 79.2 ± 1.3 13.28 ± 0.37 2.91 ± 0.08
MX1 229.6 ± 3.9 20.5 ± 0.3 28.8 ± 1.6 78.4 ± 1.3 11.21 ± 0.30 2.93 ± 0.08
MX2 230.2 ± 4.1 17.7 ± 0.3 25.1 ± 1.4 79.1 ± 1.3 13.02 ± 0.35 2.91 ± 0.08
MX3 229.5 ± 4.0 18.0 ± 0.3 25.5 ± 1.4 79.0 ± 1.3 12.75 ± 0.34 2.91 ± 0.08
RH8 223.9 ± 3.6 25.6 ± 0.4 35.2 ± 1.9 76.9 ± 1.3 8.76 ± 0.22 2.91 ± 0.08
RH9 216.3 ± 3.3 29.7 ± 0.5 40.1 ± 2.2 75.4 ± 1.3 7.29 ± 0.18 2.87 ± 0.07
RH10 215.5 ± 3.3 29.8 ± 0.5 40.3 ± 2.2 75.4 ± 1.3 7.23 ± 0.18 2.86 ± 0.07
Average 217.0 25.3 34.2 76.4 9.6 2.8
Median 229.5 25.6 35.2 78.4 11.2 2.9
Deviation 23.6 9.2 10.3 3.8 3.5 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 56.9 ± 11.7 70.9 ± 5.2 80.1 ± 11.0 120.4 ± 7.4 0.81 ± 0.21 0.48 ± 0.12
VC 85.0 ± 9.1 28.5 ± 1.7 36.6 ± 5.0 136.9 ± 7.2 3.00 ± 0.44 0.62 ± 0.08
MX1 85.3 ± 8.5 33.7 ± 2.0 42.9 ± 5.9 135.7 ± 7.1 2.55 ± 0.37 0.63 ± 0.08
MX2 85.6 ± 8.7 29.1 ± 1.7 37.4 ± 5.1 136.8 ± 7.2 2.96 ± 0.42 0.63 ± 0.08
MX3 85.1 ± 8.6 29.6 ± 1.7 38.0 ± 5.2 136.6 ± 7.2 2.89 ± 0.41 0.62 ± 0.08
RH8 82.9 ± 8.3 41.9 ± 2.5 52.5 ± 7.2 133.4 ± 7.1 1.99 ± 0.30 0.62 ± 0.08
RH9 81.4 ± 8.7 48.6 ± 3.0 59.8 ± 8.2 131.1 ± 7.1 1.69 ± 0.27 0.62 ± 0.09
RH10 81.1 ± 8.7 48.8 ± 3.0 60.0 ± 8.3 131.0 ± 7.1 1.67 ± 0.27 0.62 ± 0.09
Average 80.4 41.4 50.9 132.7 2.2 0.6
Median 85.0 41.9 52.5 135.7 2.5 0.6
Deviation 9.7 14.6 15.3 5.5 0.8 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 Thu Oct 12 13:23:43 2023
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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