CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20020072231
Observation time: 01/07/2002 7.93839 2231 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2002
Fractional day of year 7.938385
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 81076.5 ± 30.0
Shock type SR
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 47.960
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -286.528
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 18.840
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0283
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0202
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 8.89, 20.48, 21.68
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:17:24 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 22:30:39 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
-99.484 ± 1.409

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -354.1 ± 1.2 -367.9 ± 1.0
Vy GSE [km/s] -20.7 ± 1.0 -12.9 ± 2.2
Vz GSE [km/s] 0.9 ± 0.9 12.7 ± 2.0
Wi [km/s] 31.0 ± 0.8 27.5 ± 0.5
We [km/s] 978.8 ± 24.9 870.5 ± 16.6
Ni [n/cc] 23.2 ± 0.8 13.9 ± 0.5
Bx GSE [nT] 3.4 ± 0.9 9.0 ± 0.2
By GSE [nT] -1.5 ± 0.4 -5.4 ± 0.3
Bz GSE [nT] 6.1 ± 0.6 -2.0 ± 0.3
Plasma Beta
0.907 ± 0.853
0.194 ± 0.196
Sound Speed [km/s]
39.96 ± 1.01
35.54 ± 0.68
Alfven Speed [km/s]
32.64 ± 1.46
62.65 ± 2.02

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.685 ± 0.034 0.347 ± 0.055 -0.640 ± 0.534 -39.80 ± 1.98 153.13 ± 4.55
VC -0.704 ± 0.062 0.394 ± 0.083 0.591 ± 0.510 36.20 ± 4.92 150.76 ± 6.41
MX1 -0.691 ± 0.040 0.338 ± 0.071 -0.638 ± 0.533 -39.67 ± 2.05 153.92 ± 5.84
MX2 -0.644 ± 0.072 0.415 ± 0.109 -0.642 ± 0.535 -39.98 ± 2.03 147.18 ± 9.61
MX3 -0.805 ± 0.135 0.200 ± 0.418 -0.558 ± 0.491 -33.93 ± 9.09 166.03 ± 29.67
RH08 -0.535 ± 0.008 -0.845 ± 0.005 0.017 ± 0.017 0.96 ± 0.73 237.66 ± 0.55
RH09 -0.535 ± 0.055 -0.845 ± 0.035 0.017 ± 0.017 0.96 ± 3.55 237.66 ± 3.72
RH10 -0.535 ± 0.055 -0.845 ± 0.035 0.017 ± 0.017 0.96 ± 3.61 237.66 ± 3.73
Average -0.642 -0.105 -0.230 -14.287 185.500
Median -0.644 0.338 0.017 0.960 166.033
Deviation 0.099 0.616 0.458 28.251 43.526

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 19.5 ± 8.4 227.4 ± 3.0 0.60 ± 0.02
VC 84.9 ± 8.5 213.5 ± 4.9 0.60 ± 0.02
MX1 19.6 ± 8.4 229.7 ± 3.0 0.60 ± 0.02
MX2 20.3 ± 7.6 211.5 ± 3.1 0.60 ± 0.02
MX3 25.9 ± 8.9 271.2 ± 2.9 0.60 ± 0.02
RH08 86.5 ± 4.5 205.8 ± 3.0 0.60 ± 0.02
RH09 86.5 ± 4.5 205.8 ± 3.0 0.60 ± 0.02
RH10 86.5 ± 4.5 205.8 ± 3.0 0.60 ± 0.02
Average 53.7 221.3 0.60
Median 84.9 213.5 0.60
Deviation 34.7 22.3 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -7.5 ± 0.9 28.6 ± 0.9 30.8 ± 1.4 43.0 ± 0.7 -0.26 ± 0.03 -0.17 ± 0.02
VC -28.2 ± 1.4 2.2 ± 0.0 2.9 ± 0.1 51.6 ± 0.7 -12.66 ± 0.72 -0.55 ± 0.03
MX1 -7.5 ± 0.9 28.6 ± 0.9 30.8 ± 1.4 43.0 ± 0.7 -0.26 ± 0.03 -0.18 ± 0.02
MX2 -7.3 ± 0.9 28.3 ± 0.8 30.6 ± 1.4 43.1 ± 0.6 -0.26 ± 0.03 -0.17 ± 0.02
MX3 -9.3 ± 1.0 26.4 ± 0.7 29.4 ± 1.3 44.3 ± 0.6 -0.35 ± 0.04 -0.21 ± 0.02
RH8 -1.1 ± 0.8 1.5 ± 0.0 2.0 ± 0.1 51.6 ± 0.7 -0.73 ± 0.50 -0.02 ± 0.02
RH9 -1.1 ± 0.8 1.5 ± 0.0 2.0 ± 0.1 51.6 ± 0.7 -0.73 ± 0.50 -0.02 ± 0.02
RH10 -1.1 ± 0.8 1.5 ± 0.0 2.0 ± 0.1 51.6 ± 0.7 -0.73 ± 0.50 -0.02 ± 0.02
Average -7.9 14.8 16.3 47.5 -2.0 -0.2
Median -7.3 26.4 29.4 51.6 -0.4 -0.2
Deviation 8.9 14.1 15.1 4.4 4.3 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -12.2 ± 1.6 32.7 ± 0.6 59.1 ± 1.9 64.2 ± 1.9 -0.37 ± 0.05 -0.19 ± 0.02
VC -47.9 ± 2.0 2.7 ± 0.0 5.5 ± 0.2 72.0 ± 1.7 -17.57 ± 0.64 -0.67 ± 0.02
MX1 -12.2 ± 1.6 32.7 ± 0.6 59.0 ± 1.9 64.2 ± 1.9 -0.37 ± 0.05 -0.19 ± 0.02
MX2 -12.0 ± 1.7 32.5 ± 0.6 58.8 ± 1.9 64.3 ± 1.9 -0.37 ± 0.05 -0.19 ± 0.02
MX3 -15.4 ± 1.3 30.7 ± 0.5 56.4 ± 1.8 65.1 ± 1.9 -0.50 ± 0.05 -0.24 ± 0.02
RH8 -2.0 ± 1.6 1.9 ± 0.0 3.8 ± 0.1 72.0 ± 1.7 -1.09 ± 0.85 -0.03 ± 0.02
RH9 -2.0 ± 1.6 1.9 ± 0.0 3.8 ± 0.1 72.0 ± 1.7 -1.09 ± 0.85 -0.03 ± 0.02
RH10 -2.0 ± 1.6 1.9 ± 0.0 3.8 ± 0.1 72.0 ± 1.7 -1.09 ± 0.85 -0.03 ± 0.02
Average -13.2 17.1 31.3 68.2 -2.8 -0.2
Median -12.0 30.7 56.4 72.0 -0.5 -0.2
Deviation 15.1 16.1 28.9 4.0 6.0 0.2

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 Jun 13 11:06:02 2014
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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