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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20020480332
Observation time: 02/17/2002 48.14790 0332 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2002
Fractional day of year 48.147899
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 12778.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -8.360
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -290.689
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 10.663
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0229
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0270
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 13.62, 17.33, 18.26
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:17:57 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 22:39:24 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
-31.741 ± 5.944

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -367.3 ± 2.6 -401.6 ± 0.7
Vy GSE [km/s] -10.1 ± 0.8 -14.4 ± 3.6
Vz GSE [km/s] 2.9 ± 1.1 32.1 ± 3.5
Wi [km/s] 18.4 ± 0.8 28.7 ± 3.4
We [km/s] 583.4 ± 24.0 907.2 ± 106.0
Ni [n/cc] 17.8 ± 1.1 46.2 ± 3.2
Bx GSE [nT] 0.3 ± 0.6 4.6 ± 1.2
By GSE [nT] -2.1 ± 0.1 -4.6 ± 1.0
Bz GSE [nT] 3.2 ± 0.1 6.4 ± 1.3
Plasma Beta
0.829 ± 0.811
0.939 ± 0.902
Sound Speed [km/s]
23.82 ± 0.98
37.04 ± 4.33
Alfven Speed [km/s]
20.37 ± 0.84
29.97 ± 1.95

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.664 ± 0.182 -0.362 ± 0.233 0.654 ± 0.539 40.85 ± 13.63 208.63 ± 19.03
VC -0.761 ± 0.046 -0.095 ± 0.076 0.642 ± 0.534 39.93 ± 4.09 187.13 ± 5.74
MX1 -0.663 ± 0.106 -0.209 ± 0.184 0.719 ± 0.558 45.98 ± 7.42 197.53 ± 15.76
MX2 -0.664 ± 0.108 -0.205 ± 0.185 0.719 ± 0.558 45.99 ± 7.66 197.16 ± 15.79
MX3 -0.665 ± 0.110 -0.203 ± 0.186 0.719 ± 0.558 45.94 ± 7.85 197.00 ± 15.87
RH08 -0.721 ± 0.015 -0.330 ± 0.021 0.609 ± 0.519 37.51 ± 1.26 204.57 ± 1.57
RH09 -0.689 ± 0.050 -0.591 ± 0.056 0.419 ± 0.393 24.77 ± 3.98 220.61 ± 4.37
RH10 -0.700 ± 0.050 -0.579 ± 0.057 0.419 ± 0.393 24.77 ± 3.98 219.61 ± 4.37
Average -0.691 -0.322 0.612 38.219 204.031
Median -0.665 -0.209 0.654 40.852 204.568
Deviation 0.036 0.182 0.126 8.883 11.732

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 46.5 ± 8.4 319.7 ± 5.8 2.63 ± 0.18
VC 58.4 ± 8.0 356.7 ± 6.2 2.63 ± 0.18
MX1 48.8 ± 8.0 321.0 ± 6.2 2.63 ± 0.18
MX2 49.0 ± 8.0 321.4 ± 6.2 2.63 ± 0.18
MX3 49.1 ± 8.0 321.8 ± 6.2 2.63 ± 0.18
RH08 51.1 ± 8.4 341.4 ± 5.8 2.63 ± 0.18
RH09 52.1 ± 7.9 324.0 ± 5.1 2.63 ± 0.18
RH10 52.6 ± 7.9 328.1 ± 5.1 2.63 ± 0.18
Average 50.9 329.3 2.63
Median 51.1 324.0 2.63
Deviation 3.6 13.1 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 70.3 ± 1.9 11.4 ± 0.2 14.0 ± 0.6 29.2 ± 0.4 6.16 ± 0.22 2.41 ± 0.08
VC 74.3 ± 2.2 8.4 ± 0.1 10.7 ± 0.4 30.2 ± 0.4 8.85 ± 0.34 2.46 ± 0.09
MX1 73.4 ± 1.9 10.8 ± 0.2 13.4 ± 0.6 29.4 ± 0.4 6.77 ± 0.24 2.49 ± 0.09
MX2 73.4 ± 1.9 10.8 ± 0.2 13.4 ± 0.5 29.4 ± 0.4 6.80 ± 0.24 2.49 ± 0.09
MX3 73.4 ± 1.9 10.8 ± 0.2 13.3 ± 0.5 29.5 ± 0.4 6.82 ± 0.24 2.49 ± 0.09
RH8 71.3 ± 2.0 10.3 ± 0.1 12.8 ± 0.5 29.6 ± 0.4 6.94 ± 0.26 2.41 ± 0.09
RH9 63.6 ± 1.8 10.0 ± 0.1 12.5 ± 0.5 29.7 ± 0.4 6.35 ± 0.25 2.14 ± 0.08
RH10 64.0 ± 1.8 9.9 ± 0.1 12.4 ± 0.5 29.8 ± 0.4 6.48 ± 0.25 2.15 ± 0.08
Average 70.5 10.3 12.8 29.6 6.9 2.4
Median 73.4 10.8 13.3 29.6 6.8 2.5
Deviation 4.3 0.9 1.0 0.3 0.8 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 26.9 ± 1.7 17.1 ± 0.9 20.6 ± 1.3 44.6 ± 3.4 1.58 ± 0.16 0.61 ± 0.08
VC 29.1 ± 2.0 12.6 ± 0.7 15.7 ± 1.0 46.1 ± 3.4 2.32 ± 0.25 0.64 ± 0.08
MX1 28.8 ± 2.1 16.2 ± 0.9 19.7 ± 1.3 44.9 ± 3.4 1.78 ± 0.19 0.65 ± 0.09
MX2 28.8 ± 2.1 16.2 ± 0.9 19.7 ± 1.3 44.9 ± 3.4 1.79 ± 0.19 0.65 ± 0.09
MX3 28.8 ± 2.1 16.1 ± 0.9 19.6 ± 1.3 44.9 ± 3.4 1.79 ± 0.19 0.65 ± 0.09
RH8 27.4 ± 1.6 15.4 ± 0.8 18.8 ± 1.2 45.2 ± 3.4 1.79 ± 0.17 0.61 ± 0.08
RH9 25.2 ± 1.6 15.0 ± 0.8 18.4 ± 1.2 45.3 ± 3.4 1.68 ± 0.15 0.56 ± 0.06
RH10 25.3 ± 1.6 14.8 ± 0.8 18.2 ± 1.2 45.4 ± 3.4 1.72 ± 0.15 0.56 ± 0.06
Average 27.5 15.4 18.9 45.2 1.8 0.6
Median 28.8 16.1 19.6 45.2 1.8 0.6
Deviation 1.6 1.4 1.5 0.4 0.2 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 Fri Jun 13 11:06:02 2014
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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