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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20021071101
Observation time: 04/17/2002 107.45946 1101 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2002
Fractional day of year 107.459462
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 39697.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 12.795
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 200.559
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 8.022
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0005
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0164
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0190
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 8.06, 40.99, 43.33
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:19:07 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 23:01:02 2009
Method selected
MX2
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
3.374 ± 1.285

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -330.1 ± 0.5 -444.5 ± 3.5
Vy GSE [km/s] -29.0 ± 0.4 -60.3 ± 3.5
Vz GSE [km/s] -10.3 ± 2.0 43.4 ± 10.5
Wi [km/s] 32.9 ± 0.6 63.8 ± 3.6
We [km/s] 1041.2 ± 18.8 2018.0 ± 115.2
Ni [n/cc] 20.8 ± 0.6 50.3 ± 3.0
Bx GSE [nT] 4.1 ± 0.2 8.6 ± 2.6
By GSE [nT] -7.7 ± 0.1 -24.7 ± 1.9
Bz GSE [nT] -3.1 ± 0.4 6.4 ± 5.8
Plasma Beta
0.551 ± 0.530
0.567 ± 0.596
Sound Speed [km/s]
42.51 ± 0.77
82.38 ± 4.70
Alfven Speed [km/s]
44.42 ± 1.26
85.05 ± 5.14

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.505 ± 0.167 0.377 ± 0.214 0.776 ± 0.560 50.94 ± 5.37 143.27 ± 23.81
VC -0.879 ± 0.032 -0.241 ± 0.026 0.412 ± 0.387 24.31 ± 4.48 195.31 ± 1.61
MX1 -0.891 ± 0.033 0.047 ± 0.078 0.451 ± 0.417 26.80 ± 4.21 176.97 ± 5.04
MX2 -0.934 ± 0.013 -0.041 ± 0.024 0.356 ± 0.340 20.84 ± 2.04 182.50 ± 1.47
MX3 -0.944 ± 0.010 -0.064 ± 0.029 0.325 ± 0.313 18.96 ± 1.81 183.89 ± 1.74
RH08 -0.914 ± 0.005 -0.203 ± 0.013 0.352 ± 0.337 20.61 ± 0.76 192.53 ± 0.83
RH09 -0.980 ± 0.014 0.043 ± 0.070 -0.196 ± 0.193 -11.28 ± 3.87 177.49 ± 4.11
RH10 -0.980 ± 0.014 0.043 ± 0.071 -0.196 ± 0.193 -11.28 ± 3.96 177.49 ± 4.16
Average -0.878 -0.005 0.285 17.488 178.681
Median -0.914 0.043 0.356 20.835 182.502
Deviation 0.155 0.190 0.329 20.459 15.901

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 37.2 ± 2.4 302.3 ± 13.8 2.45 ± 0.20
VC 70.8 ± 1.4 516.8 ± 10.1 2.45 ± 0.20
MX1 54.1 ± 1.4 503.6 ± 10.3 2.45 ± 0.20
MX2 60.0 ± 1.2 524.0 ± 9.6 2.45 ± 0.20
MX3 61.7 ± 1.2 528.2 ± 9.4 2.45 ± 0.20
RH08 69.2 ± 1.3 526.7 ± 9.6 2.45 ± 0.20
RH09 66.0 ± 1.4 497.2 ± 9.5 2.45 ± 0.20
RH10 66.0 ± 1.4 497.2 ± 9.5 2.45 ± 0.20
Average 60.6 487.0 2.45
Median 66.0 516.8 2.45
Deviation 10.9 75.7 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 154.5 ± 1.7 27.3 ± 0.4 35.4 ± 1.0 55.1 ± 0.8 5.67 ± 0.08 2.80 ± 0.04
VC 223.9 ± 1.2 10.2 ± 0.1 14.6 ± 0.4 60.6 ± 0.9 21.91 ± 0.26 3.69 ± 0.04
MX1 215.4 ± 1.2 18.9 ± 0.2 26.0 ± 0.7 58.5 ± 0.8 11.40 ± 0.14 3.68 ± 0.05
MX2 218.3 ± 1.1 15.9 ± 0.2 22.2 ± 0.6 59.4 ± 0.8 13.74 ± 0.17 3.68 ± 0.05
MX3 218.3 ± 1.0 15.0 ± 0.2 21.1 ± 0.6 59.6 ± 0.8 14.52 ± 0.17 3.66 ± 0.05
RH8 222.8 ± 1.1 11.1 ± 0.1 15.8 ± 0.4 60.5 ± 0.9 20.12 ± 0.24 3.68 ± 0.05
RH9 173.0 ± 0.4 12.8 ± 0.2 18.1 ± 0.5 60.2 ± 0.8 13.55 ± 0.19 2.88 ± 0.04
RH10 173.0 ± 0.4 12.8 ± 0.2 18.1 ± 0.5 60.2 ± 0.8 13.55 ± 0.19 2.88 ± 0.04
Average 199.9 15.5 21.4 59.3 14.3 3.4
Median 218.3 15.0 21.1 60.2 13.7 3.7
Deviation 28.1 5.5 6.7 1.8 5.0 0.4

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 66.9 ± 6.7 52.5 ± 2.6 67.7 ± 4.1 106.2 ± 5.2 1.28 ± 0.18 0.63 ± 0.09
VC 93.7 ± 2.0 19.7 ± 1.0 27.9 ± 1.7 116.8 ± 5.7 4.77 ± 0.29 0.80 ± 0.05
MX1 90.7 ± 2.1 36.4 ± 1.8 49.8 ± 3.0 112.7 ± 5.5 2.50 ± 0.16 0.81 ± 0.05
MX2 91.1 ± 1.4 30.6 ± 1.5 42.5 ± 2.6 114.4 ± 5.6 2.99 ± 0.16 0.80 ± 0.04
MX3 90.9 ± 1.3 28.9 ± 1.4 40.4 ± 2.4 114.9 ± 5.6 3.15 ± 0.15 0.79 ± 0.04
RH8 93.0 ± 1.5 21.3 ± 1.0 30.2 ± 1.8 116.5 ± 5.7 4.37 ± 0.23 0.80 ± 0.04
RH9 72.8 ± 5.4 24.6 ± 1.2 34.6 ± 2.1 115.9 ± 5.6 2.96 ± 0.08 0.63 ± 0.02
RH10 72.8 ± 5.4 24.6 ± 1.2 34.6 ± 2.1 115.9 ± 5.6 2.96 ± 0.08 0.63 ± 0.02
Average 84.0 29.8 41.0 114.2 3.1 0.7
Median 90.9 28.9 40.4 115.9 3.0 0.8
Deviation 11.1 10.6 12.9 3.5 1.1 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 Fri Jun 13 11:06:02 2014
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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