CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20012731914
Observation time: 09/30/2001 273.80200 1914 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2001
Fractional day of year 273.801997
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 69292.5 ± 9.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 54.491
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.992
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 4.867
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0004
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0260
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0003
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0261
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 460.89, 694.43, 1047.38
Event added to database
Sat Mar 12 22:45:09 2005
Event last processed
Mon Mar 30 23:38:39 2009
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
7.188 ± 0.977

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -458.9 ± 2.1 -552.2 ± 1.4
Vy GSE [km/s] -25.0 ± 1.0 -44.4 ± 4.6
Vz GSE [km/s] -3.0 ± 2.7 -12.4 ± 2.8
Wi [km/s] 28.4 ± 1.0 42.3 ± 3.3
We [km/s] 897.2 ± 30.4 1339.2 ± 103.2
Ni [n/cc] 12.7 ± 0.7 16.4 ± 0.8
Bx GSE [nT] -2.8 ± 0.3 -2.9 ± 0.5
By GSE [nT] 7.1 ± 0.4 16.7 ± 0.1
Bz GSE [nT] -3.1 ± 0.7 -2.1 ± 0.4
Plasma Beta
0.314 ± 0.331
0.213 ± 0.238
Sound Speed [km/s]
36.63 ± 1.24
54.67 ± 4.21
Alfven Speed [km/s]
50.78 ± 2.22
92.26 ± 3.03

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.596 ± 0.078 0.083 ± 0.075 -0.798 ± 0.557 -52.97 ± 5.59 172.04 ± 7.09
VC -0.974 ± 0.009 -0.203 ± 0.042 -0.098 ± 0.098 -5.62 ± 2.03 191.78 ± 2.49
MX1 -0.983 ± 0.013 0.012 ± 0.065 -0.182 ± 0.180 -10.48 ± 4.05 179.30 ± 3.76
MX2 -0.993 ± 0.004 0.003 ± 0.059 -0.121 ± 0.121 -6.97 ± 2.12 179.80 ± 3.42
MX3 -0.997 ± 0.002 -0.002 ± 0.057 -0.077 ± 0.077 -4.43 ± 1.28 180.14 ± 3.26
RH08 -0.899 ± 0.004 0.430 ± 0.008 0.084 ± 0.084 4.81 ± 0.67 154.43 ± 0.52
RH09 -0.890 ± 0.032 0.445 ± 0.062 0.095 ± 0.095 5.45 ± 4.02 153.43 ± 3.99
RH10 -0.889 ± 0.032 0.445 ± 0.063 0.106 ± 0.106 6.09 ± 4.02 153.43 ± 4.03
Average -0.903 0.152 -0.124 -8.014 170.544
Median -0.899 0.083 -0.077 -4.428 179.302
Deviation 0.132 0.252 0.294 19.240 14.897

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 54.9 ± 6.0 558.9 ± 81.7 1.27 ± 0.06
VC 78.7 ± 3.3 889.4 ± 126.3 1.27 ± 0.06
MX1 65.5 ± 3.3 874.6 ± 120.5 1.27 ± 0.06
MX2 67.2 ± 3.0 879.7 ± 120.9 1.27 ± 0.06
MX3 68.4 ± 2.8 881.3 ± 121.0 1.27 ± 0.06
RH08 49.8 ± 1.0 730.8 ± 90.5 1.27 ± 0.06
RH09 49.4 ± 1.0 721.9 ± 88.7 1.27 ± 0.06
RH10 49.8 ± 1.0 720.8 ± 88.5 1.27 ± 0.06
Average 60.5 782.2 1.27
Median 65.5 874.6 1.27
Deviation 11.0 119.1 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 284.8 ± 2.2 17.8 ± 0.5 29.2 ± 1.3 60.0 ± 2.0 16.01 ± 0.52 4.75 ± 0.16
VC 437.0 ± 2.1 5.8 ± 0.2 9.9 ± 0.4 62.4 ± 2.0 75.14 ± 2.26 7.01 ± 0.25
MX1 423.1 ± 2.1 12.6 ± 0.4 21.0 ± 0.9 61.4 ± 2.0 33.72 ± 1.01 6.90 ± 0.24
MX2 424.0 ± 2.1 11.7 ± 0.3 19.7 ± 0.9 61.5 ± 2.0 36.22 ± 1.08 6.90 ± 0.24
MX3 423.5 ± 2.1 11.1 ± 0.3 18.7 ± 0.8 61.6 ± 2.0 38.22 ± 1.13 6.88 ± 0.24
RH8 329.3 ± 1.9 20.2 ± 0.6 32.8 ± 1.4 59.3 ± 2.0 16.28 ± 0.46 5.56 ± 0.20
RH9 324.8 ± 1.9 20.4 ± 0.6 33.1 ± 1.4 59.2 ± 2.0 15.89 ± 0.45 5.49 ± 0.20
RH10 324.2 ± 1.9 20.3 ± 0.6 32.8 ± 1.4 59.3 ± 2.0 16.00 ± 0.45 5.48 ± 0.20
Average 371.3 15.0 24.6 60.6 30.9 6.1
Median 423.1 17.8 29.2 61.4 33.7 6.9
Deviation 61.1 5.5 8.6 1.3 20.5 0.9

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 223.3 ± 1.1 28.0 ± 1.5 53.0 ± 1.7 103.6 ± 1.2 8.01 ± 0.42 2.16 ± 0.04
VC 341.2 ± 0.5 9.2 ± 0.5 18.0 ± 0.6 106.9 ± 1.0 37.18 ± 1.92 3.19 ± 0.03
MX1 330.0 ± 0.9 19.8 ± 1.0 38.2 ± 1.3 105.5 ± 1.1 16.71 ± 0.91 3.13 ± 0.02
MX2 330.3 ± 1.1 18.5 ± 1.0 35.8 ± 1.2 105.7 ± 1.1 17.92 ± 0.98 3.12 ± 0.02
MX3 329.7 ± 1.2 17.5 ± 0.9 33.9 ± 1.1 105.9 ± 1.1 18.90 ± 1.03 3.11 ± 0.02
RH8 254.6 ± 3.4 31.7 ± 1.8 59.5 ± 2.0 102.5 ± 1.3 8.05 ± 0.53 2.48 ± 0.01
RH9 251.3 ± 3.5 32.0 ± 1.8 60.1 ± 2.0 102.4 ± 1.3 7.87 ± 0.52 2.45 ± 0.01
RH10 250.9 ± 3.5 31.7 ± 1.8 59.6 ± 2.0 102.5 ± 1.3 7.92 ± 0.52 2.45 ± 0.01
Average 288.9 23.5 44.8 104.4 15.3 2.8
Median 329.7 28.0 53.0 105.5 16.7 3.1
Deviation 48.0 8.5 15.6 1.8 10.1 0.4

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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