CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20031501553
Observation time: 05/30/2003 150.66227 1553 [UT]

Wind spacecraft

Site
Data tables
Selection
Normals
Parameters
Previous event
Next event
Yearly list
Main page
Help

General information
Asymptotic parameters
Shock front normals
Key parameters
Wave speed and Mach numbers
Survey
Selected
Simple methods
Rankine
Individual equations
Shock speed
Theta Bn
Mach numbers


General Information (About, Top)

Year 2003
Fractional day of year 150.662274
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 57220.5 ± 60.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 248.315
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -45.859
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 11.410
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0236
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0005
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0162
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 6.03, 9.26, 9.82
Event added to database
Thu Jun 24 11:13:49 2010
Event last processed
Thu Jun 24 11:45:21 2010
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
30.459 ± 1.591

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -574.6 ± 18.4 -750.2 ± 24.5
Vy GSE [km/s] -1.1 ± 15.3 9.5 ± 23.1
Vz GSE [km/s] -40.3 ± 45.7 29.1 ± 21.1
Wi [km/s] 56.7 ± 42.6 54.7 ± 10.1
We [km/s] 1791.7 ± 1347.5 1729.5 ± 319.9
Ni [n/cc] 2.1 ± 0.5 6.1 ± 1.0
Bx GSE [nT] 5.4 ± 0.6 7.3 ± 5.0
By GSE [nT] -0.3 ± 0.5 0.5 ± 7.0
Bz GSE [nT] 10.6 ± 0.3 20.4 ± 3.0
Plasma Beta
0.110 ± 0.053
0.073 ± 0.070
Sound Speed [km/s]
73.15 ± 55.01
70.61 ± 13.06
Alfven Speed [km/s]
184.14 ± 24.15
205.65 ± 16.11

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.769 ± 0.500 0.639 ± 0.602 0.002 ± 0.002 0.14 ± 34.56 140.27 ± 44.83
VC -0.932 ± 0.087 0.040 ± 0.130 0.360 ± 0.344 21.10 ± 13.77 177.57 ± 7.99
MX1 -0.977 ± 0.104 0.032 ± 0.134 0.211 ± 0.208 12.18 ± 28.18 178.12 ± 7.85
MX2 -0.975 ± 0.090 -0.069 ± 0.165 0.210 ± 0.207 12.11 ± 24.40 184.02 ± 9.67
MX3 -0.966 ± 0.083 -0.147 ± 0.205 0.211 ± 0.208 12.21 ± 21.22 188.68 ± 12.13
RH08 -0.996 ± 0.002 -0.026 ± 0.026 0.084 ± 0.084 4.81 ± 1.40 181.50 ± 1.51
RH09 -0.982 ± 0.013 -0.095 ± 0.070 0.162 ± 0.161 9.32 ± 4.03 185.52 ± 4.07
RH10 -0.978 ± 0.015 -0.129 ± 0.069 0.162 ± 0.161 9.32 ± 4.03 187.52 ± 4.07
Average -0.947 0.031 0.175 10.149 177.901
Median -0.975 -0.026 0.210 12.114 184.023
Deviation 0.074 0.255 0.105 6.120 15.735

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 68.9 ± 3.2 661.0 ± 47.1 3.39 ± 1.13
VC 84.1 ± 2.9 807.2 ± 38.3 3.39 ± 1.13
MX1 75.2 ± 2.9 840.9 ± 41.0 3.39 ± 1.13
MX2 75.3 ± 2.8 837.0 ± 39.8 3.39 ± 1.13
MX3 75.8 ± 2.7 829.1 ± 38.7 3.39 ± 1.13
RH08 67.9 ± 2.8 851.5 ± 42.2 3.39 ± 1.13
RH09 72.6 ± 2.7 841.5 ± 40.2 3.39 ± 1.13
RH10 72.8 ± 2.7 838.2 ± 39.7 3.39 ± 1.13
Average 74.1 813.3 3.39
Median 75.2 838.2 3.39
Deviation 5.0 62.9 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 219.9 ± 21.3 23.4 ± 15.6 66.3 ± 8.7 200.0 ± 43.2 13.06 ± 7.14 1.14 ± 0.25
VC 286.1 ± 16.5 6.6 ± 4.3 18.8 ± 2.5 201.4 ± 44.7 58.73 ± 29.49 1.47 ± 0.26
MX1 288.1 ± 15.4 16.5 ± 10.9 47.0 ± 6.2 200.8 ± 44.0 23.88 ± 12.29 1.49 ± 0.29
MX2 285.0 ± 14.0 16.4 ± 10.8 46.6 ± 6.1 200.8 ± 44.0 23.82 ± 12.21 1.47 ± 0.28
MX3 282.3 ± 12.8 15.9 ± 10.5 45.3 ± 5.9 200.8 ± 44.1 24.29 ± 12.41 1.46 ± 0.28
RH8 282.5 ± 16.3 24.4 ± 16.3 69.2 ± 9.1 199.8 ± 43.0 15.98 ± 8.38 1.47 ± 0.30
RH9 283.5 ± 14.1 19.3 ± 12.8 54.9 ± 7.2 200.5 ± 43.7 20.15 ± 10.40 1.47 ± 0.29
RH10 282.4 ± 13.6 19.2 ± 12.7 54.5 ± 7.1 200.5 ± 43.7 20.24 ± 10.43 1.46 ± 0.29
Average 276.2 17.7 50.3 200.6 25.0 1.4
Median 283.5 19.2 54.5 200.8 23.8 1.5
Deviation 22.8 5.5 15.5 0.5 14.2 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 77.9 ± 33.5 24.1 ± 4.0 74.1 ± 5.8 216.4 ± 16.2 3.32 ± 1.54 0.36 ± 0.15
VC 97.1 ± 20.5 6.8 ± 1.1 21.1 ± 1.6 217.6 ± 16.2 14.53 ± 3.70 0.45 ± 0.09
MX1 101.6 ± 22.5 17.0 ± 2.8 52.5 ± 4.1 217.1 ± 16.2 6.09 ± 1.66 0.47 ± 0.10
MX2 99.9 ± 20.1 16.9 ± 2.8 52.1 ± 4.1 217.1 ± 16.2 6.04 ± 1.54 0.46 ± 0.09
MX3 99.5 ± 18.1 16.4 ± 2.7 50.6 ± 4.0 217.1 ± 16.2 6.20 ± 1.48 0.46 ± 0.08
RH8 102.0 ± 22.8 25.2 ± 4.1 77.3 ± 6.1 216.2 ± 16.2 4.15 ± 1.16 0.47 ± 0.10
RH9 100.8 ± 20.1 19.9 ± 3.3 61.4 ± 4.8 216.8 ± 16.2 5.17 ± 1.33 0.47 ± 0.09
RH10 100.7 ± 19.3 19.8 ± 3.2 60.8 ± 4.8 216.8 ± 16.2 5.21 ± 1.30 0.47 ± 0.08
Average 97.4 18.3 56.2 216.9 6.3 0.4
Median 100.7 19.8 60.8 217.1 6.0 0.5
Deviation 8.0 5.7 17.4 0.4 3.5 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)

   
 

Section Photo