CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20100412357
Observation time: 02/10/2010 41.99856 2357 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2010
Fractional day of year 41.998559
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 86275.5 ± 20.0
Shock type NN
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 197.829
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -47.316
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -16.944
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0001
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0034
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0001
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0057
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 *********,*********,*********
Event added to database
 Fri Sep 20 15:17:09 2013
Event last processed
 Tue Oct 8 16:13:54 2013
Method selected
 RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
 0.016 ± 3.298

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -289.9 ± -289.9 -306.1 ± -306.1
Vy GSE [km/s] -5.1 ± -5.1 -1.6 ± -1.6
Vz GSE [km/s] -3.5 ± -3.5 -25.8 ± -25.8
Wi [km/s] 18.1 ± 18.1 22.1 ± 22.1
We [km/s] 571.3 ± 571.3 698.3 ± 698.3
Ni [n/cc] 4.6 ± 4.6 7.2 ± 7.2
Bx GSE [nT] -1.8 ± -1.8 1.5 ± 1.5
By GSE [nT] -3.7 ± -3.7 -6.2 ± -6.2
Bz GSE [nT] 1.1 ± 1.1 -1.9 ± -1.9
Plasma Beta
 0.179 ± 0.179
 0.167 ± 0.167
Sound Speed [km/s]
 23.33 ± -0.00
 28.51 ± -0.00
Alfven Speed [km/s]
 42.75 ± -0.00
 54.10 ± -0.00

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.430 ± 3.666 -0.863 ± 1.830 0.266 ± 0.259 15.41 ± 15.41 243.49 ± 243.49
VC -0.583 ± 0.820 0.126 ± 1.713 -0.803 ± 0.556 -53.42 ± -53.42 167.79 ± 167.79
MX1 0.044 ± 1.182 0.780 ± 0.425 -0.624 ± 0.526 -38.59 ± -38.59 86.74 ± 86.74
MX2 -0.589 ± 0.835 0.158 ± 1.708 -0.792 ± 0.558 -52.39 ± -52.39 164.98 ± 164.98
MX3 -0.600 ± 0.806 0.140 ± 1.755 -0.788 ± 0.559 -51.97 ± -51.97 166.91 ± 166.91
RH08 -0.003 ± 0.071 -0.757 ± 0.045 0.654 ± 0.539 40.82 ± 3.92 269.75 ± 5.36
RH09 -0.003 ± 0.026 -0.757 ± 0.023 0.654 ± 0.539 40.82 ± 2.00 269.75 ± 2.00
RH10 -0.003 ± 0.026 -0.757 ± 0.023 0.654 ± 0.539 40.82 ± 2.00 269.75 ± 2.00
Average -0.271 -0.241 -0.098 -7.314 204.894
Median -0.003 0.126 0.266 15.409 243.491
Deviation 0.304 0.617 0.713 45.663 68.120

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 1.0 ± 1.0 ****** ± ****** 1.56 ± 1.56
VC 85.9 ± 94.1 ****** ± ****** 1.56 ± 1.56
MX1 30.9 ± **** ****** ± ****** 1.56 ± 1.56
MX2 84.6 ± 95.4 ****** ± ****** 1.56 ± 1.56
MX3 85.9 ± 94.1 ****** ± ****** 1.56 ± 1.56
RH08 34.1 ± 34.1 ****** ± ****** 1.56 ± 1.56
RH09 34.1 ± 34.1 ****** ± ****** 1.56 ± 1.56
RH10 34.1 ± 34.1 ****** ± ****** 1.56 ± 1.56
Average 48.8 ****** 1.56
Median 34.1 ****** 1.56
Deviation 32.3 0.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC ******* ± -0.0 23.3 ± -0.0 42.7 ± -0.0 42.7 ± -0.0 ******* ± -1.00 ******* ± -1.00
VC ******* ± -0.0 1.5 ± -0.0 3.0 ± -0.0 48.7 ± -0.0 ******* ± -1.00 ******* ± -1.00
MX1 ******* ± -0.0 19.1 ± -0.0 36.7 ± -0.0 44.8 ± -0.0 ******* ± -1.00 ******* ± -1.00
MX2 ******* ± -0.0 1.9 ± -0.0 4.0 ± -0.0 48.7 ± -0.0 ******* ± -1.00 ******* ± -1.00
MX3 ******* ± -0.0 1.5 ± -0.0 3.1 ± -0.0 48.7 ± -0.0 ******* ± -1.00 ******* ± -1.00
RH8 ******* ± -0.0 18.3 ± -0.0 35.4 ± -0.0 45.1 ± -0.0 ******* ± -1.00 ******* ± -1.00
RH9 ******* ± -0.0 18.3 ± -0.0 35.4 ± -0.0 45.1 ± -0.0 ******* ± -1.00 ******* ± -1.00
RH10 ******* ± -0.0 18.3 ± -0.0 35.4 ± -0.0 45.1 ± -0.0 ******* ± -1.00 ******* ± -1.00
Average ******* 12.8 24.5 46.1 ******* -2174.6
Median ******* 18.3 35.4 45.1 -5467.9 -2215.8
Deviation 89.0 9.4 17.6 2.3 30458.3 105.0

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC ******* ± -0.0 28.5 ± -0.0 54.1 ± -0.0 54.1 ± -0.0 ******* ± -1.00 ******* ± -1.00
VC ******* ± -0.0 1.8 ± -0.0 3.8 ± -0.0 61.1 ± -0.0 ******* ± -1.00 ******* ± -1.00
MX1 ******* ± -0.0 23.4 ± -0.0 46.4 ± -0.0 56.5 ± -0.0 ******* ± -1.00 ******* ± -1.00
MX2 ******* ± -0.0 2.4 ± -0.0 5.0 ± -0.0 61.1 ± -0.0 ******* ± -1.00 ******* ± -1.00
MX3 ******* ± -0.0 1.8 ± -0.0 3.9 ± -0.0 61.1 ± -0.0 ******* ± -1.00 ******* ± -1.00
RH8 ******* ± -0.0 22.4 ± -0.0 44.8 ± -0.0 56.9 ± -0.0 ******* ± -1.00 ******* ± -1.00
RH9 ******* ± -0.0 22.4 ± -0.0 44.8 ± -0.0 56.9 ± -0.0 ******* ± -1.00 ******* ± -1.00
RH10 ******* ± -0.0 22.4 ± -0.0 44.8 ± -0.0 56.9 ± -0.0 ******* ± -1.00 ******* ± -1.00
Average ******* 15.7 31.0 58.1 ******* -1726.4
Median ******* 22.4 44.8 56.9 -4454.5 -1757.6
Deviation 106.2 11.5 22.3 2.7 24724.6 78.4

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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