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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20141272119
Observation time: 05/07/2014 127.88859 2119 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2014
Fractional day of year 127.888594
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 76774.5 ± 60.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 247.538
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -75.547
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 17.348
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0214
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0237
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 4.11, 9.89, 10.12
Event added to database
Mon Sep 8 10:10:00 2014
Event last processed
Tue May 17 16:22:54 2016
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
69.208 ± 0.540

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -330.7 ± 0.8 -351.7 ± 1.1
Vy GSE [km/s] 7.5 ± 0.9 16.3 ± 1.7
Vz GSE [km/s] -5.4 ± 0.9 -5.2 ± 2.0
Wi [km/s] 15.3 ± 0.6 20.3 ± 0.8
We [km/s] 482.9 ± 19.9 641.8 ± 25.1
Ni [n/cc] 5.1 ± 0.2 8.3 ± 0.6
Bx GSE [nT] 1.7 ± 0.0 1.4 ± 0.1
By GSE [nT] 2.3 ± 0.2 3.4 ± 0.8
Bz GSE [nT] -3.8 ± 0.2 -5.8 ± 0.3
Plasma Beta
0.111 ± 0.116
0.151 ± 0.147
Sound Speed [km/s]
19.71 ± 0.81
26.20 ± 1.02
Alfven Speed [km/s]
46.00 ± 1.22
52.54 ± 2.63

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.965 ± 0.096 -0.167 ± 0.490 0.201 ± 0.198 11.59 ± 13.10 189.80 ± 29.07
VC -0.923 ± 0.028 0.384 ± 0.068 0.003 ± 0.003 0.19 ± 5.32 157.42 ± 4.24
MX1 -0.949 ± 0.030 0.216 ± 0.100 0.230 ± 0.226 13.31 ± 5.05 167.17 ± 6.02
MX2 -0.944 ± 0.030 0.238 ± 0.093 0.227 ± 0.223 13.15 ± 4.81 165.85 ± 5.62
MX3 -0.936 ± 0.037 0.275 ± 0.114 0.222 ± 0.218 12.82 ± 4.53 163.65 ± 6.94
RH08 -0.997 ± 0.001 0.061 ± 0.019 0.039 ± 0.039 2.24 ± 0.85 176.49 ± 1.09
RH09 -0.988 ± 0.011 0.148 ± 0.067 0.050 ± 0.050 2.88 ± 4.06 171.48 ± 3.91
RH10 -0.988 ± 0.011 0.148 ± 0.067 0.050 ± 0.050 2.88 ± 4.06 171.48 ± 3.91
Average -0.961 0.163 0.128 7.383 170.416
Median -0.949 0.216 0.201 11.590 171.476
Deviation 0.027 0.164 0.100 5.785 9.716

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 54.5 ± 0.5 366.8 ± 0.9 1.64 ± 0.09
VC 82.0 ± 1.4 367.6 ± 1.1 1.64 ± 0.09
MX1 65.7 ± 1.4 372.0 ± 1.2 1.64 ± 0.09
MX2 66.6 ± 1.5 370.9 ± 1.2 1.64 ± 0.09
MX3 68.2 ± 1.5 368.8 ± 1.2 1.64 ± 0.09
RH08 69.4 ± 0.7 386.4 ± 1.0 1.64 ± 0.09
RH09 71.6 ± 1.0 385.3 ± 1.1 1.64 ± 0.09
RH10 71.6 ± 1.0 385.3 ± 8.0 1.64 ± 0.09
Average 68.7 375.4 1.64
Median 69.4 372.0 1.64
Deviation 7.7 8.7 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 49.9 ± 0.8 10.8 ± 0.4 26.7 ± 0.7 48.9 ± 1.2 4.64 ± 0.22 1.02 ± 0.04
VC 59.3 ± 1.1 2.5 ± 0.1 6.4 ± 0.2 50.0 ± 1.2 23.48 ± 1.10 1.19 ± 0.04
MX1 57.8 ± 1.1 7.5 ± 0.3 18.9 ± 0.5 49.5 ± 1.2 7.69 ± 0.38 1.17 ± 0.05
MX2 58.1 ± 1.1 7.3 ± 0.3 18.3 ± 0.5 49.5 ± 1.2 8.00 ± 0.39 1.17 ± 0.05
MX3 58.5 ± 1.1 6.8 ± 0.2 17.1 ± 0.5 49.6 ± 1.2 8.62 ± 0.42 1.18 ± 0.05
RH8 56.3 ± 0.9 6.4 ± 0.2 16.2 ± 0.4 49.6 ± 1.2 8.77 ± 0.40 1.13 ± 0.04
RH9 57.8 ± 1.0 5.7 ± 0.2 14.5 ± 0.4 49.7 ± 1.2 10.09 ± 0.46 1.16 ± 0.04
RH10 57.8 ± 1.0 5.7 ± 0.2 14.5 ± 0.4 49.7 ± 1.2 10.09 ± 0.46 1.16 ± 0.04
Average 56.9 6.6 16.6 49.6 10.2 1.1
Median 57.8 6.8 17.1 49.6 8.8 1.2
Deviation 3.0 2.3 5.7 0.3 5.6 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 31.1 ± 1.2 14.0 ± 0.4 30.5 ± 1.5 57.0 ± 2.1 2.22 ± 0.13 0.55 ± 0.04
VC 36.6 ± 1.3 3.3 ± 0.1 7.3 ± 0.4 58.6 ± 2.0 11.20 ± 0.51 0.63 ± 0.04
MX1 36.0 ± 1.4 9.8 ± 0.3 21.6 ± 1.1 57.9 ± 2.1 3.69 ± 0.18 0.62 ± 0.04
MX2 36.1 ± 1.4 9.4 ± 0.2 20.9 ± 1.0 58.0 ± 2.1 3.84 ± 0.19 0.62 ± 0.04
MX3 36.4 ± 1.5 8.8 ± 0.2 19.5 ± 1.0 58.1 ± 2.0 4.14 ± 0.20 0.63 ± 0.04
RH8 34.8 ± 1.2 8.3 ± 0.2 18.5 ± 0.9 58.1 ± 2.0 4.19 ± 0.21 0.60 ± 0.03
RH9 35.8 ± 1.2 7.4 ± 0.2 16.5 ± 0.8 58.3 ± 2.0 4.82 ± 0.23 0.62 ± 0.04
RH10 35.8 ± 1.2 7.4 ± 0.2 16.5 ± 0.8 58.3 ± 2.0 4.82 ± 0.23 0.62 ± 0.04
Average 35.3 8.6 18.9 58.0 4.9 0.6
Median 36.0 8.8 19.5 58.1 4.2 0.6
Deviation 1.8 3.0 6.5 0.5 2.7 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 Wed Jan 22 21:47:00 2020
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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