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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20232611251
Observation time: 09/18/2023 261.53589 1251 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2023
Fractional day of year 261.535885
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 46300.5 ± 30.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 204.762
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -79.305
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -5.836
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0012
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0400
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0014
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0536
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 13.16, 17.56, 18.88
Event added to database
Wed Oct 11 16:57:02 2023
Event last processed
Thu Oct 12 10:41:03 2023
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
36.094 ± 2.454

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -421.1 ± 7.3 -542.4 ± 6.1
Vy GSE [km/s] 4.8 ± 5.8 35.6 ± 9.0
Vz GSE [km/s] -11.2 ± 10.1 -40.1 ± 10.0
Wi [km/s] 14.4 ± 4.4 45.0 ± 8.2
We [km/s] 454.4 ± 139.5 1422.9 ± 258.2
Ni [n/cc] 4.4 ± 1.2 8.1 ± 1.4
Bx GSE [nT] -0.9 ± 0.8 -5.2 ± 0.9
By GSE [nT] -8.7 ± 0.4 -19.2 ± 0.6
Bz GSE [nT] -2.9 ± 0.5 -8.2 ± 2.0
Plasma Beta
0.026 ± 0.018
0.074 ± 0.065
Sound Speed [km/s]
18.55 ± 5.69
58.09 ± 10.54
Alfven Speed [km/s]
99.12 ± 13.43
168.34 ± 19.38

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.786 ± 0.273 0.583 ± 0.356 -0.205 ± 0.202 -11.81 ± 28.80 143.45 ± 25.56
VC -0.945 ± 0.030 0.240 ± 0.081 -0.220 ± 0.216 -12.70 ± 5.78 165.74 ± 4.89
MX1 -0.884 ± 0.033 0.447 ± 0.060 -0.140 ± 0.139 -8.03 ± 5.51 153.17 ± 3.90
MX2 -0.888 ± 0.030 0.441 ± 0.057 -0.134 ± 0.134 -7.72 ± 4.91 153.60 ± 3.66
MX3 -0.890 ± 0.029 0.436 ± 0.057 -0.130 ± 0.130 -7.49 ± 4.71 153.91 ± 3.64
RH08 -0.927 ± 0.004 0.366 ± 0.009 0.084 ± 0.084 4.81 ± 0.73 158.44 ± 0.55
RH09 -0.864 ± 0.035 0.130 ± 0.060 0.486 ± 0.444 29.08 ± 4.06 171.48 ± 3.97
RH10 -0.910 ± 0.029 0.236 ± 0.067 0.341 ± 0.327 19.92 ± 4.01 165.46 ± 4.21
Average -0.887 0.360 0.010 0.756 158.155
Median -0.888 0.436 -0.130 -7.493 158.440
Deviation 0.048 0.148 0.268 15.777 9.010

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 65.6 ± 4.2 591.0 ± 44.2 1.96 ± 0.57
VC 86.0 ± 4.3 678.2 ± 45.9 1.96 ± 0.57
MX1 72.8 ± 4.3 647.2 ± 45.9 1.96 ± 0.57
MX2 73.1 ± 4.4 649.3 ± 45.9 1.96 ± 0.57
MX3 73.3 ± 4.4 650.6 ± 45.9 1.96 ± 0.57
RH08 73.4 ± 4.6 653.4 ± 45.0 1.96 ± 0.57
RH09 78.8 ± 4.8 560.8 ± 36.1 1.96 ± 0.57
RH10 75.8 ± 4.8 612.4 ± 524.7 1.96 ± 0.57
Average 74.8 630.4 1.96
Median 73.4 649.3 1.96
Deviation 5.8 38.9 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 254.8 ± 8.0 7.5 ± 2.1 40.9 ± 5.5 100.8 ± 12.8 35.89 ± 7.95 2.57 ± 0.33
VC 276.5 ± 8.2 1.3 ± 0.4 7.0 ± 0.9 101.1 ± 12.7 228.50 ± 49.33 2.77 ± 0.36
MX1 271.5 ± 7.8 5.4 ± 1.5 29.4 ± 4.0 100.9 ± 12.7 53.39 ± 11.68 2.73 ± 0.35
MX2 272.0 ± 7.8 5.3 ± 1.5 28.9 ± 3.9 100.9 ± 12.7 54.35 ± 11.88 2.73 ± 0.35
MX3 272.1 ± 7.8 5.2 ± 1.5 28.6 ± 3.9 100.9 ± 12.7 55.00 ± 12.02 2.74 ± 0.35
RH8 262.3 ± 7.1 5.2 ± 1.4 28.3 ± 3.8 100.9 ± 12.7 53.46 ± 11.64 2.64 ± 0.33
RH9 201.7 ± 6.7 3.5 ± 1.0 19.2 ± 2.6 101.0 ± 12.7 60.64 ± 13.10 2.02 ± 0.25
RH10 231.9 ± 6.6 4.4 ± 1.2 24.3 ± 3.3 101.0 ± 12.7 55.18 ± 11.96 2.33 ± 0.29
Average 255.4 4.7 25.8 100.9 74.5 2.6
Median 271.5 5.2 28.6 100.9 55.0 2.7
Deviation 26.0 1.8 9.7 0.1 62.6 0.3

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 135.6 ± 6.7 22.8 ± 3.8 69.5 ± 8.0 176.8 ± 19.9 6.06 ± 0.80 0.77 ± 0.08
VC 148.0 ± 6.8 3.9 ± 0.6 11.9 ± 1.4 178.3 ± 20.0 39.07 ± 5.01 0.84 ± 0.08
MX1 146.5 ± 6.2 16.3 ± 2.7 49.8 ± 5.7 177.5 ± 20.0 9.17 ± 1.17 0.83 ± 0.08
MX2 146.8 ± 6.1 16.0 ± 2.6 49.1 ± 5.6 177.6 ± 20.0 9.34 ± 1.19 0.83 ± 0.08
MX3 146.9 ± 6.1 15.8 ± 2.6 48.5 ± 5.6 177.6 ± 20.0 9.46 ± 1.20 0.83 ± 0.08
RH8 141.0 ± 5.0 15.7 ± 2.6 48.1 ± 5.5 177.6 ± 20.0 9.15 ± 1.13 0.80 ± 0.07
RH9 106.9 ± 4.8 10.6 ± 1.7 32.6 ± 3.8 178.0 ± 20.0 10.23 ± 1.22 0.61 ± 0.05
RH10 124.0 ± 4.4 13.4 ± 2.2 41.2 ± 4.7 177.8 ± 20.0 9.40 ± 1.13 0.70 ± 0.06
Average 137.0 14.3 43.8 177.6 12.7 0.8
Median 146.5 15.8 48.5 177.6 9.4 0.8
Deviation 14.6 5.4 16.6 0.4 10.7 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 Thu Oct 12 13:23:33 2023
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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