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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20233091152
Observation time: 11/05/2023 309.49495 1152 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2023
Fractional day of year 309.494948
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 42763.5 ± 40.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 201.421
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 79.096
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -5.691
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0005
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0164
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0003
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0215
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 29.45, 69.52, 84.21
Event added to database
Wed Aug 28 15:43:38 2024
Event last processed
Wed Aug 28 21:10:07 2024
Method selected
RH09
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
38.323 ± 2.343

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -408.6 ± 7.8 -483.3 ± 6.6
Vy GSE [km/s] -14.7 ± 1.8 -24.9 ± 16.0
Vz GSE [km/s] -24.0 ± 1.9 -46.5 ± 3.6
Wi [km/s] 25.2 ± 2.2 39.0 ± 2.4
We [km/s] 796.3 ± 68.3 1231.8 ± 75.9
Ni [n/cc] 22.8 ± 3.1 37.9 ± 5.1
Bx GSE [nT] 0.1 ± 0.2 4.1 ± 1.2
By GSE [nT] -17.2 ± 1.4 -34.0 ± 0.6
Bz GSE [nT] 19.4 ± 0.6 22.0 ± 1.7
Plasma Beta
0.046 ± 0.044
0.073 ± 0.077
Sound Speed [km/s]
32.51 ± 2.79
50.29 ± 3.10
Alfven Speed [km/s]
118.81 ± 5.35
145.21 ± 10.90

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.272 ± 0.067 0.091 ± 0.102 0.958 ± 0.367 73.36 ± 3.69 161.54 ± 21.20
VC -0.949 ± 0.029 -0.138 ± 0.173 -0.284 ± 0.276 -16.51 ± 3.15 188.28 ± 10.42
MX1 -0.954 ± 0.031 -0.248 ± 0.063 -0.167 ± 0.165 -9.59 ± 9.27 194.56 ± 3.78
MX2 -0.944 ± 0.028 -0.254 ± 0.054 -0.210 ± 0.206 -12.10 ± 6.75 195.07 ± 3.23
MX3 -0.929 ± 0.021 -0.262 ± 0.043 -0.260 ± 0.254 -15.10 ± 3.94 195.72 ± 2.63
RH08 -0.433 ± 0.028 0.154 ± 0.022 0.888 ± 0.502 62.66 ± 1.84 160.45 ± 2.63
RH09 -0.906 ± 0.030 -0.376 ± 0.066 -0.196 ± 0.193 -11.28 ± 3.96 202.56 ± 4.16
RH10 -0.906 ± 0.030 -0.376 ± 0.066 -0.196 ± 0.193 -11.28 ± 3.96 202.56 ± 4.16
Average -0.787 -0.176 0.067 7.522 187.593
Median -0.906 -0.248 -0.196 -11.276 195.067
Deviation 0.272 0.200 0.530 37.509 17.050

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 48.9 ± 3.0 84.8 ± 5.9 1.82 ± 0.23
VC 82.8 ± 0.7 598.2 ± 21.8 1.82 ± 0.23
MX1 87.9 ± 0.7 594.5 ± 21.5 1.82 ± 0.23
MX2 89.6 ± 0.8 591.4 ± 21.8 1.82 ± 0.23
MX3 88.6 ± 0.9 586.1 ± 22.1 1.82 ± 0.23
RH08 55.8 ± 2.8 176.6 ± 3.6 1.82 ± 0.23
RH09 84.3 ± 1.0 565.9 ± 21.9 1.82 ± 0.23
RH10 84.3 ± 1.0 565.9 ± 82.0 1.82 ± 0.23
Average 77.8 470.4 1.82
Median 84.3 586.1 1.82
Deviation 16.0 211.4 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -1.8 ± 2.5 20.9 ± 1.7 78.1 ± 3.5 121.4 ± 4.8 -0.08 ± 0.11 -0.02 ± 0.02
VC 201.7 ± 7.7 3.9 ± 0.3 14.8 ± 0.7 123.2 ± 4.5 51.94 ± 5.77 1.64 ± 0.03
MX1 196.9 ± 7.9 1.1 ± 0.1 4.3 ± 0.2 123.2 ± 4.5 176.52 ± 19.86 1.60 ± 0.03
MX2 196.9 ± 7.9 0.2 ± 0.0 0.9 ± 0.0 123.2 ± 4.5 808.53 ± 90.84 1.60 ± 0.03
MX3 196.3 ± 7.8 0.8 ± 0.1 3.0 ± 0.1 123.2 ± 4.5 249.77 ± 28.02 1.59 ± 0.03
RH8 23.4 ± 3.3 17.8 ± 1.4 66.9 ± 3.0 121.9 ± 4.7 1.32 ± 0.25 0.19 ± 0.02
RH9 185.6 ± 7.8 3.1 ± 0.2 11.8 ± 0.5 123.2 ± 4.5 60.15 ± 6.87 1.51 ± 0.03
RH10 185.6 ± 7.8 3.1 ± 0.2 11.8 ± 0.5 123.2 ± 4.5 60.15 ± 6.87 1.51 ± 0.03
Average 148.1 6.4 23.9 122.8 176.0 1.2
Median 196.3 3.1 11.8 123.2 60.1 1.6
Deviation 85.2 8.2 30.5 0.7 269.7 0.7

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 0.4 ± 4.9 31.9 ± 1.8 95.5 ± 7.2 150.4 ± 10.3 0.02 ± 0.16 0.00 ± 0.03
VC 123.0 ± 4.0 5.9 ± 0.3 18.1 ± 1.4 153.6 ± 10.0 20.81 ± 1.70 0.80 ± 0.06
MX1 119.3 ± 2.2 1.7 ± 0.1 5.2 ± 0.4 153.7 ± 10.0 70.26 ± 4.84 0.78 ± 0.05
MX2 119.0 ± 2.1 0.4 ± 0.0 1.1 ± 0.1 153.7 ± 10.0 321.03 ± 21.66 0.78 ± 0.05
MX3 118.3 ± 1.9 1.2 ± 0.1 3.7 ± 0.3 153.7 ± 10.0 98.87 ± 6.50 0.77 ± 0.05
RH8 12.6 ± 6.5 27.1 ± 1.5 81.7 ± 6.1 151.3 ± 10.2 0.47 ± 0.26 0.08 ± 0.04
RH9 109.7 ± 0.3 4.7 ± 0.2 14.4 ± 1.1 153.7 ± 10.0 23.33 ± 1.15 0.72 ± 0.05
RH10 109.7 ± 0.3 4.7 ± 0.2 14.4 ± 1.1 153.7 ± 10.0 23.33 ± 1.15 0.72 ± 0.05
Average 89.0 9.7 29.3 153.0 69.8 0.6
Median 118.3 4.7 14.4 153.7 23.3 0.8
Deviation 51.2 12.4 37.3 1.3 107.1 0.3

Survey interval (About, Top)
Survey of solar wind interval
Selected data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters
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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 Aug 28 21:49:29 2024
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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