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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20241311637
Observation time: 05/10/2024 131.69262 1637 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2024
Fractional day of year 131.692622
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 59842.5 ± 50.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 215.564
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 100.757
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -1.022
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0004
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0119
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0215
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 12.22, 15.29, 17.52
Event added to database
Wed Aug 28 16:41:43 2024
Event last processed
Wed Aug 28 21:17:39 2024
Method selected
MX3
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
25.475 ± 2.933

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -448.3 ± 5.4 -705.0 ± 23.1
Vy GSE [km/s] 24.1 ± 3.1 47.8 ± 26.0
Vz GSE [km/s] -7.8 ± 11.0 85.7 ± 23.1
Wi [km/s] 30.0 ± 2.4 104.9 ± 17.0
We [km/s] 948.2 ± 75.5 3318.4 ± 536.6
Ni [n/cc] 15.0 ± 3.3 38.5 ± 8.1
Bx GSE [nT] -4.0 ± 1.4 4.6 ± 8.9
By GSE [nT] 3.4 ± 0.6 2.3 ± 12.8
Bz GSE [nT] 2.3 ± 1.6 -16.0 ± 9.3
Plasma Beta
0.818 ± 0.813
2.182 ± 2.241
Sound Speed [km/s]
38.71 ± 3.08
135.47 ± 21.91
Alfven Speed [km/s]
33.53 ± 4.03
84.26 ± 25.98

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.842 ± 0.360 0.525 ± 0.573 -0.121 ± 0.121 -6.97 ± 24.23 148.05 ± 38.95
VC -0.938 ± 0.025 0.082 ± 0.087 0.338 ± 0.324 19.74 ± 4.06 174.98 ± 5.33
MX1 -0.981 ± 0.167 -0.187 ± 0.875 0.046 ± 0.046 2.66 ± 18.39 190.77 ± 51.11
MX2 -0.971 ± 0.089 0.147 ± 0.231 -0.187 ± 0.184 -10.75 ± 25.37 171.37 ± 13.61
MX3 -0.984 ± 0.076 0.023 ± 0.224 -0.176 ± 0.174 -10.15 ± 24.79 178.64 ± 13.02
RH08 -0.038 ± 0.046 0.954 ± 0.018 -0.296 ± 0.287 -17.22 ± 3.56 92.26 ± 2.77
RH09 -0.037 ± 0.070 0.951 ± 0.022 -0.307 ± 0.297 -17.89 ± 4.01 92.26 ± 4.24
RH10 0.013 ± 0.071 0.962 ± 0.019 -0.274 ± 0.267 -15.89 ± 4.01 89.25 ± 4.20
Average -0.597 0.432 -0.122 -7.061 142.196
Median -0.842 0.525 -0.176 -10.149 171.374
Deviation 0.480 0.476 0.219 12.730 43.817

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 32.1 ± 16.0 765.0 ± 17.8 2.49 ± 0.62
VC 36.0 ± 9.3 890.2 ± 19.5 2.49 ± 0.62
MX1 55.1 ± 11.9 872.6 ± 16.8 2.49 ± 0.62
MX2 47.1 ± 15.3 840.6 ± 17.3 2.49 ± 0.62
MX3 51.8 ± 14.6 851.6 ± 16.8 2.49 ± 0.62
RH08 61.7 ± 8.2 57.4 ± 7.0 2.49 ± 0.62
RH09 62.1 ± 8.2 55.6 ± 6.9 2.49 ± 0.62
RH10 63.0 ± 8.0 15.6 ± 34.1 2.49 ± 0.62
Average 51.1 543.6 2.49
Median 55.1 840.6 2.49
Deviation 11.9 416.4 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 373.9 ± 5.3 24.3 ± 2.3 28.4 ± 3.4 45.1 ± 3.7 15.47 ± 1.55 8.33 ± 0.79
VC 470.5 ± 2.0 22.8 ± 2.1 27.1 ± 3.3 45.9 ± 3.8 20.75 ± 1.95 10.31 ± 0.91
MX1 437.5 ± 5.1 15.1 ± 1.4 19.2 ± 2.3 49.0 ± 4.1 29.15 ± 2.91 8.99 ± 0.87
MX2 400.1 ± 7.0 18.5 ± 1.7 22.8 ± 2.7 47.8 ± 4.0 21.84 ± 2.26 8.42 ± 0.84
MX3 408.6 ± 7.1 16.5 ± 1.5 20.7 ± 2.5 48.5 ± 4.1 24.94 ± 2.58 8.47 ± 0.85
RH8 15.3 ± 3.9 12.4 ± 1.1 15.9 ± 1.9 49.8 ± 4.2 1.24 ± 0.32 0.31 ± 0.08
RH9 13.5 ± 4.0 12.2 ± 1.1 15.7 ± 1.9 49.8 ± 4.2 1.12 ± 0.33 0.27 ± 0.08
RH10 -4.0 ± 3.6 11.8 ± 1.1 15.2 ± 1.8 49.9 ± 4.2 -0.35 ± 0.30 -0.08 ± 0.07
Average 264.4 16.7 20.6 48.2 14.3 5.6
Median 400.1 16.5 20.7 49.0 20.7 8.4
Deviation 214.1 4.9 5.2 1.8 11.9 4.6

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 156.5 ± 28.0 63.6 ± 14.3 71.4 ± 22.0 148.4 ± 15.6 2.57 ± 0.74 1.08 ± 0.27
VC 196.2 ± 28.0 59.9 ± 13.1 68.1 ± 21.0 150.0 ± 15.3 3.38 ± 0.71 1.33 ± 0.28
MX1 185.6 ± 20.8 40.4 ± 8.1 48.2 ± 14.8 156.7 ± 14.9 4.73 ± 0.92 1.20 ± 0.21
MX2 164.7 ± 22.7 49.0 ± 10.1 57.4 ± 17.7 154.1 ± 15.0 3.48 ± 0.85 1.08 ± 0.23
MX3 171.8 ± 21.2 44.0 ± 8.9 52.1 ± 16.1 155.7 ± 14.9 4.04 ± 0.92 1.12 ± 0.21
RH8 10.7 ± 22.9 33.1 ± 6.5 40.0 ± 12.3 158.5 ± 14.9 0.38 ± 0.78 0.08 ± 0.15
RH9 10.1 ± 22.8 32.7 ± 6.4 39.4 ± 12.2 158.6 ± 14.9 0.37 ± 0.78 0.07 ± 0.15
RH10 2.1 ± 22.7 31.6 ± 6.2 38.2 ± 11.8 158.8 ± 14.9 0.12 ± 0.78 0.02 ± 0.15
Average 112.2 44.3 51.8 155.1 2.4 0.7
Median 164.7 44.0 52.1 156.7 3.4 1.1
Deviation 87.5 12.4 12.9 4.0 1.8 0.6

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 21:48:35 2024
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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