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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20002230513
08/10/2000 223.21759 0513 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)
Year 2000
Fractional day of year 223.217587
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 18799.5 ± 4.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -21.958
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -60.850
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -5.950
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0012
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0380
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0304
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 8.96, 10.15, 10.26
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:10:12 2005
Event last processed
Sun Mar 13 10:56:37 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
-8.770 ± 0.691

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)
Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -360.8 ± 3.7 -388.6 ± 10.5
Vy GSE [km/s] -55.0 ± 2.1 -77.0 ± 4.6
Vz GSE [km/s] 15.1 ± 7.8 -10.0 ± 13.8
Wi [km/s] 29.4 ± 1.9 35.9 ± 2.2
We [km/s] 928.7 ± 60.8 1135.8 ± 70.9
Ni [n/cc] 6.1 ± 0.4 9.8 ± 0.9
Bx GSE [nT] -2.3 ± 0.3 -6.3 ± 1.2
By GSE [nT] 5.9 ± 0.3 8.9 ± 0.8
Bz GSE [nT] -1.2 ± 0.9 1.1 ± 2.0
Plasma Beta
0.258 ± 0.270
0.214 ± 0.223
Sound Speed [km/s]
37.91 ± 2.48
46.37 ± 2.90
Alfven Speed [km/s]
58.15 ± 2.26
78.58 ± 4.72

Best values of shock front normal for each method (About, Top)
Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.622 ± 0.724 -0.743 ± 0.611 0.248 ± 0.243 14.35 ± 36.27 230.09 ± 55.25
VC -0.637 ± 0.188 -0.541 ± 0.190 -0.549 ± 0.486 -33.28 ± 19.29 220.37 ± 13.23
MX1 -0.836 ± 0.204 -0.223 ± 0.550 -0.501 ± 0.454 -30.05 ± 16.81 194.95 ± 37.56
MX2 -0.771 ± 0.185 -0.412 ± 0.278 -0.486 ± 0.444 -29.08 ± 15.40 208.11 ± 20.17
MX3 -0.736 ± 0.142 -0.506 ± 0.171 -0.450 ± 0.417 -26.75 ± 13.82 214.51 ± 12.45
RH08 -0.958 ± 0.003 -0.249 ± 0.009 -0.140 ± 0.139 -8.03 ± 0.96 194.54 ± 0.53
RH09 -0.961 ± 0.019 -0.231 ± 0.067 -0.151 ± 0.150 -8.68 ± 4.05 193.54 ± 4.01
RH10 -0.961 ± 0.019 -0.231 ± 0.068 -0.151 ± 0.150 -8.68 ± 4.03 193.54 ± 4.07
Average -0.810 -0.392 -0.272 -16.275 206.207
Median -0.771 -0.249 -0.151 -8.675 208.113
Deviation 0.142 0.193 0.273 16.362 14.280

Key shock parameters (About, Top)
Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 60.2 ± 3.3 340.8 ± 32.5 1.65 ± 0.18
VC 80.4 ± 4.8 365.3 ± 36.8 1.65 ± 0.18
MX1 79.4 ± 4.1 410.8 ± 33.7 1.65 ± 0.18
MX2 89.3 ± 4.2 402.2 ± 35.2 1.65 ± 0.18
MX3 83.3 ± 4.1 397.2 ± 35.2 1.65 ± 0.18
RH08 81.9 ± 2.6 448.7 ± 33.3 1.65 ± 0.18
RH09 80.9 ± 2.7 449.2 ± 33.1 1.65 ± 0.18
RH10 80.9 ± 2.7 449.2 ± 33.1 1.65 ± 0.18
Average 79.5 407.9 1.65
Median 80.9 410.8 1.65
Deviation 8.4 40.6 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)
Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 71.9 ± 3.8 16.2 ± 0.7 28.9 ± 1.1 67.6 ± 1.5 4.45 ± 0.35 1.06 ± 0.05
VC 114.0 ± 3.6 5.3 ± 0.2 9.7 ± 0.4 69.3 ± 1.5 21.44 ± 1.04 1.65 ± 0.08
MX1 104.4 ± 2.7 5.9 ± 0.2 10.7 ± 0.4 69.2 ± 1.5 17.85 ± 0.87 1.51 ± 0.07
MX2 108.8 ± 2.9 0.4 ± 0.0 0.8 ± 0.0 69.5 ± 1.5 264.15 ± 12.73 1.57 ± 0.07
MX3 110.7 ± 2.9 3.7 ± 0.2 6.8 ± 0.3 69.4 ± 1.5 29.77 ± 1.43 1.60 ± 0.07
RH8 91.3 ± 2.7 4.5 ± 0.2 8.2 ± 0.3 69.3 ± 1.5 20.54 ± 1.23 1.32 ± 0.05
RH9 92.0 ± 2.7 5.0 ± 0.2 9.2 ± 0.4 69.3 ± 1.5 18.26 ± 1.09 1.33 ± 0.05
RH10 92.0 ± 2.7 5.0 ± 0.2 9.2 ± 0.4 69.3 ± 1.5 18.26 ± 1.09 1.33 ± 0.05
Average 98.1 5.8 10.4 69.1 49.3 1.4
Median 104.4 5.0 9.2 69.3 20.5 1.5
Deviation 14.0 4.5 8.1 0.6 87.1 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)
Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 44.5 ± 10.3 20.3 ± 0.8 39.1 ± 2.3 89.0 ± 3.3 2.20 ± 0.55 0.50 ± 0.11
VC 70.6 ± 6.2 6.7 ± 0.3 13.2 ± 0.8 91.1 ± 3.2 10.54 ± 0.66 0.78 ± 0.08
MX1 63.6 ± 5.8 7.4 ± 0.3 14.5 ± 0.9 91.0 ± 3.2 8.65 ± 0.69 0.70 ± 0.07
MX2 66.1 ± 6.0 0.5 ± 0.0 1.0 ± 0.1 91.3 ± 3.2 127.44 ± 9.69 0.72 ± 0.07
MX3 67.8 ± 6.1 4.7 ± 0.2 9.2 ± 0.6 91.2 ± 3.2 14.49 ± 1.10 0.74 ± 0.07
RH8 55.6 ± 9.0 5.6 ± 0.2 11.0 ± 0.7 91.2 ± 3.2 9.96 ± 1.71 0.61 ± 0.09
RH9 56.3 ± 8.9 6.3 ± 0.2 12.5 ± 0.7 91.1 ± 3.2 8.90 ± 1.49 0.62 ± 0.09
RH10 56.3 ± 8.9 6.3 ± 0.2 12.5 ± 0.7 91.1 ± 3.2 8.90 ± 1.49 0.62 ± 0.09
Average 60.1 7.2 14.1 90.9 23.9 0.7
Median 63.6 6.3 12.5 91.1 10.0 0.7
Deviation 8.5 5.7 10.9 0.8 42.0 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



Conservation of Individual Rankine-Hugoniot Equations (About, Top)
Bn
Etx
Ety
Etz
Gn
Sn
Stx
Sty
Stz
Un


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 Sun Mar 13 12:08:29 2005
Justin C Kasper (jck@mit.edu)