MIT Space Plasma Group Interplanetary Shock Analysis Pages Database: Wind Shock Analysis Event ID: 20003020930 10/28/2000 302.39630 0930 [UT]

General Information (About, Top)

Year	2000
Fractional day of year	302.396302
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day]	34240.5 ± 3.0
Shock type	FF
Electron data availability	0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	48.872
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	-181.339
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	5.140
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis	0010
Upstream field points selected for analysis	0337
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis	0009
Downstream field points selected for analysis	0266
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10	13.01, 16.15, 16.74
Event added to database	Mon Feb 14 11:10:46 2005
Event last processed	Sun Mar 13 11:00:35 2005
Method selected	RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]	21.011 ± 2.753

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter	Upstream	Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s]	-360.1 ± 2.4	-409.5 ± 2.3
Vy GSE [km/s]	-44.2 ± 6.5	-24.6 ± 2.2
Vz GSE [km/s]	29.0 ± 4.3	68.3 ± 3.5
Wi [km/s]	40.5 ± 1.1	63.9 ± 1.1
We [km/s]	1279.2 ± 34.4	2021.5 ± 34.4
Ni [n/cc]	10.0 ± 0.8	24.5 ± 0.4
Bx GSE [nT]	-3.7 ± 0.6	-4.7 ± 0.4
By GSE [nT]	5.5 ± 0.8	7.3 ± 0.5
Bz GSE [nT]	1.7 ± 0.8	-1.1 ± 1.0
Plasma Beta	0.724 ± 0.713	2.743 ± 2.762
Sound Speed [km/s]	52.22 ± 1.40	82.53 ± 1.40
Alfven Speed [km/s]	47.88 ± 2.74	38.72 ± 1.91

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

Method	Nx	Ny	Nz	Theta [degrees]	Phi [degrees]
MC	-0.547 ± 0.386	0.672 ± 0.322	0.499 ± 0.453	29.93 ± 14.51	129.15 ± 32.16
VC	-0.750 ± 0.055	0.298 ± 0.097	0.591 ± 0.510	36.20 ± 4.15	158.36 ± 7.30
MX1	-0.785 ± 0.166	0.322 ± 0.381	0.529 ± 0.473	31.91 ± 6.61	157.69 ± 27.76
MX2	-0.781 ± 0.140	0.308 ± 0.271	0.544 ± 0.483	32.95 ± 10.31	158.45 ± 19.69
MX3	-0.746 ± 0.124	0.386 ± 0.144	0.542 ± 0.481	32.83 ± 12.30	152.64 ± 10.24
RH08	-0.889 ± 0.005	0.247 ± 0.009	0.385 ± 0.365	22.67 ± 0.62	164.46 ± 0.55
RH09	-0.885 ± 0.033	0.263 ± 0.067	0.385 ± 0.365	22.67 ± 4.03	163.45 ± 4.34
RH10	-0.889 ± 0.032	0.264 ± 0.068	0.374 ± 0.356	21.98 ± 4.01	163.45 ± 4.34
Average	-0.784	0.345	0.481	28.892	155.956
Median	-0.781	0.308	0.529	31.913	158.452
Deviation	0.114	0.139	0.086	5.614	11.521

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method	ThetaBn	Shock Speed	Compression
MC	17.9 ± 6.8	283.3 ± 5.9	2.47 ± 0.19
VC	37.4 ± 10.3	385.2 ± 7.0	2.47 ± 0.19
MX1	35.2 ± 10.3	394.7 ± 6.8	2.47 ± 0.19
MX2	36.2 ± 10.3	394.0 ± 6.9	2.47 ± 0.19
MX3	31.8 ± 10.2	377.9 ± 6.7	2.47 ± 0.19
RH08	39.1 ± 9.6	427.9 ± 6.7	2.47 ± 0.19
RH09	38.2 ± 9.6	425.8 ± 6.7	2.47 ± 0.19
RH10	38.2 ± 9.5	426.7 ± 6.7	2.47 ± 0.19
Average	34.2	389.4	2.47
Median	37.4	394.7	2.47
Deviation	7.0	47.3	0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method	dV	Slow	Intermediate	Fast	Slow Mach	Fast Mach
MC	101.5 ± 3.2	41.2 ± 1.2	45.6 ± 2.6	57.7 ± 0.9	2.46 ± 0.10	1.76 ± 0.07
VC	111.2 ± 2.9	31.1 ± 0.8	38.0 ± 2.2	63.7 ± 1.1	3.57 ± 0.14	1.75 ± 0.06
MX1	110.9 ± 2.6	32.3 ± 0.8	39.1 ± 2.2	63.1 ± 1.0	3.43 ± 0.13	1.76 ± 0.05
MX2	110.8 ± 2.7	31.8 ± 0.8	38.7 ± 2.2	63.4 ± 1.1	3.49 ± 0.13	1.75 ± 0.06
MX3	110.6 ± 2.6	34.2 ± 0.9	40.7 ± 2.3	62.1 ± 1.0	3.24 ± 0.12	1.78 ± 0.06
RH8	107.6 ± 2.4	30.2 ± 0.8	37.1 ± 2.1	64.1 ± 1.1	3.57 ± 0.13	1.68 ± 0.05
RH9	107.8 ± 2.4	30.7 ± 0.8	37.6 ± 2.2	63.9 ± 1.1	3.51 ± 0.12	1.69 ± 0.05
RH10	107.4 ± 2.3	30.7 ± 0.8	37.6 ± 2.2	63.9 ± 1.1	3.50 ± 0.12	1.68 ± 0.05
Average	108.5	32.8	39.3	62.7	3.3	1.7
Median	110.6	31.8	38.7	63.7	3.5	1.7
Deviation	3.3	3.6	2.8	2.1	0.4	0.0

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method	dV	Slow	Intermediate	Fast	Slow Mach	Fast Mach
MC	41.6 ± 1.5	36.4 ± 1.7	36.9 ± 1.8	83.6 ± 1.4	1.14 ± 0.04	0.50 ± 0.02
VC	45.0 ± 1.8	29.4 ± 1.3	30.7 ± 1.5	86.3 ± 1.4	1.53 ± 0.07	0.52 ± 0.02
MX1	45.0 ± 1.8	30.4 ± 1.4	31.6 ± 1.6	86.0 ± 1.4	1.48 ± 0.07	0.52 ± 0.02
MX2	44.8 ± 1.8	30.0 ± 1.3	31.3 ± 1.5	86.1 ± 1.4	1.50 ± 0.07	0.52 ± 0.02
MX3	44.8 ± 1.7	31.8 ± 1.4	32.9 ± 1.6	85.4 ± 1.4	1.41 ± 0.06	0.52 ± 0.02
RH8	43.7 ± 1.8	28.6 ± 1.3	30.0 ± 1.5	86.6 ± 1.5	1.53 ± 0.07	0.50 ± 0.02
RH9	43.8 ± 1.8	29.0 ± 1.3	30.4 ± 1.5	86.4 ± 1.4	1.51 ± 0.07	0.51 ± 0.02
RH10	43.6 ± 1.8	29.1 ± 1.3	30.4 ± 1.5	86.4 ± 1.4	1.50 ± 0.07	0.50 ± 0.02
Average	44.0	30.6	31.8	85.8	1.5	0.5
Median	44.8	30.0	31.3	86.3	1.5	0.5
Deviation	1.2	2.5	2.2	1.0	0.1	0.0

Survey interval (About, Top)

Key plasma parameters

Velocity

Magnetic Field

Shock Speed (About, Top)

Theta Bn (About, Top)