MIT Space Plasma Group Interplanetary Shock Analysis Pages Database: Wind Shock Analysis Event ID: 20003110930 11/06/2000 311.39592 0930 [UT]

General Information (About, Top)

Year	2000
Fractional day of year	311.395920
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day]	34207.5 ± 60.0
Shock type	FF
Electron data availability	0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	71.816
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	-120.463
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	6.990
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis	0006
Upstream field points selected for analysis	0204
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis	0006
Downstream field points selected for analysis	0211
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10	19.09, 20.80, 21.81
Event added to database	Mon Feb 14 11:10:56 2005
Event last processed	Sun Mar 13 11:01:34 2005
Method selected	RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]	9.942 ± 0.795

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter	Upstream	Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s]	-472.7 ± 11.9	-570.9 ± 13.1
Vy GSE [km/s]	-34.0 ± 5.6	60.7 ± 18.0
Vz GSE [km/s]	-2.3 ± 12.1	49.3 ± 3.5
Wi [km/s]	39.0 ± 4.5	69.6 ± 17.0
We [km/s]	1232.0 ± 143.8	2201.7 ± 536.3
Ni [n/cc]	2.0 ± 0.3	4.2 ± 0.4
Bx GSE [nT]	-1.9 ± 1.0	-2.4 ± 1.2
By GSE [nT]	4.3 ± 0.5	0.6 ± 1.3
Bz GSE [nT]	0.0 ± 0.6	-8.4 ± 1.1
Plasma Beta	0.276 ± 0.313	0.643 ± 0.695
Sound Speed [km/s]	50.30 ± 5.87	89.89 ± 21.89
Alfven Speed [km/s]	75.97 ± 5.66	95.39 ± 12.88

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

Method	Nx	Ny	Nz	Theta [degrees]	Phi [degrees]
MC	-0.455 ± 0.152	0.824 ± 0.085	-0.338 ± 0.324	-19.72 ± 3.13	118.88 ± 10.56
VC	-0.674 ± 0.090	0.648 ± 0.093	0.355 ± 0.339	20.77 ± 5.55	136.09 ± 7.64
MX1	-0.874 ± 0.528	0.478 ± 0.964	-0.081 ± 0.081	-4.64 ± 23.47	151.31 ± 63.15
MX2	-0.753 ± 0.042	0.617 ± 0.050	-0.228 ± 0.224	-13.18 ± 3.79	140.68 ± 3.75
MX3	-0.843 ± 0.033	0.509 ± 0.051	-0.174 ± 0.172	-10.03 ± 5.35	148.90 ± 3.43
RH08	-0.984 ± 0.003	-0.112 ± 0.023	-0.140 ± 0.139	-8.03 ± 0.78	186.52 ± 1.32
RH09	-0.984 ± 0.012	-0.112 ± 0.072	-0.140 ± 0.139	-8.03 ± 3.34	186.52 ± 4.18
RH10	-0.984 ± 0.012	-0.112 ± 0.070	-0.140 ± 0.139	-8.03 ± 3.89	186.52 ± 4.08
Average	-0.819	0.342	-0.111	-6.361	156.928
Median	-0.843	0.509	-0.140	-8.028	151.312
Deviation	0.186	0.391	0.203	11.868	26.372

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method	ThetaBn	Shock Speed	Compression
MC	23.1 ± 9.2	388.3 ± 43.4	2.16 ± 0.33
VC	32.4 ± 6.2	575.4 ± 52.5	2.16 ± 0.33
MX1	38.2 ± 14.1	635.2 ± 48.1	2.16 ± 0.33
MX2	30.1 ± 14.8	565.1 ± 46.8	2.16 ± 0.33
MX3	36.7 ± 14.6	610.4 ± 47.0	2.16 ± 0.33
RH08	73.2 ± 14.2	617.0 ± 37.7	2.16 ± 0.33
RH09	73.2 ± 14.2	617.0 ± 37.7	2.16 ± 0.33
RH10	73.2 ± 14.2	617.0 ± 37.7	2.16 ± 0.33
Average	47.5	578.2	2.16
Median	38.2	617.0	2.16
Deviation	21.7	80.2	0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method	dV	Slow	Intermediate	Fast	Slow Mach	Fast Mach
MC	200.6 ± 6.8	43.8 ± 4.3	69.9 ± 5.2	80.1 ± 4.3	4.63 ± 0.53	2.51 ± 0.18
VC	279.8 ± 3.8	38.9 ± 3.5	64.2 ± 4.8	82.6 ± 3.7	7.25 ± 0.77	3.39 ± 0.15
MX1	238.0 ± 9.7	35.5 ± 3.1	59.7 ± 4.4	84.1 ± 3.3	6.75 ± 0.69	2.83 ± 0.19
MX2	229.4 ± 9.6	40.2 ± 3.7	65.7 ± 4.9	82.0 ± 3.8	5.75 ± 0.63	2.81 ± 0.20
MX3	228.6 ± 10.3	36.4 ± 3.2	60.9 ± 4.5	83.7 ± 3.4	6.32 ± 0.66	2.74 ± 0.20
RH8	147.8 ± 13.8	12.1 ± 0.9	22.0 ± 1.6	90.6 ± 2.3	12.23 ± 1.43	1.64 ± 0.18
RH9	147.8 ± 13.8	12.1 ± 0.9	22.0 ± 1.6	90.6 ± 2.3	12.23 ± 1.43	1.64 ± 0.18
RH10	147.8 ± 13.8	12.1 ± 0.9	22.0 ± 1.6	90.6 ± 2.3	12.23 ± 1.43	1.64 ± 0.18
Average	202.5	28.9	48.3	85.5	8.4	2.4
Median	228.6	36.4	60.9	84.1	7.2	2.7
Deviation	50.2	14.1	22.0	4.4	3.2	0.7

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method	dV	Slow	Intermediate	Fast	Slow Mach	Fast Mach
MC	95.4 ± 15.8	66.9 ± 8.4	87.7 ± 11.8	114.7 ± 4.7	1.44 ± 0.22	0.83 ± 0.13
VC	134.0 ± 13.5	59.2 ± 7.0	80.6 ± 10.9	119.0 ± 4.6	2.28 ± 0.25	1.13 ± 0.10
MX1	111.0 ± 13.8	53.9 ± 6.1	74.9 ± 10.1	121.5 ± 4.7	2.06 ± 0.16	0.91 ± 0.11
MX2	108.8 ± 14.5	61.2 ± 7.3	82.6 ± 11.1	117.9 ± 4.6	1.78 ± 0.17	0.92 ± 0.12
MX3	106.7 ± 14.0	55.3 ± 6.3	76.5 ± 10.3	120.9 ± 4.6	1.93 ± 0.15	0.88 ± 0.11
RH8	69.1 ± 13.5	18.3 ± 1.9	27.6 ± 3.7	131.7 ± 5.6	3.76 ± 0.49	0.52 ± 0.10
RH9	69.1 ± 13.5	18.3 ± 1.9	27.6 ± 3.7	131.7 ± 5.6	3.76 ± 0.49	0.52 ± 0.10
RH10	69.1 ± 13.5	18.3 ± 1.9	27.6 ± 3.7	131.7 ± 5.6	3.76 ± 0.49	0.52 ± 0.10
Average	95.4	43.9	60.6	123.7	2.6	0.8
Median	106.7	55.3	76.5	121.5	2.3	0.9
Deviation	24.3	21.6	27.6	7.0	1.0	0.2

Survey interval (About, Top)

Key plasma parameters

Velocity

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Shock Speed (About, Top)

Theta Bn (About, Top)