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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20003330525
11/28/2000 333.22637 0525 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)
Year 2000
Fractional day of year 333.226372
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 19558.5 ± 5.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 68.984
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 113.217
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -2.250
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0012
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0420
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0011
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0428
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 9.43, 11.64, 11.88
Event added to database
Mon Feb 14 11:11:16 2005
Event last processed
Sun Mar 13 11:02:34 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
9.418 ± 0.888

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)
Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -525.2 ± 2.3 -569.0 ± 5.1
Vy GSE [km/s] 19.4 ± 2.3 39.4 ± 6.0
Vz GSE [km/s] 6.4 ± 2.8 -34.8 ± 5.8
Wi [km/s] 31.9 ± 1.2 47.4 ± 3.2
We [km/s] 1009.7 ± 39.4 1500.0 ± 102.6
Ni [n/cc] 5.4 ± 0.4 11.0 ± 1.0
Bx GSE [nT] 4.8 ± 0.3 6.9 ± 1.2
By GSE [nT] 3.5 ± 0.7 8.8 ± 0.9
Bz GSE [nT] -1.6 ± 0.8 2.5 ± 3.2
Plasma Beta
0.294 ± 0.283
0.374 ± 0.399
Sound Speed [km/s]
41.22 ± 1.61
61.24 ± 4.19
Alfven Speed [km/s]
59.14 ± 2.06
78.54 ± 5.18

Best values of shock front normal for each method (About, Top)
Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.868 ± 0.163 -0.168 ± 0.385 0.467 ± 0.430 27.87 ± 18.17 190.98 ± 25.33
VC -0.695 ± 0.065 0.320 ± 0.106 -0.643 ± 0.535 -40.03 ± 4.28 155.26 ± 8.60
MX1 -0.946 ± 0.267 0.205 ± 0.959 -0.252 ± 0.246 -14.59 ± 39.08 167.78 ± 58.03
MX2 -0.546 ± 0.181 0.617 ± 0.165 -0.566 ± 0.496 -34.47 ± 8.30 131.52 ± 16.07
MX3 -0.672 ± 0.123 0.562 ± 0.136 -0.482 ± 0.440 -28.80 ± 10.45 140.09 ± 10.52
RH08 -0.951 ± 0.003 0.092 ± 0.009 -0.296 ± 0.287 -17.22 ± 0.60 174.48 ± 0.55
RH09 -0.951 ± 0.022 0.092 ± 0.070 -0.296 ± 0.287 -17.22 ± 4.00 174.48 ± 4.24
RH10 -0.951 ± 0.022 0.092 ± 0.070 -0.296 ± 0.287 -17.22 ± 4.00 174.48 ± 4.24
Average -0.822 0.226 -0.295 -17.711 163.636
Median -0.868 0.205 -0.296 -17.223 174.485
Deviation 0.161 0.263 0.341 20.667 19.907

Key shock parameters (About, Top)
Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 27.0 ± 8.0 486.2 ± 9.5 2.07 ± 0.30
VC 78.7 ± 3.3 485.9 ± 22.4 2.07 ± 0.30
MX1 56.4 ± 2.3 604.7 ± 19.8 2.07 ± 0.30
MX2 86.2 ± 1.9 407.0 ± 18.3 2.07 ± 0.30
MX3 85.2 ± 2.0 474.3 ± 18.8 2.07 ± 0.30
RH08 52.5 ± 2.7 603.0 ± 21.0 2.07 ± 0.30
RH09 52.5 ± 2.7 603.0 ± 21.0 2.07 ± 0.30
RH10 52.5 ± 2.7 603.0 ± 21.0 2.07 ± 0.30
Average 61.4 533.4 2.07
Median 56.4 603.0 2.07
Deviation 20.4 78.9 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)
Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 30.7 ± 3.0 34.2 ± 0.9 52.7 ± 1.8 63.5 ± 1.6 0.90 ± 0.10 0.48 ± 0.05
VC 118.5 ± 1.6 6.6 ± 0.1 11.6 ± 0.4 71.8 ± 1.4 17.87 ± 0.53 1.65 ± 0.04
MX1 105.5 ± 1.8 19.4 ± 0.4 32.7 ± 1.1 69.5 ± 1.4 5.45 ± 0.19 1.52 ± 0.04
MX2 111.6 ± 1.6 2.2 ± 0.0 3.9 ± 0.1 72.1 ± 1.4 50.04 ± 1.33 1.55 ± 0.03
MX3 113.4 ± 1.4 2.8 ± 0.1 4.9 ± 0.2 72.1 ± 1.4 40.31 ± 1.10 1.57 ± 0.03
RH8 103.7 ± 1.9 21.5 ± 0.5 36.0 ± 1.3 68.8 ± 1.4 4.82 ± 0.18 1.51 ± 0.05
RH9 103.7 ± 1.9 21.5 ± 0.5 36.0 ± 1.3 68.8 ± 1.4 4.82 ± 0.18 1.51 ± 0.05
RH10 103.7 ± 1.9 21.5 ± 0.5 36.0 ± 1.3 68.8 ± 1.4 4.82 ± 0.18 1.51 ± 0.05
Average 98.9 16.2 26.7 69.4 16.1 1.4
Median 105.5 21.5 36.0 69.5 5.4 1.5
Deviation 28.1 11.2 17.7 2.8 18.8 0.4

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)
Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 15.3 ± 4.0 49.3 ± 2.0 70.0 ± 4.6 86.7 ± 3.6 0.31 ± 0.08 0.18 ± 0.05
VC 55.2 ± 5.4 9.4 ± 0.3 15.4 ± 1.0 99.3 ± 3.1 5.84 ± 0.52 0.56 ± 0.06
MX1 49.7 ± 5.0 27.7 ± 0.9 43.4 ± 2.9 95.8 ± 3.1 1.80 ± 0.17 0.52 ± 0.06
MX2 52.0 ± 4.1 3.2 ± 0.1 5.2 ± 0.3 99.7 ± 3.1 16.38 ± 1.14 0.52 ± 0.04
MX3 52.9 ± 4.1 4.0 ± 0.1 6.5 ± 0.4 99.7 ± 3.1 13.21 ± 0.93 0.53 ± 0.05
RH8 48.1 ± 5.7 30.8 ± 1.0 47.8 ± 3.2 94.9 ± 3.1 1.56 ± 0.17 0.51 ± 0.07
RH9 48.1 ± 5.7 30.8 ± 1.0 47.8 ± 3.2 94.9 ± 3.1 1.56 ± 0.17 0.51 ± 0.07
RH10 48.1 ± 5.7 30.8 ± 1.0 47.8 ± 3.2 94.9 ± 3.1 1.56 ± 0.17 0.51 ± 0.07
Average 46.2 23.2 35.5 95.7 5.3 0.5
Median 49.7 30.8 47.8 95.8 1.8 0.5
Deviation 12.8 16.2 23.5 4.3 6.1 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 12:08:31 2005
Justin C Kasper (jck@mit.edu)