MIT Space Plasma Group Interplanetary Shock Analysis Pages Database: Wind Shock Analysis Event ID: 20013010313 10/28/2001 301.13457 0313 [UT]

General Information (About, Top)

Year	2001
Fractional day of year	301.134566
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day]	11626.5 ± 2.0
Shock type	FF
Electron data availability	0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	7.364
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	-68.225
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	4.681
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis	0010
Upstream field points selected for analysis	0302
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis	0011
Downstream field points selected for analysis	0336
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10	6.83, 12.21, 12.72
Event added to database	Mon Feb 14 11:16:09 2005
Event last processed	Sun Mar 13 11:12:41 2005
Method selected	RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]	4.050 ± 0.394

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter	Upstream	Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s]	-355.0 ± 12.9	-509.0 ± 7.8
Vy GSE [km/s]	-7.8 ± 10.0	9.9 ± 9.7
Vz GSE [km/s]	-2.0 ± 13.1	40.1 ± 18.1
Wi [km/s]	18.3 ± 3.6	56.6 ± 7.9
We [km/s]	578.9 ± 113.5	1790.6 ± 250.0
Ni [n/cc]	2.6 ± 0.7	7.1 ± 1.0
Bx GSE [nT]	-2.8 ± 0.8	-0.7 ± 0.9
By GSE [nT]	5.5 ± 0.7	15.7 ± 1.0
Bz GSE [nT]	-2.9 ± 0.5	-7.9 ± 1.9
Plasma Beta	0.045 ± 0.034	0.155 ± 0.142
Sound Speed [km/s]	23.64 ± 4.63	73.10 ± 10.20
Alfven Speed [km/s]	95.57 ± 15.78	146.75 ± 10.93

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

Method	Nx	Ny	Nz	Theta [degrees]	Phi [degrees]
MC	-0.971 ± 0.051	0.219 ± 0.187	-0.093 ± 0.093	-5.36 ± 18.26	167.31 ± 11.03
VC	-0.960 ± 0.035	0.112 ± 0.087	0.257 ± 0.251	14.90 ± 7.40	173.34 ± 5.17
MX1	-0.952 ± 0.031	0.279 ± 0.088	0.130 ± 0.130	7.49 ± 7.88	163.68 ± 5.28
MX2	-0.945 ± 0.033	0.287 ± 0.091	0.159 ± 0.157	9.13 ± 6.96	163.12 ± 5.51
MX3	-0.941 ± 0.034	0.290 ± 0.093	0.172 ± 0.170	9.90 ± 6.65	162.86 ± 5.65
RH08	-0.970 ± 0.002	0.234 ± 0.009	0.061 ± 0.061	3.52 ± 0.54	166.46 ± 0.55
RH09	-0.968 ± 0.017	0.251 ± 0.066	0.017 ± 0.017	0.96 ± 4.05	165.46 ± 3.91
RH10	-0.972 ± 0.016	0.234 ± 0.066	0.017 ± 0.017	0.96 ± 4.05	166.46 ± 3.91
Average	-0.960	0.238	0.090	5.188	166.087
Median	-0.960	0.251	0.130	7.493	166.462
Deviation	0.012	0.058	0.111	6.406	3.375

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method	ThetaBn	Shock Speed	Compression
MC	51.7 ± 8.2	580.2 ± 50.2	2.87 ± 0.96
VC	67.6 ± 7.5	595.5 ± 55.5	2.87 ± 0.96
MX1	55.6 ± 7.6	584.6 ± 54.2	2.87 ± 0.96
MX2	56.2 ± 7.4	582.6 ± 54.5	2.87 ± 0.96
MX3	56.5 ± 7.4	581.4 ± 54.7	2.87 ± 0.96
RH08	55.5 ± 7.8	590.5 ± 53.2	2.87 ± 0.96
RH09	53.3 ± 7.9	586.2 ± 52.4	2.87 ± 0.96
RH10	54.1 ± 8.0	588.5 ± 52.4	2.87 ± 0.96
Average	56.3	586.2	2.87
Median	55.6	586.2	2.87
Deviation	4.8	5.1	0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method	dV	Slow	Intermediate	Fast	Slow Mach	Fast Mach
MC	236.9 ± 12.2	14.3 ± 2.6	59.2 ± 9.8	97.6 ± 14.8	17.17 ± 3.65	2.47 ± 0.33
VC	256.2 ± 14.7	8.7 ± 1.5	36.5 ± 6.0	98.3 ± 14.5	30.40 ± 6.58	2.65 ± 0.33
MX1	249.3 ± 14.0	13.0 ± 2.3	54.0 ± 8.9	97.8 ± 14.7	19.88 ± 4.34	2.59 ± 0.33
MX2	249.8 ± 14.2	12.8 ± 2.3	53.2 ± 8.8	97.8 ± 14.7	20.24 ± 4.44	2.59 ± 0.33
MX3	249.9 ± 14.3	12.7 ± 2.3	52.8 ± 8.7	97.9 ± 14.7	20.40 ± 4.48	2.59 ± 0.32
RH8	248.0 ± 13.4	13.0 ± 2.3	54.1 ± 8.9	97.8 ± 14.7	19.74 ± 4.26	2.58 ± 0.33
RH9	244.6 ± 13.1	13.8 ± 2.5	57.1 ± 9.4	97.7 ± 14.8	18.41 ± 3.97	2.55 ± 0.33
RH10	245.3 ± 13.1	13.5 ± 2.4	56.0 ± 9.2	97.7 ± 14.8	18.84 ± 4.05	2.55 ± 0.33
Average	247.5	12.7	52.9	97.8	20.6	2.6
Median	249.3	13.0	54.1	97.8	19.9	2.6
Deviation	5.5	1.7	7.0	0.2	4.1	0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method	dV	Slow	Intermediate	Fast	Slow Mach	Fast Mach
MC	87.3 ± 7.5	41.7 ± 4.8	91.0 ± 6.8	158.9 ± 9.7	2.11 ± 0.25	0.55 ± 0.04
VC	95.5 ± 6.2	25.1 ± 2.8	56.0 ± 4.2	162.4 ± 9.7	3.84 ± 0.45	0.59 ± 0.05
MX1	92.2 ± 5.9	37.8 ± 4.3	82.9 ± 6.2	159.9 ± 9.7	2.47 ± 0.29	0.58 ± 0.05
MX2	92.5 ± 6.0	37.2 ± 4.2	81.7 ± 6.1	160.0 ± 9.7	2.51 ± 0.29	0.58 ± 0.05
MX3	92.5 ± 6.0	36.9 ± 4.2	81.1 ± 6.0	160.1 ± 9.7	2.53 ± 0.30	0.58 ± 0.05
RH8	91.7 ± 6.2	37.8 ± 4.3	83.1 ± 6.2	159.8 ± 9.7	2.45 ± 0.28	0.58 ± 0.04
RH9	90.4 ± 6.4	40.1 ± 4.6	87.7 ± 6.5	159.3 ± 9.7	2.28 ± 0.26	0.57 ± 0.04
RH10	90.6 ± 6.5	39.3 ± 4.5	86.0 ± 6.4	159.5 ± 9.7	2.33 ± 0.27	0.57 ± 0.04
Average	91.6	37.0	81.2	160.0	2.6	0.6
Median	92.2	37.8	83.1	159.9	2.5	0.6
Deviation	2.3	5.1	10.7	1.0	0.5	0.0

Survey interval (About, Top)

Key plasma parameters

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Shock Speed (About, Top)

Theta Bn (About, Top)