MIT Space Plasma Group Interplanetary Shock Analysis Pages Database: Wind Shock Analysis Event ID: 20013280454 11/24/2001 328.20467 0454 [UT]

General Information (About, Top)

Year	2001
Fractional day of year	328.204670
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day]	17683.5 ± 18.0
Shock type	FF
Electron data availability	0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	17.587
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	-79.479
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	6.950
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis	0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis	0236
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis	0010
Downstream field points selected for analysis	0302
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10	7.71, 8.59, 8.89
Event added to database	Mon Feb 14 11:16:31 2005
Event last processed	Sun Mar 13 11:13:40 2005
Method selected	RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]	7.246 ± 3.823

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter	Upstream	Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s]	-474.4 ± 13.5	-559.6 ± 11.5
Vy GSE [km/s]	38.7 ± 18.8	7.3 ± 11.9
Vz GSE [km/s]	-56.5 ± 24.1	-44.4 ± 31.1
Wi [km/s]	63.2 ± 3.0	88.9 ± 8.6
We [km/s]	1998.2 ± 93.3	2812.3 ± 273.3
Ni [n/cc]	3.6 ± 0.6	5.8 ± 0.8
Bx GSE [nT]	-3.6 ± 0.8	-3.5 ± 1.7
By GSE [nT]	-1.3 ± 1.3	7.6 ± 1.4
Bz GSE [nT]	4.4 ± 1.4	2.7 ± 3.4
Plasma Beta	1.101 ± 0.733	1.109 ± 1.154
Sound Speed [km/s]	81.57 ± 3.81	114.81 ± 11.16
Alfven Speed [km/s]	68.48 ± 14.45	86.27 ± 7.88

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

Method	Nx	Ny	Nz	Theta [degrees]	Phi [degrees]
MC	-0.736 ± 0.155	0.093 ± 0.234	0.670 ± 0.545	42.09 ± 13.11	172.82 ± 18.18
VC	-0.937 ± 0.089	-0.329 ± 0.226	0.113 ± 0.112	6.47 ± 21.89	199.36 ± 13.81
MX1	-0.983 ± 0.097	-0.177 ± 0.506	0.037 ± 0.037	2.13 ± 53.69	190.21 ± 29.48
MX2	-0.976 ± 0.057	0.101 ± 0.247	0.194 ± 0.192	11.20 ± 15.25	174.06 ± 14.52
MX3	-0.995 ± 0.025	0.092 ± 0.253	0.033 ± 0.033	1.89 ± 16.15	174.72 ± 14.55
RH08	-0.898 ± 0.007	0.337 ± 0.013	-0.285 ± 0.277	-16.55 ± 1.03	159.44 ± 0.80
RH09	-0.878 ± 0.031	0.347 ± 0.056	-0.330 ± 0.317	-19.25 ± 4.10	158.44 ± 3.61
RH10	-0.885 ± 0.031	0.350 ± 0.061	-0.307 ± 0.297	-17.89 ± 4.09	158.44 ± 3.90
Average	-0.911	0.102	0.016	1.260	173.438
Median	-0.898	0.101	0.037	2.125	174.063
Deviation	0.084	0.251	0.335	20.351	15.127

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method	ThetaBn	Shock Speed	Compression
MC	21.5 ± 10.0	488.4 ± 423.9	1.69 ± 0.31
VC	42.4 ± 9.3	665.6 ± 346.5	1.69 ± 0.31
MX1	46.8 ± 10.5	688.9 ± 328.6	1.69 ± 0.31
MX2	42.1 ± 12.6	663.6 ± 352.4	1.69 ± 0.31
MX3	50.3 ± 12.2	682.4 ± 312.7	1.69 ± 0.31
RH08	72.7 ± 12.4	617.8 ± 183.8	1.69 ± 0.31
RH09	75.5 ± 12.4	605.2 ± 167.6	1.69 ± 0.31
RH10	74.4 ± 12.4	610.8 ± 174.3	1.69 ± 0.31
Average	53.2	627.8	1.69
Median	50.3	663.6	1.69
Deviation	19.4	65.2	0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method	dV	Slow	Intermediate	Fast	Slow Mach	Fast Mach
MC	173.4 ± 20.6	57.1 ± 10.7	63.7 ± 13.4	90.4 ± 3.7	3.13 ± 0.61	1.92 ± 0.17
VC	240.0 ± 16.0	41.3 ± 7.1	50.6 ± 10.7	98.8 ± 5.8	5.96 ± 1.06	2.43 ± 0.06
MX1	231.3 ± 14.5	37.8 ± 6.4	46.9 ± 9.9	100.2 ± 6.2	6.29 ± 1.17	2.31 ± 0.07
MX2	207.8 ± 14.7	41.6 ± 7.2	50.8 ± 10.7	98.7 ± 5.8	5.14 ± 1.02	2.11 ± 0.09
MX3	208.6 ± 13.4	34.9 ± 5.9	43.7 ± 9.2	101.3 ± 6.5	6.16 ± 1.25	2.06 ± 0.10
RH8	162.9 ± 13.1	15.4 ± 2.5	20.3 ± 4.3	106.0 ± 7.6	10.92 ± 2.74	1.54 ± 0.17
RH9	156.6 ± 13.4	13.0 ± 2.1	17.1 ± 3.6	106.4 ± 7.7	12.53 ± 3.25	1.48 ± 0.18
RH10	160.0 ± 13.2	14.0 ± 2.3	18.5 ± 3.9	106.2 ± 7.6	11.82 ± 3.03	1.51 ± 0.17
Average	192.6	31.9	39.0	101.0	7.7	1.9
Median	207.8	37.8	46.9	101.3	6.3	2.1
Deviation	33.5	16.1	17.8	5.4	3.5	0.4

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method	dV	Slow	Intermediate	Fast	Slow Mach	Fast Mach
MC	105.5 ± 21.3	74.6 ± 4.5	80.3 ± 7.3	123.0 ± 8.8	1.41 ± 0.23	0.86 ± 0.17
VC	148.5 ± 10.4	54.6 ± 2.8	63.7 ± 5.8	133.2 ± 8.1	2.72 ± 0.21	1.12 ± 0.11
MX1	141.6 ± 11.0	50.0 ± 2.5	59.1 ± 5.4	135.0 ± 8.1	2.84 ± 0.25	1.05 ± 0.11
MX2	125.6 ± 11.9	55.0 ± 2.8	64.1 ± 5.8	133.0 ± 8.1	2.28 ± 0.17	0.95 ± 0.10
MX3	126.3 ± 11.4	46.2 ± 2.3	55.1 ± 5.0	136.4 ± 8.0	2.74 ± 0.25	0.93 ± 0.10
RH8	100.5 ± 14.5	20.5 ± 1.0	25.6 ± 2.3	142.5 ± 8.0	4.92 ± 0.81	0.71 ± 0.12
RH9	96.7 ± 15.2	17.2 ± 0.8	21.5 ± 2.0	143.0 ± 8.0	5.65 ± 1.01	0.68 ± 0.13
RH10	99.3 ± 14.8	18.6 ± 0.9	23.3 ± 2.1	142.8 ± 8.0	5.36 ± 0.91	0.70 ± 0.12
Average	118.0	42.1	49.1	136.1	3.5	0.9
Median	125.6	50.0	59.1	136.4	2.8	0.9
Deviation	20.3	21.0	22.4	6.8	1.6	0.2

Survey interval (About, Top)

Key plasma parameters

Velocity

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Shock Speed (About, Top)

Theta Bn (About, Top)