MIT Space Plasma Group Interplanetary Shock Analysis Pages Database: Wind Shock Analysis Event ID: 20003020646 10/28/2000 302.28203 0646 [UT]

General Information (About, Top)

Year	2000
Fractional day of year	302.282031
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day]	24367.5 ± 3.0
Shock type	FF
Electron data availability	0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	48.639
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	-181.977
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	5.110
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis	0009
Upstream field points selected for analysis	0283
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis	0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis	0260
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10	4.36, 10.14, 10.45
Event added to database	Sat Mar 12 22:07:11 2005
Event last processed	Sun Mar 13 11:26:33 2005
Method selected	RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]	11.109 ± 0.705

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter	Upstream	Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s]	-316.0 ± 3.8	-365.9 ± 3.5
Vy GSE [km/s]	-32.4 ± 1.7	-43.0 ± 3.2
Vz GSE [km/s]	-1.0 ± 5.8	10.3 ± 7.0
Wi [km/s]	25.8 ± 2.3	32.8 ± 4.2
We [km/s]	816.2 ± 73.9	1036.3 ± 133.7
Ni [n/cc]	4.0 ± 0.5	7.9 ± 0.7
Bx GSE [nT]	-2.4 ± 0.4	-2.5 ± 0.3
By GSE [nT]	3.7 ± 0.3	7.0 ± 0.5
Bz GSE [nT]	1.8 ± 0.5	0.5 ± 1.0
Plasma Beta	0.243 ± 0.224	0.329 ± 0.269
Sound Speed [km/s]	33.32 ± 3.02	42.31 ± 5.46
Alfven Speed [km/s]	53.09 ± 3.69	58.22 ± 3.38

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

Method	Nx	Ny	Nz	Theta [degrees]	Phi [degrees]
MC	-0.674 ± 0.194	0.337 ± 0.229	0.658 ± 0.541	41.14 ± 15.70	153.44 ± 18.26
VC	-0.957 ± 0.034	-0.205 ± 0.064	0.207 ± 0.204	11.97 ± 8.72	192.08 ± 3.80
MX1	-0.945 ± 0.052	0.150 ± 0.199	0.291 ± 0.282	16.89 ± 8.24	170.98 ± 12.03
MX2	-0.976 ± 0.026	0.085 ± 0.130	0.202 ± 0.200	11.68 ± 6.52	175.05 ± 7.62
MX3	-0.992 ± 0.015	0.040 ± 0.108	0.120 ± 0.119	6.87 ± 6.90	177.70 ± 6.23
RH08	-0.998 ± 0.001	-0.026 ± 0.013	0.050 ± 0.050	2.88 ± 0.82	181.50 ± 0.75
RH09	-0.998 ± 0.004	-0.009 ± 0.069	-0.061 ± 0.061	-3.52 ± 4.03	180.50 ± 3.95
RH10	-0.996 ± 0.006	-0.009 ± 0.069	-0.084 ± 0.084	-4.81 ± 4.02	180.50 ± 3.99
Average	-0.942	0.045	0.173	10.388	176.469
Median	-0.976	0.040	0.202	11.682	180.501
Deviation	0.110	0.156	0.236	14.565	11.121

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method	ThetaBn	Shock Speed	Compression
MC	32.6 ± 4.7	274.2 ± 19.5	2.07 ± 0.24
VC	66.2 ± 4.9	413.7 ± 17.5	2.07 ± 0.24
MX1	45.4 ± 4.8	390.9 ± 17.9	2.07 ± 0.24
MX2	50.5 ± 5.1	405.2 ± 17.2	2.07 ± 0.24
MX3	54.6 ± 5.4	411.9 ± 16.5	2.07 ± 0.24
RH08	59.6 ± 5.5	416.7 ± 15.9	2.07 ± 0.24
RH09	61.3 ± 5.9	413.2 ± 14.7	2.07 ± 0.24
RH10	61.9 ± 5.9	412.3 ± 14.5	2.07 ± 0.24
Average	54.0	392.3	2.07
Median	59.6	412.3	2.07
Deviation	10.9	48.4	0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method	dV	Slow	Intermediate	Fast	Slow Mach	Fast Mach
MC	72.9 ± 5.3	26.0 ± 1.8	44.7 ± 3.1	57.1 ± 3.1	2.81 ± 0.31	1.28 ± 0.10
VC	105.0 ± 4.1	11.5 ± 0.7	21.5 ± 1.5	61.7 ± 2.9	9.13 ± 0.73	1.71 ± 0.11
MX1	97.4 ± 4.4	20.9 ± 1.3	37.3 ± 2.6	59.2 ± 2.9	4.67 ± 0.41	1.65 ± 0.11
MX2	99.8 ± 4.2	18.7 ± 1.1	33.8 ± 2.3	59.9 ± 2.9	5.36 ± 0.46	1.67 ± 0.11
MX3	99.8 ± 4.0	16.9 ± 1.0	30.8 ± 2.1	60.5 ± 2.9	5.93 ± 0.50	1.66 ± 0.11
RH8	100.4 ± 3.9	14.6 ± 0.9	26.9 ± 1.9	61.0 ± 2.9	6.89 ± 0.57	1.65 ± 0.11
RH9	97.5 ± 3.7	13.8 ± 0.8	25.5 ± 1.8	61.2 ± 2.9	7.09 ± 0.59	1.60 ± 0.11
RH10	97.0 ± 3.7	13.5 ± 0.8	25.0 ± 1.7	61.3 ± 2.9	7.19 ± 0.60	1.59 ± 0.11
Average	96.2	17.0	30.7	60.2	6.1	1.6
Median	99.8	16.9	30.8	61.0	6.9	1.7
Deviation	9.8	4.7	7.6	1.5	1.9	0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method	dV	Slow	Intermediate	Fast	Slow Mach	Fast Mach
MC	35.4 ± 6.3	31.9 ± 2.8	49.0 ± 2.8	64.7 ± 2.6	1.12 ± 0.24	0.55 ± 0.10
VC	52.8 ± 4.4	14.0 ± 1.1	23.5 ± 1.4	70.8 ± 3.0	3.81 ± 0.53	0.75 ± 0.08
MX1	48.6 ± 4.7	25.5 ± 2.0	40.9 ± 2.4	67.5 ± 2.8	1.92 ± 0.28	0.72 ± 0.08
MX2	49.8 ± 4.3	22.8 ± 1.8	37.0 ± 2.1	68.5 ± 2.9	2.21 ± 0.31	0.73 ± 0.08
MX3	49.5 ± 4.0	20.5 ± 1.6	33.7 ± 2.0	69.2 ± 2.9	2.43 ± 0.33	0.72 ± 0.07
RH8	49.8 ± 3.7	17.8 ± 1.4	29.5 ± 1.7	69.9 ± 3.0	2.82 ± 0.38	0.71 ± 0.07
RH9	48.3 ± 3.4	16.7 ± 1.3	27.9 ± 1.6	70.2 ± 3.0	2.91 ± 0.37	0.69 ± 0.06
RH10	48.2 ± 3.3	16.4 ± 1.3	27.4 ± 1.6	70.3 ± 3.0	2.96 ± 0.38	0.69 ± 0.06
Average	47.8	20.7	33.6	68.9	2.5	0.7
Median	49.5	20.5	33.7	69.9	2.8	0.7
Deviation	5.2	5.9	8.4	2.0	0.8	0.1

Survey interval (About, Top)

Key plasma parameters

Velocity

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Shock Speed (About, Top)

Theta Bn (About, Top)