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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20013280551
11/24/2001 328.24439 0551 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)
Year 2001
Fractional day of year 328.244392
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 21115.5 ± 4.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 17.725
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -79.405
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 6.950
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0242
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0275
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 3.24, 7.52, 7.83
Event added to database
Sat Mar 12 22:56:24 2005
Event last processed
Sun Mar 13 11:36:51 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
3.650 ± 0.261

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)
Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -644.4 ± 32.3 -942.9 ± 29.1
Vy GSE [km/s] 43.9 ± 36.8 172.7 ± 32.3
Vz GSE [km/s] -50.8 ± 34.0 -79.1 ± 36.7
Wi [km/s] 84.8 ± 10.3 182.9 ± 30.5
We [km/s] 2680.1 ± 325.5 5784.4 ± 963.7
Ni [n/cc] 4.6 ± 1.2 24.9 ± 3.0
Bx GSE [nT] 0.4 ± 1.2 -2.3 ± 9.7
By GSE [nT] 6.3 ± 3.6 -20.7 ± 22.9
Bz GSE [nT] 2.3 ± 2.9 -16.4 ± 10.4
Plasma Beta
7.681 ± 1.640
1.507 ± 1.218
Sound Speed [km/s]
109.41 ± 13.29
236.15 ± 39.34
Alfven Speed [km/s]
71.43 ± 33.27
159.07 ± 26.79

Best values of shock front normal for each method (About, Top)
Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.943 ± 0.246 0.123 ± 0.844 0.309 ± 0.299 17.99 ± 41.15 172.54 ± 51.23
VC -0.916 ± 0.052 0.390 ± 0.117 -0.094 ± 0.093 -5.38 ± 9.07 156.94 ± 7.31
MX1 -0.939 ± 0.133 0.306 ± 0.386 -0.159 ± 0.158 -9.15 ± 16.21 161.92 ± 23.57
MX2 -0.930 ± 0.036 0.283 ± 0.087 -0.234 ± 0.230 -13.56 ± 6.41 163.08 ± 5.32
MX3 -0.935 ± 0.032 0.267 ± 0.084 -0.232 ± 0.228 -13.43 ± 5.67 164.05 ± 5.10
RH08 -0.972 ± 0.007 0.234 ± 0.029 -0.006 ± 0.006 -0.32 ± 1.33 166.46 ± 1.71
RH09 -0.968 ± 0.017 0.251 ± 0.067 0.006 ± 0.006 0.32 ± 4.05 165.46 ± 3.94
RH10 -0.972 ± 0.016 0.234 ± 0.067 -0.006 ± 0.006 -0.32 ± 4.05 166.46 ± 3.94
Average -0.947 0.261 -0.052 -2.981 164.614
Median -0.939 0.267 -0.006 -0.320 165.460
Deviation 0.021 0.075 0.176 10.210 4.458

Key shock parameters (About, Top)
Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 88.7 ± 23.0 949.1 ± 43.9 5.83 ± 1.76
VC 81.2 ± 14.3 1014.5 ± 43.9 5.83 ± 1.76
MX1 86.1 ± 12.7 1025.7 ± 45.0 5.83 ± 1.76
MX2 87.8 ± 11.2 1019.2 ± 45.6 5.83 ± 1.76
MX3 88.6 ± 11.2 1020.8 ± 45.7 5.83 ± 1.76
RH08 88.6 ± 15.9 1030.9 ± 44.7 5.83 ± 1.76
RH09 87.6 ± 16.2 1029.5 ± 44.4 5.83 ± 1.76
RH10 88.6 ± 15.9 1030.9 ± 44.7 5.83 ± 1.76
Average 87.1 1015.1 5.83
Median 88.6 1025.7 5.83
Deviation 2.6 27.3 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)
Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 351.6 ± 43.7 1.3 ± 0.5 1.6 ± 0.7 132.8 ± 25.6 385.34 ± 348.57 2.68 ± 0.22
VC 402.3 ± 40.8 8.8 ± 3.6 10.9 ± 5.1 132.5 ± 25.4 65.95 ± 63.92 3.09 ± 0.32
MX1 399.3 ± 36.8 3.9 ± 1.6 4.9 ± 2.3 132.7 ± 25.5 147.78 ± 146.63 3.07 ± 0.35
MX2 395.5 ± 33.7 2.2 ± 0.9 2.8 ± 1.3 132.7 ± 25.6 259.61 ± 262.39 3.04 ± 0.38
MX3 394.5 ± 33.4 1.4 ± 0.6 1.8 ± 0.8 132.7 ± 25.6 399.69 ± 404.54 3.03 ± 0.38
RH8 393.8 ± 39.5 1.4 ± 0.6 1.7 ± 0.8 132.7 ± 25.6 403.36 ± 390.85 3.02 ± 0.32
RH9 395.0 ± 40.3 2.4 ± 1.0 2.9 ± 1.4 132.7 ± 25.6 239.58 ± 231.11 3.03 ± 0.31
RH10 393.8 ± 39.5 1.4 ± 0.6 1.7 ± 0.8 132.7 ± 25.6 403.36 ± 390.85 3.02 ± 0.32
Average 390.7 2.9 3.6 132.7 288.1 3.0
Median 395.0 2.2 2.8 132.7 385.3 3.0
Deviation 16.1 2.5 3.2 0.1 131.3 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)
Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 63.1 ± 25.6 2.9 ± 0.4 3.5 ± 0.6 286.5 ± 33.1 22.56 ± 9.49 0.23 ± 0.09
VC 76.1 ± 24.4 19.8 ± 2.6 24.3 ± 4.1 285.8 ± 33.0 3.91 ± 1.44 0.27 ± 0.09
MX1 75.3 ± 26.3 8.9 ± 1.2 10.9 ± 1.8 286.4 ± 33.1 8.68 ± 3.49 0.26 ± 0.09
MX2 74.9 ± 27.8 5.0 ± 0.7 6.2 ± 1.0 286.5 ± 33.1 15.20 ± 6.46 0.26 ± 0.10
MX3 74.4 ± 27.9 3.3 ± 0.4 4.0 ± 0.7 286.5 ± 33.1 23.31 ± 10.00 0.26 ± 0.10
RH8 73.4 ± 25.2 3.2 ± 0.4 3.9 ± 0.7 286.5 ± 33.1 23.72 ± 9.31 0.26 ± 0.09
RH9 74.0 ± 24.8 5.3 ± 0.7 6.6 ± 1.1 286.5 ± 33.1 14.18 ± 5.45 0.26 ± 0.09
RH10 73.4 ± 25.2 3.2 ± 0.4 3.9 ± 0.7 286.5 ± 33.1 23.72 ± 9.31 0.26 ± 0.09
Average 73.1 6.4 7.9 286.4 16.9 0.3
Median 74.4 5.0 6.2 286.5 22.6 0.3
Deviation 4.1 5.8 7.1 0.2 7.7 0.0

Survey interval (About, Top)
Survey of solar wind interval
Selected data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters
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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 12:08:53 2005
Justin C Kasper (jck@mit.edu)