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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20022132309
08/01/2002 213.96467 2309 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)
Year 2002
Fractional day of year 213.964670
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 83347.5 ± 3.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 18.844
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 85.972
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 4.712
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0260
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0204
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 5.75, 28.74, 29.66
Event added to database
Sat Mar 12 23:14:20 2005
Event last processed
Sun Mar 13 11:39:55 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
4.205 ± 0.260

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)
Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -434.8 ± 2.0 -469.3 ± 2.2
Vy GSE [km/s] -2.0 ± 0.7 2.8 ± 4.3
Vz GSE [km/s] -4.1 ± 0.7 -15.4 ± 2.0
Wi [km/s] 15.3 ± 0.4 25.1 ± 2.3
We [km/s] 482.4 ± 11.4 792.4 ± 73.6
Ni [n/cc] 12.1 ± 0.2 24.8 ± 1.4
Bx GSE [nT] -3.8 ± 0.5 -3.9 ± 0.5
By GSE [nT] -5.1 ± 0.4 -12.5 ± 1.1
Bz GSE [nT] 5.7 ± 0.3 7.3 ± 0.6
Plasma Beta
0.081 ± 0.080
0.152 ± 0.133
Sound Speed [km/s]
19.69 ± 0.47
32.35 ± 3.01
Alfven Speed [km/s]
53.70 ± 0.50
65.90 ± 5.20

Best values of shock front normal for each method (About, Top)
Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.651 ± 0.132 0.165 ± 0.097 0.741 ± 0.560 47.81 ± 10.34 165.78 ± 8.01
VC -0.942 ± 0.024 0.132 ± 0.109 -0.310 ± 0.300 -18.05 ± 3.39 172.04 ± 6.65
MX1 -0.990 ± 0.024 -0.013 ± 0.078 -0.142 ± 0.141 -8.15 ± 9.72 180.77 ± 4.50
MX2 -0.980 ± 0.026 -0.030 ± 0.089 -0.199 ± 0.196 -11.45 ± 7.50 181.74 ± 5.22
MX3 -0.965 ± 0.022 -0.048 ± 0.106 -0.258 ± 0.252 -14.93 ± 4.84 182.87 ± 6.27
RH08 -0.993 ± 0.002 -0.009 ± 0.013 -0.117 ± 0.117 -6.74 ± 0.93 180.50 ± 0.75
RH09 -0.978 ± 0.014 -0.026 ± 0.071 -0.207 ± 0.204 -11.93 ± 3.97 181.50 ± 4.16
RH10 -0.978 ± 0.014 -0.026 ± 0.071 -0.207 ± 0.204 -11.93 ± 3.97 181.50 ± 4.16
Average -0.935 0.018 -0.087 -4.422 178.339
Median -0.978 -0.013 -0.199 -11.455 181.504
Deviation 0.116 0.082 0.340 21.399 6.095

Key shock parameters (About, Top)
Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 46.4 ± 3.6 310.0 ± 5.5 2.06 ± 0.12
VC 82.1 ± 3.5 483.7 ± 7.3 2.06 ± 0.12
MX1 69.1 ± 3.5 503.0 ± 7.8 2.06 ± 0.12
MX2 71.1 ± 3.4 499.5 ± 7.9 2.06 ± 0.12
MX3 73.2 ± 3.4 493.9 ± 7.9 2.06 ± 0.12
RH08 68.2 ± 3.5 503.9 ± 7.8 2.06 ± 0.12
RH09 71.6 ± 3.4 499.0 ± 7.9 2.06 ± 0.12
RH10 71.6 ± 3.4 499.0 ± 7.9 2.06 ± 0.12
Average 69.2 474.0 2.06
Median 71.6 499.0 2.06
Deviation 10.1 66.6 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)
Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 30.3 ± 1.0 13.1 ± 0.3 37.0 ± 0.3 55.7 ± 0.4 2.31 ± 0.07 0.54 ± 0.02
VC 73.3 ± 2.1 2.5 ± 0.1 7.4 ± 0.1 57.1 ± 0.4 28.91 ± 0.79 1.28 ± 0.04
MX1 72.0 ± 2.1 6.6 ± 0.1 19.2 ± 0.2 56.8 ± 0.4 10.85 ± 0.29 1.27 ± 0.04
MX2 72.7 ± 2.1 6.0 ± 0.1 17.4 ± 0.2 56.9 ± 0.4 12.08 ± 0.32 1.28 ± 0.04
MX3 73.1 ± 2.1 5.4 ± 0.1 15.5 ± 0.1 57.0 ± 0.4 13.63 ± 0.36 1.28 ± 0.04
RH8 71.6 ± 2.1 6.9 ± 0.1 20.0 ± 0.2 56.8 ± 0.4 10.35 ± 0.28 1.26 ± 0.04
RH9 72.8 ± 2.1 5.9 ± 0.1 16.9 ± 0.2 56.9 ± 0.4 12.42 ± 0.33 1.28 ± 0.04
RH10 72.8 ± 2.1 5.9 ± 0.1 16.9 ± 0.2 56.9 ± 0.4 12.42 ± 0.33 1.28 ± 0.04
Average 67.3 6.5 18.8 56.8 12.9 1.2
Median 72.8 6.0 17.4 56.9 12.4 1.3
Deviation 15.0 3.0 8.3 0.4 7.4 0.3

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)
Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 15.4 ± 2.6 20.8 ± 1.4 45.4 ± 3.6 70.5 ± 3.9 0.75 ± 0.13 0.22 ± 0.04
VC 36.6 ± 1.7 4.0 ± 0.2 9.0 ± 0.7 73.4 ± 3.5 9.26 ± 0.40 0.50 ± 0.05
MX1 36.3 ± 2.1 10.4 ± 0.6 23.5 ± 1.9 72.8 ± 3.5 3.49 ± 0.15 0.50 ± 0.05
MX2 36.8 ± 2.1 9.4 ± 0.6 21.3 ± 1.7 72.9 ± 3.5 3.90 ± 0.15 0.51 ± 0.06
MX3 37.1 ± 2.2 8.4 ± 0.5 19.0 ± 1.5 73.1 ± 3.5 4.42 ± 0.15 0.51 ± 0.06
RH8 36.1 ± 2.1 10.9 ± 0.6 24.5 ± 1.9 72.7 ± 3.6 3.33 ± 0.15 0.50 ± 0.05
RH9 36.8 ± 2.1 9.2 ± 0.5 20.8 ± 1.6 73.0 ± 3.5 4.01 ± 0.15 0.51 ± 0.05
RH10 36.8 ± 2.1 9.2 ± 0.5 20.8 ± 1.6 73.0 ± 3.5 4.01 ± 0.15 0.51 ± 0.05
Average 34.0 10.3 23.1 72.7 4.1 0.5
Median 36.8 9.4 21.3 73.0 4.0 0.5
Deviation 7.5 4.7 10.2 0.9 2.4 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 12:08:53 2005
Justin C Kasper (jck@mit.edu)