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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20042060532
07/24/2004 206.23108 0532 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)
Year 2004
Fractional day of year 206.231083
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 19965.5 ± 60.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 260.870
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 2.885
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 18.723
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0008
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 20.10, 24.87, 25.40
Event added to database
Sun Mar 13 01:28:48 2005
Event last processed
Sun Mar 13 11:51:39 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
43.973 ± 2.568

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)
Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -492.6 ± 5.2 -560.2 ± 2.5
Vy GSE [km/s] 2.7 ± 4.0 -48.9 ± 7.0
Vz GSE [km/s] 20.0 ± 3.9 -34.1 ± 4.9
Wi [km/s] 18.5 ± 7.6 54.6 ± 2.8
We [km/s] 583.7 ± 241.6 1727.2 ± 87.5
Ni [n/cc] 7.3 ± 2.9 20.9 ± 2.0
Bx GSE [nT] -5.3 ± 0.3 -11.3 ± 0.8
By GSE [nT] -1.2 ± 0.1 0.8 ± 1.7
Bz GSE [nT] 0.1 ± 0.2 8.7 ± 1.4
Plasma Beta
0.155 ± 0.156
0.640 ± 0.652
Sound Speed [km/s]
23.83 ± 9.86
70.51 ± 3.57
Alfven Speed [km/s]
47.46 ± 12.56
68.64 ± 5.01

Best values of shock front normal for each method (About, Top)
Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.805 ± 0.054 -0.381 ± 0.079 -0.454 ± 0.420 -27.02 ± 5.57 205.31 ± 5.46
VC -0.672 ± 0.052 -0.512 ± 0.062 -0.535 ± 0.477 -32.33 ± 3.55 217.31 ± 5.01
MX1 -0.776 ± 0.047 -0.466 ± 0.062 -0.425 ± 0.397 -25.13 ± 4.78 211.00 ± 4.40
MX2 -0.770 ± 0.047 -0.481 ± 0.060 -0.420 ± 0.393 -24.82 ± 4.89 211.97 ± 4.26
MX3 -0.768 ± 0.048 -0.486 ± 0.061 -0.418 ± 0.392 -24.70 ± 4.95 212.31 ± 4.35
RH08 -0.965 ± 0.003 -0.162 ± 0.012 -0.207 ± 0.204 -11.93 ± 0.69 189.53 ± 0.71
RH09 -0.976 ± 0.015 -0.129 ± 0.070 -0.173 ± 0.171 -9.97 ± 4.03 187.52 ± 4.10
RH10 -0.978 ± 0.015 -0.129 ± 0.069 -0.162 ± 0.161 -9.32 ± 4.03 187.52 ± 4.07
Average -0.839 -0.343 -0.349 -20.655 202.810
Median -0.776 -0.381 -0.418 -24.702 211.005
Deviation 0.118 0.173 0.145 8.859 12.546

Key shock parameters (About, Top)
Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 30.9 ± 1.8 549.0 ± 35.9 3.36 ± 1.44
VC 40.8 ± 1.6 485.2 ± 36.6 3.36 ± 1.44
MX1 31.8 ± 1.6 537.3 ± 36.2 3.36 ± 1.44
MX2 32.1 ± 1.5 534.7 ± 36.3 3.36 ± 1.44
MX3 32.2 ± 1.5 533.7 ± 36.3 3.36 ± 1.44
RH08 13.9 ± 2.3 612.8 ± 31.2 3.36 ± 1.44
RH09 12.8 ± 2.4 614.6 ± 30.3 3.36 ± 1.44
RH10 12.2 ± 2.4 614.9 ± 30.1 3.36 ± 1.44
Average 25.8 560.3 3.36
Median 31.8 549.0 3.36
Deviation 11.1 48.3 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)
Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 162.5 ± 4.3 19.5 ± 7.9 40.7 ± 10.8 49.5 ± 13.4 9.92 ± 4.84 3.49 ± 0.90
VC 166.2 ± 4.0 16.8 ± 6.7 35.9 ± 9.5 50.5 ± 13.8 11.69 ± 5.56 3.50 ± 0.90
MX1 164.8 ± 4.2 19.3 ± 7.8 40.3 ± 10.7 49.6 ± 13.4 10.17 ± 4.94 3.54 ± 0.91
MX2 165.1 ± 4.2 19.2 ± 7.7 40.2 ± 10.6 49.6 ± 13.4 10.23 ± 4.96 3.54 ± 0.91
MX3 165.2 ± 4.2 19.2 ± 7.7 40.2 ± 10.6 49.7 ± 13.4 10.24 ± 4.97 3.54 ± 0.91
RH8 142.0 ± 4.8 22.8 ± 9.4 46.1 ± 12.2 48.0 ± 12.8 7.50 ± 3.82 3.15 ± 0.83
RH9 137.4 ± 4.9 23.0 ± 9.5 46.3 ± 12.3 47.9 ± 12.7 7.22 ± 3.69 3.05 ± 0.81
RH10 136.5 ± 4.9 23.1 ± 9.5 46.4 ± 12.3 47.9 ± 12.7 7.15 ± 3.66 3.04 ± 0.80
Average 155.0 20.4 42.0 49.1 9.3 3.4
Median 164.8 19.5 40.7 49.6 10.2 3.5
Deviation 13.6 2.3 3.8 1.0 1.7 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)
Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 63.8 ± 3.2 48.4 ± 2.7 58.9 ± 4.3 85.7 ± 4.4 1.32 ± 0.13 0.75 ± 0.07
VC 65.4 ± 3.8 40.8 ± 2.3 51.9 ± 3.8 89.6 ± 4.6 1.61 ± 0.16 0.73 ± 0.07
MX1 65.4 ± 3.4 47.7 ± 2.7 58.3 ± 4.3 86.1 ± 4.4 1.37 ± 0.13 0.76 ± 0.07
MX2 65.6 ± 3.5 47.5 ± 2.6 58.2 ± 4.2 86.2 ± 4.4 1.39 ± 0.13 0.76 ± 0.07
MX3 65.6 ± 3.5 47.5 ± 2.6 58.1 ± 4.2 86.3 ± 4.4 1.39 ± 0.13 0.76 ± 0.07
RH8 57.3 ± 2.5 60.3 ± 3.5 66.6 ± 4.9 77.8 ± 3.8 0.95 ± 0.09 0.74 ± 0.06
RH9 55.4 ± 2.5 61.0 ± 3.6 66.9 ± 4.9 77.2 ± 3.7 0.91 ± 0.09 0.72 ± 0.06
RH10 55.0 ± 2.4 61.4 ± 3.6 67.1 ± 4.9 77.0 ± 3.7 0.90 ± 0.08 0.72 ± 0.06
Average 61.7 51.8 60.8 83.2 1.2 0.7
Median 65.4 48.4 58.9 86.1 1.4 0.7
Deviation 4.9 7.9 5.5 5.0 0.3 0.0

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 12:08:54 2005
Justin C Kasper (jck@mit.edu)