MIT Space Plasma Group Interplanetary Shock Analysis Pages Database: Wind Shock Analysis Event ID: 20043121759 11/07/2004 312.74937 1759 [UT]

General Information (About, Top)

Year	2004
Fractional day of year	312.749366
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day]	64745.2 ± 60.0
Shock type	FF
Electron data availability	0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	198.977
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	54.615
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	-9.202
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	17.90, 23.14, 24.60
Event added to database	Sun Mar 13 01:33:36 2005
Event last processed	Sun Mar 13 11:54:29 2005
Method selected	RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]	28.910 ± 1.170

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter	Upstream	Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s]	-448.6 ± 7.9	-619.8 ± 15.1
Vy GSE [km/s]	32.1 ± 4.3	-18.3 ± 7.0
Vz GSE [km/s]	33.8 ± 8.6	15.4 ± 6.5
Wi [km/s]	94.9 ± 4.6	127.2 ± 7.0
We [km/s]	3000.6 ± 145.6	4022.6 ± 220.0
Ni [n/cc]	18.1 ± 0.8	41.0 ± 5.4
Bx GSE [nT]	-9.1 ± 1.2	-5.3 ± 4.6
By GSE [nT]	7.0 ± 0.9	14.8 ± 2.1
Bz GSE [nT]	15.4 ± 1.0	40.5 ± 1.2
Plasma Beta	0.930 ± 0.924	0.737 ± 0.721
Sound Speed [km/s]	122.50 ± 5.94	164.22 ± 8.98
Alfven Speed [km/s]	98.75 ± 4.42	149.79 ± 11.35

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

Method	Nx	Ny	Nz	Theta [degrees]	Phi [degrees]
MC	-0.973 ± 0.039	0.212 ± 0.165	0.088 ± 0.087	5.03 ± 9.48	167.69 ± 9.72
VC	-0.953 ± 0.017	-0.284 ± 0.055	-0.104 ± 0.104	-5.97 ± 3.42	196.60 ± 3.30
MX1	-0.976 ± 0.028	-0.115 ± 0.079	0.183 ± 0.181	10.57 ± 8.15	186.74 ± 4.61
MX2	-0.965 ± 0.030	-0.173 ± 0.056	0.196 ± 0.193	11.28 ± 8.53	190.17 ± 3.32
MX3	-0.956 ± 0.033	-0.214 ± 0.061	0.203 ± 0.201	11.73 ± 8.77	192.60 ± 3.61
RH08	-0.977 ± 0.002	-0.164 ± 0.000	0.140 ± 0.139	8.03 ± 0.65	189.53 ± 0.00
RH09	-0.970 ± 0.017	-0.145 ± 0.070	0.196 ± 0.193	11.28 ± 3.96	188.52 ± 4.16
RH10	-0.965 ± 0.018	-0.145 ± 0.070	0.218 ± 0.214	12.58 ± 3.96	188.52 ± 4.17
Average	-0.967	-0.128	0.140	8.065	187.547
Median	-0.965	-0.145	0.196	11.276	189.526
Deviation	0.009	0.147	0.107	6.178	8.579

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method	ThetaBn	Shock Speed	Compression
MC	52.6 ± 4.0	727.1 ± 25.4	2.27 ± 0.34
VC	74.7 ± 4.1	736.8 ± 28.3	2.27 ± 0.34
MX1	55.5 ± 4.1	747.9 ± 27.6	2.27 ± 0.34
MX2	56.6 ± 4.1	742.7 ± 27.8	2.27 ± 0.34
MX3	57.5 ± 4.1	737.1 ± 27.9	2.27 ± 0.34
RH08	59.0 ± 4.1	750.2 ± 27.9	2.27 ± 0.34
RH09	55.8 ± 4.1	744.9 ± 27.7	2.27 ± 0.34
RH10	54.6 ± 4.1	741.3 ± 27.6	2.27 ± 0.34
Average	58.3	741.0	2.27
Median	56.6	742.7	2.27
Deviation	6.9	7.3	0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method	dV	Slow	Intermediate	Fast	Slow Mach	Fast Mach
MC	280.7 ± 9.1	49.1 ± 1.7	60.0 ± 2.7	149.5 ± 5.4	5.72 ± 0.36	1.88 ± 0.11
VC	321.8 ± 5.9	20.5 ± 0.7	26.1 ± 1.2	156.1 ± 5.5	15.74 ± 0.75	2.06 ± 0.09
MX1	307.4 ± 8.5	45.5 ± 1.6	56.0 ± 2.5	150.7 ± 5.4	6.77 ± 0.39	2.04 ± 0.11
MX2	308.5 ± 8.3	44.0 ± 1.5	54.4 ± 2.4	151.1 ± 5.4	7.02 ± 0.40	2.04 ± 0.11
MX3	308.4 ± 8.1	42.9 ± 1.5	53.1 ± 2.4	151.5 ± 5.4	7.21 ± 0.41	2.04 ± 0.11
RH8	312.6 ± 8.0	40.9 ± 1.4	50.8 ± 2.3	152.0 ± 5.4	7.66 ± 0.43	2.06 ± 0.11
RH9	307.8 ± 8.4	45.1 ± 1.6	55.6 ± 2.5	150.8 ± 5.4	6.84 ± 0.39	2.04 ± 0.11
RH10	305.6 ± 8.6	46.5 ± 1.6	57.1 ± 2.6	150.4 ± 5.4	6.58 ± 0.38	2.04 ± 0.11
Average	306.6	41.8	51.6	151.5	7.9	2.0
Median	308.4	45.1	55.6	151.1	7.0	2.0
Deviation	11.7	9.0	10.7	2.0	3.2	0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method	dV	Slow	Intermediate	Fast	Slow Mach	Fast Mach
MC	126.4 ± 15.6	70.7 ± 2.8	91.1 ± 6.9	211.0 ± 7.8	1.79 ± 0.22	0.60 ± 0.08
VC	142.5 ± 13.6	29.4 ± 1.1	39.6 ± 3.0	220.6 ± 8.1	4.85 ± 0.48	0.65 ± 0.07
MX1	137.9 ± 14.5	65.4 ± 2.5	84.9 ± 6.4	212.7 ± 7.8	2.11 ± 0.23	0.65 ± 0.07
MX2	138.2 ± 14.2	63.3 ± 2.5	82.5 ± 6.2	213.4 ± 7.8	2.19 ± 0.23	0.65 ± 0.07
MX3	137.9 ± 13.9	61.7 ± 2.4	80.5 ± 6.1	213.8 ± 7.9	2.24 ± 0.23	0.65 ± 0.07
RH8	139.9 ± 14.3	58.8 ± 2.3	77.0 ± 5.8	214.6 ± 7.9	2.38 ± 0.25	0.65 ± 0.07
RH9	138.1 ± 14.3	64.9 ± 2.5	84.3 ± 6.4	212.9 ± 7.8	2.13 ± 0.23	0.65 ± 0.07
RH10	137.1 ± 14.3	66.9 ± 2.6	86.7 ± 6.6	212.3 ± 7.8	2.05 ± 0.22	0.65 ± 0.07
Average	137.3	60.1	78.3	213.9	2.5	0.6
Median	138.1	64.9	84.3	213.4	2.2	0.6
Deviation	4.7	12.9	16.2	2.9	1.0	0.0

Survey interval (About, Top)

Key plasma parameters

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Shock Speed (About, Top)

Theta Bn (About, Top)