MIT Space Plasma Group Interplanetary Shock Analysis Pages Database: Wind Shock Analysis Event ID: 20043140925 11/09/2004 314.39274 0925 [UT]

General Information (About, Top)

Year	2004
Fractional day of year	314.392738
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day]	33932.5 ± 60.0
Shock type	FF
Electron data availability	0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	199.677
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	59.750
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re]	-8.293
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis	0010
Upstream field points selected for analysis	0010
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis	0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis	0007
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10	4.07, 8.53, 8.71
Event added to database	Sun Mar 13 01:34:46 2005
Event last processed	Sun Mar 13 11:55:25 2005
Method selected	RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]	25.516 ± 1.002

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter	Upstream	Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s]	-586.1 ± 18.4	-743.0 ± 9.8
Vy GSE [km/s]	-0.3 ± 11.2	-1.0 ± 25.0
Vz GSE [km/s]	-34.3 ± 20.7	-167.5 ± 15.1
Wi [km/s]	28.0 ± 9.5	97.6 ± 29.5
We [km/s]	884.6 ± 300.0	3087.2 ± 931.9
Ni [n/cc]	0.8 ± 0.3	5.4 ± 0.5
Bx GSE [nT]	-2.3 ± 0.8	-1.0 ± 1.9
By GSE [nT]	3.7 ± 0.9	12.1 ± 1.1
Bz GSE [nT]	-0.1 ± 0.8	1.3 ± 2.5
Plasma Beta	0.076 ± 0.073	0.806 ± 0.744
Sound Speed [km/s]	36.11 ± 12.25	126.04 ± 38.05
Alfven Speed [km/s]	111.56 ± 21.49	118.31 ± 11.47

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

Method	Nx	Ny	Nz	Theta [degrees]	Phi [degrees]
MC	-0.934 ± 0.134	0.336 ± 0.336	-0.123 ± 0.122	-7.05 ± 28.81	160.23 ± 20.58
VC	-0.768 ± 0.060	-0.003 ± 0.124	-0.640 ± 0.534	-39.82 ± 5.39	180.19 ± 9.25
MX1	-0.802 ± 0.098	0.202 ± 0.135	-0.562 ± 0.494	-34.21 ± 9.65	165.86 ± 9.49
MX2	-0.775 ± 0.078	0.196 ± 0.126	-0.601 ± 0.515	-36.94 ± 7.03	165.78 ± 9.21
MX3	-0.766 ± 0.075	0.195 ± 0.124	-0.613 ± 0.521	-37.79 ± 6.60	165.69 ± 9.18
RH08	-0.985 ± 0.004	0.078 ± 0.013	-0.151 ± 0.150	-8.68 ± 1.40	175.49 ± 0.77
RH09	-0.963 ± 0.019	0.093 ± 0.071	-0.251 ± 0.246	-14.56 ± 3.99	174.48 ± 4.20
RH10	-0.966 ± 0.018	0.093 ± 0.070	-0.240 ± 0.235	-13.90 ± 3.98	174.48 ± 4.17
Average	-0.870	0.149	-0.398	-24.118	170.276
Median	-0.802	0.195	-0.251	-14.560	174.485
Deviation	0.100	0.104	0.226	14.268	6.789

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method	ThetaBn	Shock Speed	Compression
MC	39.8 ± 13.5	746.3 ± 19.6	6.65 ± 1.76
VC	65.4 ± 14.9	715.7 ± 22.9	6.65 ± 1.76
MX1	52.9 ± 14.8	728.5 ± 23.8	6.65 ± 1.76
MX2	54.2 ± 14.8	715.3 ± 24.1	6.65 ± 1.76
MX3	54.6 ± 14.8	710.6 ± 24.2	6.65 ± 1.76
RH08	54.5 ± 13.9	789.1 ± 18.5	6.65 ± 1.76
RH09	54.1 ± 14.3	791.8 ± 19.9	6.65 ± 1.76
RH10	54.0 ± 14.3	791.7 ± 19.7	6.65 ± 1.76
Average	53.7	748.6	6.65
Median	54.2	746.3	6.65
Deviation	6.9	36.7	0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method	dV	Slow	Intermediate	Fast	Slow Mach	Fast Mach
MC	194.9 ± 16.7	26.8 ± 8.6	85.7 ± 16.5	114.5 ± 20.9	8.01 ± 2.74	1.75 ± 0.32
VC	243.6 ± 20.5	14.2 ± 4.3	46.4 ± 8.9	117.0 ± 20.7	18.80 ± 6.04	2.13 ± 0.39
MX1	239.3 ± 19.3	20.8 ± 6.5	67.3 ± 13.0	115.9 ± 20.8	12.64 ± 4.17	2.12 ± 0.38
MX2	240.6 ± 19.4	20.1 ± 6.3	65.3 ± 12.6	116.1 ± 20.8	13.12 ± 4.32	2.12 ± 0.38
MX3	240.9 ± 19.5	19.9 ± 6.2	64.7 ± 12.5	116.1 ± 20.8	13.25 ± 4.36	2.13 ± 0.38
RH8	206.4 ± 18.4	20.0 ± 6.2	64.8 ± 12.5	116.1 ± 20.8	11.33 ± 3.73	1.82 ± 0.35
RH9	218.6 ± 18.7	20.2 ± 6.3	65.4 ± 12.6	116.1 ± 20.8	11.90 ± 3.91	1.93 ± 0.36
RH10	217.2 ± 18.6	20.2 ± 6.3	65.5 ± 12.6	116.1 ± 20.8	11.79 ± 3.88	1.92 ± 0.36
Average	225.2	20.3	65.6	116.0	12.6	2.0
Median	239.3	20.2	65.4	116.1	12.6	2.1
Deviation	18.5	3.4	10.5	0.7	3.0	0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method	dV	Slow	Intermediate	Fast	Slow Mach	Fast Mach
MC	32.2 ± 15.0	68.9 ± 9.8	90.9 ± 8.8	161.4 ± 20.7	0.50 ± 0.29	0.21 ± 0.11
VC	37.7 ± 16.1	34.9 ± 4.8	49.2 ± 4.8	172.1 ± 21.5	1.12 ± 0.55	0.23 ± 0.10
MX1	38.7 ± 18.0	52.0 ± 7.2	71.3 ± 6.9	167.6 ± 21.1	0.78 ± 0.44	0.24 ± 0.12
MX2	39.2 ± 18.3	50.3 ± 7.0	69.2 ± 6.7	168.2 ± 21.1	0.82 ± 0.46	0.24 ± 0.12
MX3	39.2 ± 18.4	49.8 ± 6.9	68.6 ± 6.7	168.3 ± 21.2	0.83 ± 0.46	0.24 ± 0.12
RH8	31.7 ± 12.1	49.9 ± 6.9	68.8 ± 6.7	168.3 ± 21.2	0.66 ± 0.30	0.19 ± 0.08
RH9	34.0 ± 13.4	50.4 ± 7.0	69.3 ± 6.7	168.1 ± 21.1	0.70 ± 0.33	0.21 ± 0.09
RH10	33.6 ± 13.3	50.5 ± 7.0	69.5 ± 6.7	168.1 ± 21.1	0.69 ± 0.33	0.21 ± 0.09
Average	35.8	50.8	69.6	167.8	0.8	0.2
Median	37.7	50.4	69.3	168.2	0.8	0.2
Deviation	3.2	9.1	11.2	2.9	0.2	0.0

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Key plasma parameters

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Shock Speed (About, Top)

Theta Bn (About, Top)