Bowshock Browser

Scatter Plots for Bow Shock Parameters
This interface enables users to generate scatter plots of any one of a subset of the parameters in the bow shock database against any other parameter of the subset, for only that subset of crossings in which the values of any user-specified combination of parameters satisfy user-specified numeric ranges.

An obvious application is to plot the (X,Y) values of the crossings for selected ranges of Z and any other parameters (e.g., flow pressure).

Descriptions of all the words are available from the main bow shock page.

Please enter your selections and then click on the Submit button below.

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Spacecraft:
IMP-8  (1973-10-31 - 2000-06-09)
Geotail  (1995-01-01 - 1997-11-02)
Magion-4  (1996-02-01 - 1997-07-31)
Cluster  (2001-02-02 - 2002-05-20)

* Enter start and stop dates(Use yyyyddd or yyyymmdd)
  1    Start      Stop

*Select variables
[Use boxes to specify range for any parameter(s).]
Name X/Y axes Format Optional values:
Low    High
Bow shock crossing location
7. Xgse X Y F6.1   
8. Ygse X Y F6.1   
9. Zgse X Y F6.1   
10. Ygsm X Y F6.1   
11. Zgsm X Y F6.1   
Upstream parameters observed (except as noted)
12. Bxgse X Y F6.1   
13. Bygse X Y F6.1   
14. Bzgse X Y F6.1   
15. Bygsm X Y F6.1   
16. Bzgsm X Y F6.1   
17. -Vxgse X Y F7.1   
18. -Vygse X Y F7.1   
19. -Vzgse X Y F7.1   
20. Upstream density X Y F6.1   
21*. Dwnstrm density X Y F6.1   
22. Temperature X Y I8   
23. Timespan X Y I5   
24. IMF magnitude X Y F6.1   
25. Flow speed X Y F7.1   
Upstream parameters computed
26. Sound speed X Y F7.1   
27. Alfven speed X Y F7.1   
28. M'sonic speed X Y F7.1   
29. Sonic Mach # X Y F5.1   
30. Alfven Mach # X Y F6.1   
31. M'sonic Mach # X Y F5.1   
32. Plasma beta X Y F8.2   
33. Flow pressure X Y F6.2   
34*. Shock strength X Y F4.1   
35. IMF cone angle X Y I4   
36. IMF clock angle X Y I4   
Extra IMP8-specific flags
39*. X'ng sequence # X Y I3   
40*. X'ng direction X Y I2   
41*. Observation flag X Y I2   
42*. Shock cleanliness X Y I2   
43*. Upstrm cleanliness X Y I2   
*Note: Parameters 21,23,34,39-43 are available for IMP8 only

*Advanced plot selections (optional)
View Mode: Character size(0.5-2.0):
Image size (pixels): X: Y: Symbol Size(0.1-4.0):

* FEEDBACK

Logo If you have any questions/comments about this service contact: Dr. Natalia Papitashvili, SPDF, Mail Code 672, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
NASA Official: Robert Candey (Robert.M.Candey@nasa.gov), Head of the Space Physics Data Facility