Shock database

The SHARP shock database is open for everyone to use. When using the data in publications of any form please use the following acknowledgment:

"The shock parameters were obtained from https://sharp.fmi.fi/shock-database/ and developed in the SHARP project, funded by the European Union under grant agreement number 101004131."

Download the entire database of shocks: in XML file in CSV file
Download plots of all shocks: in TAR file

If you have further questions, suggestions, bug reports, or other comments on the database or this webpage, please feel free to contact:
Ahmad Lalti: ahmadl at irfu.se (MMS shocks)
Andrew Dimmock: andrew.dimmock at irfu.se (general)
Michael Gedalin: gedalin at bgu.ac.il (THEMIS shocks, general)
Max van de Kamp: max.van.de.kamp at fmi.fi (MAVEN and VEX shocks, this webpage)

Shock database selection

Build your shock database.
To see a list of all available data (6112 shocks), click 'Submit' without selecting anything.
To limit and specialise your database, select any spacecraft mission and/or adjust any parameter range, before clicking 'Submit'.
If 'Include shocks without ... value' for a certain parameter is unchecked, shocks where the corresponding parameter value is unavailable will not be included.
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Observing spacecraft(s):
MMS - Terrestrial bow shocks
MAVEN - Martian bow shocks
VEX - Venusian bow shocks
THEMIS B&C ('Artemis' since 2010) - interplanetary shocks
CLUSTER - Terrestrial bow shocks
(If none selected, all will be included.)

Data mode: Only shocks including burst mode data (available for MMS only) All data

Direction: Inbound Outbound
(If none selected, all will be included.)
Include shocks without direction value

Adjust one or more parameter ranges:
(The pre-filled default values correspond to the lowest and highest values in the current database.)

		Lower limit	Upper limit
	Date / time			Include shocks without date/time value
ΔR	Separation between observations of same constellation min mean max	km	km	Include shocks without ΔR value
MA	Shock Alfvén Mach number			Include shocks without MA value
Mf	Shock fast mode Mach number			Include shocks without Mf value
θBn	Angle between the shock normal and upstream magnetic field	deg	deg	Include shocks without θBn value
|Vus|	Plasma velocity magnitude upstream of the shock	km/s	km/s	Include shocks without |Vus| value
|Bus|	Magnetic field magnitude upstream of the shock	nT	nT	Include shocks without |Bus| value
Nus	Plasma density upstream of the shock	cm-3	cm-3	Include shocks without Nus value
Ti,us	Ion temperature upstream of the shock	eV	eV	Include shocks without Ti,us value
βus	Ion plasma beta upstream of the shock			Include shocks without βus value
Pus	Dynamic pressure upstream of the shock	nPa	nPa	Include shocks without Pus value
RcB	Magnetic compression ratio |Bds|/|Bus|			Include shocks without RcB value
Rcn	Plasma density compression ratio Nds/Nus			Include shocks without Rcn value
RcT	Electron temperature compression ratio Te,ds/Te,us			Include shocks without RcT value

Or, to start again from scratch: Clear all selections

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