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Szabo 1994
Szabo, A. (1994). An improved solution to the “Rankine-Hugoniot” problem. Journal of Geophysical Research 99: doi: 10.1029/94JA00782. issn: 0148-0227.

This paper presents an extension of the nonlinear least squares fitting technique of Vi¿as and Scudder [1986> (VS), which finds the physical and geometrical properties of nondissipational magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) shocks. The new method incorporates plasma temperature observations in the form of normal momentum flux and energy density flux conservation as well as plasma density, velocity, and magnetic field data. The new technique is capable of using known standard deviations in the individual measurement points to properly weight the fitting procedure. The new fitting code is validated through the analysis of synthetic shocks with known physical and geometrical properties. Finally, it is compared to the original VS method and the preaveraged velocity coplanarity technique.

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Keywords
Space Plasma Physics, Experimental and mathematical techniques, Space Plasma Physics, Shock waves
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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