Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19952952120
Observation time: 10/22/1995 295.88908 2120 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
1995 |
| Fractional day of year |
295.889080 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
76816.5 ± 3.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
177.690 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
2.807 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-10.843 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0011 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0320 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0010
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0293 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
9.61, 11.37, 11.51 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:01:40 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 16:00:09 2009
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Method selected
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RH08
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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35.370 ± 8.518
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Asymptotic
plasma
parameters (About, Top)
|
Parameter
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Upstream
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Downstream
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| Vx GSE [km/s] |
-402.1 ± 3.6 |
-413.0 ± 4.2 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-8.8 ± 1.6 |
13.8 ± 8.1 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-2.5 ± 3.5 |
44.9 ± 6.2 |
| Wi [km/s] |
29.7 ± 1.7 |
35.4 ± 3.8 |
| We [km/s] |
938.2 ± 52.9 |
1118.4 ± 121.7 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
5.4 ± 0.3 |
9.4 ± 0.9 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
0.3 ± 0.7 |
-0.3 ± 1.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
4.4 ± 0.1 |
6.6 ± 0.6 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.3 ± 0.6 |
-2.3 ± 1.0 |
Plasma Beta
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0.502 ± 0.503
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0.506 ± 0.515
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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38.30 ± 2.16
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45.66 ± 4.97
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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42.14 ± 2.05
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50.88 ± 3.59
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.920 ± 0.448 |
0.345 ± 1.165 |
0.186 ± 0.183 |
10.70 ± 32.78 |
159.43 ± 72.49 |
| VC |
-0.226 ± 0.128 |
0.428 ± 0.115 |
0.875 ± 0.516 |
61.08 ± 7.18 |
117.83 ± 15.65 |
| MX1 |
-0.325 ± 0.541 |
0.723 ± 0.300 |
0.609 ± 0.520 |
37.55 ± 18.64 |
114.18 ± 42.33 |
| MX2 |
-0.237 ± 0.141 |
0.703 ± 0.138 |
0.670 ± 0.545 |
42.08 ± 11.72 |
108.63 ± 10.95 |
| MX3 |
-0.303 ± 0.121 |
0.662 ± 0.128 |
0.686 ± 0.550 |
43.29 ± 10.86 |
114.62 ± 9.42 |
| RH08 |
-0.557 ± 0.014 |
0.413 ± 0.016 |
0.721 ± 0.558 |
46.11 ± 0.81 |
143.40 ± 1.51 |
| RH09 |
-0.972 ± 0.017 |
0.198 ± 0.069 |
0.128 ± 0.128 |
7.38 ± 4.01 |
168.47 ± 4.07 |
| RH10 |
-0.976 ± 0.015 |
0.181 ± 0.069 |
0.117 ± 0.117 |
6.74 ± 4.01 |
169.47 ± 4.07 |
| Average |
-0.564 |
0.457 |
0.499 |
31.866 |
137.003 |
| Median |
-0.325 |
0.428 |
0.670 |
42.076 |
143.398 |
| Deviation |
0.340 |
0.218 |
0.304 |
20.711 |
26.139 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
73.4 ± 7.9 |
428.7 ± 9.2 |
1.75 ± 0.13 |
| VC |
62.7 ± 6.3 |
210.7 ± 16.7 |
1.75 ± 0.13 |
| MX1 |
43.5 ± 5.9 |
235.6 ± 19.3 |
1.75 ± 0.13 |
| MX2 |
44.2 ± 6.1 |
204.9 ± 19.8 |
1.75 ± 0.13 |
| MX3 |
47.8 ± 6.0 |
232.7 ± 18.8 |
1.75 ± 0.13 |
| RH08 |
65.7 ± 5.8 |
333.0 ± 14.1 |
1.75 ± 0.13 |
| RH09 |
82.3 ± 8.2 |
438.0 ± 9.1 |
1.75 ± 0.13 |
| RH10 |
83.3 ± 8.2 |
438.0 ± 9.1 |
1.75 ± 0.13 |
| Average |
62.9 |
315.2 |
1.75 |
| Median |
65.7 |
333.0 |
1.75 |
| Deviation |
16.3 |
106.6 |
0.00 |
Upstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
|
Method
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dV
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Slow
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Intermediate
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Fast
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Slow
Mach
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Fast
Mach
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| MC |
62.3 ± 3.2 |
8.2 ± 0.3 |
12.1 ± 0.6 |
56.4 ± 1.7 |
7.62 ± 0.49 |
1.11 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
126.0 ± 3.1 |
13.4 ± 0.4 |
19.3 ± 0.9 |
55.4 ± 1.7 |
9.44 ± 0.45 |
2.28 ± 0.11 |
| MX1 |
113.0 ± 2.4 |
22.3 ± 0.7 |
30.6 ± 1.5 |
52.4 ± 1.6 |
5.07 ± 0.23 |
2.16 ± 0.09 |
| MX2 |
117.4 ± 2.5 |
22.0 ± 0.7 |
30.2 ± 1.5 |
52.6 ± 1.6 |
5.36 ± 0.24 |
2.24 ± 0.09 |
| MX3 |
118.4 ± 2.6 |
20.3 ± 0.7 |
28.3 ± 1.4 |
53.2 ± 1.6 |
5.83 ± 0.26 |
2.23 ± 0.10 |
| RH8 |
114.6 ± 3.0 |
11.9 ± 0.4 |
17.3 ± 0.8 |
55.7 ± 1.7 |
9.65 ± 0.47 |
2.06 ± 0.10 |
| RH9 |
49.4 ± 3.4 |
3.8 ± 0.1 |
5.7 ± 0.3 |
56.9 ± 1.8 |
13.00 ± 1.03 |
0.87 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
47.3 ± 3.4 |
3.3 ± 0.1 |
4.9 ± 0.2 |
56.9 ± 1.8 |
14.34 ± 1.19 |
0.83 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
93.5 |
13.1 |
18.5 |
54.9 |
8.8 |
1.7 |
| Median |
114.6 |
13.4 |
19.3 |
55.7 |
9.4 |
2.2 |
| Deviation |
34.1 |
7.8 |
10.5 |
1.9 |
3.5 |
0.7 |
Downstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
|
Method
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dV
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Slow
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Intermediate
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Fast
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Slow
Mach
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Fast
Mach
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| MC |
35.6 ± 2.4 |
9.7 ± 0.4 |
14.6 ± 1.0 |
67.9 ± 2.0 |
3.66 ± 0.21 |
0.52 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
72.3 ± 5.6 |
15.9 ± 0.7 |
23.4 ± 1.6 |
66.7 ± 2.0 |
4.56 ± 0.45 |
1.08 ± 0.10 |
| MX1 |
64.2 ± 5.5 |
26.5 ± 1.2 |
36.9 ± 2.6 |
63.3 ± 1.8 |
2.43 ± 0.28 |
1.02 ± 0.10 |
| MX2 |
67.1 ± 5.8 |
26.1 ± 1.2 |
36.5 ± 2.6 |
63.4 ± 1.8 |
2.58 ± 0.30 |
1.06 ± 0.11 |
| MX3 |
67.6 ± 5.5 |
24.2 ± 1.1 |
34.2 ± 2.4 |
64.2 ± 1.8 |
2.81 ± 0.30 |
1.05 ± 0.10 |
| RH8 |
65.0 ± 4.5 |
14.2 ± 0.6 |
20.9 ± 1.5 |
67.1 ± 2.0 |
4.60 ± 0.39 |
0.97 ± 0.07 |
| RH9 |
28.1 ± 3.0 |
4.5 ± 0.2 |
6.8 ± 0.5 |
68.4 ± 2.1 |
6.21 ± 0.52 |
0.41 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
26.9 ± 3.1 |
3.9 ± 0.2 |
5.9 ± 0.4 |
68.5 ± 2.1 |
6.84 ± 0.62 |
0.39 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
53.4 |
15.6 |
22.4 |
66.2 |
4.2 |
0.8 |
| Median |
65.0 |
15.9 |
23.4 |
67.1 |
4.6 |
1.0 |
| Deviation |
19.5 |
9.2 |
12.7 |
2.2 |
1.7 |
0.3 |
Survey interval (About, Top)
Selected
data (About, Top)
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Key plasma parameters
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Velocity
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Magnetic Field
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Simple
Methods
(About, Top)
Rankine Chi^2
Contour (About, Top)
Shock
Speed (About, Top)
Theta Bn (About, Top)
Mach Numbers (About, Top)
Page updated Fri Jun 13 11:06:02 2014
Michael L Stevens
(mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)
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