Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20001950959
Observation time: 07/13/2000 195.41609 0959 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2000 |
| Fractional day of year |
195.416094 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
35950.5 ± 3.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-6.531 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-57.868 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-5.420 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0237 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0221 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
10.35, 14.31, 14.91 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:09:48 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 19:27:55 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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-1.217 ± 0.170
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Asymptotic
plasma
parameters (About, Top)
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Parameter
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Upstream
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Downstream
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| Vx GSE [km/s] |
-587.2 ± 8.5 |
-680.8 ± 2.9 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
8.8 ± 9.2 |
-19.9 ± 14.2 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
20.6 ± 7.6 |
-38.3 ± 7.9 |
| Wi [km/s] |
88.7 ± 7.9 |
100.5 ± 9.8 |
| We [km/s] |
2805.2 ± 249.7 |
3178.3 ± 310.3 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
10.4 ± 0.5 |
18.9 ± 1.9 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-5.0 ± 0.5 |
-7.6 ± 2.0 |
| By GSE [nT] |
9.2 ± 1.9 |
15.6 ± 3.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.1 ± 2.7 |
11.7 ± 2.3 |
Plasma Beta
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1.627 ± 1.783
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0.932 ± 0.880
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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114.52 ± 10.19
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129.76 ± 12.67
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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73.34 ± 10.76
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106.69 ± 13.86
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.555 ± 0.288 |
0.716 ± 0.232 |
-0.424 ± 0.396 |
-25.08 ± 13.32 |
127.77 ± 22.55 |
| VC |
-0.823 ± 0.058 |
-0.248 ± 0.133 |
-0.510 ± 0.461 |
-30.68 ± 5.00 |
196.79 ± 9.21 |
| MX1 |
-0.864 ± 0.163 |
0.389 ± 0.358 |
-0.321 ± 0.310 |
-18.72 ± 4.93 |
155.76 ± 23.75 |
| MX2 |
-0.967 ± 0.023 |
0.082 ± 0.197 |
-0.240 ± 0.235 |
-13.89 ± 3.65 |
175.17 ± 11.69 |
| MX3 |
-0.981 ± 0.019 |
-0.063 ± 0.169 |
-0.184 ± 0.182 |
-10.63 ± 4.79 |
183.67 ± 9.87 |
| RH08 |
-0.961 ± 0.005 |
-0.025 ± 0.014 |
-0.274 ± 0.267 |
-15.89 ± 1.02 |
181.50 ± 0.83 |
| RH09 |
-0.992 ± 0.009 |
0.096 ± 0.069 |
-0.084 ± 0.084 |
-4.81 ± 4.02 |
174.48 ± 3.99 |
| RH10 |
-0.991 ± 0.009 |
0.113 ± 0.068 |
-0.073 ± 0.072 |
-4.16 ± 4.03 |
173.48 ± 3.95 |
| Average |
-0.892 |
0.132 |
-0.264 |
-15.483 |
171.077 |
| Median |
-0.961 |
0.096 |
-0.240 |
-13.891 |
175.174 |
| Deviation |
0.150 |
0.297 |
0.154 |
9.273 |
20.952 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
27.4 ± 14.4 |
442.5 ± 32.8 |
1.83 ± 0.25 |
| VC |
79.3 ± 10.9 |
717.7 ± 37.2 |
1.83 ± 0.25 |
| MX1 |
41.5 ± 10.6 |
703.3 ± 31.7 |
1.83 ± 0.25 |
| MX2 |
57.6 ± 8.8 |
783.7 ± 33.6 |
1.83 ± 0.25 |
| MX3 |
65.2 ± 8.1 |
796.0 ± 34.9 |
1.83 ± 0.25 |
| RH08 |
63.8 ± 9.0 |
788.4 ± 35.0 |
1.83 ± 0.25 |
| RH09 |
56.1 ± 7.3 |
787.5 ± 32.1 |
1.83 ± 0.25 |
| RH10 |
55.1 ± 7.2 |
785.4 ± 31.8 |
1.83 ± 0.25 |
| Average |
55.8 |
725.6 |
1.83 |
| Median |
57.6 |
785.4 |
1.83 |
| Deviation |
15.7 |
119.7 |
0.00 |
Upstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
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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 |
119.3 ± 8.9 |
60.6 ± 6.9 |
65.1 ± 9.6 |
122.2 ± 6.6 |
1.98 ± 0.18 |
0.98 ± 0.10 |
| VC |
247.0 ± 8.9 |
11.4 ± 1.0 |
13.7 ± 2.0 |
136.2 ± 4.2 |
21.85 ± 2.23 |
1.82 ± 0.08 |
| MX1 |
199.5 ± 9.1 |
48.9 ± 4.9 |
54.9 ± 8.1 |
127.5 ± 5.4 |
4.11 ± 0.38 |
1.57 ± 0.11 |
| MX2 |
220.0 ± 8.8 |
33.7 ± 3.1 |
39.3 ± 5.8 |
132.4 ± 4.6 |
6.58 ± 0.62 |
1.66 ± 0.09 |
| MX3 |
224.4 ± 8.6 |
26.0 ± 2.3 |
30.7 ± 4.5 |
134.1 ± 4.4 |
8.69 ± 0.83 |
1.67 ± 0.08 |
| RH8 |
229.8 ± 8.8 |
27.5 ± 2.4 |
32.4 ± 4.8 |
133.8 ± 4.4 |
8.42 ± 0.80 |
1.72 ± 0.09 |
| RH9 |
206.0 ± 8.7 |
35.2 ± 3.2 |
40.9 ± 6.0 |
132.0 ± 4.7 |
5.89 ± 0.54 |
1.56 ± 0.09 |
| RH10 |
204.1 ± 8.7 |
36.2 ± 3.3 |
42.0 ± 6.2 |
131.7 ± 4.7 |
5.68 ± 0.52 |
1.55 ± 0.09 |
| Average |
206.3 |
34.9 |
39.9 |
131.2 |
7.9 |
1.6 |
| Median |
220.0 |
35.2 |
40.9 |
132.4 |
6.6 |
1.7 |
| Deviation |
38.4 |
14.9 |
15.6 |
4.4 |
6.0 |
0.3 |
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 |
62.9 ± 12.5 |
83.7 ± 7.1 |
94.7 ± 12.3 |
146.1 ± 12.1 |
0.75 ± 0.10 |
0.43 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
132.7 ± 4.4 |
15.3 ± 1.2 |
19.9 ± 2.6 |
167.7 ± 13.2 |
8.72 ± 0.78 |
0.80 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
110.8 ± 7.6 |
66.7 ± 5.4 |
79.9 ± 10.4 |
154.7 ± 12.4 |
1.67 ± 0.08 |
0.72 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
117.6 ± 3.9 |
45.4 ± 3.6 |
57.1 ± 7.4 |
162.2 ± 12.8 |
2.60 ± 0.18 |
0.73 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
119.9 ± 3.2 |
35.0 ± 2.8 |
44.7 ± 5.8 |
164.7 ± 13.0 |
3.44 ± 0.29 |
0.73 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
122.9 ± 3.5 |
37.0 ± 3.0 |
47.2 ± 6.1 |
164.3 ± 13.0 |
3.33 ± 0.25 |
0.75 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
110.9 ± 3.3 |
47.5 ± 3.8 |
59.5 ± 7.7 |
161.6 ± 12.8 |
2.34 ± 0.17 |
0.69 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
110.2 ± 3.4 |
48.9 ± 3.9 |
61.0 ± 7.9 |
161.2 ± 12.8 |
2.27 ± 0.16 |
0.69 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
111.0 |
47.5 |
58.0 |
160.3 |
3.1 |
0.7 |
| Median |
117.6 |
47.5 |
59.5 |
162.2 |
2.6 |
0.7 |
| Deviation |
20.9 |
20.7 |
22.6 |
6.9 |
2.4 |
0.1 |
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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