Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20010040114
Observation time: 01/04/2001 4.05175 0114 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2001 |
| Fractional day of year |
4.051753 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
4471.5 ± 10.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
3.510 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
252.580 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-17.602 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0254 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0253 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
233.54, 292.52, 306.82 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:11:41 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 20:17:33 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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-2.317 ± 2.071
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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] |
-362.9 ± 2.5 |
-400.6 ± 1.4 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-3.9 ± 0.7 |
4.9 ± 1.1 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-6.0 ± 1.5 |
-22.8 ± 2.1 |
| Wi [km/s] |
38.1 ± 1.0 |
43.1 ± 0.9 |
| We [km/s] |
1204.1 ± 30.1 |
1363.6 ± 29.1 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
8.2 ± 0.4 |
13.7 ± 0.3 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
0.5 ± 0.4 |
5.1 ± 0.1 |
| By GSE [nT] |
2.8 ± 0.0 |
4.0 ± 0.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-3.1 ± 0.3 |
-0.6 ± 0.4 |
Plasma Beta
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1.425 ± 1.442
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1.274 ± 1.292
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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49.16 ± 1.23
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55.67 ± 1.19
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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31.96 ± 1.04
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38.27 ± 1.10
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.479 ± 0.671 |
-0.683 ± 0.513 |
0.551 ± 0.487 |
33.44 ± 29.70 |
234.93 ± 54.55 |
| VC |
-0.894 ± 0.018 |
0.210 ± 0.034 |
-0.396 ± 0.374 |
-23.33 ± 2.44 |
166.75 ± 2.19 |
| MX1 |
-0.558 ± 0.669 |
-0.627 ± 0.611 |
0.544 ± 0.483 |
32.97 ± 31.79 |
228.34 ± 58.35 |
| MX2 |
-0.668 ± 0.926 |
0.697 ± 0.889 |
-0.261 ± 0.255 |
-15.11 ± 24.50 |
133.80 ± 75.91 |
| MX3 |
-0.281 ± 0.036 |
0.959 ± 0.011 |
0.039 ± 0.039 |
2.24 ± 5.07 |
106.31 ± 2.17 |
| RH08 |
-0.991 ± 0.005 |
0.043 ± 0.035 |
-0.128 ± 0.128 |
-7.38 ± 2.00 |
177.49 ± 2.00 |
| RH09 |
-0.996 ± 0.007 |
0.044 ± 0.069 |
-0.084 ± 0.084 |
-4.81 ± 4.02 |
177.49 ± 3.99 |
| RH10 |
-0.996 ± 0.007 |
0.044 ± 0.069 |
-0.084 ± 0.084 |
-4.81 ± 4.02 |
177.49 ± 3.99 |
| Average |
-0.733 |
0.086 |
0.023 |
1.651 |
175.327 |
| Median |
-0.668 |
0.044 |
-0.084 |
-4.807 |
177.493 |
| Deviation |
0.276 |
0.568 |
0.349 |
20.915 |
42.993 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
23.4 ± 6.8 |
180.8 ± 3.8 |
1.68 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
71.0 ± 6.6 |
427.4 ± 9.7 |
1.68 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
27.8 ± 6.7 |
217.6 ± 4.1 |
1.68 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
54.8 ± 4.8 |
327.4 ± 7.4 |
1.68 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
54.8 ± 0.8 |
142.2 ± 3.3 |
1.68 ± 0.06 |
| RH08 |
89.7 ± 6.4 |
454.8 ± 9.1 |
1.68 ± 0.06 |
| RH09 |
88.4 ± 6.4 |
455.0 ± 9.0 |
1.68 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
88.4 ± 6.4 |
455.0 ± 9.0 |
1.68 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
62.3 |
332.5 |
1.68 |
| Median |
71.0 |
427.4 |
1.68 |
| Deviation |
26.7 |
134.4 |
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 |
7.5 ± 0.9 |
28.0 ± 0.8 |
29.3 ± 1.0 |
51.5 ± 1.1 |
0.27 ± 0.03 |
0.15 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
101.5 ± 2.6 |
8.8 ± 0.2 |
10.4 ± 0.3 |
58.0 ± 1.1 |
11.51 ± 0.26 |
1.75 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
16.1 ± 1.1 |
26.6 ± 0.7 |
28.3 ± 0.9 |
52.3 ± 1.1 |
0.60 ± 0.04 |
0.31 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
86.1 ± 1.7 |
16.1 ± 0.4 |
18.4 ± 0.6 |
56.4 ± 1.0 |
5.37 ± 0.12 |
1.53 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
44.3 ± 0.6 |
16.0 ± 0.4 |
18.4 ± 0.6 |
56.4 ± 1.0 |
2.77 ± 0.08 |
0.79 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
94.7 ± 2.6 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
58.6 ± 1.1 |
591.62 ± 14.46 |
1.61 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
93.4 ± 2.6 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
58.6 ± 1.1 |
128.05 ± 3.15 |
1.59 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
93.4 ± 2.6 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
58.6 ± 1.1 |
128.05 ± 3.15 |
1.59 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
67.1 |
12.1 |
13.3 |
56.3 |
108.5 |
1.2 |
| Median |
93.4 |
16.0 |
18.4 |
58.0 |
11.5 |
1.6 |
| Deviation |
38.5 |
11.4 |
12.1 |
2.9 |
203.1 |
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 |
4.7 ± 1.5 |
33.2 ± 0.7 |
35.1 ± 1.0 |
58.8 ± 0.9 |
0.14 ± 0.04 |
0.08 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
59.3 ± 1.8 |
10.4 ± 0.2 |
12.5 ± 0.4 |
66.8 ± 0.8 |
5.71 ± 0.12 |
0.89 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
9.7 ± 1.4 |
31.5 ± 0.7 |
33.8 ± 1.0 |
59.8 ± 0.9 |
0.31 ± 0.05 |
0.16 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
50.4 ± 1.6 |
18.9 ± 0.3 |
22.1 ± 0.6 |
64.9 ± 0.8 |
2.66 ± 0.06 |
0.78 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
25.9 ± 1.1 |
18.9 ± 0.3 |
22.0 ± 0.6 |
64.9 ± 0.8 |
1.37 ± 0.05 |
0.40 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
54.8 ± 1.5 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
67.6 ± 0.8 |
290.68 ± 5.65 |
0.81 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
54.0 ± 1.5 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
1.0 ± 0.0 |
67.6 ± 0.8 |
62.93 ± 1.20 |
0.80 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
54.0 ± 1.5 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
1.0 ± 0.0 |
67.6 ± 0.8 |
62.93 ± 1.20 |
0.80 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
39.1 |
14.4 |
16.0 |
64.7 |
53.3 |
0.6 |
| Median |
54.0 |
18.9 |
22.0 |
66.8 |
5.7 |
0.8 |
| Deviation |
22.2 |
13.5 |
14.5 |
3.5 |
99.8 |
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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