Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20013280454
Observation time: 11/24/2001 328.20464 0454 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2001 |
| Fractional day of year |
328.204635 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
17680.5 ± 18.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
17.587 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-79.479 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
6.950 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0214 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0010
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0302 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
8.78, 9.69, 10.07 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:16:31 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 22:07:12 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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7.556 ± 5.445
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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] |
-471.0 ± 10.2 |
-559.6 ± 11.5 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
43.5 ± 14.1 |
7.3 ± 11.9 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-60.8 ± 22.5 |
-44.4 ± 31.1 |
| Wi [km/s] |
63.2 ± 3.2 |
88.9 ± 8.6 |
| We [km/s] |
1997.6 ± 100.8 |
2812.3 ± 273.3 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
3.7 ± 0.6 |
5.8 ± 0.8 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-3.8 ± 0.6 |
-3.5 ± 1.7 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-1.4 ± 1.2 |
7.6 ± 1.4 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
3.2 ± 0.7 |
1.1 ± 3.4 |
Plasma Beta
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1.075 ± 0.973
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1.186 ± 1.171
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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81.55 ± 4.12
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114.81 ± 11.16
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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61.36 ± 2.73
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83.74 ± 7.59
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.828 ± 0.128 |
0.097 ± 0.181 |
0.553 ± 0.488 |
33.56 ± 13.15 |
173.33 ± 12.47 |
| VC |
-0.912 ± 0.090 |
-0.375 ± 0.181 |
0.163 ± 0.162 |
9.40 ± 19.74 |
202.35 ± 11.26 |
| MX1 |
-0.966 ± 0.227 |
0.006 ± 0.599 |
0.258 ± 0.252 |
14.94 ± 50.54 |
179.64 ± 35.52 |
| MX2 |
-0.979 ± 0.039 |
0.095 ± 0.223 |
0.182 ± 0.180 |
10.49 ± 10.46 |
174.48 ± 13.04 |
| MX3 |
-0.993 ± 0.028 |
0.097 ± 0.240 |
0.067 ± 0.067 |
3.84 ± 13.83 |
174.41 ± 13.83 |
| RH08 |
-0.888 ± 0.007 |
0.333 ± 0.011 |
-0.318 ± 0.307 |
-18.57 ± 1.12 |
159.44 ± 0.73 |
| RH09 |
-0.871 ± 0.032 |
0.344 ± 0.055 |
-0.352 ± 0.337 |
-20.61 ± 4.10 |
158.44 ± 3.59 |
| RH10 |
-0.871 ± 0.033 |
0.344 ± 0.061 |
-0.352 ± 0.337 |
-20.61 ± 4.08 |
158.44 ± 3.99 |
| Average |
-0.913 |
0.118 |
0.025 |
1.555 |
172.565 |
| Median |
-0.888 |
0.097 |
0.163 |
9.397 |
174.405 |
| Deviation |
0.060 |
0.241 |
0.334 |
19.774 |
14.717 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
24.8 ± 12.7 |
569.9 ± 442.0 |
1.67 ± 0.33 |
| VC |
31.3 ± 10.2 |
658.7 ± 378.6 |
1.67 ± 0.33 |
| MX1 |
31.9 ± 11.3 |
675.4 ± 398.5 |
1.67 ± 0.33 |
| MX2 |
38.0 ± 11.4 |
680.2 ± 372.7 |
1.67 ± 0.33 |
| MX3 |
43.3 ± 11.1 |
688.1 ± 341.9 |
1.67 ± 0.33 |
| RH08 |
69.3 ± 11.0 |
617.8 ± 184.8 |
1.67 ± 0.33 |
| RH09 |
71.5 ± 11.0 |
604.4 ± 171.3 |
1.67 ± 0.33 |
| RH10 |
71.5 ± 11.0 |
604.4 ± 171.3 |
1.67 ± 0.33 |
| Average |
47.7 |
637.4 |
1.67 |
| Median |
43.3 |
658.7 |
1.67 |
| Deviation |
19.8 |
43.8 |
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 |
209.5 ± 14.7 |
51.4 ± 1.4 |
55.7 ± 2.5 |
88.2 ± 2.9 |
4.08 ± 0.34 |
2.37 ± 0.16 |
| VC |
255.2 ± 5.9 |
47.1 ± 1.2 |
52.4 ± 2.3 |
90.6 ± 2.7 |
5.42 ± 0.22 |
2.82 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
235.7 ± 10.5 |
46.7 ± 1.1 |
52.1 ± 2.3 |
90.8 ± 2.7 |
5.05 ± 0.29 |
2.60 ± 0.11 |
| MX2 |
226.1 ± 11.1 |
42.4 ± 0.9 |
48.3 ± 2.2 |
92.9 ± 2.5 |
5.34 ± 0.31 |
2.43 ± 0.12 |
| MX3 |
220.2 ± 11.0 |
38.4 ± 0.8 |
44.6 ± 2.0 |
94.6 ± 2.4 |
5.74 ± 0.33 |
2.33 ± 0.11 |
| RH8 |
165.9 ± 14.3 |
17.5 ± 0.3 |
21.7 ± 1.0 |
100.6 ± 2.2 |
9.46 ± 0.83 |
1.65 ± 0.14 |
| RH9 |
158.0 ± 14.6 |
15.7 ± 0.3 |
19.5 ± 0.9 |
100.9 ± 2.2 |
10.05 ± 0.94 |
1.57 ± 0.15 |
| RH10 |
158.0 ± 14.6 |
15.7 ± 0.3 |
19.5 ± 0.9 |
100.9 ± 2.2 |
10.05 ± 0.94 |
1.57 ± 0.15 |
| Average |
203.6 |
34.4 |
39.2 |
95.0 |
6.9 |
2.2 |
| Median |
220.2 |
42.4 |
48.3 |
94.6 |
5.7 |
2.4 |
| Deviation |
37.9 |
15.4 |
16.1 |
5.2 |
2.5 |
0.5 |
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 |
130.6 ± 18.3 |
70.1 ± 4.1 |
76.0 ± 6.9 |
124.0 ± 8.4 |
1.87 ± 0.25 |
1.06 ± 0.16 |
| VC |
158.1 ± 10.2 |
64.3 ± 3.5 |
71.6 ± 6.5 |
127.1 ± 8.0 |
2.46 ± 0.14 |
1.25 ± 0.12 |
| MX1 |
146.1 ± 12.2 |
63.8 ± 3.4 |
71.1 ± 6.4 |
127.4 ± 8.0 |
2.29 ± 0.16 |
1.15 ± 0.12 |
| MX2 |
139.9 ± 11.8 |
57.9 ± 2.9 |
66.0 ± 6.0 |
130.2 ± 7.7 |
2.42 ± 0.16 |
1.08 ± 0.11 |
| MX3 |
134.7 ± 11.3 |
52.5 ± 2.6 |
60.9 ± 5.5 |
132.5 ± 7.6 |
2.56 ± 0.16 |
1.02 ± 0.11 |
| RH8 |
104.5 ± 15.0 |
24.0 ± 1.1 |
29.6 ± 2.7 |
140.5 ± 7.2 |
4.34 ± 0.56 |
0.75 ± 0.12 |
| RH9 |
99.2 ± 15.6 |
21.6 ± 0.9 |
26.6 ± 2.4 |
140.9 ± 7.2 |
4.59 ± 0.65 |
0.71 ± 0.12 |
| RH10 |
99.2 ± 15.6 |
21.6 ± 0.9 |
26.6 ± 2.4 |
140.9 ± 7.2 |
4.59 ± 0.65 |
0.71 ± 0.12 |
| Average |
126.5 |
47.0 |
53.5 |
132.9 |
3.1 |
1.0 |
| Median |
134.7 |
57.9 |
66.0 |
132.5 |
2.6 |
1.1 |
| Deviation |
22.8 |
21.0 |
21.9 |
6.9 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
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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