Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20090140018
Observation time: 01/14/2009 14.01293 0018 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2009 |
| Fractional day of year |
14.012934 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
1117.5 ± 40.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
227.350 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-93.693 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
9.500 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0213 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0213 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
13.89, 56.63, 68.88 |
Event added to database
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Wed Sep 25 09:32:39 2013
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Event last processed
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Wed Sep 25 10:32:14 2013
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Method selected
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RH08
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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215.404 ± 117.870
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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] |
-303.7 ± 1.1 |
-337.4 ± 2.3 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
5.4 ± 0.5 |
0.2 ± 1.1 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
14.5 ± 1.0 |
16.0 ± 2.4 |
| Wi [km/s] |
21.2 ± 0.3 |
28.1 ± 1.2 |
| We [km/s] |
671.2 ± 9.5 |
890.0 ± 37.5 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
9.8 ± 0.2 |
14.5 ± 0.6 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-1.7 ± 0.1 |
-0.7 ± 0.5 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-5.2 ± 0.1 |
-8.6 ± 0.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.7 ± 0.2 |
-3.0 ± 0.4 |
Plasma Beta
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0.306 ± 0.309
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0.289 ± 0.275
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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27.40 ± 0.39
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36.33 ± 1.53
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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38.43 ± 0.84
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52.39 ± 1.11
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.745 ± 0.076 |
-0.507 ± 0.095 |
0.435 ± 0.405 |
25.76 ± 7.10 |
214.24 ± 6.95 |
| VC |
-0.987 ± 0.006 |
-0.152 ± 0.034 |
0.045 ± 0.045 |
2.57 ± 3.89 |
188.72 ± 1.95 |
| MX1 |
-0.959 ± 0.029 |
-0.283 ± 0.097 |
0.023 ± 0.023 |
1.34 ± 3.74 |
196.47 ± 5.77 |
| MX2 |
-0.963 ± 0.023 |
-0.268 ± 0.084 |
0.000 ± 0.000 |
0.03 ± 4.26 |
195.54 ± 5.00 |
| MX3 |
-0.967 ± 0.019 |
-0.252 ± 0.072 |
-0.023 ± 0.023 |
-1.34 ± 5.06 |
194.59 ± 4.29 |
| RH08 |
-0.206 ± 0.013 |
0.456 ± 0.006 |
-0.866 ± 0.524 |
-59.99 ± 0.00 |
114.32 ± 1.59 |
| RH09 |
-0.713 ± 0.044 |
0.185 ± 0.065 |
-0.676 ± 0.547 |
-42.53 ± 3.61 |
165.46 ± 5.16 |
| RH10 |
-0.867 ± 0.035 |
-0.038 ± 0.070 |
-0.497 ± 0.451 |
-29.82 ± 4.03 |
182.51 ± 4.65 |
| Average |
-0.801 |
-0.107 |
-0.195 |
-12.996 |
181.481 |
| Median |
-0.867 |
-0.152 |
0.000 |
0.026 |
194.589 |
| Deviation |
0.263 |
0.304 |
0.438 |
28.333 |
30.445 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
49.7 ± 2.0 |
318.0 ± 1.4 |
1.50 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
64.3 ± 0.9 |
404.7 ± 1.3 |
1.50 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
56.5 ± 0.9 |
394.0 ± 1.3 |
1.50 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
57.2 ± 0.9 |
395.2 ± 1.3 |
1.50 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
57.9 ± 0.8 |
396.1 ± 1.3 |
1.50 ± 0.05 |
| RH08 |
75.1 ± 2.2 |
62.3 ± 0.9 |
1.50 ± 0.05 |
| RH09 |
82.8 ± 1.4 |
275.1 ± 0.8 |
1.50 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
68.9 ± 1.0 |
343.3 ± 6.3 |
1.50 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
64.0 |
323.6 |
1.50 |
| Median |
64.3 |
394.0 |
1.50 |
| Deviation |
11.0 |
115.3 |
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 |
88.3 ± 1.1 |
15.2 ± 0.1 |
24.9 ± 0.5 |
44.7 ± 0.5 |
5.80 ± 0.07 |
1.98 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
104.9 ± 1.1 |
9.9 ± 0.0 |
16.7 ± 0.4 |
46.2 ± 0.5 |
10.60 ± 0.11 |
2.27 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
104.0 ± 1.0 |
12.8 ± 0.1 |
21.2 ± 0.5 |
45.4 ± 0.5 |
8.12 ± 0.08 |
2.29 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
104.0 ± 1.0 |
12.5 ± 0.1 |
20.8 ± 0.5 |
45.5 ± 0.5 |
8.29 ± 0.08 |
2.29 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
103.9 ± 1.0 |
12.3 ± 0.1 |
20.4 ± 0.4 |
45.6 ± 0.5 |
8.47 ± 0.08 |
2.28 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
9.8 ± 0.8 |
5.8 ± 0.0 |
9.9 ± 0.2 |
46.8 ± 0.5 |
1.69 ± 0.15 |
0.21 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
67.2 ± 0.7 |
2.8 ± 0.0 |
4.8 ± 0.1 |
47.1 ± 0.5 |
23.88 ± 0.29 |
1.43 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
87.5 ± 0.8 |
8.1 ± 0.0 |
13.8 ± 0.3 |
46.5 ± 0.5 |
10.74 ± 0.10 |
1.88 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
83.7 |
9.9 |
16.6 |
46.0 |
9.7 |
1.8 |
| Median |
103.9 |
12.3 |
20.4 |
46.2 |
8.5 |
2.3 |
| Deviation |
32.6 |
4.1 |
6.7 |
0.8 |
6.4 |
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 |
60.0 ± 2.2 |
20.4 ± 0.7 |
33.9 ± 0.7 |
60.4 ± 1.3 |
2.95 ± 0.17 |
0.99 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
70.8 ± 2.3 |
13.2 ± 0.4 |
22.7 ± 0.5 |
62.4 ± 1.3 |
5.36 ± 0.25 |
1.14 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
70.2 ± 2.3 |
17.1 ± 0.5 |
28.9 ± 0.6 |
61.4 ± 1.3 |
4.11 ± 0.20 |
1.14 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
70.2 ± 2.3 |
16.8 ± 0.5 |
28.4 ± 0.6 |
61.5 ± 1.3 |
4.19 ± 0.20 |
1.14 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
70.1 ± 2.3 |
16.4 ± 0.5 |
27.8 ± 0.6 |
61.6 ± 1.3 |
4.28 ± 0.20 |
1.14 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
6.6 ± 2.2 |
7.8 ± 0.2 |
13.5 ± 0.3 |
63.3 ± 1.4 |
0.84 ± 0.26 |
0.10 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
45.2 ± 2.3 |
3.8 ± 0.1 |
6.6 ± 0.1 |
63.7 ± 1.4 |
12.00 ± 0.54 |
0.71 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
58.8 ± 2.3 |
10.9 ± 0.3 |
18.8 ± 0.4 |
62.8 ± 1.3 |
5.40 ± 0.23 |
0.94 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
56.5 |
13.3 |
22.6 |
62.1 |
4.9 |
0.9 |
| Median |
70.1 |
16.4 |
27.8 |
62.4 |
4.3 |
1.1 |
| Deviation |
22.1 |
5.5 |
9.1 |
1.1 |
3.2 |
0.4 |
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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