Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19973132222
Observation time: 11/09/1997 313.93262 2222 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
1997 |
| Fractional day of year |
313.932622 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
80578.5 ± 6.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
142.968 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-42.621 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
20.480 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0010 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0338 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0010
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0337 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
4.16, 5.58, 5.78 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:05:19 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 17:15:26 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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35.418 ± 5.417
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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] |
-367.5 ± 3.5 |
-395.9 ± 2.9 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-5.5 ± 3.1 |
0.9 ± 4.5 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-13.5 ± 2.2 |
3.1 ± 4.0 |
| Wi [km/s] |
22.7 ± 1.0 |
32.0 ± 2.7 |
| We [km/s] |
718.3 ± 30.3 |
1011.8 ± 86.9 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
10.5 ± 0.5 |
21.8 ± 1.9 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
2.4 ± 0.5 |
0.3 ± 0.5 |
| By GSE [nT] |
0.5 ± 0.8 |
0.1 ± 2.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-4.1 ± 0.4 |
-7.8 ± 0.4 |
Plasma Beta
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0.468 ± 0.488
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0.731 ± 0.689
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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29.32 ± 1.24
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41.31 ± 3.55
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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33.24 ± 1.08
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37.84 ± 2.05
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.799 ± 0.088 |
-0.090 ± 0.319 |
0.594 ± 0.512 |
36.44 ± 7.77 |
186.45 ± 22.83 |
| VC |
-0.849 ± 0.074 |
0.197 ± 0.150 |
0.491 ± 0.447 |
29.42 ± 7.90 |
166.94 ± 10.07 |
| MX1 |
-0.868 ± 0.157 |
0.121 ± 0.434 |
0.481 ± 0.440 |
28.75 ± 17.44 |
172.09 ± 28.61 |
| MX2 |
-0.847 ± 0.073 |
0.159 ± 0.117 |
0.508 ± 0.459 |
30.51 ± 7.98 |
169.33 ± 7.86 |
| MX3 |
-0.843 ± 0.065 |
0.152 ± 0.132 |
0.516 ± 0.465 |
31.07 ± 6.86 |
169.78 ± 8.91 |
| RH08 |
-0.919 ± 0.011 |
0.154 ± 0.019 |
0.363 ± 0.346 |
21.29 ± 1.71 |
170.47 ± 1.18 |
| RH09 |
-0.885 ± 0.033 |
0.180 ± 0.068 |
0.430 ± 0.401 |
25.48 ± 4.00 |
168.47 ± 4.41 |
| RH10 |
-0.890 ± 0.032 |
0.182 ± 0.068 |
0.419 ± 0.393 |
24.77 ± 3.98 |
168.47 ± 4.37 |
| Average |
-0.862 |
0.132 |
0.475 |
28.465 |
171.499 |
| Median |
-0.849 |
0.159 |
0.491 |
29.417 |
169.781 |
| Deviation |
0.036 |
0.093 |
0.071 |
4.622 |
6.230 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
24.5 ± 7.1 |
347.7 ± 3.8 |
2.09 ± 0.21 |
| VC |
35.3 ± 5.5 |
369.7 ± 4.7 |
2.09 ± 0.21 |
| MX1 |
34.4 ± 5.7 |
377.4 ± 4.4 |
2.09 ± 0.21 |
| MX2 |
33.6 ± 5.6 |
368.8 ± 4.5 |
2.09 ± 0.21 |
| MX3 |
33.0 ± 5.6 |
367.3 ± 4.4 |
2.09 ± 0.21 |
| RH08 |
41.7 ± 5.6 |
396.9 ± 4.9 |
2.09 ± 0.21 |
| RH09 |
38.4 ± 5.5 |
383.6 ± 4.8 |
2.09 ± 0.21 |
| RH10 |
39.0 ± 5.5 |
385.6 ± 4.8 |
2.09 ± 0.21 |
| Average |
35.0 |
374.6 |
2.09 |
| Median |
35.3 |
377.4 |
2.09 |
| Deviation |
5.2 |
14.8 |
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 |
61.4 ± 3.9 |
23.6 ± 0.8 |
30.3 ± 1.0 |
37.5 ± 1.1 |
2.60 ± 0.16 |
1.64 ± 0.09 |
| VC |
65.5 ± 3.3 |
20.1 ± 0.7 |
27.1 ± 0.9 |
39.5 ± 1.2 |
3.26 ± 0.17 |
1.66 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
65.4 ± 3.5 |
20.4 ± 0.7 |
27.4 ± 0.9 |
39.3 ± 1.2 |
3.20 ± 0.17 |
1.66 ± 0.08 |
| MX2 |
65.4 ± 3.4 |
20.7 ± 0.7 |
27.7 ± 0.9 |
39.2 ± 1.2 |
3.16 ± 0.17 |
1.67 ± 0.08 |
| MX3 |
65.3 ± 3.4 |
20.9 ± 0.7 |
27.9 ± 0.9 |
39.1 ± 1.2 |
3.13 ± 0.17 |
1.67 ± 0.08 |
| RH8 |
64.9 ± 3.4 |
18.0 ± 0.6 |
24.8 ± 0.8 |
40.5 ± 1.2 |
3.62 ± 0.19 |
1.60 ± 0.08 |
| RH9 |
65.3 ± 3.4 |
19.1 ± 0.6 |
26.1 ± 0.8 |
40.0 ± 1.2 |
3.42 ± 0.18 |
1.63 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
65.2 ± 3.4 |
18.9 ± 0.6 |
25.8 ± 0.8 |
40.1 ± 1.2 |
3.46 ± 0.18 |
1.63 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
64.8 |
20.2 |
27.1 |
39.4 |
3.2 |
1.6 |
| Median |
65.3 |
20.4 |
27.4 |
39.5 |
3.3 |
1.7 |
| Deviation |
1.4 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
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 |
29.4 ± 2.0 |
29.9 ± 1.1 |
34.4 ± 1.9 |
47.5 ± 2.4 |
0.99 ± 0.05 |
0.62 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
32.0 ± 1.6 |
25.4 ± 0.9 |
30.9 ± 1.7 |
50.0 ± 2.3 |
1.26 ± 0.05 |
0.64 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
32.0 ± 1.6 |
25.8 ± 0.9 |
31.2 ± 1.7 |
49.8 ± 2.3 |
1.24 ± 0.05 |
0.64 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
31.9 ± 1.6 |
26.1 ± 1.0 |
31.5 ± 1.7 |
49.6 ± 2.3 |
1.22 ± 0.04 |
0.64 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
31.8 ± 1.6 |
26.4 ± 1.0 |
31.7 ± 1.7 |
49.5 ± 2.3 |
1.20 ± 0.04 |
0.64 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
31.8 ± 1.7 |
22.7 ± 0.8 |
28.3 ± 1.5 |
51.3 ± 2.3 |
1.40 ± 0.06 |
0.62 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
31.9 ± 1.6 |
24.1 ± 0.9 |
29.7 ± 1.6 |
50.7 ± 2.3 |
1.32 ± 0.05 |
0.63 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
31.8 ± 1.6 |
23.8 ± 0.9 |
29.4 ± 1.6 |
50.8 ± 2.3 |
1.34 ± 0.05 |
0.63 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
31.6 |
25.5 |
30.9 |
49.9 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
| Median |
31.9 |
25.8 |
31.2 |
50.0 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
| Deviation |
0.9 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
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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