Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19992651209
Observation time: 09/22/1999 265.50655 1209 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
1999 |
| Fractional day of year |
265.506545 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
43765.5 ± 3.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
83.214 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-8.089 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
1.318 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0010 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0303 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0009
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0303 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
9.98, 14.89, 15.40 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:08:52 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 19:04:25 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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16.581 ± 1.265
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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] |
-368.1 ± 4.3 |
-453.6 ± 12.0 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
40.7 ± 6.0 |
-7.9 ± 13.1 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
56.0 ± 5.4 |
74.5 ± 10.7 |
| Wi [km/s] |
40.6 ± 1.3 |
64.5 ± 12.0 |
| We [km/s] |
1284.0 ± 41.7 |
2041.1 ± 380.6 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
17.0 ± 0.7 |
44.7 ± 11.5 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-3.5 ± 0.8 |
6.7 ± 8.7 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-6.8 ± 2.3 |
2.1 ± 7.8 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-8.3 ± 1.2 |
6.1 ± 6.3 |
Plasma Beta
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0.442 ± 0.462
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2.087 ± 1.683
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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52.42 ± 1.70
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83.33 ± 15.54
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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61.18 ± 1.98
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50.40 ± 14.23
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.886 ± 0.411 |
0.463 ± 0.787 |
0.031 ± 0.031 |
1.79 ± 30.44 |
152.42 ± 50.89 |
| VC |
-0.852 ± 0.086 |
-0.490 ± 0.146 |
0.185 ± 0.183 |
10.68 ± 7.12 |
209.90 ± 9.78 |
| MX1 |
-0.746 ± 0.116 |
-0.101 ± 0.295 |
0.658 ± 0.541 |
41.18 ± 9.59 |
187.68 ± 22.66 |
| MX2 |
-0.689 ± 0.255 |
-0.489 ± 0.328 |
0.535 ± 0.477 |
32.34 ± 15.75 |
215.35 ± 26.31 |
| MX3 |
-0.692 ± 0.102 |
-0.362 ± 0.135 |
0.624 ± 0.527 |
38.63 ± 7.91 |
207.62 ± 10.64 |
| RH08 |
-0.985 ± 0.002 |
-0.148 ± 0.009 |
0.084 ± 0.084 |
4.81 ± 0.54 |
188.52 ± 0.55 |
| RH09 |
-0.990 ± 0.010 |
-0.113 ± 0.069 |
0.084 ± 0.084 |
4.81 ± 4.02 |
186.52 ± 3.99 |
| RH10 |
-0.990 ± 0.010 |
-0.113 ± 0.069 |
0.084 ± 0.084 |
4.81 ± 4.02 |
186.52 ± 3.99 |
| Average |
-0.854 |
-0.169 |
0.286 |
17.380 |
191.816 |
| Median |
-0.852 |
-0.113 |
0.185 |
10.681 |
188.524 |
| Deviation |
0.131 |
0.305 |
0.271 |
16.919 |
19.882 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
88.8 ± 8.0 |
428.3 ± 36.1 |
2.64 ± 0.68 |
| VC |
65.4 ± 5.2 |
465.9 ± 34.8 |
2.64 ± 0.68 |
| MX1 |
79.3 ± 4.1 |
430.3 ± 35.0 |
2.64 ± 0.68 |
| MX2 |
83.5 ± 7.2 |
410.1 ± 35.3 |
2.64 ± 0.68 |
| MX3 |
88.6 ± 6.4 |
412.8 ± 35.4 |
2.64 ± 0.68 |
| RH08 |
70.8 ± 3.4 |
510.7 ± 37.2 |
2.64 ± 0.68 |
| RH09 |
71.9 ± 3.5 |
511.4 ± 37.4 |
2.64 ± 0.68 |
| RH10 |
71.9 ± 3.5 |
511.4 ± 37.4 |
2.64 ± 0.68 |
| Average |
77.5 |
460.1 |
2.64 |
| Median |
79.3 |
465.9 |
2.64 |
| Deviation |
8.8 |
45.5 |
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 |
81.6 ± 6.0 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
1.3 ± 0.0 |
80.6 ± 2.0 |
94.23 ± 8.62 |
1.01 ± 0.09 |
| VC |
161.9 ± 2.8 |
16.9 ± 0.4 |
25.5 ± 0.8 |
78.8 ± 1.9 |
9.57 ± 0.31 |
2.06 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
122.9 ± 3.2 |
7.4 ± 0.2 |
11.3 ± 0.4 |
80.2 ± 2.0 |
16.63 ± 0.69 |
1.53 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
146.4 ± 4.0 |
4.5 ± 0.1 |
7.0 ± 0.2 |
80.5 ± 2.0 |
32.25 ± 1.14 |
1.82 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
137.8 ± 3.9 |
1.0 ± 0.0 |
1.5 ± 0.0 |
80.6 ± 2.0 |
144.37 ± 5.43 |
1.71 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
149.2 ± 3.4 |
13.3 ± 0.3 |
20.1 ± 0.7 |
79.5 ± 1.9 |
11.26 ± 0.49 |
1.88 ± 0.08 |
| RH9 |
146.8 ± 3.5 |
12.5 ± 0.3 |
19.0 ± 0.6 |
79.6 ± 1.9 |
11.77 ± 0.53 |
1.85 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
146.8 ± 3.5 |
12.5 ± 0.3 |
19.0 ± 0.6 |
79.6 ± 1.9 |
11.77 ± 0.53 |
1.85 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
136.7 |
8.6 |
13.1 |
79.9 |
41.5 |
1.7 |
| Median |
146.8 |
12.5 |
19.0 |
80.2 |
16.6 |
1.8 |
| Deviation |
24.8 |
6.1 |
9.1 |
0.6 |
50.4 |
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 |
27.8 ± 15.3 |
0.9 ± 0.2 |
1.1 ± 0.3 |
98.5 ± 14.4 |
32.51 ± 18.93 |
0.28 ± 0.14 |
| VC |
61.8 ± 5.6 |
17.7 ± 3.3 |
21.0 ± 5.9 |
96.8 ± 14.3 |
3.61 ± 0.74 |
0.65 ± 0.10 |
| MX1 |
42.1 ± 4.2 |
7.7 ± 1.4 |
9.3 ± 2.6 |
98.1 ± 14.4 |
5.63 ± 1.27 |
0.44 ± 0.08 |
| MX2 |
53.8 ± 3.6 |
4.8 ± 0.9 |
5.7 ± 1.6 |
98.3 ± 14.4 |
11.62 ± 2.12 |
0.56 ± 0.10 |
| MX3 |
49.5 ± 3.2 |
1.0 ± 0.2 |
1.2 ± 0.3 |
98.5 ± 14.4 |
50.87 ± 9.63 |
0.51 ± 0.09 |
| RH8 |
56.3 ± 9.7 |
13.9 ± 2.5 |
16.6 ± 4.7 |
97.5 ± 14.4 |
4.21 ± 1.13 |
0.58 ± 0.10 |
| RH9 |
55.2 ± 10.1 |
13.1 ± 2.4 |
15.6 ± 4.4 |
97.6 ± 14.4 |
4.39 ± 1.21 |
0.57 ± 0.10 |
| RH10 |
55.2 ± 10.1 |
13.1 ± 2.4 |
15.6 ± 4.4 |
97.6 ± 14.4 |
4.39 ± 1.21 |
0.57 ± 0.10 |
| Average |
50.2 |
9.0 |
10.8 |
97.9 |
14.7 |
0.5 |
| Median |
55.2 |
13.1 |
15.6 |
98.1 |
5.6 |
0.6 |
| Deviation |
10.7 |
6.3 |
7.5 |
0.6 |
17.6 |
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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