Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20010860200
Observation time: 03/27/2001 86.08398 0200 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2001 |
| Fractional day of year |
86.083976 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
7255.5 ± 6.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-4.067 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-231.635 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
4.370 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0300 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0267 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
18.06, 22.42, 29.22 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:12:59 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 20:36:55 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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-21.118 ± 7.464
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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] |
-351.0 ± 8.6 |
-428.1 ± 4.1 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
11.1 ± 8.9 |
-0.9 ± 6.8 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
7.1 ± 8.0 |
-67.2 ± 3.6 |
| Wi [km/s] |
35.2 ± 5.2 |
43.0 ± 3.0 |
| We [km/s] |
1112.3 ± 163.8 |
1359.1 ± 95.1 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
6.7 ± 0.7 |
18.9 ± 2.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
0.4 ± 1.7 |
7.1 ± 1.0 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-1.4 ± 1.9 |
-9.3 ± 1.8 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.3 ± 1.5 |
-3.3 ± 1.6 |
Plasma Beta
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2.390 ± 3.057
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0.501 ± 0.434
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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45.41 ± 6.69
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55.48 ± 3.88
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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26.11 ± 7.33
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62.16 ± 5.38
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.897 ± 0.311 |
-0.085 ± 0.842 |
-0.434 ± 0.404 |
-25.70 ± 39.86 |
185.39 ± 53.76 |
| VC |
-0.718 ± 0.061 |
-0.110 ± 0.097 |
-0.687 ± 0.550 |
-43.38 ± 5.00 |
188.73 ± 7.72 |
| MX1 |
-0.625 ± 0.125 |
-0.204 ± 0.136 |
-0.754 ± 0.561 |
-48.91 ± 9.37 |
198.08 ± 11.95 |
| MX2 |
-0.646 ± 0.078 |
-0.229 ± 0.118 |
-0.728 ± 0.559 |
-46.76 ± 5.51 |
199.49 ± 10.28 |
| MX3 |
-0.642 ± 0.076 |
-0.223 ± 0.116 |
-0.733 ± 0.560 |
-47.17 ± 5.41 |
199.14 ± 10.14 |
| RH08 |
-0.548 ± 0.014 |
-0.311 ± 0.012 |
-0.777 ± 0.560 |
-50.94 ± 1.09 |
209.58 ± 0.97 |
| RH09 |
0.082 ± 0.067 |
0.429 ± 0.064 |
-0.899 ± 0.489 |
-64.08 ± 4.06 |
79.22 ± 8.80 |
| RH10 |
0.169 ± 0.069 |
0.471 ± 0.061 |
-0.866 ± 0.524 |
-59.99 ± 3.96 |
70.19 ± 8.01 |
| Average |
-0.478 |
-0.033 |
-0.735 |
-48.366 |
166.228 |
| Median |
-0.625 |
-0.110 |
-0.733 |
-47.172 |
198.082 |
| Deviation |
0.387 |
0.306 |
0.141 |
11.538 |
57.009 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
84.8 ± 37.7 |
468.6 ± 16.8 |
2.81 ± 0.19 |
| VC |
87.0 ± 33.5 |
413.8 ± 16.1 |
2.81 ± 0.19 |
| MX1 |
89.4 ± 32.6 |
377.3 ± 15.7 |
2.81 ± 0.19 |
| MX2 |
88.9 ± 32.6 |
384.2 ± 15.9 |
2.81 ± 0.19 |
| MX3 |
89.0 ± 32.6 |
383.2 ± 15.9 |
2.81 ± 0.19 |
| RH08 |
85.6 ± 32.9 |
344.7 ± 15.4 |
2.81 ± 0.19 |
| RH09 |
78.1 ± 23.5 |
58.1 ± 9.9 |
2.81 ± 0.19 |
| RH10 |
77.5 ± 22.5 |
12.4 ± 9.8 |
2.81 ± 0.19 |
| Average |
85.0 |
305.3 |
2.81 |
| Median |
87.0 |
383.2 |
2.81 |
| Deviation |
4.7 |
170.9 |
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 |
157.8 ± 8.0 |
2.0 ± 0.3 |
2.4 ± 0.7 |
53.0 ± 3.9 |
83.25 ± 18.90 |
3.00 ± 0.36 |
| VC |
167.7 ± 7.9 |
1.1 ± 0.2 |
1.4 ± 0.4 |
53.1 ± 3.9 |
152.29 ± 34.13 |
3.18 ± 0.35 |
| MX1 |
165.7 ± 8.0 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
0.3 ± 0.1 |
53.1 ± 3.9 |
729.43 ± 162.95 |
3.14 ± 0.34 |
| MX2 |
165.3 ± 8.0 |
0.4 ± 0.1 |
0.5 ± 0.1 |
53.1 ± 3.9 |
396.86 ± 88.72 |
3.13 ± 0.34 |
| MX3 |
165.5 ± 8.0 |
0.4 ± 0.1 |
0.5 ± 0.1 |
53.1 ± 3.9 |
450.18 ± 100.61 |
3.14 ± 0.34 |
| RH8 |
161.4 ± 8.2 |
1.7 ± 0.3 |
2.0 ± 0.6 |
53.0 ± 3.9 |
99.36 ± 22.17 |
3.06 ± 0.32 |
| RH9 |
88.5 ± 7.0 |
4.5 ± 0.8 |
5.4 ± 1.5 |
52.9 ± 3.9 |
20.40 ± 4.77 |
1.68 ± 0.17 |
| RH10 |
72.9 ± 7.0 |
4.7 ± 0.8 |
5.6 ± 1.6 |
52.9 ± 3.9 |
16.01 ± 3.86 |
1.38 ± 0.15 |
| Average |
143.1 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
53.0 |
243.5 |
2.7 |
| Median |
165.3 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
53.1 |
152.3 |
3.1 |
| Deviation |
38.9 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
0.1 |
256.0 |
0.7 |
Downstream 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 |
55.3 ± 2.8 |
3.7 ± 0.1 |
5.6 ± 0.5 |
83.4 ± 2.1 |
14.91 ± 0.79 |
0.66 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
59.9 ± 1.8 |
2.2 ± 0.1 |
3.3 ± 0.3 |
83.5 ± 2.1 |
27.82 ± 1.02 |
0.72 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
59.0 ± 1.9 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
0.7 ± 0.1 |
83.5 ± 2.1 |
132.82 ± 5.33 |
0.71 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
58.5 ± 2.1 |
0.8 ± 0.0 |
1.2 ± 0.1 |
83.5 ± 2.1 |
71.89 ± 3.09 |
0.70 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
58.7 ± 2.0 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
1.1 ± 0.1 |
83.5 ± 2.1 |
81.72 ± 3.46 |
0.70 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
57.6 ± 2.2 |
3.2 ± 0.1 |
4.8 ± 0.4 |
83.5 ± 2.1 |
18.15 ± 0.85 |
0.69 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
33.0 ± 5.9 |
8.5 ± 0.2 |
12.8 ± 1.1 |
83.1 ± 2.1 |
3.88 ± 0.71 |
0.40 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
27.2 ± 6.4 |
8.9 ± 0.2 |
13.4 ± 1.2 |
83.1 ± 2.1 |
3.04 ± 0.72 |
0.33 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
51.2 |
3.6 |
5.4 |
83.4 |
44.3 |
0.6 |
| Median |
58.5 |
3.2 |
4.8 |
83.5 |
27.8 |
0.7 |
| Deviation |
13.2 |
3.4 |
5.1 |
0.2 |
46.5 |
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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