Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20011690207
Observation time: 06/18/2001 169.08880 0207 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2001 |
| Fractional day of year |
169.088802 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
7672.5 ± 9.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
77.856 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
122.928 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
6.270 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0270 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0266 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
15.84, 60.99, 29.01 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:14:20 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 21:13:41 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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42.433 ± 1.413
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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] |
-300.3 ± 2.5 |
-318.1 ± 1.3 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-25.3 ± 1.1 |
-38.6 ± 1.9 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-22.2 ± 1.6 |
-23.9 ± 1.2 |
| Wi [km/s] |
20.1 ± 0.5 |
22.2 ± 0.7 |
| We [km/s] |
634.4 ± 15.6 |
703.0 ± 21.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
17.4 ± 0.6 |
24.3 ± 0.7 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
1.8 ± 0.2 |
3.8 ± 0.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-2.4 ± 0.4 |
-5.0 ± 0.4 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-1.7 ± 0.3 |
-2.1 ± 0.2 |
Plasma Beta
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1.217 ± 1.190
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0.576 ± 0.597
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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25.90 ± 0.64
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28.70 ± 0.86
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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18.30 ± 1.41
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29.46 ± 1.45
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.976 ± 0.224 |
-0.193 ± 0.952 |
-0.104 ± 0.103 |
-5.96 ± 68.66 |
191.18 ± 55.90 |
| VC |
-0.798 ± 0.052 |
-0.598 ± 0.069 |
-0.079 ± 0.079 |
-4.56 ± 5.30 |
216.85 ± 4.94 |
| MX1 |
-0.805 ± 0.047 |
-0.589 ± 0.063 |
-0.075 ± 0.075 |
-4.29 ± 6.65 |
216.21 ± 4.48 |
| MX2 |
-0.804 ± 0.047 |
-0.589 ± 0.064 |
-0.078 ± 0.078 |
-4.46 ± 5.87 |
216.22 ± 4.57 |
| MX3 |
-0.804 ± 0.048 |
-0.589 ± 0.066 |
-0.080 ± 0.080 |
-4.60 ± 5.55 |
216.22 ± 4.66 |
| RH08 |
-0.768 ± 0.006 |
-0.636 ± 0.007 |
-0.073 ± 0.072 |
-4.16 ± 0.52 |
219.61 ± 0.50 |
| RH09 |
-0.716 ± 0.049 |
-0.682 ± 0.051 |
-0.151 ± 0.150 |
-8.68 ± 4.03 |
223.62 ± 4.07 |
| RH10 |
-0.173 ± 0.065 |
0.119 ± 0.070 |
-0.978 ± 0.286 |
-77.86 ± 3.57 |
145.40 ± 20.06 |
| Average |
-0.730 |
-0.470 |
-0.202 |
-14.321 |
205.664 |
| Median |
-0.798 |
-0.589 |
-0.079 |
-4.556 |
216.222 |
| Deviation |
0.237 |
0.282 |
0.314 |
25.720 |
26.233 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
70.8 ± 1.6 |
370.9 ± 10.5 |
1.40 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
88.0 ± 2.8 |
334.1 ± 11.0 |
1.40 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
88.7 ± 2.8 |
335.9 ± 11.1 |
1.40 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
88.6 ± 2.8 |
335.9 ± 11.1 |
1.40 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
88.6 ± 2.8 |
335.9 ± 11.0 |
1.40 ± 0.05 |
| RH08 |
85.8 ± 3.0 |
326.0 ± 11.0 |
1.40 ± 0.05 |
| RH09 |
80.2 ± 2.8 |
312.2 ± 10.5 |
1.40 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
72.8 ± 6.7 |
81.5 ± 4.7 |
1.40 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
83.0 |
304.0 |
1.40 |
| Median |
88.0 |
335.9 |
1.40 |
| Deviation |
7.4 |
91.4 |
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 |
70.7 ± 2.4 |
5.0 ± 0.3 |
6.0 ± 0.5 |
31.3 ± 1.2 |
14.30 ± 1.22 |
2.26 ± 0.14 |
| VC |
77.7 ± 2.2 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
0.6 ± 0.0 |
31.7 ± 1.2 |
152.28 ± 11.83 |
2.45 ± 0.14 |
| MX1 |
77.8 ± 2.2 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
31.7 ± 1.2 |
232.70 ± 18.13 |
2.46 ± 0.14 |
| MX2 |
77.7 ± 2.2 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
31.7 ± 1.2 |
217.37 ± 16.93 |
2.46 ± 0.14 |
| MX3 |
77.7 ± 2.2 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
31.7 ± 1.2 |
207.16 ± 16.12 |
2.45 ± 0.14 |
| RH8 |
77.6 ± 2.1 |
1.1 ± 0.1 |
1.3 ± 0.1 |
31.7 ± 1.2 |
71.47 ± 5.50 |
2.45 ± 0.14 |
| RH9 |
76.7 ± 2.0 |
2.5 ± 0.1 |
3.1 ± 0.2 |
31.6 ± 1.2 |
30.24 ± 2.25 |
2.43 ± 0.13 |
| RH10 |
10.8 ± 1.3 |
4.4 ± 0.3 |
5.4 ± 0.4 |
31.4 ± 1.2 |
2.42 ± 0.20 |
0.34 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
68.3 |
1.8 |
2.2 |
31.6 |
116.0 |
2.2 |
| Median |
77.7 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
31.7 |
152.3 |
2.5 |
| Deviation |
23.4 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
0.2 |
97.2 |
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 |
50.6 ± 1.5 |
6.8 ± 0.1 |
9.7 ± 0.5 |
40.6 ± 0.7 |
7.41 ± 0.32 |
1.25 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
55.5 ± 2.0 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
1.0 ± 0.0 |
41.1 ± 0.7 |
78.80 ± 3.81 |
1.35 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
55.5 ± 1.9 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
41.2 ± 0.7 |
120.44 ± 5.81 |
1.35 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
55.5 ± 1.9 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
41.1 ± 0.7 |
112.50 ± 5.43 |
1.35 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
55.5 ± 1.9 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
41.1 ± 0.7 |
107.21 ± 5.17 |
1.35 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
55.3 ± 2.0 |
1.5 ± 0.0 |
2.1 ± 0.1 |
41.1 ± 0.7 |
36.97 ± 1.81 |
1.35 ± 0.07 |
| RH9 |
54.7 ± 2.0 |
3.5 ± 0.1 |
5.0 ± 0.2 |
41.0 ± 0.7 |
15.63 ± 0.77 |
1.33 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
7.7 ± 1.1 |
6.1 ± 0.1 |
8.7 ± 0.4 |
40.7 ± 0.7 |
1.26 ± 0.19 |
0.19 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
48.8 |
2.5 |
3.6 |
41.0 |
60.0 |
1.2 |
| Median |
55.5 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
41.1 |
78.8 |
1.3 |
| Deviation |
16.7 |
2.7 |
3.8 |
0.2 |
50.3 |
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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