Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20012871738
Observation time: 10/14/2001 287.73519 1738 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2001 |
| Fractional day of year |
287.735192 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
63520.6 ± 220.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
66.952 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-60.023 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
7.660 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0200 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0227 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
5.24, 8.08, 8.70 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:15:49 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 21:47:04 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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-34.806 ± 4.720
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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] |
-387.2 ± 4.5 |
-429.4 ± 2.1 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-21.8 ± 1.0 |
-13.3 ± 3.2 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-55.8 ± 3.5 |
-63.8 ± 2.6 |
| Wi [km/s] |
37.4 ± 4.5 |
43.6 ± 2.4 |
| We [km/s] |
1183.9 ± 142.7 |
1378.4 ± 75.5 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
3.2 ± 0.4 |
4.5 ± 0.2 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
3.0 ± 0.6 |
0.9 ± 0.1 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-2.2 ± 0.4 |
-2.5 ± 0.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-3.7 ± 0.4 |
-6.5 ± 0.1 |
Plasma Beta
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0.354 ± 0.318
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0.370 ± 0.356
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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48.33 ± 5.83
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56.27 ± 3.08
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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64.26 ± 3.77
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71.90 ± 1.07
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.739 ± 0.051 |
0.427 ± 0.072 |
0.520 ± 0.467 |
31.36 ± 3.87 |
149.97 ± 5.41 |
| VC |
-0.962 ± 0.024 |
0.196 ± 0.076 |
-0.188 ± 0.186 |
-10.83 ± 5.84 |
168.50 ± 4.55 |
| MX1 |
-0.749 ± 0.038 |
0.401 ± 0.052 |
0.527 ± 0.472 |
31.81 ± 3.30 |
151.81 ± 3.81 |
| MX2 |
-0.755 ± 0.034 |
0.388 ± 0.050 |
0.529 ± 0.473 |
31.91 ± 2.89 |
152.80 ± 3.66 |
| MX3 |
-0.773 ± 0.051 |
0.342 ± 0.105 |
0.534 ± 0.476 |
32.25 ± 2.54 |
156.15 ± 7.75 |
| RH08 |
-0.237 ± 0.026 |
-0.929 ± 0.009 |
0.285 ± 0.277 |
16.55 ± 1.22 |
255.71 ± 1.59 |
| RH09 |
-0.251 ± 0.061 |
-0.918 ± 0.024 |
0.307 ± 0.297 |
17.89 ± 3.27 |
254.71 ± 3.78 |
| RH10 |
-0.281 ± 0.061 |
-0.901 ± 0.026 |
0.330 ± 0.317 |
19.25 ± 3.32 |
252.70 ± 3.86 |
| Average |
-0.593 |
-0.124 |
0.355 |
21.274 |
192.793 |
| Median |
-0.739 |
0.342 |
0.520 |
31.361 |
168.499 |
| Deviation |
0.288 |
0.659 |
0.245 |
14.712 |
51.308 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
14.7 ± 6.7 |
363.1 ± 46.3 |
1.40 ± 0.21 |
| VC |
59.5 ± 7.9 |
541.6 ± 62.6 |
1.40 ± 0.21 |
| MX1 |
14.6 ± 7.3 |
367.4 ± 46.3 |
1.40 ± 0.21 |
| MX2 |
14.7 ± 7.6 |
370.3 ± 46.3 |
1.40 ± 0.21 |
| MX3 |
15.4 ± 8.4 |
379.0 ± 46.5 |
1.40 ± 0.21 |
| RH08 |
87.1 ± 3.9 |
96.6 ± 13.9 |
1.40 ± 0.21 |
| RH09 |
88.7 ± 3.8 |
103.0 ± 13.5 |
1.40 ± 0.21 |
| RH10 |
89.0 ± 3.9 |
116.4 ± 12.8 |
1.40 ± 0.21 |
| Average |
48.0 |
292.2 |
1.40 |
| Median |
59.5 |
367.4 |
1.40 |
| Deviation |
36.6 |
165.4 |
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 |
115.2 ± 5.0 |
44.7 ± 4.0 |
62.1 ± 3.6 |
67.0 ± 2.4 |
2.59 ± 0.18 |
1.72 ± 0.10 |
| VC |
162.8 ± 3.7 |
20.1 ± 1.2 |
32.6 ± 1.9 |
78.1 ± 1.5 |
8.13 ± 0.36 |
2.08 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
115.6 ± 5.1 |
44.7 ± 4.0 |
62.2 ± 3.7 |
67.0 ± 2.4 |
2.60 ± 0.19 |
1.73 ± 0.10 |
| MX2 |
115.9 ± 5.1 |
44.7 ± 4.0 |
62.2 ± 3.6 |
67.0 ± 2.4 |
2.61 ± 0.19 |
1.73 ± 0.10 |
| MX3 |
116.8 ± 5.2 |
44.4 ± 4.0 |
61.9 ± 3.6 |
67.2 ± 2.3 |
2.64 ± 0.19 |
1.74 ± 0.10 |
| RH8 |
0.6 ± 2.3 |
1.9 ± 0.1 |
3.2 ± 0.2 |
80.6 ± 1.5 |
0.30 ± 1.15 |
0.01 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
3.0 ± 2.4 |
0.8 ± 0.0 |
1.4 ± 0.1 |
80.6 ± 1.5 |
3.47 ± 2.72 |
0.04 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
6.5 ± 2.6 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
1.1 ± 0.1 |
80.6 ± 1.5 |
9.63 ± 3.55 |
0.08 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
79.5 |
25.2 |
35.9 |
73.5 |
4.0 |
1.1 |
| Median |
115.6 |
44.4 |
61.9 |
78.1 |
2.6 |
1.7 |
| Deviation |
65.1 |
21.6 |
29.8 |
7.0 |
3.2 |
0.9 |
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 |
84.5 ± 1.9 |
52.2 ± 2.3 |
69.5 ± 1.0 |
75.0 ± 0.4 |
1.62 ± 0.09 |
1.13 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
118.9 ± 1.9 |
23.2 ± 0.7 |
36.5 ± 0.5 |
88.3 ± 1.1 |
5.13 ± 0.16 |
1.35 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
84.8 ± 1.8 |
52.2 ± 2.3 |
69.6 ± 1.0 |
74.9 ± 0.4 |
1.63 ± 0.09 |
1.13 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
85.0 ± 1.8 |
52.2 ± 2.3 |
69.5 ± 1.0 |
74.9 ± 0.4 |
1.63 ± 0.09 |
1.13 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
85.5 ± 1.7 |
51.8 ± 2.2 |
69.3 ± 1.0 |
75.2 ± 0.4 |
1.65 ± 0.09 |
1.14 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
0.8 ± 2.7 |
2.2 ± 0.1 |
3.6 ± 0.1 |
91.3 ± 1.3 |
0.34 ± 1.20 |
0.01 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
2.6 ± 2.6 |
1.0 ± 0.0 |
1.6 ± 0.0 |
91.3 ± 1.3 |
2.67 ± 2.68 |
0.03 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
4.9 ± 2.6 |
0.8 ± 0.0 |
1.3 ± 0.0 |
91.3 ± 1.3 |
6.34 ± 3.31 |
0.05 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
58.4 |
29.5 |
40.1 |
82.8 |
2.6 |
0.7 |
| Median |
84.8 |
51.8 |
69.3 |
88.3 |
1.7 |
1.1 |
| Deviation |
47.5 |
25.3 |
33.4 |
8.4 |
2.0 |
0.6 |
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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