Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20031501553
Observation time: 05/30/2003 150.66227 1553 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2003 |
| Fractional day of year |
150.662274 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
57220.5 ± 60.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
248.315 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-45.859 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
11.410 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0236 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0162 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
6.03, 9.26, 9.82 |
Event added to database
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Thu Jun 24 11:13:49 2010
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Event last processed
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Thu Jun 24 11:45:21 2010
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Method selected
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RH08
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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30.459 ± 1.591
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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] |
-574.6 ± 18.4 |
-750.2 ± 24.5 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-1.1 ± 15.3 |
9.5 ± 23.1 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-40.3 ± 45.7 |
29.1 ± 21.1 |
| Wi [km/s] |
56.7 ± 42.6 |
54.7 ± 10.1 |
| We [km/s] |
1791.7 ± 1347.5 |
1729.5 ± 319.9 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
2.1 ± 0.5 |
6.1 ± 1.0 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
5.4 ± 0.6 |
7.3 ± 5.0 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-0.3 ± 0.5 |
0.5 ± 7.0 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
10.6 ± 0.3 |
20.4 ± 3.0 |
Plasma Beta
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0.110 ± 0.053
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0.073 ± 0.070
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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73.15 ± 55.01
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70.61 ± 13.06
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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184.14 ± 24.15
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205.65 ± 16.11
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.769 ± 0.500 |
0.639 ± 0.602 |
0.002 ± 0.002 |
0.14 ± 34.56 |
140.27 ± 44.83 |
| VC |
-0.932 ± 0.087 |
0.040 ± 0.130 |
0.360 ± 0.344 |
21.10 ± 13.77 |
177.57 ± 7.99 |
| MX1 |
-0.977 ± 0.104 |
0.032 ± 0.134 |
0.211 ± 0.208 |
12.18 ± 28.18 |
178.12 ± 7.85 |
| MX2 |
-0.975 ± 0.090 |
-0.069 ± 0.165 |
0.210 ± 0.207 |
12.11 ± 24.40 |
184.02 ± 9.67 |
| MX3 |
-0.966 ± 0.083 |
-0.147 ± 0.205 |
0.211 ± 0.208 |
12.21 ± 21.22 |
188.68 ± 12.13 |
| RH08 |
-0.996 ± 0.002 |
-0.026 ± 0.026 |
0.084 ± 0.084 |
4.81 ± 1.40 |
181.50 ± 1.51 |
| RH09 |
-0.982 ± 0.013 |
-0.095 ± 0.070 |
0.162 ± 0.161 |
9.32 ± 4.03 |
185.52 ± 4.07 |
| RH10 |
-0.978 ± 0.015 |
-0.129 ± 0.069 |
0.162 ± 0.161 |
9.32 ± 4.03 |
187.52 ± 4.07 |
| Average |
-0.947 |
0.031 |
0.175 |
10.149 |
177.901 |
| Median |
-0.975 |
-0.026 |
0.210 |
12.114 |
184.023 |
| Deviation |
0.074 |
0.255 |
0.105 |
6.120 |
15.735 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
68.9 ± 3.2 |
661.0 ± 47.1 |
3.39 ± 1.13 |
| VC |
84.1 ± 2.9 |
807.2 ± 38.3 |
3.39 ± 1.13 |
| MX1 |
75.2 ± 2.9 |
840.9 ± 41.0 |
3.39 ± 1.13 |
| MX2 |
75.3 ± 2.8 |
837.0 ± 39.8 |
3.39 ± 1.13 |
| MX3 |
75.8 ± 2.7 |
829.1 ± 38.7 |
3.39 ± 1.13 |
| RH08 |
67.9 ± 2.8 |
851.5 ± 42.2 |
3.39 ± 1.13 |
| RH09 |
72.6 ± 2.7 |
841.5 ± 40.2 |
3.39 ± 1.13 |
| RH10 |
72.8 ± 2.7 |
838.2 ± 39.7 |
3.39 ± 1.13 |
| Average |
74.1 |
813.3 |
3.39 |
| Median |
75.2 |
838.2 |
3.39 |
| Deviation |
5.0 |
62.9 |
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 |
219.9 ± 21.3 |
23.4 ± 15.6 |
66.3 ± 8.7 |
200.0 ± 43.2 |
13.06 ± 7.14 |
1.14 ± 0.25 |
| VC |
286.1 ± 16.5 |
6.6 ± 4.3 |
18.8 ± 2.5 |
201.4 ± 44.7 |
58.73 ± 29.49 |
1.47 ± 0.26 |
| MX1 |
288.1 ± 15.4 |
16.5 ± 10.9 |
47.0 ± 6.2 |
200.8 ± 44.0 |
23.88 ± 12.29 |
1.49 ± 0.29 |
| MX2 |
285.0 ± 14.0 |
16.4 ± 10.8 |
46.6 ± 6.1 |
200.8 ± 44.0 |
23.82 ± 12.21 |
1.47 ± 0.28 |
| MX3 |
282.3 ± 12.8 |
15.9 ± 10.5 |
45.3 ± 5.9 |
200.8 ± 44.1 |
24.29 ± 12.41 |
1.46 ± 0.28 |
| RH8 |
282.5 ± 16.3 |
24.4 ± 16.3 |
69.2 ± 9.1 |
199.8 ± 43.0 |
15.98 ± 8.38 |
1.47 ± 0.30 |
| RH9 |
283.5 ± 14.1 |
19.3 ± 12.8 |
54.9 ± 7.2 |
200.5 ± 43.7 |
20.15 ± 10.40 |
1.47 ± 0.29 |
| RH10 |
282.4 ± 13.6 |
19.2 ± 12.7 |
54.5 ± 7.1 |
200.5 ± 43.7 |
20.24 ± 10.43 |
1.46 ± 0.29 |
| Average |
276.2 |
17.7 |
50.3 |
200.6 |
25.0 |
1.4 |
| Median |
283.5 |
19.2 |
54.5 |
200.8 |
23.8 |
1.5 |
| Deviation |
22.8 |
5.5 |
15.5 |
0.5 |
14.2 |
0.1 |
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 |
77.9 ± 33.5 |
24.1 ± 4.0 |
74.1 ± 5.8 |
216.4 ± 16.2 |
3.32 ± 1.54 |
0.36 ± 0.15 |
| VC |
97.1 ± 20.5 |
6.8 ± 1.1 |
21.1 ± 1.6 |
217.6 ± 16.2 |
14.53 ± 3.70 |
0.45 ± 0.09 |
| MX1 |
101.6 ± 22.5 |
17.0 ± 2.8 |
52.5 ± 4.1 |
217.1 ± 16.2 |
6.09 ± 1.66 |
0.47 ± 0.10 |
| MX2 |
99.9 ± 20.1 |
16.9 ± 2.8 |
52.1 ± 4.1 |
217.1 ± 16.2 |
6.04 ± 1.54 |
0.46 ± 0.09 |
| MX3 |
99.5 ± 18.1 |
16.4 ± 2.7 |
50.6 ± 4.0 |
217.1 ± 16.2 |
6.20 ± 1.48 |
0.46 ± 0.08 |
| RH8 |
102.0 ± 22.8 |
25.2 ± 4.1 |
77.3 ± 6.1 |
216.2 ± 16.2 |
4.15 ± 1.16 |
0.47 ± 0.10 |
| RH9 |
100.8 ± 20.1 |
19.9 ± 3.3 |
61.4 ± 4.8 |
216.8 ± 16.2 |
5.17 ± 1.33 |
0.47 ± 0.09 |
| RH10 |
100.7 ± 19.3 |
19.8 ± 3.2 |
60.8 ± 4.8 |
216.8 ± 16.2 |
5.21 ± 1.30 |
0.47 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
97.4 |
18.3 |
56.2 |
216.9 |
6.3 |
0.4 |
| Median |
100.7 |
19.8 |
60.8 |
217.1 |
6.0 |
0.5 |
| Deviation |
8.0 |
5.7 |
17.4 |
0.4 |
3.5 |
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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