Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20051261208
Observation time: 05/06/2005 126.50599 1208 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2005 |
| Fractional day of year |
126.505990 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
43717.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
205.158 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
69.443 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-7.512 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0009 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0270 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0140 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
4.60, 43.20, 51.12 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 16:27:54 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 16:04:32 2013
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Method selected
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RH08
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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53.701 ± 0.231
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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] |
-358.8 ± 0.7 |
-382.1 ± 1.3 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-11.6 ± 0.6 |
-26.7 ± 1.0 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
1.5 ± 0.5 |
-4.4 ± 1.8 |
| Wi [km/s] |
20.5 ± 0.4 |
24.4 ± 0.1 |
| We [km/s] |
648.5 ± 12.8 |
770.7 ± 4.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
9.3 ± 0.1 |
14.6 ± 0.4 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-3.7 ± 0.1 |
-4.5 ± 0.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
1.3 ± 0.2 |
3.3 ± 0.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
2.1 ± 0.2 |
4.0 ± 0.4 |
Plasma Beta
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0.415 ± 0.393
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0.388 ± 0.392
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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26.48 ± 0.52
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31.46 ± 0.16
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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32.06 ± 1.99
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39.19 ± 1.50
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.942 ± 0.020 |
-0.334 ± 0.057 |
-0.009 ± 0.009 |
-0.50 ± 6.55 |
199.54 ± 3.46 |
| VC |
-0.821 ± 0.025 |
-0.533 ± 0.036 |
-0.204 ± 0.201 |
-11.79 ± 2.83 |
213.01 ± 2.52 |
| MX1 |
-0.940 ± 0.015 |
-0.342 ± 0.041 |
-0.016 ± 0.016 |
-0.92 ± 3.14 |
199.98 ± 2.49 |
| MX2 |
-0.940 ± 0.016 |
-0.342 ± 0.045 |
-0.017 ± 0.017 |
-0.99 ± 3.09 |
200.00 ± 2.72 |
| MX3 |
-0.939 ± 0.019 |
-0.342 ± 0.051 |
-0.019 ± 0.019 |
-1.07 ± 3.15 |
200.03 ± 3.12 |
| RH08 |
-0.941 ± 0.004 |
-0.334 ± 0.012 |
-0.050 ± 0.050 |
-2.88 ± 0.72 |
199.55 ± 0.71 |
| RH09 |
-0.522 ± 0.057 |
-0.659 ± 0.049 |
0.542 ± 0.481 |
32.81 ± 3.46 |
231.64 ± 4.65 |
| RH10 |
-0.850 ± 0.037 |
0.205 ± 0.069 |
-0.486 ± 0.444 |
-29.08 ± 4.03 |
166.46 ± 4.63 |
| Average |
-0.862 |
-0.335 |
-0.032 |
-1.804 |
201.278 |
| Median |
-0.939 |
-0.342 |
-0.017 |
-0.988 |
199.999 |
| Deviation |
0.146 |
0.249 |
0.285 |
17.100 |
18.059 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
47.0 ± 2.3 |
416.5 ± 0.3 |
1.59 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
64.5 ± 2.3 |
379.2 ± 0.4 |
1.59 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
47.6 ± 2.3 |
416.0 ± 0.3 |
1.59 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
47.7 ± 2.3 |
415.9 ± 0.3 |
1.59 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
47.7 ± 2.3 |
415.9 ± 0.3 |
1.59 ± 0.04 |
| RH08 |
48.6 ± 2.3 |
416.8 ± 0.3 |
1.59 ± 0.04 |
| RH09 |
60.3 ± 1.4 |
248.5 ± 0.5 |
1.59 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
57.4 ± 1.6 |
356.1 ± 2.3 |
1.59 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
52.6 |
383.1 |
1.59 |
| Median |
48.6 |
415.9 |
1.59 |
| Deviation |
7.0 |
59.0 |
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 |
74.6 ± 0.5 |
14.9 ± 0.2 |
21.9 ± 1.4 |
38.9 ± 1.3 |
5.01 ± 0.08 |
1.92 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
78.8 ± 0.4 |
9.0 ± 0.1 |
13.8 ± 0.9 |
40.6 ± 1.3 |
8.77 ± 0.15 |
1.94 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
74.9 ± 0.5 |
14.7 ± 0.2 |
21.6 ± 1.3 |
38.9 ± 1.3 |
5.10 ± 0.08 |
1.92 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
74.9 ± 0.5 |
14.7 ± 0.2 |
21.6 ± 1.3 |
38.9 ± 1.3 |
5.11 ± 0.08 |
1.93 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
74.9 ± 0.5 |
14.6 ± 0.2 |
21.6 ± 1.3 |
38.9 ± 1.3 |
5.12 ± 0.08 |
1.93 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
75.4 ± 0.5 |
14.4 ± 0.2 |
21.2 ± 1.3 |
39.0 ± 1.3 |
5.25 ± 0.09 |
1.93 ± 0.07 |
| RH9 |
52.9 ± 0.4 |
10.4 ± 0.1 |
15.9 ± 1.0 |
40.3 ± 1.3 |
5.07 ± 0.07 |
1.31 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
54.3 ± 0.9 |
11.4 ± 0.1 |
17.3 ± 1.1 |
40.0 ± 1.3 |
4.76 ± 0.12 |
1.36 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
70.1 |
13.0 |
19.3 |
39.5 |
5.5 |
1.8 |
| Median |
74.9 |
14.6 |
21.6 |
39.0 |
5.1 |
1.9 |
| Deviation |
10.3 |
2.4 |
3.2 |
0.7 |
1.3 |
0.3 |
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 |
47.5 ± 1.3 |
17.9 ± 0.3 |
26.7 ± 1.0 |
47.0 ± 1.2 |
2.65 ± 0.11 |
1.01 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
50.4 ± 1.5 |
10.8 ± 0.2 |
16.9 ± 0.6 |
49.1 ± 1.3 |
4.66 ± 0.21 |
1.03 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
47.7 ± 1.3 |
17.7 ± 0.3 |
26.4 ± 1.0 |
47.1 ± 1.2 |
2.70 ± 0.11 |
1.01 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
47.7 ± 1.3 |
17.6 ± 0.3 |
26.4 ± 1.0 |
47.1 ± 1.2 |
2.71 ± 0.11 |
1.02 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
47.8 ± 1.3 |
17.6 ± 0.3 |
26.4 ± 1.0 |
47.1 ± 1.2 |
2.71 ± 0.11 |
1.02 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
48.1 ± 1.3 |
17.3 ± 0.3 |
25.9 ± 1.0 |
47.2 ± 1.2 |
2.78 ± 0.12 |
1.02 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
34.0 ± 0.5 |
12.5 ± 0.2 |
19.4 ± 0.7 |
48.7 ± 1.2 |
2.71 ± 0.07 |
0.70 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
34.8 ± 1.6 |
13.7 ± 0.2 |
21.1 ± 0.8 |
48.3 ± 1.2 |
2.54 ± 0.15 |
0.72 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
44.7 |
15.6 |
23.6 |
47.7 |
2.9 |
0.9 |
| Median |
47.7 |
17.6 |
26.4 |
47.2 |
2.7 |
1.0 |
| Deviation |
6.5 |
2.8 |
3.9 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
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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