Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20051271826
Observation time: 05/07/2005 127.76825 1826 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2005 |
| Fractional day of year |
127.768247 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
66376.5 ± 60.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
205.880 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
72.843 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-6.719 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0180 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0134 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
7.85, 14.28, 16.03 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 16:29:01 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 16:06:32 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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50.350 ± 2.668
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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] |
-379.5 ± 1.8 |
-404.8 ± 1.4 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-43.1 ± 2.8 |
-39.8 ± 0.1 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-25.6 ± 1.5 |
-21.4 ± 2.6 |
| Wi [km/s] |
27.4 ± 0.8 |
30.5 ± 1.5 |
| We [km/s] |
865.2 ± 24.7 |
964.6 ± 48.3 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
17.9 ± 0.9 |
25.9 ± 0.9 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
1.9 ± 1.0 |
-0.3 ± 0.8 |
| By GSE [nT] |
6.7 ± 0.9 |
10.1 ± 1.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-11.3 ± 0.7 |
-14.5 ± 0.5 |
Plasma Beta
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0.157 ± 0.161
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0.163 ± 0.160
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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35.32 ± 1.01
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39.38 ± 1.97
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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68.96 ± 1.02
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75.69 ± 1.30
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.833 ± 0.227 |
-0.159 ± 0.430 |
0.529 ± 0.473 |
31.96 ± 23.37 |
190.81 ± 29.45 |
| VC |
-0.979 ± 0.021 |
0.128 ± 0.101 |
0.160 ± 0.158 |
9.19 ± 6.01 |
172.55 ± 5.91 |
| MX1 |
-0.875 ± 0.098 |
-0.093 ± 0.161 |
0.474 ± 0.435 |
28.32 ± 11.70 |
186.08 ± 10.54 |
| MX2 |
-0.886 ± 0.083 |
-0.113 ± 0.169 |
0.450 ± 0.417 |
26.75 ± 10.33 |
187.26 ± 10.90 |
| MX3 |
-0.908 ± 0.064 |
-0.160 ± 0.185 |
0.387 ± 0.366 |
22.75 ± 8.37 |
189.98 ± 11.69 |
| RH08 |
-0.932 ± 0.012 |
-0.259 ± 0.030 |
0.251 ± 0.246 |
14.56 ± 1.97 |
195.54 ± 1.82 |
| RH09 |
-0.942 ± 0.024 |
-0.209 ± 0.069 |
0.263 ± 0.256 |
15.22 ± 4.00 |
192.53 ± 4.20 |
| RH10 |
-0.945 ± 0.023 |
-0.210 ± 0.069 |
0.251 ± 0.246 |
14.56 ± 3.99 |
192.53 ± 4.20 |
| Average |
-0.913 |
-0.134 |
0.346 |
20.414 |
188.412 |
| Median |
-0.908 |
-0.159 |
0.387 |
22.750 |
190.813 |
| Deviation |
0.046 |
0.119 |
0.132 |
8.132 |
7.085 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
49.7 ± 4.7 |
384.5 ± 1.5 |
1.48 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
77.9 ± 4.7 |
446.4 ± 1.7 |
1.48 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
55.0 ± 4.7 |
401.9 ± 1.6 |
1.48 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
55.7 ± 4.6 |
407.7 ± 1.5 |
1.48 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
57.5 ± 4.4 |
420.5 ± 1.4 |
1.48 ± 0.03 |
| RH08 |
61.6 ± 4.0 |
437.9 ± 1.2 |
1.48 ± 0.03 |
| RH09 |
62.5 ± 4.2 |
440.1 ± 1.3 |
1.48 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
63.1 ± 4.1 |
441.8 ± 5.7 |
1.48 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
60.4 |
422.6 |
1.48 |
| Median |
61.6 |
437.9 |
1.48 |
| Deviation |
8.4 |
22.6 |
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 |
74.9 ± 1.2 |
21.1 ± 0.5 |
44.6 ± 0.7 |
74.5 ± 1.1 |
3.55 ± 0.13 |
1.01 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
84.6 ± 1.4 |
6.6 ± 0.2 |
14.4 ± 0.2 |
77.2 ± 1.2 |
12.84 ± 0.37 |
1.10 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
77.9 ± 1.1 |
18.6 ± 0.5 |
39.5 ± 0.6 |
75.2 ± 1.1 |
4.20 ± 0.14 |
1.04 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
78.2 ± 1.2 |
18.2 ± 0.5 |
38.9 ± 0.6 |
75.3 ± 1.1 |
4.29 ± 0.15 |
1.04 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
78.9 ± 1.4 |
17.3 ± 0.4 |
37.0 ± 0.5 |
75.5 ± 1.1 |
4.56 ± 0.17 |
1.04 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
79.3 ± 1.8 |
15.2 ± 0.4 |
32.8 ± 0.5 |
76.0 ± 1.1 |
5.21 ± 0.21 |
1.04 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
80.4 ± 1.7 |
14.8 ± 0.4 |
31.8 ± 0.5 |
76.1 ± 1.2 |
5.45 ± 0.21 |
1.06 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
80.7 ± 1.7 |
14.5 ± 0.4 |
31.2 ± 0.5 |
76.1 ± 1.2 |
5.58 ± 0.22 |
1.06 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
79.4 |
15.8 |
33.8 |
75.7 |
5.7 |
1.0 |
| Median |
79.3 |
17.3 |
37.0 |
76.0 |
5.2 |
1.0 |
| Deviation |
2.8 |
4.3 |
9.1 |
0.8 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
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 |
52.1 ± 2.5 |
23.5 ± 1.0 |
49.0 ± 0.8 |
82.0 ± 1.4 |
2.22 ± 0.14 |
0.63 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
58.6 ± 1.7 |
7.3 ± 0.3 |
15.8 ± 0.3 |
85.0 ± 1.5 |
8.02 ± 0.38 |
0.69 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
53.9 ± 2.4 |
20.6 ± 0.9 |
43.4 ± 0.7 |
82.8 ± 1.4 |
2.62 ± 0.15 |
0.65 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
54.2 ± 2.4 |
20.3 ± 0.8 |
42.7 ± 0.7 |
82.9 ± 1.4 |
2.68 ± 0.16 |
0.65 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
54.7 ± 2.2 |
19.2 ± 0.8 |
40.6 ± 0.7 |
83.1 ± 1.4 |
2.85 ± 0.16 |
0.66 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
55.4 ± 1.9 |
16.9 ± 0.7 |
36.0 ± 0.6 |
83.6 ± 1.4 |
3.28 ± 0.17 |
0.66 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
56.1 ± 2.0 |
16.4 ± 0.7 |
34.9 ± 0.6 |
83.7 ± 1.5 |
3.42 ± 0.17 |
0.67 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
56.3 ± 1.9 |
16.1 ± 0.7 |
34.2 ± 0.6 |
83.8 ± 1.5 |
3.50 ± 0.18 |
0.67 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
55.2 |
17.6 |
37.1 |
83.4 |
3.6 |
0.7 |
| Median |
55.4 |
19.2 |
40.6 |
83.6 |
3.3 |
0.7 |
| Deviation |
1.9 |
4.8 |
9.9 |
0.9 |
1.9 |
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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