Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20051281701
Observation time: 05/08/2005 128.70905 1701 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2005 |
| Fractional day of year |
128.709045 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
61261.5 ± 70.0 |
| Shock type |
FR |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
206.420 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
75.279 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-6.120 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0125 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0201 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
17.70, 23.38, 25.88 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 16:30:21 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 16:08:32 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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27.915 ± 5.342
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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] |
-665.8 ± 6.2 |
-734.5 ± 4.1 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-13.7 ± 10.4 |
-53.7 ± 5.5 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
50.6 ± 13.0 |
35.7 ± 12.8 |
| Wi [km/s] |
98.4 ± 2.3 |
85.1 ± 1.7 |
| We [km/s] |
3112.1 ± 72.5 |
2690.0 ± 52.4 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
9.8 ± 0.1 |
5.9 ± 0.2 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
7.8 ± 0.9 |
1.6 ± 0.8 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-9.9 ± 1.6 |
-6.1 ± 1.5 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
6.9 ± 5.3 |
-5.1 ± 2.2 |
Plasma Beta
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0.887 ± 0.935
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1.254 ± 1.288
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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127.05 ± 2.96
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109.82 ± 2.14
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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105.30 ± 9.26
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76.21 ± 3.62
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.262 ± 0.150 |
0.847 ± 0.116 |
0.462 ± 0.426 |
27.55 ± 13.83 |
107.16 ± 9.92 |
| VC |
-0.855 ± 0.065 |
-0.491 ± 0.103 |
-0.169 ± 0.168 |
-9.74 ± 10.83 |
209.87 ± 6.81 |
| MX1 |
-0.597 ± 0.076 |
-0.800 ± 0.056 |
0.052 ± 0.052 |
2.99 ± 6.63 |
233.27 ± 5.40 |
| MX2 |
-0.920 ± 0.191 |
0.204 ± 0.715 |
0.334 ± 0.321 |
19.54 ± 18.90 |
167.51 ± 44.47 |
| MX3 |
-0.730 ± 0.047 |
-0.660 ± 0.052 |
0.180 ± 0.178 |
10.37 ± 4.17 |
222.12 ± 4.00 |
| RH08 |
-0.732 ± 0.033 |
0.399 ± 0.058 |
0.553 ± 0.488 |
33.58 ± 1.11 |
151.42 ± 4.50 |
| RH09 |
-0.974 ± 0.016 |
-0.094 ± 0.071 |
0.207 ± 0.204 |
11.93 ± 3.97 |
185.52 ± 4.16 |
| RH10 |
-0.976 ± 0.015 |
-0.094 ± 0.071 |
0.196 ± 0.193 |
11.28 ± 3.96 |
185.52 ± 4.16 |
| Average |
-0.756 |
-0.086 |
0.227 |
13.436 |
182.799 |
| Median |
-0.732 |
-0.094 |
0.207 |
11.929 |
185.515 |
| Deviation |
0.240 |
0.560 |
0.228 |
13.652 |
41.023 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
58.7 ± 20.6 |
234.6 ± 6.8 |
0.60 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
78.9 ± 6.3 |
444.5 ± 7.1 |
0.60 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
75.8 ± 5.5 |
301.7 ± 6.0 |
0.60 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
61.8 ± 12.1 |
553.3 ± 2.9 |
0.60 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
82.0 ± 2.8 |
390.9 ± 5.0 |
0.60 ± 0.02 |
| RH08 |
65.5 ± 17.5 |
476.0 ± 4.1 |
0.60 ± 0.02 |
| RH09 |
69.3 ± 6.8 |
558.4 ± 3.8 |
0.60 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
68.9 ± 6.7 |
558.6 ± 16.7 |
0.60 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
70.1 |
439.8 |
0.60 |
| Median |
69.3 |
476.0 |
0.60 |
| Deviation |
8.2 |
123.0 |
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 |
48.6 ± 12.9 |
43.6 ± 2.6 |
54.8 ± 4.8 |
159.2 ± 6.7 |
1.13 ± 0.36 |
0.31 ± 0.09 |
| VC |
-122.6 ± 11.4 |
15.6 ± 0.9 |
20.3 ± 1.8 |
164.4 ± 7.1 |
-7.89 ± 1.17 |
-0.75 ± 0.10 |
| MX1 |
-109.5 ± 10.2 |
20.0 ± 1.2 |
25.8 ± 2.3 |
163.9 ± 7.1 |
-5.51 ± 0.82 |
-0.67 ± 0.09 |
| MX2 |
-73.4 ± 3.2 |
39.4 ± 2.3 |
49.8 ± 4.4 |
160.3 ± 6.8 |
-1.87 ± 0.11 |
-0.46 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
-113.0 ± 7.9 |
11.2 ± 0.6 |
14.6 ± 1.3 |
164.7 ± 7.1 |
-10.10 ± 1.26 |
-0.69 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
-33.6 ± 7.4 |
34.3 ± 2.0 |
43.7 ± 3.8 |
161.5 ± 6.9 |
-0.97 ± 0.17 |
-0.21 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
-101.8 ± 4.1 |
29.0 ± 1.7 |
37.2 ± 3.3 |
162.5 ± 7.0 |
-3.52 ± 0.32 |
-0.63 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
-102.4 ± 4.2 |
29.5 ± 1.7 |
37.8 ± 3.3 |
162.4 ± 7.0 |
-3.48 ± 0.33 |
-0.63 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
-76.0 |
27.9 |
35.5 |
162.4 |
-4.0 |
-0.5 |
| Median |
-101.8 |
29.5 |
37.8 |
162.5 |
-3.5 |
-0.6 |
| Deviation |
57.8 |
11.4 |
14.2 |
1.9 |
3.7 |
0.4 |
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 |
71.4 ± 3.1 |
33.6 ± 1.1 |
39.6 ± 1.9 |
129.4 ± 2.1 |
2.12 ± 0.06 |
0.55 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
-203.5 ± 2.5 |
12.1 ± 0.4 |
14.7 ± 0.7 |
133.2 ± 2.3 |
-16.86 ± 0.58 |
-1.53 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
-181.8 ± 3.9 |
15.4 ± 0.5 |
18.7 ± 0.9 |
132.8 ± 2.2 |
-11.78 ± 0.49 |
-1.37 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
-123.5 ± 4.3 |
30.4 ± 1.0 |
36.0 ± 1.7 |
130.2 ± 2.2 |
-4.07 ± 0.24 |
-0.95 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
-186.9 ± 4.7 |
8.7 ± 0.3 |
10.6 ± 0.5 |
133.4 ± 2.3 |
-21.52 ± 0.99 |
-1.40 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
-59.7 ± 5.3 |
26.5 ± 0.8 |
31.6 ± 1.5 |
131.1 ± 2.2 |
-2.26 ± 0.25 |
-0.46 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
-169.4 ± 3.8 |
22.4 ± 0.7 |
26.9 ± 1.3 |
131.8 ± 2.2 |
-7.56 ± 0.36 |
-1.29 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
-170.4 ± 3.8 |
22.8 ± 0.7 |
27.4 ± 1.3 |
131.8 ± 2.2 |
-7.48 ± 0.35 |
-1.29 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
-128.0 |
21.5 |
25.7 |
131.7 |
-8.7 |
-1.0 |
| Median |
-169.4 |
22.8 |
27.4 |
131.8 |
-7.5 |
-1.3 |
| Deviation |
92.6 |
8.8 |
10.3 |
1.4 |
7.8 |
0.7 |
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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