Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20053642345
Observation time: 12/30/2005 364.98981 2345 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2005 |
| Fractional day of year |
364.989809 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
85519.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
255.200 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
29.196 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
21.480 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0172 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0194 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
8.88, 13.59, 14.15 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 18:05:39 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 17:03:18 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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42.097 ± 0.535
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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] |
-556.7 ± 2.7 |
-580.9 ± 1.4 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-3.2 ± 2.2 |
9.9 ± 1.5 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-14.4 ± 3.3 |
-11.0 ± 1.6 |
| Wi [km/s] |
33.0 ± 1.2 |
38.6 ± 0.8 |
| We [km/s] |
1044.2 ± 38.5 |
1220.8 ± 25.4 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
2.0 ± 0.0 |
3.1 ± 0.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-1.5 ± 0.1 |
-2.0 ± 0.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-2.7 ± 0.1 |
-3.1 ± 0.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.2 ± 0.3 |
1.5 ± 0.5 |
Plasma Beta
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0.495 ± 0.475
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0.606 ± 0.610
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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42.63 ± 1.57
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49.84 ± 1.04
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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47.14 ± 2.00
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49.76 ± 2.31
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.412 ± 0.401 |
-0.825 ± 0.220 |
-0.387 ± 0.366 |
-22.76 ± 15.43 |
243.47 ± 27.67 |
| VC |
-0.872 ± 0.050 |
0.475 ± 0.089 |
0.118 ± 0.118 |
6.80 ± 6.72 |
151.45 ± 5.81 |
| MX1 |
-0.679 ± 0.506 |
0.732 ± 0.469 |
0.051 ± 0.051 |
2.93 ± 6.14 |
132.86 ± 39.57 |
| MX2 |
-0.678 ± 0.146 |
0.735 ± 0.135 |
-0.022 ± 0.022 |
-1.29 ± 4.08 |
132.72 ± 11.39 |
| MX3 |
-0.811 ± 0.067 |
0.573 ± 0.095 |
-0.117 ± 0.116 |
-6.70 ± 5.10 |
144.75 ± 6.67 |
| RH08 |
-0.981 ± 0.003 |
0.182 ± 0.016 |
0.073 ± 0.072 |
4.16 ± 0.85 |
169.47 ± 0.95 |
| RH09 |
-0.995 ± 0.007 |
0.096 ± 0.068 |
-0.028 ± 0.028 |
-1.60 ± 4.06 |
174.48 ± 3.91 |
| RH10 |
-0.995 ± 0.007 |
0.096 ± 0.068 |
-0.028 ± 0.028 |
-1.60 ± 4.06 |
174.48 ± 3.91 |
| Average |
-0.803 |
0.258 |
-0.042 |
-2.507 |
165.462 |
| Median |
-0.811 |
0.475 |
-0.022 |
-1.285 |
169.471 |
| Deviation |
0.205 |
0.511 |
0.157 |
9.193 |
35.906 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
26.0 ± 5.2 |
231.5 ± 1.1 |
1.54 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
89.5 ± 2.2 |
561.1 ± 1.1 |
1.54 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
71.9 ± 2.0 |
450.4 ± 1.1 |
1.54 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
71.5 ± 1.9 |
450.4 ± 1.0 |
1.54 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
83.2 ± 1.8 |
528.1 ± 0.9 |
1.54 ± 0.05 |
| RH08 |
71.7 ± 2.0 |
619.0 ± 1.0 |
1.54 ± 0.05 |
| RH09 |
67.0 ± 1.9 |
625.7 ± 0.9 |
1.54 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
67.0 ± 1.9 |
625.7 ± 5.5 |
1.54 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
68.5 |
511.5 |
1.54 |
| Median |
71.7 |
561.1 |
1.54 |
| Deviation |
18.9 |
134.3 |
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 |
-5.9 ± 2.3 |
33.3 ± 0.5 |
42.4 ± 1.8 |
54.2 ± 1.0 |
-0.18 ± 0.07 |
-0.11 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
78.7 ± 2.6 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
63.6 ± 1.0 |
273.76 ± 10.25 |
1.24 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
75.3 ± 2.4 |
10.0 ± 0.1 |
14.7 ± 0.6 |
62.8 ± 1.0 |
7.57 ± 0.28 |
1.20 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
74.9 ± 2.3 |
10.2 ± 0.1 |
15.0 ± 0.6 |
62.8 ± 1.0 |
7.36 ± 0.27 |
1.19 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
76.7 ± 2.3 |
3.8 ± 0.1 |
5.6 ± 0.2 |
63.5 ± 1.0 |
20.45 ± 0.75 |
1.21 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
74.8 ± 2.7 |
10.0 ± 0.1 |
14.8 ± 0.6 |
62.8 ± 1.0 |
7.46 ± 0.30 |
1.19 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
71.7 ± 2.6 |
12.6 ± 0.2 |
18.4 ± 0.8 |
62.3 ± 1.0 |
5.71 ± 0.23 |
1.15 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
71.7 ± 2.6 |
12.6 ± 0.2 |
18.4 ± 0.8 |
62.3 ± 1.0 |
5.71 ± 0.23 |
1.15 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
64.7 |
11.6 |
16.2 |
61.8 |
41.0 |
1.0 |
| Median |
74.9 |
10.2 |
15.0 |
62.8 |
7.5 |
1.2 |
| Deviation |
28.6 |
9.8 |
12.3 |
3.1 |
94.2 |
0.5 |
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 |
-3.8 ± 1.7 |
37.3 ± 0.8 |
44.7 ± 2.1 |
59.8 ± 1.3 |
-0.10 ± 0.05 |
-0.06 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
51.0 ± 1.2 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
70.4 ± 1.5 |
159.19 ± 4.29 |
0.72 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
49.1 ± 1.1 |
11.1 ± 0.2 |
15.5 ± 0.7 |
69.6 ± 1.5 |
4.43 ± 0.12 |
0.71 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
48.9 ± 1.1 |
11.3 ± 0.2 |
15.8 ± 0.7 |
69.5 ± 1.5 |
4.32 ± 0.11 |
0.70 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
50.0 ± 1.1 |
4.2 ± 0.1 |
5.9 ± 0.3 |
70.3 ± 1.5 |
11.95 ± 0.31 |
0.71 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
48.4 ± 1.3 |
11.2 ± 0.2 |
15.6 ± 0.7 |
69.6 ± 1.5 |
4.34 ± 0.13 |
0.70 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
46.5 ± 1.4 |
14.0 ± 0.3 |
19.4 ± 0.9 |
69.0 ± 1.5 |
3.32 ± 0.11 |
0.67 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
46.5 ± 1.4 |
14.0 ± 0.3 |
19.4 ± 0.9 |
69.0 ± 1.5 |
3.32 ± 0.11 |
0.67 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
42.1 |
12.9 |
17.1 |
68.4 |
23.8 |
0.6 |
| Median |
48.9 |
11.3 |
15.8 |
69.6 |
4.3 |
0.7 |
| Deviation |
18.6 |
11.0 |
13.0 |
3.5 |
54.8 |
0.3 |
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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