Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20060242338
Observation time: 01/24/2006 24.98523 2338 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2006 |
| Fractional day of year |
24.985226 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
85123.5 ± 10.0 |
| Shock type |
SF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
249.790 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-54.741 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
16.317 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0237 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0149 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
3.31, 3.69, 4.00 |
Event added to database
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Tue Sep 24 10:36:36 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 16:46:29 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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62.933 ± 15.442
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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] |
-421.5 ± 3.6 |
-444.3 ± 3.6 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
20.8 ± 2.6 |
1.0 ± 2.2 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-11.2 ± 6.4 |
-24.2 ± 10.3 |
| Wi [km/s] |
26.3 ± 2.6 |
33.4 ± 1.6 |
| We [km/s] |
831.9 ± 83.5 |
1055.4 ± 49.5 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
6.1 ± 1.0 |
8.6 ± 0.3 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
4.6 ± 1.3 |
-3.2 ± 0.6 |
| By GSE [nT] |
0.5 ± 0.9 |
-3.3 ± 0.9 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
6.1 ± 0.9 |
-3.3 ± 1.2 |
Plasma Beta
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0.203 ± 0.107
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0.636 ± 0.727
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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33.96 ± 3.41
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43.08 ± 2.02
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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69.41 ± 15.84
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42.79 ± 4.94
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.880 ± 0.593 |
-0.430 ± 1.205 |
0.204 ± 0.202 |
11.79 ± 21.65 |
206.04 ± 78.46 |
| VC |
-0.704 ± 0.115 |
-0.618 ± 0.120 |
-0.350 ± 0.335 |
-20.48 ± 16.12 |
221.29 ± 8.21 |
| MX1 |
-0.551 ± 0.615 |
-0.711 ± 0.485 |
0.437 ± 0.407 |
25.91 ± 19.49 |
232.24 ± 49.00 |
| MX2 |
-0.854 ± 0.129 |
0.031 ± 0.518 |
0.519 ± 0.466 |
31.26 ± 14.06 |
177.93 ± 34.77 |
| MX3 |
-0.614 ± 0.422 |
-0.592 ± 0.435 |
0.523 ± 0.469 |
31.53 ± 16.46 |
223.96 ± 39.45 |
| RH08 |
-0.776 ± 0.017 |
0.201 ± 0.033 |
0.598 ± 0.514 |
36.71 ± 1.40 |
165.46 ± 2.45 |
| RH09 |
-0.776 ± 0.028 |
0.201 ± 0.057 |
0.598 ± 0.514 |
36.71 ± 2.37 |
165.46 ± 4.17 |
| RH10 |
-0.780 ± 0.032 |
0.217 ± 0.063 |
0.587 ± 0.508 |
35.92 ± 2.70 |
164.46 ± 4.59 |
| Average |
-0.742 |
-0.213 |
0.389 |
23.669 |
194.604 |
| Median |
-0.776 |
0.031 |
0.523 |
31.526 |
206.040 |
| Deviation |
0.113 |
0.412 |
0.326 |
19.656 |
29.294 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
67.8 ± 5.4 |
439.8 ± 15.1 |
1.58 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
42.8 ± 5.8 |
391.9 ± 22.8 |
1.58 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
88.9 ± 5.7 |
279.8 ± 12.0 |
1.58 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
85.5 ± 6.0 |
397.1 ± 6.9 |
1.58 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
88.8 ± 5.5 |
303.6 ± 10.4 |
1.58 ± 0.07 |
| RH08 |
87.6 ± 6.3 |
342.0 ± 6.5 |
1.58 ± 0.07 |
| RH09 |
87.6 ± 6.3 |
342.0 ± 6.5 |
1.58 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
88.1 ± 6.3 |
344.9 ± 36.1 |
1.58 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
79.6 |
355.1 |
1.58 |
| Median |
87.6 |
344.9 |
1.58 |
| Deviation |
16.5 |
52.2 |
0.00 |
Upstream 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 |
80.4 ± 3.6 |
11.3 ± 0.8 |
26.2 ± 6.0 |
77.1 ± 12.1 |
7.15 ± 0.74 |
1.07 ± 0.23 |
| VC |
104.2 ± 2.5 |
22.8 ± 1.7 |
50.9 ± 11.6 |
74.4 ± 12.6 |
4.59 ± 0.36 |
1.45 ± 0.37 |
| MX1 |
67.3 ± 3.5 |
0.6 ± 0.0 |
1.4 ± 0.3 |
77.9 ± 12.0 |
114.26 ± 12.12 |
0.89 ± 0.17 |
| MX2 |
42.2 ± 6.0 |
2.3 ± 0.2 |
5.4 ± 1.2 |
77.9 ± 12.0 |
18.35 ± 3.21 |
0.55 ± 0.11 |
| MX3 |
63.1 ± 4.3 |
0.6 ± 0.0 |
1.4 ± 0.3 |
77.9 ± 12.0 |
102.69 ± 11.99 |
0.83 ± 0.16 |
| RH8 |
17.4 ± 6.5 |
1.3 ± 0.1 |
3.0 ± 0.7 |
77.9 ± 12.0 |
13.98 ± 5.30 |
0.22 ± 0.08 |
| RH9 |
17.4 ± 6.5 |
1.3 ± 0.1 |
3.0 ± 0.7 |
77.9 ± 12.0 |
13.98 ± 5.30 |
0.22 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
18.1 ± 6.5 |
1.0 ± 0.1 |
2.2 ± 0.5 |
77.9 ± 12.0 |
19.12 ± 7.00 |
0.23 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
51.3 |
5.1 |
11.7 |
77.4 |
36.8 |
0.7 |
| Median |
63.1 |
1.3 |
3.0 |
77.9 |
18.4 |
0.8 |
| Deviation |
32.8 |
8.0 |
17.9 |
1.2 |
44.6 |
0.5 |
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 |
54.4 ± 1.8 |
11.6 ± 0.5 |
16.2 ± 1.9 |
59.7 ± 2.5 |
4.69 ± 0.14 |
0.91 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
71.3 ± 6.8 |
24.1 ± 1.1 |
31.4 ± 3.6 |
55.9 ± 2.3 |
2.96 ± 0.22 |
1.27 ± 0.10 |
| MX1 |
46.3 ± 2.4 |
0.6 ± 0.0 |
0.9 ± 0.1 |
60.9 ± 2.6 |
76.95 ± 6.12 |
0.76 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
30.0 ± 2.6 |
2.4 ± 0.1 |
3.3 ± 0.4 |
60.8 ± 2.6 |
12.77 ± 1.36 |
0.49 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
44.2 ± 2.9 |
0.6 ± 0.0 |
0.9 ± 0.1 |
60.9 ± 2.6 |
70.34 ± 6.66 |
0.73 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
11.5 ± 3.8 |
1.3 ± 0.1 |
1.8 ± 0.2 |
60.8 ± 2.6 |
8.99 ± 3.09 |
0.19 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
11.5 ± 3.8 |
1.3 ± 0.1 |
1.8 ± 0.2 |
60.8 ± 2.6 |
8.99 ± 3.09 |
0.19 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
12.2 ± 3.7 |
1.0 ± 0.0 |
1.4 ± 0.2 |
60.9 ± 2.6 |
12.60 ± 3.98 |
0.20 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
35.2 |
5.4 |
7.2 |
60.1 |
24.8 |
0.6 |
| Median |
44.2 |
1.3 |
1.8 |
60.8 |
12.6 |
0.7 |
| Deviation |
22.5 |
8.4 |
11.0 |
1.7 |
30.4 |
0.4 |
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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