Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20062271625
Observation time: 08/15/2006 227.68422 1625 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2006 |
| Fractional day of year |
227.684219 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
59116.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
229.891 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-99.361 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
3.439 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0201 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0183 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
18.57, 29.76, 30.97 |
Event added to database
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Tue Sep 24 15:45:16 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 16:55:13 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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91.602 ± 4.580
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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] |
-291.9 ± 1.0 |
-300.7 ± 0.6 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-2.2 ± 0.2 |
-7.6 ± 0.9 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-23.8 ± 1.1 |
-42.3 ± 1.3 |
| Wi [km/s] |
14.2 ± 0.3 |
16.3 ± 0.4 |
| We [km/s] |
448.1 ± 10.2 |
516.5 ± 13.3 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
10.9 ± 0.3 |
19.4 ± 1.0 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-0.7 ± 0.2 |
-0.2 ± 0.4 |
| By GSE [nT] |
3.1 ± 0.1 |
3.9 ± 0.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.5 ± 0.2 |
-0.0 ± 0.4 |
Plasma Beta
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0.443 ± 0.437
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0.704 ± 0.746
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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18.29 ± 0.42
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21.09 ± 0.54
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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21.30 ± 0.43
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19.63 ± 1.45
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.770 ± 0.397 |
0.602 ± 0.502 |
0.212 ± 0.208 |
12.21 ± 25.63 |
142.00 ± 37.13 |
| VC |
-0.415 ± 0.042 |
-0.258 ± 0.045 |
-0.873 ± 0.518 |
-60.77 ± 2.61 |
211.90 ± 5.50 |
| MX1 |
-0.571 ± 0.315 |
-0.309 ± 0.461 |
-0.760 ± 0.561 |
-49.48 ± 17.32 |
208.42 ± 44.88 |
| MX2 |
-0.500 ± 0.168 |
-0.281 ± 0.261 |
-0.819 ± 0.551 |
-55.01 ± 6.97 |
209.32 ± 29.34 |
| MX3 |
-0.507 ± 0.131 |
-0.211 ± 0.202 |
-0.836 ± 0.543 |
-56.68 ± 7.60 |
202.57 ± 22.25 |
| RH08 |
-0.956 ± 0.006 |
0.195 ± 0.023 |
0.218 ± 0.214 |
12.58 ± 1.01 |
168.47 ± 1.36 |
| RH09 |
-0.987 ± 0.011 |
-0.009 ± 0.070 |
-0.162 ± 0.161 |
-9.32 ± 4.03 |
180.50 ± 4.07 |
| RH10 |
-0.987 ± 0.011 |
0.009 ± 0.070 |
-0.162 ± 0.161 |
-9.32 ± 4.03 |
179.50 ± 4.07 |
| Average |
-0.712 |
-0.033 |
-0.398 |
-26.974 |
187.834 |
| Median |
-0.571 |
-0.009 |
-0.162 |
-9.324 |
202.568 |
| Deviation |
0.242 |
0.311 |
0.476 |
31.715 |
24.728 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
39.3 ± 3.8 |
218.3 ± 0.4 |
1.78 ± 0.09 |
| VC |
73.5 ± 3.7 |
191.0 ± 0.3 |
1.78 ± 0.09 |
| MX1 |
73.5 ± 3.4 |
233.0 ± 0.4 |
1.78 ± 0.09 |
| MX2 |
73.7 ± 3.5 |
214.4 ± 0.4 |
1.78 ± 0.09 |
| MX3 |
77.7 ± 3.6 |
216.6 ± 0.4 |
1.78 ± 0.09 |
| RH08 |
65.0 ± 3.9 |
281.3 ± 0.4 |
1.78 ± 0.09 |
| RH09 |
79.7 ± 3.4 |
318.5 ± 0.4 |
1.78 ± 0.09 |
| RH10 |
78.7 ± 3.4 |
318.2 ± 2.7 |
1.78 ± 0.09 |
| Average |
70.1 |
248.9 |
1.78 |
| Median |
73.7 |
233.0 |
1.78 |
| Deviation |
13.3 |
50.0 |
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 |
-0.2 ± 0.5 |
11.8 ± 0.2 |
16.5 ± 0.3 |
25.5 ± 0.3 |
-0.02 ± 0.04 |
-0.01 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
48.6 ± 1.3 |
4.0 ± 0.1 |
6.1 ± 0.1 |
27.8 ± 0.4 |
12.20 ± 0.40 |
1.75 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
47.4 ± 1.4 |
4.0 ± 0.1 |
6.1 ± 0.1 |
27.8 ± 0.4 |
11.92 ± 0.40 |
1.71 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
48.3 ± 1.4 |
3.9 ± 0.1 |
6.0 ± 0.1 |
27.8 ± 0.4 |
12.31 ± 0.40 |
1.74 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
48.2 ± 1.4 |
3.0 ± 0.0 |
4.5 ± 0.1 |
27.9 ± 0.4 |
16.17 ± 0.54 |
1.73 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
7.7 ± 0.7 |
6.0 ± 0.1 |
9.0 ± 0.2 |
27.4 ± 0.3 |
1.28 ± 0.12 |
0.28 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
26.6 ± 1.1 |
2.5 ± 0.0 |
3.8 ± 0.1 |
28.0 ± 0.4 |
10.67 ± 0.48 |
0.95 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
26.3 ± 1.1 |
2.7 ± 0.0 |
4.2 ± 0.1 |
27.9 ± 0.4 |
9.67 ± 0.44 |
0.94 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
31.6 |
4.7 |
7.0 |
27.5 |
9.3 |
1.1 |
| Median |
47.4 |
4.0 |
6.1 |
27.8 |
11.9 |
1.7 |
| Deviation |
19.7 |
3.1 |
4.2 |
0.8 |
5.7 |
0.7 |
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 |
0.2 ± 1.1 |
12.3 ± 0.4 |
15.2 ± 1.1 |
26.1 ± 0.8 |
0.02 ± 0.09 |
0.01 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
27.4 ± 1.1 |
4.1 ± 0.1 |
5.6 ± 0.4 |
28.5 ± 0.9 |
6.67 ± 0.22 |
0.96 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
26.7 ± 0.9 |
4.1 ± 0.1 |
5.6 ± 0.4 |
28.5 ± 0.9 |
6.50 ± 0.20 |
0.94 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
27.3 ± 1.0 |
4.1 ± 0.1 |
5.5 ± 0.4 |
28.5 ± 0.9 |
6.73 ± 0.21 |
0.96 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
27.2 ± 1.0 |
3.1 ± 0.1 |
4.2 ± 0.3 |
28.7 ± 0.9 |
8.82 ± 0.28 |
0.95 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
4.4 ± 1.0 |
6.2 ± 0.2 |
8.3 ± 0.6 |
28.2 ± 0.9 |
0.72 ± 0.18 |
0.16 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
14.9 ± 0.4 |
2.6 ± 0.1 |
3.5 ± 0.3 |
28.7 ± 0.9 |
5.81 ± 0.34 |
0.52 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
14.8 ± 0.4 |
2.8 ± 0.1 |
3.8 ± 0.3 |
28.7 ± 0.9 |
5.26 ± 0.32 |
0.52 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
17.9 |
4.9 |
6.5 |
28.2 |
5.1 |
0.6 |
| Median |
26.7 |
4.1 |
5.6 |
28.5 |
6.5 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
11.1 |
3.2 |
3.8 |
0.9 |
3.1 |
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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