Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20062290633
Observation time: 08/17/2006 229.27318 0633 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2006 |
| Fractional day of year |
229.273177 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
23602.5 ± 90.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
228.233 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-100.143 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
2.327 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0210 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0223 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
5.17, 17.84, 19.62 |
Event added to database
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Tue Sep 24 15:46:34 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 16:57:33 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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55.189 ± 0.766
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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] |
-322.1 ± 2.5 |
-346.5 ± 1.4 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-7.6 ± 3.9 |
-18.1 ± 1.4 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
9.7 ± 1.0 |
13.5 ± 2.4 |
| Wi [km/s] |
15.7 ± 0.5 |
18.2 ± 1.5 |
| We [km/s] |
495.3 ± 15.9 |
575.4 ± 48.8 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
16.6 ± 0.9 |
28.0 ± 1.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-0.4 ± 0.3 |
-0.3 ± 0.4 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-1.0 ± 0.7 |
-0.6 ± 1.8 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
1.7 ± 0.1 |
4.8 ± 0.6 |
Plasma Beta
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1.939 ± 1.709
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0.752 ± 0.721
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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20.22 ± 0.65
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23.49 ± 1.99
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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11.41 ± 1.06
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21.26 ± 1.38
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.695 ± 0.531 |
-0.632 ± 0.583 |
0.343 ± 0.329 |
20.07 ± 16.83 |
222.25 ± 47.74 |
| VC |
-0.912 ± 0.049 |
-0.384 ± 0.112 |
0.142 ± 0.141 |
8.15 ± 5.52 |
202.84 ± 7.00 |
| MX1 |
-0.960 ± 0.112 |
-0.281 ± 0.383 |
-0.003 ± 0.003 |
-0.15 ± 15.01 |
196.30 ± 22.84 |
| MX2 |
-0.928 ± 0.046 |
-0.366 ± 0.113 |
0.076 ± 0.075 |
4.34 ± 8.15 |
201.54 ± 6.96 |
| MX3 |
-0.926 ± 0.041 |
-0.369 ± 0.100 |
0.085 ± 0.085 |
4.87 ± 7.37 |
201.71 ± 6.18 |
| RH08 |
-0.976 ± 0.004 |
-0.217 ± 0.017 |
0.017 ± 0.017 |
0.96 ± 1.10 |
192.53 ± 1.02 |
| RH09 |
-0.867 ± 0.035 |
0.453 ± 0.063 |
-0.207 ± 0.204 |
-11.93 ± 3.97 |
152.42 ± 4.16 |
| RH10 |
-0.890 ± 0.032 |
0.407 ± 0.065 |
-0.207 ± 0.204 |
-11.93 ± 3.97 |
155.43 ± 4.16 |
| Average |
-0.894 |
-0.174 |
0.031 |
1.797 |
190.628 |
| Median |
-0.912 |
-0.281 |
0.076 |
4.338 |
201.538 |
| Deviation |
0.088 |
0.391 |
0.181 |
10.498 |
24.276 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
43.8 ± 12.7 |
292.3 ± 0.8 |
1.69 ± 0.08 |
| VC |
61.0 ± 9.5 |
363.5 ± 0.9 |
1.69 ± 0.08 |
| MX1 |
70.8 ± 8.7 |
375.7 ± 0.9 |
1.69 ± 0.08 |
| MX2 |
64.8 ± 9.4 |
367.9 ± 0.9 |
1.69 ± 0.08 |
| MX3 |
64.3 ± 9.5 |
367.5 ± 0.9 |
1.69 ± 0.08 |
| RH08 |
71.3 ± 8.2 |
380.1 ± 0.9 |
1.69 ± 0.08 |
| RH09 |
79.2 ± 8.8 |
312.2 ± 0.8 |
1.69 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
80.7 ± 8.4 |
322.9 ± 5.7 |
1.69 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
67.0 |
347.8 |
1.69 |
| Median |
70.8 |
367.5 |
1.69 |
| Deviation |
11.7 |
33.4 |
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 |
60.2 ± 3.6 |
7.6 ± 0.6 |
8.2 ± 0.8 |
22.0 ± 0.7 |
8.04 ± 1.19 |
2.75 ± 0.21 |
| VC |
65.4 ± 3.4 |
4.9 ± 0.4 |
5.5 ± 0.5 |
22.7 ± 0.7 |
13.39 ± 1.82 |
2.88 ± 0.20 |
| MX1 |
64.4 ± 3.3 |
3.3 ± 0.2 |
3.8 ± 0.3 |
23.0 ± 0.7 |
19.66 ± 2.62 |
2.80 ± 0.20 |
| MX2 |
65.6 ± 3.4 |
4.3 ± 0.3 |
4.9 ± 0.5 |
22.8 ± 0.7 |
15.41 ± 2.09 |
2.88 ± 0.21 |
| MX3 |
65.7 ± 3.4 |
4.4 ± 0.3 |
5.0 ± 0.5 |
22.8 ± 0.7 |
15.11 ± 2.05 |
2.88 ± 0.21 |
| RH8 |
63.8 ± 3.1 |
3.2 ± 0.2 |
3.7 ± 0.3 |
23.0 ± 0.7 |
20.09 ± 2.62 |
2.78 ± 0.19 |
| RH9 |
38.3 ± 1.4 |
1.9 ± 0.1 |
2.1 ± 0.2 |
23.2 ± 0.7 |
20.66 ± 2.16 |
1.65 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
41.3 ± 1.4 |
1.6 ± 0.1 |
1.8 ± 0.2 |
23.2 ± 0.7 |
25.89 ± 2.77 |
1.78 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
58.1 |
3.9 |
4.4 |
22.8 |
17.3 |
2.6 |
| Median |
64.4 |
4.3 |
4.9 |
23.0 |
19.7 |
2.8 |
| Deviation |
11.4 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
0.4 |
5.4 |
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 |
35.4 ± 1.5 |
12.3 ± 0.4 |
15.3 ± 1.0 |
29.3 ± 1.1 |
2.89 ± 0.15 |
1.21 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
38.6 ± 1.4 |
7.8 ± 0.3 |
10.3 ± 0.7 |
30.8 ± 1.2 |
4.92 ± 0.24 |
1.26 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
38.1 ± 1.2 |
5.2 ± 0.2 |
7.0 ± 0.5 |
31.3 ± 1.2 |
7.27 ± 0.35 |
1.22 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
38.9 ± 1.3 |
6.8 ± 0.2 |
9.1 ± 0.6 |
31.0 ± 1.2 |
5.70 ± 0.27 |
1.26 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
38.9 ± 1.3 |
7.0 ± 0.2 |
9.2 ± 0.6 |
31.0 ± 1.2 |
5.59 ± 0.27 |
1.26 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
37.7 ± 1.3 |
5.1 ± 0.2 |
6.8 ± 0.4 |
31.3 ± 1.2 |
7.43 ± 0.37 |
1.21 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
22.7 ± 1.3 |
3.0 ± 0.1 |
4.0 ± 0.3 |
31.6 ± 1.2 |
7.71 ± 0.61 |
0.72 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
24.7 ± 1.3 |
2.5 ± 0.1 |
3.4 ± 0.2 |
31.6 ± 1.2 |
9.74 ± 0.72 |
0.78 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
34.4 |
6.2 |
8.1 |
31.0 |
6.4 |
1.1 |
| Median |
38.1 |
6.8 |
9.1 |
31.3 |
7.3 |
1.2 |
| Deviation |
6.7 |
3.1 |
3.8 |
0.8 |
2.1 |
0.2 |
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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