Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20071270702
Observation time: 05/07/2007 127.29356 0702 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2007 |
| Fractional day of year |
127.293559 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
25363.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
220.530 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
98.777 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
4.666 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0212 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0193 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
22.38, 61.30, 83.13 |
Event added to database
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Thu Sep 26 10:16:57 2013
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Event last processed
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Thu Sep 26 12:08:02 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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72.101 ± 1.715
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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] |
-292.0 ± 0.5 |
-322.2 ± 1.4 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-19.4 ± 2.1 |
-42.4 ± 0.9 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-7.9 ± 1.4 |
-2.7 ± 0.9 |
| Wi [km/s] |
18.8 ± 0.3 |
22.3 ± 0.5 |
| We [km/s] |
593.2 ± 8.7 |
705.8 ± 16.9 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
20.6 ± 1.1 |
41.8 ± 1.9 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
1.4 ± 0.2 |
3.8 ± 0.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-3.7 ± 0.2 |
-7.2 ± 0.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.9 ± 0.3 |
0.7 ± 1.0 |
Plasma Beta
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0.916 ± 0.987
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0.645 ± 0.657
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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24.22 ± 0.36
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28.82 ± 0.69
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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19.72 ± 1.46
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27.82 ± 0.64
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.650 ± 0.641 |
-0.542 ± 0.716 |
-0.533 ± 0.476 |
-32.20 ± 45.76 |
219.82 ± 58.36 |
| VC |
-0.789 ± 0.024 |
-0.599 ± 0.031 |
0.137 ± 0.136 |
7.85 ± 2.21 |
217.17 ± 2.27 |
| MX1 |
-0.857 ± 0.054 |
-0.485 ± 0.094 |
0.173 ± 0.171 |
9.97 ± 3.23 |
209.51 ± 6.24 |
| MX2 |
-0.849 ± 0.040 |
-0.514 ± 0.067 |
0.123 ± 0.123 |
7.09 ± 2.40 |
211.17 ± 4.49 |
| MX3 |
-0.843 ± 0.034 |
-0.529 ± 0.053 |
0.093 ± 0.092 |
5.31 ± 3.30 |
212.11 ± 3.61 |
| RH08 |
-0.861 ± 0.007 |
-0.489 ± 0.012 |
0.140 ± 0.139 |
8.03 ± 0.65 |
209.58 ± 0.78 |
| RH09 |
-0.500 ± 0.059 |
0.004 ± 0.066 |
0.866 ± 0.524 |
59.99 ± 3.94 |
179.50 ± 7.56 |
| RH10 |
-0.519 ± 0.060 |
-0.005 ± 0.071 |
0.855 ± 0.532 |
58.73 ± 4.00 |
180.50 ± 7.79 |
| Average |
-0.734 |
-0.395 |
0.232 |
15.595 |
204.920 |
| Median |
-0.789 |
-0.489 |
0.140 |
8.028 |
211.166 |
| Deviation |
0.155 |
0.246 |
0.452 |
30.339 |
15.803 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
67.6 ± 2.6 |
262.4 ± 0.6 |
2.03 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
76.4 ± 3.0 |
316.9 ± 0.6 |
2.03 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
84.2 ± 3.0 |
333.2 ± 0.6 |
2.03 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
82.0 ± 3.0 |
332.2 ± 0.6 |
2.03 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
80.6 ± 2.9 |
331.3 ± 0.6 |
2.03 ± 0.05 |
| RH08 |
83.7 ± 3.0 |
334.8 ± 0.6 |
2.03 ± 0.05 |
| RH09 |
68.1 ± 3.8 |
177.9 ± 0.4 |
2.03 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
68.4 ± 3.8 |
185.2 ± 2.4 |
2.03 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
76.4 |
284.2 |
2.03 |
| Median |
80.6 |
331.3 |
2.03 |
| Deviation |
7.3 |
67.7 |
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 |
57.9 ± 1.5 |
5.9 ± 0.3 |
7.5 ± 0.6 |
30.7 ± 1.0 |
9.78 ± 0.32 |
1.89 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
75.8 ± 1.5 |
3.6 ± 0.2 |
4.6 ± 0.3 |
31.0 ± 1.1 |
21.00 ± 0.75 |
2.44 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
74.9 ± 1.3 |
1.5 ± 0.1 |
2.0 ± 0.1 |
31.2 ± 1.1 |
48.87 ± 1.85 |
2.40 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
75.3 ± 1.3 |
2.1 ± 0.1 |
2.8 ± 0.2 |
31.2 ± 1.1 |
35.20 ± 1.31 |
2.42 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
75.5 ± 1.4 |
2.5 ± 0.1 |
3.2 ± 0.2 |
31.1 ± 1.1 |
30.25 ± 1.11 |
2.42 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
75.0 ± 1.3 |
1.7 ± 0.1 |
2.2 ± 0.2 |
31.2 ± 1.1 |
44.77 ± 1.68 |
2.41 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
38.8 ± 1.1 |
5.8 ± 0.3 |
7.3 ± 0.5 |
30.7 ± 1.0 |
6.73 ± 0.41 |
1.27 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
40.4 ± 1.1 |
5.7 ± 0.3 |
7.3 ± 0.5 |
30.7 ± 1.1 |
7.07 ± 0.42 |
1.32 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
64.2 |
3.6 |
4.6 |
31.0 |
25.5 |
2.1 |
| Median |
75.0 |
3.6 |
4.6 |
31.1 |
30.2 |
2.4 |
| Deviation |
16.3 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
0.2 |
16.9 |
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 |
28.6 ± 1.3 |
7.8 ± 0.1 |
10.6 ± 0.2 |
39.3 ± 0.7 |
3.68 ± 0.20 |
0.73 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
37.5 ± 1.6 |
4.7 ± 0.1 |
6.5 ± 0.2 |
39.8 ± 0.7 |
7.93 ± 0.45 |
0.94 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
36.9 ± 1.6 |
2.0 ± 0.0 |
2.8 ± 0.1 |
40.0 ± 0.7 |
18.38 ± 1.06 |
0.92 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
37.2 ± 1.6 |
2.8 ± 0.1 |
3.9 ± 0.1 |
40.0 ± 0.7 |
13.27 ± 0.75 |
0.93 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
37.3 ± 1.6 |
3.3 ± 0.1 |
4.5 ± 0.1 |
39.9 ± 0.7 |
11.42 ± 0.64 |
0.94 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
37.0 ± 1.6 |
2.2 ± 0.0 |
3.1 ± 0.1 |
40.0 ± 0.7 |
16.86 ± 0.96 |
0.93 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
19.3 ± 1.2 |
7.6 ± 0.1 |
10.4 ± 0.2 |
39.3 ± 0.7 |
2.55 ± 0.20 |
0.49 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
20.1 ± 1.2 |
7.5 ± 0.1 |
10.2 ± 0.2 |
39.3 ± 0.7 |
2.69 ± 0.20 |
0.51 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
31.8 |
4.7 |
6.5 |
39.7 |
9.6 |
0.8 |
| Median |
37.0 |
4.7 |
6.5 |
39.9 |
11.4 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
8.0 |
2.5 |
3.4 |
0.3 |
6.3 |
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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