Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20071690228
Observation time: 06/18/2007 169.10286 0228 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2007 |
| Fractional day of year |
169.102865 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
8887.5 ± 50.0 |
| Shock type |
NN |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
263.380 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
23.111 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
24.300 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0208 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0213 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
5.45, 5.63, 6.63 |
Event added to database
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Thu Sep 26 10:52:01 2013
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Event last processed
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Thu Sep 26 12:10:16 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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50.475 ± 14.870
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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] |
-493.2 ± 2.0 |
-544.8 ± 3.2 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
9.2 ± 3.9 |
15.8 ± 4.3 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-2.6 ± 5.1 |
-11.0 ± 7.6 |
| Wi [km/s] |
41.2 ± 1.4 |
47.2 ± 2.6 |
| We [km/s] |
1303.5 ± 43.2 |
1491.3 ± 82.2 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
1.8 ± 0.1 |
2.0 ± 0.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-3.2 ± 0.1 |
3.1 ± 0.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
1.9 ± 0.3 |
0.3 ± 0.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.1 ± 0.3 |
0.9 ± 0.5 |
Plasma Beta
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0.461 ± 0.471
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0.867 ± 0.852
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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53.22 ± 1.76
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60.88 ± 3.36
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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60.80 ± 1.17
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50.69 ± 1.35
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.431 ± 0.744 |
-0.856 ± 0.387 |
-0.287 ± 0.278 |
-16.65 ± 22.01 |
243.28 ± 49.73 |
| VC |
-0.979 ± 0.029 |
0.123 ± 0.102 |
-0.163 ± 0.161 |
-9.36 ± 9.40 |
172.84 ± 5.96 |
| MX1 |
-0.502 ± 0.799 |
-0.841 ± 0.482 |
-0.199 ± 0.197 |
-11.50 ± 25.20 |
239.17 ± 54.33 |
| MX2 |
-0.429 ± 0.748 |
-0.818 ± 0.420 |
-0.383 ± 0.363 |
-22.52 ± 26.26 |
242.31 ± 52.10 |
| MX3 |
-0.622 ± 0.752 |
-0.753 ± 0.626 |
0.214 ± 0.211 |
12.39 ± 37.14 |
230.44 ± 56.81 |
| RH08 |
-0.225 ± 0.010 |
-0.824 ± 0.025 |
0.520 ± 0.467 |
31.30 ± 2.88 |
254.71 ± 0.54 |
| RH09 |
-0.225 ± 0.015 |
-0.824 ± 0.036 |
0.520 ± 0.467 |
31.30 ± 4.08 |
254.71 ± 0.80 |
| RH10 |
-0.224 ± 0.019 |
-0.818 ± 0.040 |
0.531 ± 0.474 |
32.05 ± 4.44 |
254.71 ± 1.13 |
| Average |
-0.455 |
-0.701 |
0.094 |
5.875 |
236.521 |
| Median |
-0.429 |
-0.818 |
0.214 |
12.385 |
243.277 |
| Deviation |
0.258 |
0.334 |
0.395 |
23.510 |
27.177 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
86.2 ± 5.8 |
343.8 ± 17.6 |
1.13 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
25.5 ± 6.2 |
927.2 ± 34.0 |
1.13 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
89.8 ± 5.7 |
407.0 ± 19.3 |
1.13 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
87.2 ± 6.0 |
353.8 ± 17.9 |
1.13 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
80.9 ± 4.5 |
491.0 ± 22.4 |
1.13 ± 0.05 |
| RH08 |
77.6 ± 3.6 |
117.8 ± 11.5 |
1.13 ± 0.05 |
| RH09 |
77.6 ± 3.6 |
117.8 ± 11.5 |
1.13 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
77.7 ± 3.6 |
115.7 ± 73.9 |
1.13 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
75.3 |
359.2 |
1.13 |
| Median |
80.9 |
353.8 |
1.13 |
| Deviation |
20.7 |
272.1 |
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 |
138.5 ± 4.8 |
2.6 ± 0.0 |
4.0 ± 0.1 |
80.8 ± 0.8 |
52.79 ± 1.54 |
1.71 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
442.7 ± 1.7 |
42.4 ± 0.7 |
54.9 ± 1.1 |
68.8 ± 0.6 |
10.43 ± 0.16 |
6.44 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
166.5 ± 4.4 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
80.8 ± 0.8 |
973.36 ± 20.94 |
2.06 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
148.6 ± 5.1 |
2.0 ± 0.0 |
3.0 ± 0.1 |
80.8 ± 0.8 |
75.60 ± 2.19 |
1.84 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
191.7 ± 2.7 |
6.3 ± 0.1 |
9.6 ± 0.2 |
80.6 ± 0.8 |
30.32 ± 0.36 |
2.38 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
15.6 ± 2.0 |
8.6 ± 0.1 |
13.0 ± 0.3 |
80.4 ± 0.8 |
1.80 ± 0.22 |
0.19 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
15.6 ± 2.0 |
8.6 ± 0.1 |
13.0 ± 0.3 |
80.4 ± 0.8 |
1.80 ± 0.22 |
0.19 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
14.3 ± 1.9 |
8.6 ± 0.1 |
12.9 ± 0.2 |
80.4 ± 0.8 |
1.67 ± 0.22 |
0.18 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
141.7 |
9.9 |
13.8 |
79.1 |
143.5 |
1.9 |
| Median |
148.6 |
8.6 |
12.9 |
80.6 |
30.3 |
1.8 |
| Deviation |
142.3 |
13.6 |
17.3 |
4.2 |
336.4 |
2.1 |
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 |
119.5 ± 3.6 |
2.6 ± 0.1 |
3.3 ± 0.1 |
79.2 ± 3.2 |
46.85 ± 1.73 |
1.51 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
390.1 ± 2.4 |
41.1 ± 1.3 |
45.7 ± 1.2 |
67.7 ± 3.0 |
9.50 ± 0.34 |
5.77 ± 0.27 |
| MX1 |
144.5 ± 3.4 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
79.2 ± 3.2 |
868.90 ± 33.64 |
1.83 ± 0.08 |
| MX2 |
128.6 ± 3.7 |
1.9 ± 0.1 |
2.5 ± 0.1 |
79.2 ± 3.2 |
67.30 ± 2.13 |
1.62 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
166.3 ± 4.4 |
6.2 ± 0.2 |
8.0 ± 0.2 |
79.0 ± 3.2 |
27.08 ± 1.49 |
2.11 ± 0.13 |
| RH8 |
13.7 ± 5.6 |
8.4 ± 0.3 |
10.9 ± 0.3 |
78.8 ± 3.2 |
1.65 ± 0.70 |
0.18 ± 0.08 |
| RH9 |
13.7 ± 5.6 |
8.4 ± 0.3 |
10.9 ± 0.3 |
78.8 ± 3.2 |
1.65 ± 0.70 |
0.18 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
12.6 ± 5.7 |
8.3 ± 0.3 |
10.8 ± 0.3 |
78.8 ± 3.2 |
1.53 ± 0.71 |
0.16 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
123.6 |
9.6 |
11.5 |
77.6 |
128.1 |
1.7 |
| Median |
128.6 |
8.3 |
10.8 |
79.0 |
27.1 |
1.6 |
| Deviation |
125.2 |
13.1 |
14.5 |
4.0 |
300.3 |
1.8 |
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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