Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20072010327
Observation time: 07/20/2007 201.14398 0327 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2007 |
| Fractional day of year |
201.143976 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
12439.5 ± 40.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
249.790 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-74.337 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
15.600 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0216 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0238 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
11.66, 20.49, 21.16 |
Event added to database
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Thu Sep 26 11:03:00 2013
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Event last processed
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Thu Sep 26 12:12:28 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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62.514 ± 0.808
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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] |
-316.4 ± 0.8 |
-333.2 ± 1.2 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-12.0 ± 0.7 |
-33.3 ± 1.4 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-3.7 ± 0.6 |
2.6 ± 1.6 |
| Wi [km/s] |
21.1 ± 0.3 |
20.6 ± 1.6 |
| We [km/s] |
667.6 ± 8.5 |
651.7 ± 49.1 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
8.6 ± 0.2 |
14.8 ± 0.7 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
2.4 ± 0.1 |
3.4 ± 0.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-2.6 ± 0.1 |
-2.6 ± 0.6 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.4 ± 0.2 |
1.4 ± 1.1 |
Plasma Beta
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0.641 ± 0.657
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0.618 ± 0.587
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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27.25 ± 0.35
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26.61 ± 2.01
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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26.38 ± 0.48
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26.30 ± 1.11
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.745 ± 0.373 |
0.622 ± 0.442 |
0.241 ± 0.236 |
13.92 ± 22.74 |
140.16 ± 33.68 |
| VC |
-0.604 ± 0.049 |
-0.765 ± 0.039 |
0.225 ± 0.221 |
13.01 ± 3.38 |
231.72 ± 3.62 |
| MX1 |
-0.984 ± 0.134 |
-0.118 ± 1.108 |
0.135 ± 0.134 |
7.74 ± 6.57 |
186.86 ± 64.51 |
| MX2 |
-0.497 ± 0.166 |
-0.821 ± 0.102 |
0.282 ± 0.274 |
16.37 ± 3.51 |
238.79 ± 11.60 |
| MX3 |
-0.573 ± 0.082 |
-0.758 ± 0.065 |
0.312 ± 0.301 |
18.18 ± 5.61 |
232.90 ± 6.03 |
| RH08 |
-0.951 ± 0.006 |
-0.301 ± 0.017 |
-0.073 ± 0.072 |
-4.16 ± 0.81 |
197.55 ± 1.04 |
| RH09 |
-0.991 ± 0.009 |
0.131 ± 0.064 |
-0.039 ± 0.039 |
-2.24 ± 3.91 |
172.48 ± 3.69 |
| RH10 |
-0.993 ± 0.008 |
0.113 ± 0.068 |
-0.039 ± 0.039 |
-2.24 ± 4.05 |
173.48 ± 3.90 |
| Average |
-0.792 |
-0.237 |
0.130 |
7.571 |
196.743 |
| Median |
-0.745 |
-0.118 |
0.225 |
13.006 |
197.549 |
| Deviation |
0.212 |
0.522 |
0.158 |
9.181 |
35.312 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
10.8 ± 3.6 |
228.1 ± 0.6 |
1.73 ± 0.12 |
| VC |
82.2 ± 2.9 |
266.5 ± 0.8 |
1.73 ± 0.12 |
| MX1 |
54.4 ± 2.5 |
360.1 ± 0.7 |
1.73 ± 0.12 |
| MX2 |
76.1 ± 3.1 |
232.3 ± 0.9 |
1.73 ± 0.12 |
| MX3 |
81.9 ± 3.1 |
256.3 ± 0.9 |
1.73 ± 0.12 |
| RH08 |
66.3 ± 1.9 |
357.2 ± 0.6 |
1.73 ± 0.12 |
| RH09 |
41.5 ± 1.7 |
343.6 ± 0.6 |
1.73 ± 0.12 |
| RH10 |
42.4 ± 1.7 |
345.6 ± 3.7 |
1.73 ± 0.12 |
| Average |
56.9 |
298.7 |
1.73 |
| Median |
66.3 |
343.6 |
1.73 |
| Deviation |
24.8 |
58.1 |
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 |
0.6 ± 0.4 |
24.1 ± 0.2 |
25.9 ± 0.5 |
29.3 ± 0.2 |
0.02 ± 0.02 |
0.02 ± 0.01 |
| VC |
67.2 ± 0.9 |
2.6 ± 0.0 |
3.6 ± 0.1 |
37.8 ± 0.3 |
26.06 ± 0.38 |
1.78 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
47.9 ± 0.8 |
11.6 ± 0.1 |
15.4 ± 0.3 |
36.1 ± 0.3 |
4.13 ± 0.08 |
1.33 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
66.2 ± 0.9 |
4.6 ± 0.0 |
6.4 ± 0.1 |
37.7 ± 0.3 |
14.39 ± 0.20 |
1.76 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
67.0 ± 0.9 |
2.7 ± 0.0 |
3.7 ± 0.1 |
37.8 ± 0.3 |
25.10 ± 0.36 |
1.77 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
52.4 ± 0.9 |
7.8 ± 0.1 |
10.6 ± 0.2 |
37.1 ± 0.3 |
6.74 ± 0.14 |
1.41 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
31.6 ± 0.7 |
15.6 ± 0.1 |
19.8 ± 0.4 |
34.6 ± 0.3 |
2.03 ± 0.05 |
0.91 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
32.7 ± 0.8 |
15.3 ± 0.1 |
19.5 ± 0.4 |
34.7 ± 0.3 |
2.14 ± 0.06 |
0.94 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
45.7 |
10.5 |
13.1 |
35.6 |
10.1 |
1.2 |
| Median |
52.4 |
11.6 |
15.4 |
37.1 |
6.7 |
1.4 |
| Deviation |
23.3 |
7.6 |
8.3 |
2.9 |
10.5 |
0.6 |
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 ± 1.8 |
23.7 ± 1.1 |
25.8 ± 1.1 |
29.0 ± 1.5 |
-0.01 ± 0.07 |
-0.00 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
39.4 ± 0.8 |
2.5 ± 0.1 |
3.6 ± 0.2 |
37.3 ± 1.9 |
15.53 ± 0.71 |
1.06 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
28.0 ± 1.1 |
11.4 ± 0.6 |
15.3 ± 0.6 |
35.6 ± 1.8 |
2.46 ± 0.20 |
0.79 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
38.6 ± 0.9 |
4.5 ± 0.2 |
6.3 ± 0.3 |
37.2 ± 1.8 |
8.54 ± 0.37 |
1.04 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
39.3 ± 0.9 |
2.6 ± 0.1 |
3.7 ± 0.2 |
37.3 ± 1.9 |
14.98 ± 0.70 |
1.06 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
30.6 ± 0.9 |
7.7 ± 0.4 |
10.6 ± 0.4 |
36.6 ± 1.8 |
4.00 ± 0.28 |
0.84 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
18.0 ± 1.3 |
15.3 ± 0.7 |
19.7 ± 0.8 |
34.1 ± 1.7 |
1.18 ± 0.13 |
0.53 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
18.7 ± 1.3 |
15.1 ± 0.7 |
19.4 ± 0.8 |
34.3 ± 1.7 |
1.25 ± 0.14 |
0.55 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
26.6 |
10.4 |
13.1 |
35.2 |
6.0 |
0.7 |
| Median |
30.6 |
11.4 |
15.3 |
36.6 |
4.0 |
0.8 |
| Deviation |
13.9 |
7.4 |
8.3 |
2.8 |
6.3 |
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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