Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20073021702
Observation time: 10/29/2007 302.71026 1702 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2007 |
| Fractional day of year |
302.710260 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
61366.5 ± 40.0 |
| Shock type |
SF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
212.118 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
95.128 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
0.508 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0229 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0124 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
1.76, 1.92, 2.32 |
Event added to database
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Tue Sep 24 09:06:37 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Oct 8 16:29:11 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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0.332 ± 1.595
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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] |
-476.2 ± 2.7 |
-510.6 ± 5.2 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-13.1 ± 2.0 |
-25.6 ± 2.1 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
15.9 ± 3.2 |
-6.4 ± 8.5 |
| Wi [km/s] |
36.2 ± 1.3 |
43.7 ± 1.5 |
| We [km/s] |
1144.6 ± 42.4 |
1383.4 ± 46.6 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
4.5 ± 0.2 |
5.1 ± 0.4 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-4.3 ± 0.2 |
0.1 ± 0.7 |
| By GSE [nT] |
3.6 ± 0.2 |
5.7 ± 0.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-2.8 ± 0.3 |
0.1 ± 1.1 |
Plasma Beta
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0.316 ± 0.305
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0.600 ± 0.591
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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46.73 ± 1.73
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56.48 ± 1.90
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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64.61 ± 1.95
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56.76 ± 2.74
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.333 ± 0.060 |
0.918 ± 0.031 |
-0.215 ± 0.211 |
-12.39 ± 6.36 |
109.93 ± 3.69 |
| VC |
-0.805 ± 0.106 |
-0.290 ± 0.060 |
-0.518 ± 0.466 |
-31.19 ± 12.26 |
199.82 ± 3.34 |
| MX1 |
-0.332 ± 0.074 |
0.917 ± 0.037 |
-0.220 ± 0.217 |
-12.73 ± 7.25 |
109.88 ± 4.58 |
| MX2 |
-0.334 ± 0.053 |
0.919 ± 0.028 |
-0.211 ± 0.207 |
-12.16 ± 6.15 |
109.95 ± 3.26 |
| MX3 |
-0.772 ± 0.644 |
0.627 ± 0.792 |
0.106 ± 0.105 |
6.06 ± 29.40 |
140.94 ± 58.74 |
| RH08 |
-0.411 ± 0.013 |
0.910 ± 0.006 |
-0.050 ± 0.050 |
-2.88 ± 1.63 |
114.32 ± 0.83 |
| RH09 |
-0.411 ± 0.021 |
0.910 ± 0.010 |
-0.050 ± 0.050 |
-2.88 ± 2.55 |
114.32 ± 1.34 |
| RH10 |
-0.411 ± 0.032 |
0.910 ± 0.015 |
-0.050 ± 0.050 |
-2.88 ± 3.79 |
114.32 ± 2.02 |
| Average |
-0.476 |
0.728 |
-0.151 |
-8.882 |
126.683 |
| Median |
-0.411 |
0.910 |
-0.050 |
-2.882 |
114.318 |
| Deviation |
0.196 |
0.423 |
0.186 |
11.127 |
31.291 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
32.1 ± 1.8 |
183.7 ± 14.8 |
1.11 ± 0.13 |
| VC |
51.7 ± 1.6 |
801.5 ± 146.3 |
1.11 ± 0.13 |
| MX1 |
31.9 ± 1.8 |
183.8 ± 15.3 |
1.11 ± 0.13 |
| MX2 |
32.2 ± 1.8 |
183.6 ± 14.5 |
1.11 ± 0.13 |
| MX3 |
32.9 ± 3.5 |
505.2 ± 43.8 |
1.11 ± 0.13 |
| RH08 |
34.6 ± 2.5 |
217.3 ± 7.9 |
1.11 ± 0.13 |
| RH09 |
34.6 ± 2.5 |
217.3 ± 7.9 |
1.11 ± 0.13 |
| RH10 |
34.6 ± 2.5 |
217.3 ± 41.2 |
1.11 ± 0.13 |
| Average |
35.6 |
313.7 |
1.11 |
| Median |
34.6 |
217.3 |
1.11 |
| Deviation |
6.6 |
224.6 |
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 |
40.7 ± 1.4 |
35.9 ± 0.7 |
54.7 ± 1.6 |
71.2 ± 1.0 |
1.13 ± 0.05 |
0.57 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
422.7 ± 2.4 |
24.7 ± 0.4 |
40.1 ± 1.2 |
75.9 ± 0.7 |
17.14 ± 0.31 |
5.57 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
41.4 ± 1.4 |
36.0 ± 0.7 |
54.8 ± 1.7 |
71.2 ± 1.0 |
1.15 ± 0.05 |
0.58 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
40.2 ± 1.4 |
35.8 ± 0.7 |
54.7 ± 1.6 |
71.3 ± 1.0 |
1.12 ± 0.05 |
0.56 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
144.1 ± 2.7 |
35.4 ± 0.7 |
54.2 ± 1.6 |
71.5 ± 0.9 |
4.07 ± 0.14 |
2.02 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
34.2 ± 2.0 |
34.5 ± 0.6 |
53.2 ± 1.6 |
71.9 ± 0.9 |
0.99 ± 0.07 |
0.48 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
34.2 ± 2.0 |
34.5 ± 0.6 |
53.2 ± 1.6 |
71.9 ± 0.9 |
0.99 ± 0.07 |
0.48 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
34.2 ± 2.0 |
34.5 ± 0.6 |
53.2 ± 1.6 |
71.9 ± 0.9 |
0.99 ± 0.07 |
0.48 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
99.0 |
33.9 |
52.3 |
72.1 |
3.4 |
1.3 |
| Median |
40.7 |
35.4 |
54.2 |
71.9 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
| Deviation |
136.1 |
3.8 |
5.0 |
1.6 |
5.6 |
1.8 |
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 |
35.8 ± 2.0 |
38.7 ± 0.6 |
48.1 ± 2.3 |
70.2 ± 0.8 |
0.93 ± 0.06 |
0.51 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
379.8 ± 1.6 |
26.2 ± 0.4 |
35.2 ± 1.7 |
75.7 ± 0.9 |
14.48 ± 0.26 |
5.02 ± 0.08 |
| MX1 |
36.4 ± 2.0 |
38.7 ± 0.6 |
48.2 ± 2.3 |
70.1 ± 0.8 |
0.94 ± 0.06 |
0.52 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
35.4 ± 2.0 |
38.6 ± 0.6 |
48.0 ± 2.3 |
70.2 ± 0.8 |
0.92 ± 0.06 |
0.50 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
127.6 ± 3.7 |
38.1 ± 0.6 |
47.6 ± 2.3 |
70.5 ± 0.8 |
3.35 ± 0.09 |
1.81 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
30.2 ± 0.6 |
37.1 ± 0.6 |
46.7 ± 2.3 |
71.0 ± 0.8 |
0.81 ± 0.02 |
0.43 ± 0.01 |
| RH9 |
30.2 ± 0.6 |
37.1 ± 0.6 |
46.7 ± 2.3 |
71.0 ± 0.8 |
0.81 ± 0.02 |
0.43 ± 0.01 |
| RH10 |
30.2 ± 0.6 |
37.1 ± 0.6 |
46.7 ± 2.3 |
71.0 ± 0.8 |
0.81 ± 0.02 |
0.43 ± 0.01 |
| Average |
88.2 |
36.5 |
45.9 |
71.2 |
2.9 |
1.2 |
| Median |
35.8 |
38.1 |
47.6 |
71.0 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
| Deviation |
122.4 |
4.2 |
4.4 |
1.9 |
4.8 |
1.6 |
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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