Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20130361246
Observation time: 02/05/2013 36.53262 1246 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
36.532622 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
46018.5 ± 20.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
196.895 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
42.502 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-17.099 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0135 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0132 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
10.03, 19.54, 29.89 |
Event added to database
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Mon Oct 7 17:02:40 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Oct 8 16:31:10 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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487.145 ± 5203.310
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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] |
-342.8 ± 1.1 |
-359.1 ± 3.1 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
3.2 ± 2.3 |
-4.3 ± 1.6 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
13.0 ± 1.7 |
31.3 ± 0.9 |
| Wi [km/s] |
26.2 ± 0.7 |
27.1 ± 0.8 |
| We [km/s] |
828.0 ± 22.8 |
857.4 ± 26.1 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
3.9 ± 0.2 |
5.4 ± 0.3 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
2.8 ± 0.1 |
3.6 ± 0.4 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-2.3 ± 0.3 |
-3.5 ± 0.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.6 ± 0.0 |
1.4 ± 0.1 |
Plasma Beta
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0.408 ± 0.411
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0.307 ± 0.321
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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33.80 ± 0.93
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35.00 ± 1.06
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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41.13 ± 1.47
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48.98 ± 1.05
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.814 ± 0.279 |
0.238 ± 0.648 |
0.530 ± 0.473 |
31.98 ± 23.10 |
163.68 ± 45.44 |
| VC |
-0.637 ± 0.076 |
-0.294 ± 0.092 |
0.712 ± 0.556 |
45.41 ± 5.71 |
204.80 ± 7.83 |
| MX1 |
-0.779 ± 0.109 |
-0.136 ± 0.160 |
0.612 ± 0.521 |
37.73 ± 10.02 |
189.91 ± 11.68 |
| MX2 |
-0.776 ± 0.103 |
-0.133 ± 0.163 |
0.617 ± 0.523 |
38.10 ± 9.38 |
189.75 ± 12.00 |
| MX3 |
-0.769 ± 0.095 |
-0.128 ± 0.172 |
0.626 ± 0.528 |
38.77 ± 8.41 |
189.45 ± 12.75 |
| RH08 |
0.074 ± 0.038 |
0.626 ± 0.020 |
0.777 ± 0.560 |
50.94 ± 1.47 |
83.23 ± 3.50 |
| RH09 |
-0.127 ± 0.072 |
0.539 ± 0.051 |
0.832 ± 0.545 |
56.35 ± 3.41 |
103.29 ± 7.54 |
| RH10 |
-0.092 ± 0.070 |
0.563 ± 0.057 |
0.821 ± 0.550 |
55.21 ± 3.98 |
99.28 ± 7.10 |
| Average |
-0.490 |
0.159 |
0.691 |
44.311 |
152.923 |
| Median |
-0.637 |
0.238 |
0.712 |
45.412 |
189.452 |
| Deviation |
0.374 |
0.377 |
0.111 |
9.051 |
49.373 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
47.4 ± 2.9 |
361.6 ± 3.8 |
1.39 ± 0.12 |
| VC |
79.7 ± 4.0 |
320.9 ± 4.7 |
1.39 ± 0.12 |
| MX1 |
66.3 ± 4.0 |
363.8 ± 4.6 |
1.39 ± 0.12 |
| MX2 |
66.4 ± 4.0 |
362.8 ± 4.6 |
1.39 ± 0.12 |
| MX3 |
66.6 ± 3.9 |
361.0 ± 4.6 |
1.39 ± 0.12 |
| RH08 |
78.1 ± 2.7 |
16.9 ± 1.3 |
1.39 ± 0.12 |
| RH09 |
72.8 ± 1.6 |
103.9 ± 1.7 |
1.39 ± 0.12 |
| RH10 |
73.4 ± 1.9 |
88.4 ± 5.9 |
1.39 ± 0.12 |
| Average |
68.8 |
247.4 |
1.39 |
| Median |
72.8 |
361.0 |
1.39 |
| Deviation |
10.1 |
149.9 |
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 |
74.9 ± 0.8 |
18.9 ± 0.2 |
27.8 ± 1.0 |
49.8 ± 0.7 |
3.96 ± 0.07 |
1.50 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
94.1 ± 2.0 |
4.7 ± 0.0 |
7.3 ± 0.3 |
53.1 ± 0.6 |
20.14 ± 0.53 |
1.77 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
89.2 ± 1.6 |
10.7 ± 0.1 |
16.5 ± 0.6 |
52.2 ± 0.7 |
8.33 ± 0.19 |
1.71 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
89.3 ± 1.6 |
10.7 ± 0.1 |
16.5 ± 0.6 |
52.2 ± 0.7 |
8.38 ± 0.19 |
1.71 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
89.6 ± 1.6 |
10.6 ± 0.1 |
16.3 ± 0.6 |
52.2 ± 0.7 |
8.48 ± 0.19 |
1.72 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
30.2 ± 0.5 |
5.4 ± 0.0 |
8.5 ± 0.3 |
53.0 ± 0.6 |
5.57 ± 0.10 |
0.57 ± 0.01 |
| RH9 |
47.6 ± 0.3 |
7.8 ± 0.1 |
12.2 ± 0.4 |
52.7 ± 0.6 |
6.11 ± 0.07 |
0.90 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
44.3 ± 0.4 |
7.5 ± 0.1 |
11.8 ± 0.4 |
52.7 ± 0.6 |
5.89 ± 0.07 |
0.84 ± 0.01 |
| Average |
69.9 |
9.5 |
14.6 |
52.2 |
8.4 |
1.3 |
| Median |
89.2 |
10.6 |
16.3 |
52.7 |
8.3 |
1.7 |
| Deviation |
25.3 |
4.5 |
6.4 |
1.0 |
5.0 |
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 |
53.7 ± 2.1 |
20.5 ± 0.4 |
33.2 ± 0.7 |
56.6 ± 0.7 |
2.62 ± 0.07 |
0.95 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
68.5 ± 1.4 |
5.1 ± 0.1 |
8.7 ± 0.2 |
60.0 ± 0.7 |
13.45 ± 0.05 |
1.14 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
64.3 ± 1.9 |
11.7 ± 0.2 |
19.7 ± 0.4 |
59.1 ± 0.7 |
5.51 ± 0.07 |
1.09 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
64.4 ± 1.8 |
11.6 ± 0.2 |
19.6 ± 0.4 |
59.1 ± 0.7 |
5.55 ± 0.07 |
1.09 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
64.7 ± 1.8 |
11.5 ± 0.2 |
19.5 ± 0.4 |
59.1 ± 0.7 |
5.61 ± 0.07 |
1.09 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
22.0 ± 1.4 |
5.9 ± 0.1 |
10.1 ± 0.2 |
59.9 ± 0.7 |
3.72 ± 0.29 |
0.37 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
34.4 ± 1.0 |
8.5 ± 0.1 |
14.5 ± 0.3 |
59.6 ± 0.7 |
4.05 ± 0.17 |
0.58 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
32.1 ± 1.1 |
8.2 ± 0.1 |
14.0 ± 0.3 |
59.6 ± 0.7 |
3.91 ± 0.18 |
0.54 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
50.5 |
10.4 |
17.4 |
59.1 |
5.6 |
0.9 |
| Median |
64.3 |
11.5 |
19.5 |
59.6 |
5.5 |
1.1 |
| Deviation |
18.3 |
4.8 |
7.7 |
1.1 |
3.4 |
0.3 |
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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