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Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20130170106
Observation time: 01/17/2013 17.04641 0106 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2013
Fractional day of year 17.046406
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 4009.5 ± 20.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 195.653
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -28.043
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -15.580
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0005
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0161
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0003
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0114
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 4.58, 15.35, 18.44
Event added to database
Tue Oct 8 14:40:44 2013
Event last processed
Tue Oct 8 16:35:12 2013
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
46.899 ± 0.630

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -408.7 ± 1.4 -417.8 ± 0.5
Vy GSE [km/s] -3.2 ± 1.1 3.1 ± 1.7
Vz GSE [km/s] 1.8 ± 2.1 11.8 ± 2.6
Wi [km/s] 15.0 ± 0.4 17.6 ± 0.4
We [km/s] 473.1 ± 12.8 556.0 ± 13.8
Ni [n/cc] 23.5 ± 1.6 33.4 ± 2.8
Bx GSE [nT] 2.1 ± 0.2 2.1 ± 0.2
By GSE [nT] -6.7 ± 0.1 -7.8 ± 0.1
Bz GSE [nT] 3.5 ± 0.3 6.2 ± 0.7
Plasma Beta
0.180 ± 0.169
0.209 ± 0.201
Sound Speed [km/s]
19.31 ± 0.52
22.70 ± 0.56
Alfven Speed [km/s]
35.39 ± 1.76
38.76 ± 2.87

Best values of shock front normal for each method (About, Top)

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.445 ± 0.168 0.835 ± 0.092 0.324 ± 0.312 18.89 ± 4.64 118.08 ± 11.48
VC -0.624 ± 0.085 0.424 ± 0.095 0.656 ± 0.540 41.00 ± 6.65 145.83 ± 7.74
MX1 -0.617 ± 0.096 0.732 ± 0.082 0.290 ± 0.282 16.86 ± 4.17 130.12 ± 7.47
MX2 -0.639 ± 0.086 0.715 ± 0.077 0.285 ± 0.277 16.56 ± 4.19 131.78 ± 6.79
MX3 -0.692 ± 0.070 0.670 ± 0.072 0.270 ± 0.263 15.67 ± 4.27 135.94 ± 5.88
RH08 -1.000 ± 0.001 -0.009 ± 0.059 -0.006 ± 0.006 -0.32 ± 2.11 180.50 ± 3.37
RH09 -0.988 ± 0.011 0.130 ± 0.069 0.084 ± 0.084 4.81 ± 4.02 172.48 ± 3.99
RH10 -0.988 ± 0.011 0.130 ± 0.069 0.084 ± 0.084 4.81 ± 4.02 172.48 ± 3.99
Average -0.749 0.453 0.248 14.784 148.401
Median -0.639 0.670 0.285 16.562 145.833
Deviation 0.213 0.330 0.205 12.759 23.549

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 46.5 ± 1.4 230.5 ± 3.8 1.47 ± 0.14
VC 76.2 ± 0.9 314.4 ± 4.2 1.47 ± 0.14
MX1 48.6 ± 0.9 303.9 ± 3.7 1.47 ± 0.14
MX2 49.1 ± 0.8 313.0 ± 3.7 1.47 ± 0.14
MX3 50.4 ± 0.7 334.8 ± 3.7 1.47 ± 0.14
RH08 74.7 ± 1.3 441.9 ± 2.0 1.47 ± 0.14
RH09 70.1 ± 1.0 444.3 ± 2.5 1.47 ± 0.14
RH10 70.1 ± 1.0 444.3 ± 9.3 1.47 ± 0.14
Average 60.7 353.4 1.47
Median 70.1 334.8 1.47
Deviation 13.1 80.6 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 50.5 ± 1.6 12.2 ± 0.3 24.4 ± 1.2 38.4 ± 1.6 4.13 ± 0.16 1.32 ± 0.05
VC 59.4 ± 1.9 4.1 ± 0.1 8.4 ± 0.4 40.1 ± 1.6 14.66 ± 0.56 1.48 ± 0.05
MX1 53.7 ± 1.5 11.7 ± 0.3 23.4 ± 1.2 38.6 ± 1.6 4.58 ± 0.16 1.39 ± 0.04
MX2 53.8 ± 1.5 11.6 ± 0.3 23.2 ± 1.2 38.6 ± 1.6 4.64 ± 0.16 1.39 ± 0.04
MX3 53.7 ± 1.5 11.2 ± 0.3 22.6 ± 1.1 38.7 ± 1.6 4.77 ± 0.16 1.39 ± 0.04
RH8 33.3 ± 1.4 4.5 ± 0.1 9.4 ± 0.5 40.1 ± 1.6 7.38 ± 0.24 0.83 ± 0.02
RH9 40.8 ± 1.4 5.8 ± 0.2 12.0 ± 0.6 39.9 ± 1.6 7.01 ± 0.20 1.02 ± 0.01
RH10 40.8 ± 1.4 5.8 ± 0.2 12.0 ± 0.6 39.9 ± 1.6 7.01 ± 0.20 1.02 ± 0.01
Average 48.2 8.4 16.9 39.3 6.8 1.2
Median 53.7 11.2 22.6 39.9 7.0 1.4
Deviation 8.9 3.6 7.0 0.8 3.4 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 38.0 ± 2.4 14.2 ± 0.3 26.7 ± 2.0 42.6 ± 2.4 2.68 ± 0.21 0.89 ± 0.11
VC 44.4 ± 2.7 4.7 ± 0.1 9.2 ± 0.7 44.7 ± 2.4 9.50 ± 0.76 1.00 ± 0.12
MX1 40.5 ± 2.3 13.6 ± 0.3 25.6 ± 1.9 42.8 ± 2.4 2.99 ± 0.21 0.95 ± 0.11
MX2 40.5 ± 2.2 13.4 ± 0.3 25.4 ± 1.9 42.9 ± 2.4 3.02 ± 0.21 0.95 ± 0.11
MX3 40.4 ± 2.2 13.0 ± 0.3 24.7 ± 1.8 43.0 ± 2.4 3.10 ± 0.21 0.94 ± 0.11
RH8 24.2 ± 0.5 5.2 ± 0.1 10.3 ± 0.8 44.6 ± 2.4 4.65 ± 0.18 0.54 ± 0.04
RH9 30.1 ± 0.9 6.7 ± 0.1 13.2 ± 1.0 44.4 ± 2.4 4.48 ± 0.22 0.68 ± 0.06
RH10 30.1 ± 0.9 6.7 ± 0.1 13.2 ± 1.0 44.4 ± 2.4 4.48 ± 0.22 0.68 ± 0.06
Average 36.0 9.7 18.5 43.7 4.4 0.8
Median 40.4 13.0 24.7 44.4 4.5 0.9
Deviation 7.0 4.2 7.7 0.9 2.2 0.2

Survey interval (About, Top)
Survey of solar wind interval
Selected data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters
Survey
Velocity
V

Magnetic Field
B


Simple Methods (About, Top)
Simple methods
Rankine Chi^2 Contour (About, Top)

Chisq


Shock Speed (About, Top)
Shock Speed

Theta Bn (About, Top)
Theta Bn

Mach Numbers (About, Top)

Upstream wave speeds
Upstream Mach numbers
Downsteam wave speeds
Downstream mach numbers
Page updated Fri Jun 13 11:06:02 2014
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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