Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20130471123
Observation time: 02/16/2013 47.47439 1123 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
47.474392 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
40987.5 ± 50.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
201.294 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
75.755 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-12.938 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0239 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0099 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
7.84, 29.40, 35.69 |
Event added to database
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Tue Oct 8 15:03:34 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Oct 8 16:45:22 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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31.236 ± 23.056
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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] |
-329.4 ± 5.1 |
-394.8 ± 5.0 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-22.3 ± 1.4 |
-20.6 ± 2.4 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-23.9 ± 2.7 |
-10.2 ± 5.9 |
| Wi [km/s] |
20.0 ± 2.3 |
31.5 ± 0.5 |
| We [km/s] |
633.3 ± 74.2 |
995.5 ± 14.3 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
4.1 ± 0.8 |
8.7 ± 0.7 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-0.9 ± 0.4 |
1.1 ± 0.6 |
| By GSE [nT] |
4.7 ± 0.2 |
9.6 ± 0.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
1.8 ± 0.2 |
2.1 ± 0.6 |
Plasma Beta
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0.138 ± 0.130
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0.184 ± 0.184
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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25.86 ± 3.03
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40.64 ± 0.58
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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55.58 ± 5.67
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73.45 ± 0.95
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.802 ± 0.084 |
0.298 ± 0.122 |
0.517 ± 0.465 |
31.15 ± 8.49 |
159.65 ± 8.47 |
| VC |
-0.979 ± 0.014 |
0.025 ± 0.035 |
0.200 ± 0.198 |
11.56 ± 4.00 |
178.53 ± 2.04 |
| MX1 |
-0.892 ± 0.046 |
0.345 ± 0.106 |
0.292 ± 0.283 |
16.96 ± 4.30 |
158.87 ± 6.78 |
| MX2 |
-0.901 ± 0.043 |
0.348 ± 0.104 |
0.258 ± 0.252 |
14.97 ± 3.32 |
158.88 ± 6.61 |
| MX3 |
-0.908 ± 0.041 |
0.351 ± 0.103 |
0.228 ± 0.224 |
13.18 ± 2.65 |
158.86 ± 6.47 |
| RH08 |
-0.352 ± 0.023 |
0.216 ± 0.015 |
-0.911 ± 0.473 |
-65.59 ± 1.64 |
148.41 ± 1.13 |
| RH09 |
-0.709 ± 0.049 |
0.355 ± 0.062 |
-0.609 ± 0.519 |
-37.51 ± 4.09 |
153.43 ± 4.73 |
| RH10 |
-0.851 ± 0.037 |
0.389 ± 0.064 |
-0.352 ± 0.337 |
-20.61 ± 4.02 |
155.43 ± 4.28 |
| Average |
-0.800 |
0.291 |
-0.047 |
-4.486 |
159.009 |
| Median |
-0.851 |
0.348 |
0.228 |
13.181 |
158.873 |
| Deviation |
0.198 |
0.119 |
0.510 |
33.301 |
8.767 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
52.7 ± 4.7 |
365.8 ± 4.1 |
1.93 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
74.0 ± 4.9 |
446.4 ± 4.3 |
1.93 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
54.2 ± 4.8 |
403.3 ± 4.1 |
1.93 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
54.7 ± 4.8 |
406.9 ± 4.1 |
1.93 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
55.2 ± 4.8 |
409.7 ± 4.1 |
1.93 ± 0.07 |
| RH08 |
86.3 ± 2.6 |
153.3 ± 1.5 |
1.93 ± 0.07 |
| RH09 |
76.4 ± 3.4 |
315.5 ± 2.5 |
1.93 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
67.3 ± 4.1 |
381.4 ± 15.5 |
1.93 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
65.1 |
360.3 |
1.93 |
| Median |
67.3 |
403.3 |
1.93 |
| Deviation |
12.7 |
92.0 |
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 |
120.4 ± 4.3 |
14.5 ± 1.3 |
33.7 ± 3.4 |
59.7 ± 4.8 |
8.35 ± 0.75 |
2.03 ± 0.16 |
| VC |
129.1 ± 5.1 |
6.4 ± 0.5 |
15.3 ± 1.6 |
61.1 ± 4.6 |
20.15 ± 1.86 |
2.12 ± 0.15 |
| MX1 |
124.0 ± 4.5 |
14.0 ± 1.2 |
32.5 ± 3.3 |
59.8 ± 4.7 |
8.93 ± 0.84 |
2.08 ± 0.16 |
| MX2 |
124.0 ± 4.6 |
13.8 ± 1.2 |
32.1 ± 3.3 |
59.9 ± 4.7 |
9.04 ± 0.85 |
2.08 ± 0.16 |
| MX3 |
123.8 ± 4.6 |
13.6 ± 1.2 |
31.7 ± 3.2 |
59.9 ± 4.7 |
9.15 ± 0.86 |
2.08 ± 0.16 |
| RH8 |
20.5 ± 2.8 |
1.5 ± 0.1 |
3.6 ± 0.4 |
61.4 ± 4.5 |
13.81 ± 2.70 |
0.33 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
75.2 ± 3.7 |
5.5 ± 0.4 |
13.1 ± 1.3 |
61.2 ± 4.6 |
13.74 ± 1.51 |
1.23 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
101.3 ± 4.2 |
9.1 ± 0.8 |
21.4 ± 2.2 |
60.8 ± 4.6 |
11.23 ± 1.14 |
1.67 ± 0.11 |
| Average |
102.3 |
9.8 |
22.9 |
60.5 |
11.8 |
1.7 |
| Median |
123.8 |
13.6 |
31.7 |
60.8 |
11.2 |
2.1 |
| Deviation |
37.6 |
4.9 |
11.3 |
0.7 |
4.0 |
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 |
60.4 ± 7.6 |
22.3 ± 0.3 |
44.5 ± 0.6 |
80.9 ± 1.1 |
2.70 ± 0.31 |
0.75 ± 0.09 |
| VC |
62.3 ± 6.1 |
9.9 ± 0.1 |
20.2 ± 0.3 |
83.4 ± 1.1 |
6.32 ± 0.55 |
0.75 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
61.1 ± 6.9 |
21.5 ± 0.3 |
42.9 ± 0.6 |
81.1 ± 1.1 |
2.84 ± 0.29 |
0.75 ± 0.08 |
| MX2 |
60.9 ± 6.7 |
21.2 ± 0.3 |
42.4 ± 0.5 |
81.2 ± 1.1 |
2.87 ± 0.29 |
0.75 ± 0.08 |
| MX3 |
60.7 ± 6.6 |
20.9 ± 0.3 |
41.9 ± 0.5 |
81.3 ± 1.1 |
2.90 ± 0.29 |
0.75 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
9.5 ± 3.4 |
2.3 ± 0.0 |
4.7 ± 0.1 |
83.9 ± 1.1 |
4.15 ± 1.54 |
0.11 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
36.5 ± 1.6 |
8.4 ± 0.1 |
17.3 ± 0.2 |
83.5 ± 1.1 |
4.33 ± 0.20 |
0.44 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
49.8 ± 3.2 |
13.9 ± 0.2 |
28.3 ± 0.4 |
82.8 ± 1.1 |
3.58 ± 0.21 |
0.60 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
50.2 |
15.1 |
30.3 |
82.3 |
3.7 |
0.6 |
| Median |
60.7 |
20.9 |
41.9 |
82.8 |
3.6 |
0.7 |
| Deviation |
18.7 |
7.6 |
15.0 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
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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