Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20131530233
Observation time: 06/02/2013 153.10641 0233 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
153.106406 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
9193.5 ± 50.0 |
| Shock type |
FR |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
231.252 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-99.463 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
10.835 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0100 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0100 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
79.30, Infinity, -1084.45 |
Event added to database
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Tue Oct 8 15:39:43 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Oct 8 17:15:50 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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42.774 ± 2.823
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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] |
-662.7 ± 35.8 |
-726.2 ± 12.7 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
113.4 ± 6.4 |
42.2 ± 3.1 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
23.4 ± 8.9 |
32.3 ± 11.0 |
| Wi [km/s] |
74.3 ± 2.2 |
61.8 ± 2.3 |
| We [km/s] |
2350.3 ± 69.2 |
1953.4 ± 74.1 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
4.4 ± 1.0 |
2.4 ± 0.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
1.6 ± 3.2 |
-1.2 ± 0.9 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-0.3 ± 0.2 |
0.4 ± 0.7 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-10.0 ± 1.3 |
-4.4 ± 0.7 |
Plasma Beta
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0.462 ± 0.489
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0.897 ± 0.849
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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95.95 ± 2.82
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79.75 ± 3.02
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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110.08 ± 7.40
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66.01 ± 5.78
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.824 ± 0.226 |
0.342 ± 0.363 |
-0.451 ± 0.417 |
-26.79 ± 23.62 |
157.46 ± 24.73 |
| VC |
-0.852 ± 0.452 |
-0.519 ± 0.742 |
0.064 ± 0.064 |
3.69 ± 9.38 |
211.34 ± 49.85 |
| MX1 |
-0.996 ± 0.105 |
0.086 ± 1.222 |
-0.012 ± 0.012 |
-0.69 ± 7.58 |
175.07 ± 70.29 |
| MX2 |
-0.731 ± 0.174 |
-0.615 ± 0.193 |
-0.296 ± 0.287 |
-17.22 ± 22.17 |
220.08 ± 14.00 |
| MX3 |
-0.997 ± 0.058 |
0.049 ± 1.183 |
-0.059 ± 0.058 |
-3.35 ± 5.02 |
177.20 ± 67.99 |
| RH08 |
-0.942 ± 0.024 |
0.244 ± 0.069 |
-0.229 ± 0.225 |
-13.24 ± 3.97 |
165.46 ± 4.17 |
| RH09 |
0.023 ± 0.007 |
0.147 ± 0.034 |
-0.989 ± 0.212 |
-81.43 ± 2.00 |
81.23 ± 2.00 |
| RH10 |
-0.131 ± 0.050 |
0.071 ± 0.064 |
0.989 ± 0.212 |
81.43 ± 2.50 |
151.42 ± 26.67 |
| Average |
-0.681 |
-0.024 |
-0.123 |
-7.201 |
167.406 |
| Median |
-0.824 |
0.086 |
-0.059 |
-3.355 |
175.069 |
| Deviation |
0.400 |
0.350 |
0.559 |
44.818 |
42.501 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
73.2 ± 17.7 |
543.9 ± 24.5 |
0.57 ± 0.16 |
| VC |
78.9 ± 15.5 |
409.7 ± 18.1 |
0.57 ± 0.16 |
| MX1 |
80.6 ± 18.8 |
610.7 ± 22.5 |
0.57 ± 0.16 |
| MX2 |
79.5 ± 14.5 |
321.5 ± 18.0 |
0.57 ± 0.16 |
| MX3 |
83.3 ± 18.9 |
604.8 ± 22.7 |
0.57 ± 0.16 |
| RH08 |
86.9 ± 18.4 |
601.3 ± 24.2 |
0.57 ± 0.16 |
| RH09 |
17.6 ± 12.6 |
-0.6 ± 11.4 |
0.57 ± 0.16 |
| RH10 |
13.9 ± 9.1 |
100.2 ± 21.4 |
0.57 ± 0.16 |
| Average |
64.2 |
398.9 |
0.57 |
| Median |
79.5 |
543.9 |
0.57 |
| Deviation |
30.2 |
240.3 |
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 |
-30.7 ± 32.0 |
21.1 ± 0.3 |
31.8 ± 2.1 |
144.6 ± 4.2 |
-1.45 ± 1.50 |
-0.21 ± 0.21 |
| VC |
-97.8 ± 32.5 |
13.9 ± 0.2 |
21.1 ± 1.4 |
145.5 ± 4.2 |
-7.03 ± 2.30 |
-0.67 ± 0.21 |
| MX1 |
-59.0 ± 35.4 |
11.8 ± 0.2 |
18.0 ± 1.2 |
145.6 ± 4.2 |
-4.98 ± 2.95 |
-0.40 ± 0.23 |
| MX2 |
-86.2 ± 31.9 |
13.2 ± 0.2 |
20.0 ± 1.3 |
145.5 ± 4.2 |
-6.54 ± 2.38 |
-0.59 ± 0.21 |
| MX3 |
-60.1 ± 36.0 |
8.4 ± 0.1 |
12.8 ± 0.9 |
145.9 ± 4.2 |
-7.12 ± 4.21 |
-0.41 ± 0.24 |
| RH8 |
-45.5 ± 34.7 |
3.9 ± 0.1 |
6.0 ± 0.4 |
146.1 ± 4.2 |
-11.50 ± 8.65 |
-0.31 ± 0.23 |
| RH9 |
21.0 ± 7.3 |
84.2 ± 1.1 |
104.9 ± 7.1 |
119.4 ± 5.0 |
0.25 ± 0.08 |
0.18 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
-17.8 ± 4.5 |
87.6 ± 1.3 |
106.8 ± 7.2 |
117.0 ± 5.3 |
-0.20 ± 0.05 |
-0.15 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
-47.0 |
30.5 |
40.2 |
138.7 |
-4.8 |
-0.3 |
| Median |
-45.5 |
13.9 |
21.1 |
145.5 |
-5.0 |
-0.3 |
| Deviation |
38.1 |
34.5 |
41.2 |
12.7 |
4.1 |
0.3 |
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 |
-54.7 ± 9.1 |
14.8 ± 0.6 |
19.1 ± 1.7 |
102.6 ± 2.1 |
-3.68 ± 0.48 |
-0.53 ± 0.08 |
| VC |
-189.6 ± 11.6 |
9.8 ± 0.4 |
12.7 ± 1.1 |
103.2 ± 2.1 |
-19.39 ± 0.50 |
-1.84 ± 0.09 |
| MX1 |
-116.1 ± 12.5 |
8.3 ± 0.4 |
10.8 ± 0.9 |
103.3 ± 2.1 |
-13.95 ± 0.94 |
-1.12 ± 0.10 |
| MX2 |
-173.8 ± 7.7 |
9.2 ± 0.4 |
12.0 ± 1.1 |
103.2 ± 2.1 |
-18.80 ± 0.06 |
-1.68 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
-119.5 ± 12.2 |
5.9 ± 0.3 |
7.7 ± 0.7 |
103.5 ± 2.1 |
-20.15 ± 1.24 |
-1.15 ± 0.10 |
| RH8 |
-85.9 ± 10.8 |
2.8 ± 0.1 |
3.6 ± 0.3 |
103.6 ± 2.2 |
-30.92 ± 2.63 |
-0.83 ± 0.09 |
| RH9 |
41.7 ± 11.4 |
58.6 ± 3.7 |
62.9 ± 5.5 |
85.4 ± 1.2 |
0.71 ± 0.17 |
0.49 ± 0.14 |
| RH10 |
-29.8 ± 11.7 |
60.8 ± 4.1 |
64.1 ± 5.6 |
83.9 ± 1.4 |
-0.49 ± 0.17 |
-0.36 ± 0.15 |
| Average |
-91.0 |
21.3 |
24.1 |
98.6 |
-13.3 |
-0.9 |
| Median |
-85.9 |
9.8 |
12.7 |
103.2 |
-14.0 |
-0.8 |
| Deviation |
76.3 |
24.0 |
24.7 |
8.6 |
11.2 |
0.8 |
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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