Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20131902011
Observation time: 07/09/2013 190.84141 2011 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
190.841406 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
72697.5 ± 20.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
204.228 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-44.319 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-13.503 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0226 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0196 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
124.27, Infinity, -5354.57 |
Event added to database
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Tue Oct 8 15:46:10 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Oct 8 17:23:38 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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64.867 ± 16.759
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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] |
-365.8 ± 1.1 |
-419.1 ± 1.7 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
10.9 ± 9.8 |
2.4 ± 0.8 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-13.7 ± 6.0 |
-20.3 ± 2.6 |
| Wi [km/s] |
18.2 ± 2.5 |
23.2 ± 0.8 |
| We [km/s] |
574.9 ± 78.8 |
733.6 ± 24.7 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
8.9 ± 1.5 |
12.4 ± 0.6 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-0.5 ± 0.2 |
-2.2 ± 0.1 |
| By GSE [nT] |
3.3 ± 1.0 |
6.5 ± 1.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
9.8 ± 0.4 |
15.8 ± 0.5 |
Plasma Beta
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0.057 ± 0.057
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0.047 ± 0.049
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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23.47 ± 3.22
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29.95 ± 1.01
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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76.28 ± 7.06
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107.00 ± 2.83
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.850 ± 0.293 |
0.321 ± 0.705 |
-0.418 ± 0.392 |
-24.72 ± 18.16 |
159.30 ± 47.45 |
| VC |
-0.980 ± 0.027 |
-0.156 ± 0.154 |
-0.121 ± 0.121 |
-6.97 ± 5.84 |
189.02 ± 9.00 |
| MX1 |
-0.974 ± 0.030 |
-0.164 ± 0.159 |
-0.153 ± 0.152 |
-8.81 ± 4.70 |
189.57 ± 9.36 |
| MX2 |
-0.974 ± 0.030 |
-0.167 ± 0.160 |
-0.152 ± 0.151 |
-8.75 ± 4.61 |
189.73 ± 9.41 |
| MX3 |
-0.974 ± 0.031 |
-0.171 ± 0.162 |
-0.151 ± 0.149 |
-8.66 ± 4.56 |
189.97 ± 9.54 |
| RH08 |
-0.318 ± 0.067 |
0.814 ± 0.041 |
-0.486 ± 0.444 |
-29.08 ± 4.03 |
111.31 ± 4.63 |
| RH09 |
-0.000 ± 0.035 |
-0.000 ± 0.000 |
-1.000 ± 0.000 |
-90.00 ± 2.00 |
0.00 ± 2.00 |
| RH10 |
-0.160 ± 0.069 |
0.323 ± 0.066 |
0.933 ± 0.433 |
68.90 ± 3.98 |
116.32 ± 11.23 |
| Average |
-0.654 |
0.100 |
-0.194 |
-13.511 |
143.154 |
| Median |
-0.850 |
-0.000 |
-0.152 |
-8.753 |
189.018 |
| Deviation |
0.420 |
0.358 |
0.543 |
43.296 |
66.663 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
75.5 ± 3.3 |
505.0 ± 19.2 |
1.44 ± 0.35 |
| VC |
83.4 ± 0.7 |
590.2 ± 27.1 |
1.44 ± 0.35 |
| MX1 |
81.5 ± 0.7 |
588.2 ± 27.0 |
1.44 ± 0.35 |
| MX2 |
81.5 ± 0.7 |
588.1 ± 27.0 |
1.44 ± 0.35 |
| MX3 |
81.5 ± 0.7 |
588.0 ± 27.1 |
1.44 ± 0.35 |
| RH08 |
79.3 ± 5.6 |
176.0 ± 4.1 |
1.44 ± 0.35 |
| RH09 |
18.8 ± 5.8 |
37.1 ± 3.9 |
1.44 ± 0.35 |
| RH10 |
7.9 ± 0.4 |
44.8 ± 10.9 |
1.44 ± 0.35 |
| Average |
63.7 |
389.7 |
1.44 |
| Median |
81.5 |
588.0 |
1.44 |
| Deviation |
31.3 |
256.5 |
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 |
184.9 ± 6.4 |
5.6 ± 0.8 |
19.1 ± 1.8 |
79.6 ± 7.6 |
33.15 ± 3.28 |
2.33 ± 0.14 |
| VC |
231.6 ± 0.9 |
2.6 ± 0.3 |
8.7 ± 0.8 |
79.8 ± 7.7 |
91.26 ± 11.46 |
2.92 ± 0.26 |
| MX1 |
231.4 ± 0.9 |
3.3 ± 0.4 |
11.2 ± 1.0 |
79.7 ± 7.7 |
70.72 ± 8.85 |
2.92 ± 0.26 |
| MX2 |
231.5 ± 0.9 |
3.3 ± 0.4 |
11.2 ± 1.0 |
79.7 ± 7.7 |
70.72 ± 8.86 |
2.92 ± 0.26 |
| MX3 |
231.5 ± 0.9 |
3.3 ± 0.4 |
11.2 ± 1.0 |
79.7 ± 7.7 |
70.84 ± 8.89 |
2.92 ± 0.26 |
| RH8 |
44.4 ± 11.1 |
4.2 ± 0.6 |
14.1 ± 1.3 |
79.7 ± 7.7 |
10.60 ± 1.46 |
0.55 ± 0.09 |
| RH9 |
23.5 ± 6.0 |
22.1 ± 3.0 |
72.2 ± 6.7 |
76.7 ± 7.1 |
1.05 ± 0.13 |
0.30 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
-4.4 ± 2.4 |
23.2 ± 3.2 |
75.6 ± 7.0 |
76.4 ± 7.1 |
-0.18 ± 0.07 |
-0.06 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
146.8 |
8.4 |
27.9 |
78.9 |
43.5 |
1.9 |
| Median |
231.4 |
4.2 |
14.1 |
79.7 |
70.7 |
2.9 |
| Deviation |
106.0 |
8.8 |
28.5 |
1.5 |
36.7 |
1.3 |
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 |
139.6 ± 0.7 |
7.2 ± 0.2 |
26.8 ± 0.7 |
110.9 ± 2.6 |
19.32 ± 0.67 |
1.26 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
177.3 ± 1.5 |
3.3 ± 0.1 |
12.2 ± 0.3 |
111.1 ± 2.6 |
53.78 ± 2.10 |
1.60 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
177.2 ± 1.5 |
4.3 ± 0.1 |
15.8 ± 0.4 |
111.0 ± 2.6 |
41.68 ± 1.62 |
1.60 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
177.2 ± 1.5 |
4.3 ± 0.1 |
15.8 ± 0.4 |
111.0 ± 2.6 |
41.68 ± 1.62 |
1.60 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
177.3 ± 1.5 |
4.2 ± 0.1 |
15.8 ± 0.4 |
111.0 ± 2.6 |
41.75 ± 1.62 |
1.60 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
31.1 ± 0.7 |
5.3 ± 0.2 |
19.8 ± 0.5 |
111.0 ± 2.6 |
5.83 ± 0.07 |
0.28 ± 0.01 |
| RH9 |
16.8 ± 2.6 |
28.2 ± 0.9 |
101.3 ± 2.7 |
107.5 ± 2.8 |
0.59 ± 0.08 |
0.16 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
-3.9 ± 2.7 |
29.6 ± 1.0 |
106.0 ± 2.8 |
107.1 ± 2.8 |
-0.13 ± 0.09 |
-0.04 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
111.6 |
10.8 |
39.2 |
110.1 |
25.6 |
1.0 |
| Median |
177.2 |
5.3 |
19.8 |
111.0 |
41.7 |
1.6 |
| Deviation |
81.8 |
11.3 |
40.0 |
1.7 |
21.7 |
0.7 |
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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