Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20131991255
Observation time: 07/18/2013 199.53870 1255 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
199.538698 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
46543.5 ± 60.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
201.768 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-13.613 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-16.968 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0244 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0158 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
11.22, 20.03, 21.04 |
Event added to database
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Tue Jun 10 08:09:03 2014
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Event last processed
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Wed Jun 11 02:02:01 2014
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Method selected
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RH08
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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38.239 ± 0.511
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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] |
-425.9 ± 4.7 |
-464.7 ± 3.1 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
19.2 ± 4.1 |
21.0 ± 2.8 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-12.5 ± 3.5 |
-34.8 ± 4.7 |
| Wi [km/s] |
54.7 ± 1.8 |
62.5 ± 0.8 |
| We [km/s] |
1730.6 ± 57.1 |
1976.0 ± 24.1 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
12.9 ± 0.6 |
18.6 ± 0.6 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
3.0 ± 0.9 |
5.0 ± 1.8 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-4.2 ± 1.3 |
2.0 ± 3.6 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-2.0 ± 1.3 |
-8.6 ± 0.4 |
Plasma Beta
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2.472 ± 2.386
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1.326 ± 1.262
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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70.65 ± 2.33
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80.67 ± 0.98
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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35.07 ± 2.02
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54.68 ± 4.11
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.627 ± 0.291 |
0.661 ± 0.279 |
0.413 ± 0.388 |
24.42 ± 17.53 |
133.48 ± 24.12 |
| VC |
-0.866 ± 0.073 |
0.040 ± 0.101 |
-0.499 ± 0.452 |
-29.90 ± 8.43 |
177.33 ± 6.70 |
| MX1 |
-0.914 ± 0.190 |
-0.130 ± 0.639 |
-0.384 ± 0.364 |
-22.61 ± 25.16 |
188.08 ± 40.06 |
| MX2 |
-0.949 ± 0.065 |
-0.018 ± 0.101 |
-0.316 ± 0.305 |
-18.41 ± 11.84 |
181.12 ± 6.11 |
| MX3 |
-0.923 ± 0.064 |
-0.087 ± 0.097 |
-0.376 ± 0.357 |
-22.07 ± 9.65 |
185.37 ± 6.03 |
| RH08 |
-0.998 ± 0.001 |
0.009 ± 0.022 |
-0.061 ± 0.061 |
-3.52 ± 1.14 |
179.50 ± 1.26 |
| RH09 |
-0.995 ± 0.007 |
-0.061 ± 0.069 |
0.073 ± 0.072 |
4.16 ± 4.03 |
183.51 ± 3.95 |
| RH10 |
-0.996 ± 0.006 |
-0.044 ± 0.069 |
0.073 ± 0.072 |
4.16 ± 4.03 |
182.51 ± 3.95 |
| Average |
-0.908 |
0.046 |
-0.135 |
-7.970 |
176.361 |
| Median |
-0.923 |
-0.018 |
-0.061 |
-3.523 |
182.507 |
| Deviation |
0.123 |
0.254 |
0.311 |
18.386 |
17.647 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
18.8 ± 7.2 |
330.2 ± 3.5 |
1.46 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
72.0 ± 11.0 |
516.7 ± 5.1 |
1.46 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
75.6 ± 10.5 |
526.9 ± 5.2 |
1.46 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
68.1 ± 10.7 |
546.3 ± 5.2 |
1.46 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
73.3 ± 10.6 |
532.2 ± 5.2 |
1.46 ± 0.05 |
| RH08 |
59.5 ± 10.8 |
555.7 ± 5.1 |
1.46 ± 0.05 |
| RH09 |
59.8 ± 11.2 |
541.3 ± 5.0 |
1.46 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
58.9 ± 11.2 |
542.0 ± 29.4 |
1.46 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
60.8 |
511.4 |
1.46 |
| Median |
68.1 |
541.3 |
1.46 |
| Deviation |
18.2 |
74.2 |
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 |
55.9 ± 4.0 |
32.6 ± 1.8 |
33.2 ± 1.9 |
71.8 ± 2.2 |
1.72 ± 0.16 |
0.78 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
141.0 ± 3.4 |
9.7 ± 0.4 |
10.8 ± 0.6 |
78.3 ± 1.8 |
14.50 ± 0.93 |
1.80 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
135.4 ± 4.1 |
7.9 ± 0.3 |
8.7 ± 0.5 |
78.5 ± 1.7 |
17.28 ± 1.20 |
1.73 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
138.7 ± 4.1 |
11.8 ± 0.5 |
13.1 ± 0.8 |
78.0 ± 1.8 |
11.76 ± 0.80 |
1.78 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
136.3 ± 4.0 |
9.1 ± 0.4 |
10.1 ± 0.6 |
78.4 ± 1.8 |
15.01 ± 1.03 |
1.74 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
129.7 ± 4.6 |
16.3 ± 0.7 |
17.8 ± 1.0 |
77.2 ± 1.8 |
7.99 ± 0.59 |
1.68 ± 0.08 |
| RH9 |
119.4 ± 5.0 |
16.1 ± 0.7 |
17.6 ± 1.0 |
77.2 ± 1.8 |
7.43 ± 0.58 |
1.55 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
119.4 ± 4.9 |
16.6 ± 0.8 |
18.1 ± 1.0 |
77.1 ± 1.8 |
7.23 ± 0.57 |
1.55 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
122.0 |
15.0 |
16.2 |
77.1 |
10.4 |
1.6 |
| Median |
135.4 |
16.1 |
17.6 |
78.0 |
11.8 |
1.7 |
| Deviation |
27.9 |
7.9 |
7.8 |
2.2 |
5.2 |
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 |
39.6 ± 5.5 |
49.8 ± 3.3 |
51.8 ± 3.9 |
83.8 ± 1.0 |
0.80 ± 0.10 |
0.47 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
96.1 ± 1.1 |
14.1 ± 0.7 |
16.9 ± 1.3 |
96.5 ± 2.1 |
6.84 ± 0.38 |
1.00 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
91.5 ± 1.1 |
11.3 ± 0.6 |
13.6 ± 1.0 |
96.8 ± 2.1 |
8.09 ± 0.45 |
0.95 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
94.8 ± 1.7 |
17.1 ± 0.9 |
20.4 ± 1.5 |
96.0 ± 2.0 |
5.56 ± 0.31 |
0.99 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
92.2 ± 1.2 |
13.1 ± 0.7 |
15.8 ± 1.2 |
96.6 ± 2.1 |
7.03 ± 0.39 |
0.95 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
89.6 ± 2.9 |
23.6 ± 1.3 |
27.8 ± 2.1 |
94.6 ± 1.9 |
3.80 ± 0.22 |
0.95 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
82.5 ± 3.3 |
23.4 ± 1.2 |
27.5 ± 2.1 |
94.7 ± 1.9 |
3.53 ± 0.21 |
0.87 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
82.4 ± 3.3 |
24.1 ± 1.3 |
28.2 ± 2.1 |
94.5 ± 1.9 |
3.43 ± 0.20 |
0.87 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
83.6 |
22.1 |
25.2 |
94.2 |
4.9 |
0.9 |
| Median |
91.5 |
23.4 |
27.5 |
96.0 |
5.6 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
18.5 |
12.3 |
12.2 |
4.3 |
2.4 |
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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