Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20132710803
Observation time: 09/28/2013 271.33595 0803 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
Year |
2013 |
Fractional day of year |
271.335955 |
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
29026.5 ± 30.0 |
Shock type |
SR |
Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
249.381 |
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
67.937 |
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
13.370 |
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005 |
Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0169 |
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0169 |
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
1.43, 14.41, 15.38 |
Event added to database
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Tue Jun 10 23:24:52 2014
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Event last processed
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Wed Jun 11 02:19:12 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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98.611 ± 0.436
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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] |
-282.5 ± 0.9 |
-280.8 ± 0.6 |
Vy GSE [km/s] |
-5.5 ± 1.1 |
-9.7 ± 0.5 |
Vz GSE [km/s] |
-11.1 ± 1.0 |
-2.8 ± 1.1 |
Wi [km/s] |
20.6 ± 0.2 |
17.2 ± 0.3 |
We [km/s] |
650.9 ± 7.0 |
543.5 ± 8.1 |
Ni [n/cc] |
4.0 ± 0.1 |
5.1 ± 0.1 |
Bx GSE [nT] |
0.3 ± 0.1 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
By GSE [nT] |
-0.9 ± 0.1 |
-1.3 ± 0.0 |
Bz GSE [nT] |
-2.2 ± 0.1 |
0.8 ± 0.1 |
Plasma Beta
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0.594 ± 0.586
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1.282 ± 1.285
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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26.57 ± 0.29
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22.19 ± 0.33
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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26.73 ± 0.92
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15.20 ± 0.55
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
MC |
-0.353 ± 0.014 |
0.927 ± 0.008 |
0.127 ± 0.126 |
7.30 ± 2.75 |
110.86 ± 0.87 |
VC |
-0.771 ± 0.636 |
0.367 ± 0.984 |
-0.521 ± 0.468 |
-31.39 ± 53.75 |
154.52 ± 71.46 |
MX1 |
-0.347 ± 0.066 |
0.929 ± 0.025 |
0.127 ± 0.126 |
7.28 ± 2.76 |
110.49 ± 4.06 |
MX2 |
-0.361 ± 0.090 |
0.924 ± 0.036 |
0.126 ± 0.126 |
7.26 ± 2.71 |
111.31 ± 5.59 |
MX3 |
-0.659 ± 0.674 |
0.747 ± 0.594 |
0.092 ± 0.091 |
5.26 ± 5.63 |
131.40 ± 51.71 |
RH08 |
-0.936 ± 0.007 |
-0.351 ± 0.019 |
0.017 ± 0.017 |
0.96 ± 0.33 |
200.56 ± 1.17 |
RH09 |
-0.936 ± 0.025 |
-0.351 ± 0.068 |
0.017 ± 0.017 |
0.96 ± 2.86 |
200.56 ± 4.15 |
RH10 |
-0.936 ± 0.025 |
-0.351 ± 0.068 |
0.017 ± 0.017 |
0.96 ± 2.94 |
200.56 ± 4.14 |
Average |
-0.662 |
0.355 |
0.000 |
-0.176 |
152.532 |
Median |
-0.659 |
0.747 |
0.092 |
5.256 |
154.519 |
Deviation |
0.273 |
0.613 |
0.217 |
12.954 |
42.380 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
MC |
58.8 ± 4.0 |
76.1 ± 0.9 |
1.27 ± 0.06 |
VC |
76.6 ± 3.3 |
186.2 ± 1.5 |
1.27 ± 0.06 |
MX1 |
58.8 ± 4.0 |
74.3 ± 0.9 |
1.27 ± 0.06 |
MX2 |
58.9 ± 4.0 |
78.2 ± 0.9 |
1.27 ± 0.06 |
MX3 |
62.8 ± 3.7 |
163.6 ± 1.0 |
1.27 ± 0.06 |
RH08 |
89.6 ± 1.0 |
266.1 ± 0.6 |
1.27 ± 0.06 |
RH09 |
89.6 ± 1.0 |
266.1 ± 0.6 |
1.27 ± 0.06 |
RH10 |
89.6 ± 1.0 |
266.1 ± 3.0 |
1.27 ± 0.06 |
Average |
73.1 |
172.1 |
1.27 |
Median |
76.6 |
186.2 |
1.27 |
Deviation |
14.9 |
88.2 |
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 |
-17.2 ± 1.2 |
10.1 ± 0.2 |
13.8 ± 0.5 |
36.3 ± 0.7 |
-1.70 ± 0.10 |
-0.47 ± 0.03 |
VC |
-35.3 ± 1.5 |
4.4 ± 0.1 |
6.2 ± 0.2 |
37.4 ± 0.7 |
-8.01 ± 0.24 |
-0.94 ± 0.03 |
MX1 |
-17.3 ± 1.2 |
10.1 ± 0.2 |
13.8 ± 0.5 |
36.3 ± 0.7 |
-1.71 ± 0.10 |
-0.48 ± 0.03 |
MX2 |
-17.2 ± 1.2 |
10.1 ± 0.2 |
13.8 ± 0.5 |
36.3 ± 0.7 |
-1.70 ± 0.10 |
-0.47 ± 0.03 |
MX3 |
-17.3 ± 1.3 |
8.9 ± 0.2 |
12.2 ± 0.4 |
36.6 ± 0.7 |
-1.95 ± 0.12 |
-0.47 ± 0.03 |
RH8 |
-0.1 ± 0.5 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
37.7 ± 0.7 |
-0.96 ± 4.00 |
-0.00 ± 0.01 |
RH9 |
-0.1 ± 0.5 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
37.7 ± 0.7 |
-0.96 ± 4.00 |
-0.00 ± 0.01 |
RH10 |
-0.1 ± 0.5 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
37.7 ± 0.7 |
-0.96 ± 4.00 |
-0.00 ± 0.01 |
Average |
-13.1 |
5.5 |
7.6 |
37.0 |
-2.2 |
-0.4 |
Median |
-17.2 |
8.9 |
12.2 |
37.4 |
-1.7 |
-0.5 |
Deviation |
12.4 |
4.8 |
6.6 |
0.7 |
2.4 |
0.3 |
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 |
-13.7 ± 0.6 |
6.7 ± 0.2 |
7.9 ± 0.3 |
26.1 ± 0.4 |
-2.05 ± 0.08 |
-0.53 ± 0.02 |
VC |
-28.1 ± 0.9 |
2.9 ± 0.1 |
3.5 ± 0.1 |
26.7 ± 0.5 |
-9.57 ± 0.19 |
-1.05 ± 0.02 |
MX1 |
-13.8 ± 0.6 |
6.7 ± 0.2 |
7.9 ± 0.3 |
26.1 ± 0.4 |
-2.06 ± 0.08 |
-0.53 ± 0.02 |
MX2 |
-13.7 ± 0.6 |
6.7 ± 0.2 |
7.9 ± 0.3 |
26.1 ± 0.4 |
-2.05 ± 0.08 |
-0.53 ± 0.02 |
MX3 |
-13.7 ± 0.6 |
5.9 ± 0.2 |
6.9 ± 0.3 |
26.3 ± 0.5 |
-2.34 ± 0.07 |
-0.52 ± 0.02 |
RH8 |
-0.1 ± 0.5 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
26.9 ± 0.5 |
-1.18 ± 6.03 |
-0.00 ± 0.02 |
RH9 |
-0.1 ± 0.5 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
26.9 ± 0.5 |
-1.18 ± 6.03 |
-0.00 ± 0.02 |
RH10 |
-0.1 ± 0.5 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
26.9 ± 0.5 |
-1.18 ± 6.03 |
-0.00 ± 0.02 |
Average |
-10.4 |
3.6 |
4.3 |
26.5 |
-2.7 |
-0.4 |
Median |
-13.7 |
5.9 |
6.9 |
26.7 |
-2.0 |
-0.5 |
Deviation |
9.8 |
3.2 |
3.8 |
0.4 |
2.8 |
0.4 |
Survey interval (About, Top)
Selected
data (About, Top)
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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