Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20133222332
Observation time: 11/18/2013 322.98102 2332 [UT]
|
|
General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
322.981024 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
84760.5 ± 90.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
236.121 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-85.551 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
15.587 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0250 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006
|
| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0176 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
3.73, 3.84, 4.28 |
Event added to database
|
Tue Jun 10 23:54:00 2014
|
Event last processed
|
Wed Jun 11 02:33:00 2014
|
Method selected
|
RH08
|
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
|
144.477 ± 41.835
|
Asymptotic
plasma
parameters (About, Top)
|
Parameter
|
Upstream
|
Downstream
|
| Vx GSE [km/s] |
-358.9 ± 2.3 |
-415.4 ± 4.6 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-22.8 ± 3.3 |
-7.9 ± 6.1 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-15.8 ± 2.3 |
12.3 ± 5.6 |
| Wi [km/s] |
20.1 ± 1.7 |
27.4 ± 2.7 |
| We [km/s] |
634.6 ± 54.0 |
868.0 ± 86.6 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
1.6 ± 0.1 |
2.1 ± 0.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
2.7 ± 0.1 |
-1.8 ± 0.3 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-1.6 ± 0.2 |
-0.7 ± 0.4 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.5 ± 0.1 |
2.1 ± 0.3 |
Plasma Beta
|
0.137 ± 0.126
|
0.437 ± 0.443
|
Sound Speed [km/s]
|
25.91 ± 2.21
|
35.43 ± 3.54
|
Alfven Speed [km/s]
|
54.76 ± 2.39
|
42.24 ± 2.68
|
Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.274 ± 0.338 |
0.757 ± 0.169 |
-0.593 ± 0.511 |
-36.35 ± 12.17 |
109.89 ± 25.36 |
| VC |
-0.874 ± 0.039 |
0.227 ± 0.092 |
0.429 ± 0.401 |
25.42 ± 4.27 |
165.45 ± 6.02 |
| MX1 |
-0.264 ± 0.353 |
0.779 ± 0.171 |
-0.569 ± 0.498 |
-34.70 ± 13.05 |
108.72 ± 25.78 |
| MX2 |
-0.334 ± 0.440 |
0.733 ± 0.242 |
-0.593 ± 0.511 |
-36.35 ± 14.63 |
114.52 ± 34.02 |
| MX3 |
-0.736 ± 0.403 |
0.308 ± 0.773 |
-0.603 ± 0.516 |
-37.08 ± 25.18 |
157.28 ± 59.64 |
| RH08 |
-0.268 ± 0.037 |
0.652 ± 0.030 |
-0.709 ± 0.556 |
-45.19 ± 2.25 |
112.31 ± 3.13 |
| RH09 |
-0.268 ± 0.050 |
0.652 ± 0.040 |
-0.709 ± 0.556 |
-45.19 ± 3.09 |
112.31 ± 4.18 |
| RH10 |
-0.291 ± 0.054 |
0.616 ± 0.044 |
-0.732 ± 0.560 |
-47.04 ± 3.16 |
115.32 ± 4.78 |
| Average |
-0.414 |
0.590 |
-0.510 |
-32.061 |
124.475 |
| Median |
-0.274 |
0.652 |
-0.593 |
-36.354 |
114.524 |
| Deviation |
0.245 |
0.208 |
0.385 |
23.733 |
22.972 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
58.4 ± 2.2 |
132.0 ± 3.3 |
1.38 ± 0.18 |
| VC |
22.9 ± 2.1 |
541.7 ± 11.4 |
1.38 ± 0.18 |
| MX1 |
58.0 ± 2.2 |
129.9 ± 3.3 |
1.38 ± 0.18 |
| MX2 |
55.8 ± 2.1 |
165.0 ± 3.6 |
1.38 ± 0.18 |
| MX3 |
46.6 ± 2.9 |
380.1 ± 6.1 |
1.38 ± 0.18 |
| RH08 |
63.4 ± 2.1 |
114.3 ± 2.8 |
1.38 ± 0.18 |
| RH09 |
63.4 ± 2.1 |
114.3 ± 2.8 |
1.38 ± 0.18 |
| RH10 |
63.5 ± 2.1 |
123.3 ± 19.4 |
1.38 ± 0.18 |
| Average |
54.0 |
212.6 |
1.38 |
| Median |
58.4 |
132.0 |
1.38 |
| Deviation |
13.8 |
160.0 |
0.00 |
Upstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
|
Method
|
dV
|
Slow
|
Intermediate
|
Fast
|
Slow
Mach
|
Fast
Mach
|
| MC |
41.5 ± 2.1 |
12.5 ± 0.8 |
28.7 ± 1.3 |
59.3 ± 1.6 |
3.32 ± 0.23 |
0.70 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
239.9 ± 1.4 |
23.3 ± 1.8 |
50.4 ± 2.2 |
55.9 ± 2.1 |
10.33 ± 0.80 |
4.30 ± 0.15 |
| MX1 |
43.9 ± 2.1 |
12.7 ± 0.8 |
29.0 ± 1.3 |
59.3 ± 1.6 |
3.48 ± 0.24 |
0.74 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
52.3 ± 2.0 |
13.5 ± 0.9 |
30.8 ± 1.3 |
59.1 ± 1.6 |
3.89 ± 0.25 |
0.89 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
113.5 ± 1.9 |
16.7 ± 1.1 |
37.6 ± 1.6 |
58.3 ± 1.7 |
6.82 ± 0.47 |
1.95 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
21.9 ± 2.0 |
10.6 ± 0.7 |
24.5 ± 1.1 |
59.7 ± 1.6 |
2.07 ± 0.20 |
0.37 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
21.9 ± 2.0 |
10.6 ± 0.7 |
24.5 ± 1.1 |
59.7 ± 1.6 |
2.07 ± 0.20 |
0.37 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
21.1 ± 1.9 |
10.6 ± 0.7 |
24.4 ± 1.1 |
59.7 ± 1.6 |
2.00 ± 0.20 |
0.35 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
69.5 |
13.8 |
31.2 |
58.9 |
4.2 |
1.2 |
| Median |
43.9 |
12.7 |
29.0 |
59.3 |
3.5 |
0.7 |
| Deviation |
75.2 |
4.4 |
8.9 |
1.3 |
2.9 |
1.4 |
Downstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
|
Method
|
dV
|
Slow
|
Intermediate
|
Fast
|
Slow
Mach
|
Fast
Mach
|
| MC |
31.4 ± 4.0 |
14.6 ± 0.7 |
22.1 ± 1.4 |
53.3 ± 0.5 |
2.14 ± 0.26 |
0.59 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
175.1 ± 6.3 |
29.3 ± 1.9 |
38.9 ± 2.5 |
46.8 ± 1.2 |
6.00 ± 0.61 |
3.74 ± 0.08 |
| MX1 |
33.4 ± 4.1 |
14.8 ± 0.7 |
22.4 ± 1.4 |
53.3 ± 0.5 |
2.26 ± 0.26 |
0.63 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
39.2 ± 4.1 |
15.8 ± 0.8 |
23.8 ± 1.5 |
53.0 ± 0.5 |
2.48 ± 0.25 |
0.74 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
84.2 ± 4.2 |
19.8 ± 1.0 |
29.0 ± 1.8 |
51.6 ± 0.6 |
4.25 ± 0.28 |
1.63 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
17.0 ± 3.7 |
12.4 ± 0.6 |
18.9 ± 1.2 |
53.9 ± 0.5 |
1.37 ± 0.26 |
0.32 ± 0.07 |
| RH9 |
17.0 ± 3.7 |
12.4 ± 0.6 |
18.9 ± 1.2 |
53.9 ± 0.5 |
1.37 ± 0.26 |
0.32 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
16.0 ± 3.7 |
12.3 ± 0.6 |
18.8 ± 1.2 |
53.9 ± 0.5 |
1.30 ± 0.26 |
0.30 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
51.7 |
16.4 |
24.1 |
52.4 |
2.6 |
1.0 |
| Median |
33.4 |
14.8 |
22.4 |
53.3 |
2.3 |
0.6 |
| Deviation |
54.6 |
5.8 |
6.9 |
2.4 |
1.7 |
1.2 |
Survey interval (About, Top)
Selected
data (About, Top)
|
Key plasma parameters
|
Velocity
|
Magnetic Field
|
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)
| 
