Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20140140739
Observation time: 01/14/2014 14.31884 0739 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2014 |
| Fractional day of year |
14.318837 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
27547.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
FR |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
193.977 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-3.048 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-16.056 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0111 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0140 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
6.72, 12.73, 15.31 |
Event added to database
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Wed Jun 11 01:16:08 2014
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Event last processed
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Wed Jun 11 02:46:17 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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36.488 ± 1.808
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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] |
-631.7 ± 4.0 |
-665.5 ± 6.7 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
20.5 ± 6.6 |
6.2 ± 11.9 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
12.7 ± 28.5 |
5.0 ± 23.4 |
| Wi [km/s] |
57.2 ± 1.9 |
49.3 ± 2.8 |
| We [km/s] |
1808.3 ± 60.4 |
1558.6 ± 89.2 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
2.4 ± 0.1 |
1.6 ± 0.2 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
3.3 ± 0.3 |
1.9 ± 0.4 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-5.6 ± 0.4 |
-3.6 ± 0.7 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
1.8 ± 2.2 |
0.4 ± 1.6 |
Plasma Beta
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0.344 ± 0.325
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0.448 ± 0.474
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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73.82 ± 2.47
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63.63 ± 3.64
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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97.60 ± 2.12
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74.25 ± 4.82
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.903 ± 0.395 |
0.392 ± 0.884 |
0.173 ± 0.171 |
9.97 ± 34.54 |
156.53 ± 56.01 |
| VC |
-0.923 ± 0.130 |
-0.367 ± 0.277 |
-0.115 ± 0.114 |
-6.59 ± 37.51 |
201.67 ± 17.08 |
| MX1 |
-0.855 ± 0.463 |
-0.507 ± 0.778 |
0.108 ± 0.107 |
6.19 ± 26.82 |
210.65 ± 52.07 |
| MX2 |
-0.994 ± 0.117 |
-0.108 ± 1.076 |
-0.019 ± 0.019 |
-1.07 ± 32.92 |
186.18 ± 62.03 |
| MX3 |
-0.697 ± 0.183 |
-0.716 ± 0.178 |
0.040 ± 0.040 |
2.29 ± 22.65 |
225.76 ± 14.60 |
| RH08 |
-0.970 ± 0.014 |
-0.042 ± 0.059 |
0.240 ± 0.235 |
13.90 ± 3.25 |
182.51 ± 3.49 |
| RH09 |
-0.994 ± 0.007 |
-0.078 ± 0.069 |
0.073 ± 0.072 |
4.16 ± 4.03 |
184.51 ± 3.95 |
| RH10 |
-0.994 ± 0.007 |
-0.078 ± 0.069 |
0.073 ± 0.072 |
4.16 ± 4.03 |
184.51 ± 3.95 |
| Average |
-0.916 |
-0.188 |
0.072 |
4.128 |
191.541 |
| Median |
-0.923 |
-0.078 |
0.073 |
4.165 |
186.182 |
| Deviation |
0.102 |
0.338 |
0.109 |
6.315 |
20.954 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
45.3 ± 8.1 |
526.5 ± 10.6 |
0.67 ± 0.13 |
| VC |
80.3 ± 4.1 |
491.4 ± 13.3 |
0.67 ± 0.13 |
| MX1 |
88.1 ± 3.4 |
458.5 ± 14.3 |
0.67 ± 0.13 |
| MX2 |
67.3 ± 3.6 |
556.6 ± 12.1 |
0.67 ± 0.13 |
| MX3 |
75.0 ± 3.1 |
350.2 ± 13.9 |
0.67 ± 0.13 |
| RH08 |
68.6 ± 6.4 |
547.9 ± 14.2 |
0.67 ± 0.13 |
| RH09 |
67.2 ± 4.1 |
558.8 ± 12.5 |
0.67 ± 0.13 |
| RH10 |
67.2 ± 4.1 |
558.8 ± 46.9 |
0.67 ± 0.13 |
| Average |
69.9 |
506.1 |
0.67 |
| Median |
68.6 |
547.9 |
0.67 |
| Deviation |
12.5 |
72.8 |
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 |
-54.4 ± 8.1 |
44.4 ± 0.8 |
68.6 ± 1.5 |
114.1 ± 1.1 |
-1.23 ± 0.19 |
-0.48 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
-82.8 ± 6.9 |
9.9 ± 0.2 |
16.4 ± 0.4 |
122.0 ± 1.1 |
-8.35 ± 0.58 |
-0.68 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
-72.7 ± 4.8 |
1.9 ± 0.0 |
3.2 ± 0.1 |
122.4 ± 1.1 |
-37.97 ± 2.02 |
-0.59 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
-68.8 ± 4.3 |
23.1 ± 0.4 |
37.7 ± 0.8 |
120.2 ± 1.1 |
-2.97 ± 0.14 |
-0.57 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
-75.9 ± 5.5 |
15.4 ± 0.2 |
25.3 ± 0.5 |
121.4 ± 1.1 |
-4.94 ± 0.28 |
-0.62 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
-66.8 ± 8.0 |
21.8 ± 0.3 |
35.5 ± 0.8 |
120.4 ± 1.1 |
-3.07 ± 0.37 |
-0.55 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
-68.6 ± 4.6 |
23.2 ± 0.4 |
37.8 ± 0.8 |
120.2 ± 1.1 |
-2.95 ± 0.18 |
-0.57 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
-68.6 ± 4.6 |
23.2 ± 0.4 |
37.8 ± 0.8 |
120.2 ± 1.1 |
-2.95 ± 0.18 |
-0.57 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
-69.8 |
20.4 |
32.8 |
120.1 |
-8.1 |
-0.6 |
| Median |
-68.6 |
23.1 |
37.7 |
120.4 |
-3.0 |
-0.6 |
| Deviation |
8.1 |
12.4 |
19.2 |
2.6 |
12.3 |
0.1 |
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 |
-78.0 ± 7.2 |
36.5 ± 1.3 |
52.2 ± 3.4 |
90.8 ± 3.6 |
-2.14 ± 0.24 |
-0.86 ± 0.10 |
| VC |
-120.1 ± 9.7 |
8.1 ± 0.3 |
12.5 ± 0.8 |
97.5 ± 3.7 |
-14.83 ± 1.31 |
-1.23 ± 0.09 |
| MX1 |
-108.1 ± 8.4 |
1.6 ± 0.1 |
2.4 ± 0.2 |
97.9 ± 3.7 |
-68.98 ± 5.55 |
-1.10 ± 0.08 |
| MX2 |
-104.1 ± 7.2 |
19.0 ± 0.7 |
28.7 ± 1.9 |
96.0 ± 3.7 |
-5.50 ± 0.46 |
-1.09 ± 0.08 |
| MX3 |
-109.4 ± 10.1 |
12.6 ± 0.4 |
19.2 ± 1.2 |
97.1 ± 3.7 |
-8.70 ± 0.80 |
-1.13 ± 0.09 |
| RH8 |
-98.4 ± 6.7 |
17.8 ± 0.6 |
27.0 ± 1.8 |
96.2 ± 3.7 |
-5.52 ± 0.44 |
-1.02 ± 0.08 |
| RH9 |
-102.8 ± 6.4 |
19.0 ± 0.7 |
28.8 ± 1.9 |
96.0 ± 3.7 |
-5.41 ± 0.42 |
-1.07 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
-102.8 ± 6.4 |
19.0 ± 0.7 |
28.8 ± 1.9 |
96.0 ± 3.7 |
-5.41 ± 0.42 |
-1.07 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
-103.0 |
16.7 |
24.9 |
95.9 |
-14.6 |
-1.1 |
| Median |
-102.8 |
19.0 |
28.7 |
96.2 |
-5.5 |
-1.1 |
| Deviation |
12.0 |
10.2 |
14.6 |
2.2 |
22.3 |
0.1 |
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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