Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20152971801
Observation time: 10/24/2015 297.75135 1801 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2015 |
| Fractional day of year |
297.751351 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
64916.8 ± 90.0 |
| Shock type |
NN |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
244.885 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-73.296 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
15.544 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0260 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0248 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
5.78, 11.06, 11.51 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 1 15:58:17 2016
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Event last processed
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Tue May 17 17:18:00 2016
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Method selected
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RH08
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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54.921 ± 0.408
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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] |
-417.1 ± 14.0 |
-460.2 ± 8.5 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
5.2 ± 16.9 |
77.8 ± 13.4 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-7.5 ± 6.1 |
-19.6 ± 6.4 |
| Wi [km/s] |
37.3 ± 0.9 |
82.2 ± 6.4 |
| We [km/s] |
1180.9 ± 28.3 |
2600.6 ± 202.9 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
5.9 ± 0.5 |
16.8 ± 1.5 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
0.3 ± 2.4 |
3.0 ± 2.9 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-3.5 ± 2.5 |
-4.3 ± 2.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.5 ± 1.0 |
-1.1 ± 1.5 |
Plasma Beta
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0.728 ± 0.737
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6.811 ± 4.645
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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48.21 ± 1.16
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106.17 ± 8.28
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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43.96 ± 2.01
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34.00 ± 6.88
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.880 ± 0.413 |
0.445 ± 0.812 |
0.166 ± 0.164 |
9.56 ± 16.78 |
153.15 ± 52.84 |
| VC |
-0.524 ± 0.233 |
0.840 ± 0.146 |
-0.139 ± 0.138 |
-8.01 ± 5.70 |
121.98 ± 15.86 |
| MX1 |
-0.849 ± 0.380 |
0.519 ± 0.620 |
-0.101 ± 0.101 |
-5.80 ± 15.36 |
148.54 ± 41.87 |
| MX2 |
-0.768 ± 0.433 |
0.604 ± 0.546 |
-0.214 ± 0.211 |
-12.36 ± 24.64 |
141.82 ± 40.55 |
| MX3 |
-0.677 ± 0.400 |
0.715 ± 0.379 |
-0.173 ± 0.171 |
-9.94 ± 20.28 |
133.43 ± 31.84 |
| RH08 |
-0.981 ± 0.008 |
0.182 ± 0.040 |
-0.061 ± 0.061 |
-3.52 ± 1.25 |
169.47 ± 2.34 |
| RH09 |
-0.784 ± 0.044 |
0.604 ± 0.056 |
-0.140 ± 0.139 |
-8.03 ± 4.02 |
142.40 ± 4.07 |
| RH10 |
-0.795 ± 0.043 |
0.590 ± 0.057 |
-0.140 ± 0.139 |
-8.03 ± 4.02 |
143.40 ± 4.07 |
| Average |
-0.782 |
0.563 |
-0.100 |
-5.765 |
144.271 |
| Median |
-0.784 |
0.604 |
-0.139 |
-8.011 |
143.398 |
| Deviation |
0.137 |
0.194 |
0.117 |
6.718 |
13.923 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
64.7 ± 18.4 |
470.2 ± 1.4 |
2.90 ± 0.43 |
| VC |
50.5 ± 15.4 |
356.3 ± 2.4 |
2.90 ± 0.43 |
| MX1 |
64.4 ± 11.2 |
470.8 ± 1.4 |
2.90 ± 0.43 |
| MX2 |
62.1 ± 7.1 |
447.4 ± 1.6 |
2.90 ± 0.43 |
| MX3 |
57.0 ± 8.4 |
416.8 ± 2.0 |
2.90 ± 0.43 |
| RH08 |
76.3 ± 26.0 |
496.9 ± 1.2 |
2.90 ± 0.43 |
| RH09 |
61.4 ± 7.7 |
453.5 ± 1.6 |
2.90 ± 0.43 |
| RH10 |
62.0 ± 8.1 |
456.4 ± 12.7 |
2.90 ± 0.43 |
| Average |
62.3 |
446.0 |
2.90 |
| Median |
62.1 |
456.4 |
2.90 |
| Deviation |
7.3 |
42.9 |
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 |
102.2 ± 6.9 |
14.2 ± 0.3 |
18.8 ± 0.9 |
63.7 ± 1.1 |
7.19 ± 0.42 |
1.60 ± 0.10 |
| VC |
132.2 ± 8.5 |
21.9 ± 0.5 |
28.0 ± 1.3 |
61.5 ± 1.0 |
6.03 ± 0.36 |
2.15 ± 0.13 |
| MX1 |
113.4 ± 4.5 |
14.4 ± 0.3 |
19.0 ± 0.9 |
63.7 ± 1.1 |
7.89 ± 0.21 |
1.78 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
122.4 ± 3.8 |
15.6 ± 0.3 |
20.6 ± 0.9 |
63.4 ± 1.1 |
7.83 ± 0.12 |
1.93 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
129.3 ± 5.2 |
18.4 ± 0.4 |
23.9 ± 1.1 |
62.6 ± 1.1 |
7.02 ± 0.22 |
2.07 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
86.2 ± 10.6 |
7.7 ± 0.2 |
10.4 ± 0.5 |
64.8 ± 1.1 |
11.17 ± 1.33 |
1.33 ± 0.16 |
| RH9 |
122.1 ± 3.8 |
16.0 ± 0.4 |
21.0 ± 1.0 |
63.3 ± 1.1 |
7.63 ± 0.11 |
1.93 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
120.7 ± 3.8 |
15.7 ± 0.3 |
20.6 ± 0.9 |
63.4 ± 1.1 |
7.69 ± 0.11 |
1.90 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
116.1 |
15.5 |
20.3 |
63.3 |
7.8 |
1.8 |
| Median |
122.1 |
15.7 |
20.6 |
63.4 |
7.7 |
1.9 |
| Deviation |
15.2 |
4.0 |
5.0 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
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 |
33.9 ± 8.2 |
13.9 ± 2.6 |
14.5 ± 2.9 |
110.8 ± 7.4 |
2.44 ± 0.39 |
0.31 ± 0.08 |
| VC |
46.9 ± 10.2 |
20.9 ± 4.0 |
21.6 ± 4.4 |
109.7 ± 7.6 |
2.26 ± 0.34 |
0.43 ± 0.11 |
| MX1 |
37.8 ± 7.8 |
14.0 ± 2.6 |
14.7 ± 3.0 |
110.8 ± 7.4 |
2.71 ± 0.37 |
0.34 ± 0.08 |
| MX2 |
42.8 ± 7.8 |
15.2 ± 2.8 |
15.9 ± 3.2 |
110.6 ± 7.4 |
2.84 ± 0.36 |
0.39 ± 0.08 |
| MX3 |
46.1 ± 8.8 |
17.8 ± 3.3 |
18.5 ± 3.7 |
110.2 ± 7.5 |
2.61 ± 0.34 |
0.42 ± 0.10 |
| RH8 |
29.9 ± 7.7 |
7.6 ± 1.4 |
8.0 ± 1.6 |
111.5 ± 7.3 |
3.94 ± 0.86 |
0.27 ± 0.07 |
| RH9 |
42.7 ± 8.1 |
15.5 ± 2.9 |
16.3 ± 3.3 |
110.6 ± 7.4 |
2.76 ± 0.35 |
0.39 ± 0.09 |
| RH10 |
41.8 ± 8.0 |
15.3 ± 2.9 |
16.0 ± 3.2 |
110.6 ± 7.4 |
2.76 ± 0.35 |
0.38 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
40.3 |
15.0 |
15.7 |
110.6 |
2.8 |
0.4 |
| Median |
42.7 |
15.3 |
16.0 |
110.6 |
2.8 |
0.4 |
| Deviation |
5.9 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
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 Wed Jan 22 21:47:00 2020
Michael L Stevens
(mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)
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