Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20232672001
Observation time: 09/24/2023 267.83418 2001 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2023 |
| Fractional day of year |
267.834184 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
72073.5 ± 40.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
200.605 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-62.258 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-7.976 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0012 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0405 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0013
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0449 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
4.19, 6.16, 6.94 |
Event added to database
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Wed Oct 11 16:58:31 2023
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Event last processed
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Thu Oct 12 10:43:51 2023
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Method selected
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RH08
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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54.993 ± 0.859
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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] |
-309.6 ± 2.9 |
-376.3 ± 33.5 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
1.5 ± 10.4 |
-23.6 ± 24.0 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
11.9 ± 7.1 |
285.6 ± 98.4 |
| Wi [km/s] |
23.4 ± 1.9 |
205.8 ± 131.6 |
| We [km/s] |
740.8 ± 58.9 |
6508.7 ± 4162.4 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
11.9 ± 0.8 |
37.8 ± 11.2 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-6.0 ± 0.4 |
-4.9 ± 3.4 |
| By GSE [nT] |
1.1 ± 1.5 |
4.9 ± 10.8 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-3.5 ± 0.6 |
-11.7 ± 3.4 |
Plasma Beta
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0.271 ± 0.271
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11.061 ± 8.466
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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30.24 ± 2.40
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265.72 ± 169.93
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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45.54 ± 2.94
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65.44 ± 15.60
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.952 ± 0.092 |
0.126 ± 0.258 |
-0.279 ± 0.271 |
-16.17 ± 17.67 |
172.48 ± 15.50 |
| VC |
-0.317 ± 0.315 |
-0.124 ± 0.213 |
0.940 ± 0.417 |
70.07 ± 20.11 |
201.39 ± 31.65 |
| MX1 |
-0.958 ± 0.313 |
0.282 ± 1.064 |
0.044 ± 0.044 |
2.54 ± 25.58 |
163.63 ± 63.59 |
| MX2 |
-0.777 ± 0.267 |
0.198 ± 0.555 |
0.598 ± 0.514 |
36.75 ± 22.47 |
165.72 ± 40.76 |
| MX3 |
-0.672 ± 0.385 |
0.246 ± 0.750 |
0.698 ± 0.553 |
44.28 ± 23.89 |
159.92 ± 63.31 |
| RH08 |
-0.998 ± 0.001 |
0.044 ± 0.023 |
-0.039 ± 0.039 |
-2.24 ± 0.52 |
177.49 ± 1.32 |
| RH09 |
-0.999 ± 0.003 |
0.026 ± 0.068 |
-0.028 ± 0.028 |
-1.60 ± 4.06 |
178.50 ± 3.91 |
| RH10 |
-0.995 ± 0.007 |
0.096 ± 0.068 |
-0.039 ± 0.039 |
-2.24 ± 4.06 |
174.48 ± 3.91 |
| Average |
-0.834 |
0.112 |
0.237 |
16.423 |
174.202 |
| Median |
-0.952 |
0.126 |
0.044 |
2.543 |
174.485 |
| Deviation |
0.241 |
0.132 |
0.441 |
30.105 |
12.868 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
18.9 ± 3.1 |
270.2 ± 7.9 |
3.10 ± 0.97 |
| VC |
77.4 ± 2.5 |
528.0 ± 23.0 |
3.10 ± 0.97 |
| MX1 |
34.9 ± 6.2 |
404.2 ± 5.2 |
3.10 ± 0.97 |
| MX2 |
67.6 ± 5.0 |
557.7 ± 15.9 |
3.10 ± 0.97 |
| MX3 |
75.3 ± 5.7 |
554.2 ± 18.3 |
3.10 ± 0.97 |
| RH08 |
31.5 ± 2.5 |
392.1 ± 4.9 |
3.10 ± 0.97 |
| RH09 |
32.3 ± 2.5 |
398.0 ± 4.9 |
3.10 ± 0.97 |
| RH10 |
30.9 ± 2.8 |
388.1 ± 60.9 |
3.10 ± 0.97 |
| Average |
46.1 |
436.6 |
3.10 |
| Median |
34.9 |
404.2 |
3.10 |
| Deviation |
23.3 |
101.0 |
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 |
-21.4 ± 3.1 |
27.5 ± 1.8 |
43.1 ± 2.8 |
47.3 ± 2.6 |
-0.78 ± 0.12 |
-0.46 ± 0.09 |
| VC |
418.8 ± 5.3 |
5.5 ± 0.3 |
10.0 ± 0.6 |
54.5 ± 2.3 |
76.14 ± 3.75 |
7.70 ± 0.37 |
| MX1 |
106.5 ± 3.2 |
22.6 ± 1.3 |
37.4 ± 2.4 |
49.8 ± 2.4 |
4.72 ± 0.29 |
2.14 ± 0.12 |
| MX2 |
309.9 ± 5.6 |
9.7 ± 0.5 |
17.4 ± 1.1 |
53.9 ± 2.3 |
31.94 ± 1.65 |
5.76 ± 0.30 |
| MX3 |
337.4 ± 6.7 |
6.4 ± 0.3 |
11.6 ± 0.7 |
54.4 ± 2.3 |
52.78 ± 2.76 |
6.22 ± 0.34 |
| RH8 |
83.5 ± 2.8 |
23.8 ± 1.4 |
38.9 ± 2.5 |
49.3 ± 2.4 |
3.52 ± 0.23 |
1.70 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
88.9 ± 2.8 |
23.5 ± 1.3 |
38.5 ± 2.5 |
49.4 ± 2.4 |
3.79 ± 0.24 |
1.80 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
80.5 ± 2.6 |
24.0 ± 1.4 |
39.1 ± 2.5 |
49.2 ± 2.4 |
3.37 ± 0.22 |
1.64 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
175.5 |
17.9 |
29.5 |
51.0 |
21.9 |
3.3 |
| Median |
106.5 |
23.5 |
38.5 |
49.8 |
4.7 |
2.1 |
| Deviation |
156.7 |
9.0 |
13.9 |
2.8 |
28.8 |
2.9 |
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 |
-5.6 ± 50.5 |
61.4 ± 14.8 |
61.9 ± 14.8 |
267.0 ± 169.4 |
-0.11 ± 0.86 |
-0.12 ± 0.47 |
| VC |
137.2 ± 86.2 |
13.6 ± 3.5 |
14.3 ± 3.4 |
274.9 ± 167.8 |
11.31 ± 8.30 |
0.77 ± 0.91 |
| MX1 |
37.4 ± 31.0 |
52.5 ± 12.9 |
53.7 ± 12.8 |
269.4 ± 168.8 |
0.78 ± 0.75 |
0.15 ± 0.13 |
| MX2 |
99.2 ± 54.0 |
23.8 ± 6.1 |
25.0 ± 5.9 |
274.1 ± 167.9 |
4.67 ± 3.10 |
0.53 ± 0.53 |
| MX3 |
107.6 ± 64.2 |
15.8 ± 4.0 |
16.6 ± 4.0 |
274.8 ± 167.8 |
7.69 ± 5.42 |
0.59 ± 0.63 |
| RH8 |
28.6 ± 35.4 |
54.8 ± 13.4 |
55.8 ± 13.3 |
268.8 ± 168.9 |
0.55 ± 0.75 |
0.09 ± 0.20 |
| RH9 |
30.5 ± 34.9 |
54.3 ± 13.3 |
55.3 ± 13.2 |
269.0 ± 168.9 |
0.59 ± 0.75 |
0.10 ± 0.19 |
| RH10 |
27.2 ± 35.2 |
55.2 ± 13.5 |
56.2 ± 13.4 |
268.7 ± 168.9 |
0.53 ± 0.74 |
0.08 ± 0.20 |
| Average |
57.8 |
41.4 |
42.3 |
270.8 |
3.3 |
0.3 |
| Median |
37.4 |
54.3 |
55.3 |
269.4 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
| Deviation |
49.9 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
3.2 |
4.2 |
0.3 |
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 Thu Oct 12 13:23:29 2023
Michael L Stevens
(mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)
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