Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19950630036
Observation time: 03/04/1995 63.02568 0036 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
1995 |
| Fractional day of year |
63.025677 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
2218.5 ± 6.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
206.310 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-0.258 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
12.360 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0009 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0228 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0009
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0230 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
15.62, 28.25, 29.51 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:00:15 2005
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Event last processed
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Wed Mar 25 12:49:55 2009
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Method selected
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RH08
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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42.457 ± 11.200
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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] |
-414.5 ± 0.9 |
-445.8 ± 2.5 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-31.4 ± 1.5 |
-18.9 ± 1.6 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-35.9 ± 1.9 |
0.0 ± 2.7 |
| Wi [km/s] |
26.1 ± 0.7 |
32.6 ± 0.7 |
| We [km/s] |
824.8 ± 23.1 |
1032.4 ± 21.5 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
5.2 ± 0.3 |
10.0 ± 0.3 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
0.0 ± 0.1 |
1.5 ± 0.5 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-3.8 ± 0.1 |
-6.3 ± 0.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.9 ± 0.5 |
3.9 ± 0.3 |
Plasma Beta
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0.470 ± 0.474
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0.391 ± 0.390
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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33.67 ± 0.94
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42.15 ± 0.88
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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38.31 ± 2.39
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52.37 ± 2.17
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.379 ± 0.128 |
-0.806 ± 0.078 |
-0.454 ± 0.420 |
-26.98 ± 7.05 |
244.81 ± 8.92 |
| VC |
-0.636 ± 0.048 |
0.254 ± 0.047 |
0.729 ± 0.559 |
46.76 ± 3.80 |
158.24 ± 3.93 |
| MX1 |
-0.616 ± 0.096 |
0.448 ± 0.128 |
0.648 ± 0.537 |
40.37 ± 2.97 |
143.99 ± 11.75 |
| MX2 |
-0.668 ± 0.057 |
0.386 ± 0.083 |
0.636 ± 0.532 |
39.49 ± 3.34 |
150.01 ± 6.96 |
| MX3 |
-0.701 ± 0.049 |
0.346 ± 0.066 |
0.623 ± 0.526 |
38.55 ± 3.83 |
153.75 ± 5.18 |
| RH08 |
-0.747 ± 0.006 |
0.208 ± 0.011 |
0.631 ± 0.530 |
39.14 ± 0.47 |
164.46 ± 0.82 |
| RH09 |
-0.943 ± 0.023 |
-0.041 ± 0.071 |
0.330 ± 0.317 |
19.25 ± 4.00 |
182.51 ± 4.29 |
| RH10 |
-0.953 ± 0.021 |
-0.058 ± 0.071 |
0.296 ± 0.287 |
17.22 ± 4.00 |
183.51 ± 4.24 |
| Average |
-0.706 |
0.092 |
0.430 |
26.726 |
172.660 |
| Median |
-0.668 |
0.254 |
0.631 |
39.145 |
164.457 |
| Deviation |
0.185 |
0.408 |
0.390 |
24.130 |
32.489 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
47.4 ± 5.8 |
169.8 ± 5.9 |
1.94 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
84.8 ± 5.5 |
330.5 ± 8.6 |
1.94 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
72.8 ± 5.4 |
317.1 ± 8.5 |
1.94 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
76.2 ± 5.1 |
341.9 ± 8.5 |
1.94 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
78.3 ± 4.9 |
357.3 ± 8.5 |
1.94 ± 0.06 |
| RH08 |
86.1 ± 4.8 |
380.2 ± 8.4 |
1.94 ± 0.06 |
| RH09 |
84.1 ± 2.7 |
464.7 ± 7.4 |
1.94 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
83.6 ± 2.5 |
468.5 ± 7.3 |
1.94 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
76.6 |
353.8 |
1.94 |
| Median |
83.6 |
357.3 |
1.94 |
| Deviation |
12.7 |
94.1 |
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 |
-29.0 ± 2.2 |
18.3 ± 0.5 |
25.9 ± 1.6 |
47.6 ± 1.7 |
-1.59 ± 0.15 |
-0.61 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
101.0 ± 1.7 |
2.3 ± 0.1 |
3.4 ± 0.2 |
51.0 ± 1.7 |
44.55 ± 1.81 |
1.98 ± 0.09 |
| MX1 |
99.0 ± 1.8 |
7.6 ± 0.2 |
11.3 ± 0.7 |
50.5 ± 1.7 |
13.11 ± 0.54 |
1.96 ± 0.09 |
| MX2 |
99.8 ± 1.7 |
6.1 ± 0.2 |
9.2 ± 0.6 |
50.7 ± 1.7 |
16.45 ± 0.66 |
1.97 ± 0.09 |
| MX3 |
99.8 ± 1.6 |
5.2 ± 0.1 |
7.8 ± 0.5 |
50.8 ± 1.7 |
19.36 ± 0.77 |
1.97 ± 0.09 |
| RH8 |
99.7 ± 1.4 |
1.7 ± 0.0 |
2.6 ± 0.2 |
51.0 ± 1.7 |
58.07 ± 2.22 |
1.96 ± 0.09 |
| RH9 |
84.3 ± 0.9 |
2.6 ± 0.1 |
4.0 ± 0.2 |
51.0 ± 1.7 |
32.30 ± 0.98 |
1.66 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
82.1 ± 0.9 |
2.8 ± 0.1 |
4.3 ± 0.3 |
51.0 ± 1.7 |
28.95 ± 0.86 |
1.61 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
79.6 |
5.8 |
8.6 |
50.4 |
26.4 |
1.6 |
| Median |
99.7 |
5.2 |
7.8 |
51.0 |
28.9 |
2.0 |
| Deviation |
44.5 |
5.5 |
7.7 |
1.1 |
18.8 |
0.9 |
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 |
-14.5 ± 2.3 |
23.7 ± 0.4 |
35.5 ± 1.5 |
62.9 ± 1.7 |
-0.61 ± 0.10 |
-0.23 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
51.7 ± 1.5 |
2.9 ± 0.1 |
4.7 ± 0.2 |
67.2 ± 1.7 |
17.54 ± 0.37 |
0.77 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
50.9 ± 1.5 |
9.8 ± 0.2 |
15.5 ± 0.6 |
66.5 ± 1.7 |
5.18 ± 0.10 |
0.76 ± 0.01 |
| MX2 |
51.2 ± 1.5 |
7.9 ± 0.2 |
12.5 ± 0.5 |
66.8 ± 1.7 |
6.49 ± 0.12 |
0.77 ± 0.01 |
| MX3 |
51.2 ± 1.5 |
6.7 ± 0.1 |
10.6 ± 0.4 |
66.9 ± 1.7 |
7.63 ± 0.15 |
0.76 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
51.1 ± 1.5 |
2.2 ± 0.0 |
3.6 ± 0.1 |
67.2 ± 1.7 |
22.86 ± 0.48 |
0.76 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
43.5 ± 1.9 |
3.4 ± 0.1 |
5.4 ± 0.2 |
67.2 ± 1.7 |
12.81 ± 0.52 |
0.65 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
42.4 ± 2.0 |
3.7 ± 0.1 |
5.9 ± 0.2 |
67.1 ± 1.7 |
11.49 ± 0.50 |
0.63 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
40.9 |
7.6 |
11.7 |
66.5 |
10.4 |
0.6 |
| Median |
51.1 |
6.7 |
10.6 |
67.1 |
11.5 |
0.8 |
| Deviation |
22.7 |
7.1 |
10.5 |
1.5 |
7.4 |
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 Fri Jun 13 11:06:02 2014
Michael L Stevens
(mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)
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