Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19962252211
Observation time: 08/12/1996 225.92491 2211 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
1996 |
| Fractional day of year |
225.924913 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
79912.5 ± 57.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
98.932 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
30.000 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-3.040 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0136 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0141 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
76.55, 54.91, 69.73 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:03:04 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 16:25:36 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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14.167 ± 7.244
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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] |
-343.2 ± 1.6 |
-363.1 ± 1.3 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-11.9 ± 1.0 |
-5.9 ± 0.6 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
4.5 ± 1.5 |
-20.5 ± 0.8 |
| Wi [km/s] |
19.9 ± 0.3 |
29.7 ± 0.3 |
| We [km/s] |
630.1 ± 9.8 |
939.9 ± 11.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
21.2 ± 0.6 |
30.7 ± 1.6 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-3.3 ± 0.3 |
-5.8 ± 0.1 |
| By GSE [nT] |
1.5 ± 0.3 |
0.9 ± 0.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-2.1 ± 0.3 |
-0.4 ± 0.3 |
Plasma Beta
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1.028 ± 1.014
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1.611 ± 1.572
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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25.72 ± 0.40
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38.37 ± 0.45
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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19.77 ± 1.43
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23.44 ± 0.88
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.559 ± 0.084 |
0.444 ± 0.090 |
-0.700 ± 0.554 |
-44.45 ± 5.86 |
141.50 ± 8.02 |
| VC |
-0.614 ± 0.045 |
0.184 ± 0.026 |
-0.768 ± 0.561 |
-50.17 ± 3.45 |
163.33 ± 2.11 |
| MX1 |
-0.561 ± 0.099 |
0.130 ± 0.058 |
-0.818 ± 0.551 |
-54.87 ± 7.04 |
166.91 ± 5.51 |
| MX2 |
-0.558 ± 0.077 |
0.183 ± 0.043 |
-0.809 ± 0.554 |
-54.02 ± 5.66 |
161.88 ± 3.64 |
| MX3 |
-0.559 ± 0.070 |
0.199 ± 0.057 |
-0.805 ± 0.555 |
-53.63 ± 5.07 |
160.42 ± 5.34 |
| RH08 |
-0.421 ± 0.012 |
0.269 ± 0.015 |
-0.866 ± 0.524 |
-59.99 ± 0.65 |
147.41 ± 1.97 |
| RH09 |
-0.074 ± 0.070 |
0.989 ± 0.010 |
0.128 ± 0.128 |
7.38 ± 4.01 |
94.26 ± 4.07 |
| RH10 |
-0.039 ± 0.070 |
0.984 ± 0.012 |
0.173 ± 0.171 |
9.97 ± 4.03 |
92.26 ± 4.10 |
| Average |
-0.423 |
0.423 |
-0.558 |
-37.470 |
140.995 |
| Median |
-0.558 |
0.269 |
-0.768 |
-50.165 |
160.415 |
| Deviation |
0.233 |
0.361 |
0.440 |
28.827 |
30.670 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
18.8 ± 3.4 |
284.5 ± 12.5 |
1.44 ± 0.08 |
| VC |
20.9 ± 6.0 |
310.5 ± 12.8 |
1.44 ± 0.08 |
| MX1 |
26.1 ± 6.0 |
292.3 ± 12.7 |
1.44 ± 0.08 |
| MX2 |
24.4 ± 6.0 |
291.1 ± 12.7 |
1.44 ± 0.08 |
| MX3 |
23.8 ± 6.0 |
291.0 ± 12.7 |
1.44 ± 0.08 |
| RH08 |
30.5 ± 5.5 |
240.0 ± 12.3 |
1.44 ± 0.08 |
| RH09 |
69.8 ± 3.7 |
28.4 ± 3.7 |
1.44 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
72.9 ± 3.8 |
10.9 ± 3.3 |
1.44 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
35.9 |
218.6 |
1.44 |
| Median |
26.1 |
291.0 |
1.44 |
| Deviation |
22.2 |
124.5 |
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 |
101.1 ± 0.9 |
17.7 ± 1.1 |
18.7 ± 1.4 |
27.2 ± 0.6 |
5.74 ± 0.36 |
3.72 ± 0.10 |
| VC |
105.5 ± 1.1 |
17.3 ± 1.0 |
18.5 ± 1.3 |
27.5 ± 0.6 |
6.12 ± 0.38 |
3.84 ± 0.12 |
| MX1 |
105.1 ± 1.1 |
16.2 ± 0.9 |
17.8 ± 1.3 |
28.1 ± 0.7 |
6.49 ± 0.38 |
3.74 ± 0.12 |
| MX2 |
105.2 ± 1.1 |
16.6 ± 0.9 |
18.0 ± 1.3 |
27.9 ± 0.7 |
6.36 ± 0.38 |
3.78 ± 0.12 |
| MX3 |
105.2 ± 1.0 |
16.7 ± 1.0 |
18.1 ± 1.3 |
27.8 ± 0.7 |
6.31 ± 0.38 |
3.78 ± 0.12 |
| RH8 |
102.4 ± 1.0 |
15.3 ± 0.8 |
17.0 ± 1.2 |
28.6 ± 0.7 |
6.72 ± 0.38 |
3.58 ± 0.12 |
| RH9 |
14.2 ± 1.3 |
5.5 ± 0.3 |
6.8 ± 0.5 |
32.0 ± 1.0 |
2.60 ± 0.27 |
0.45 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
8.5 ± 1.3 |
4.6 ± 0.2 |
5.8 ± 0.4 |
32.1 ± 1.0 |
1.83 ± 0.30 |
0.26 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
80.9 |
13.7 |
15.1 |
28.9 |
5.3 |
2.9 |
| Median |
105.1 |
16.6 |
18.0 |
28.1 |
6.3 |
3.7 |
| Deviation |
43.0 |
5.4 |
5.4 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
1.6 |
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 |
69.8 ± 1.5 |
21.6 ± 0.8 |
22.2 ± 0.8 |
39.4 ± 0.5 |
3.24 ± 0.08 |
1.77 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
73.0 ± 1.5 |
21.2 ± 0.7 |
21.9 ± 0.8 |
39.7 ± 0.6 |
3.45 ± 0.08 |
1.84 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
72.8 ± 1.4 |
20.1 ± 0.7 |
21.1 ± 0.8 |
40.2 ± 0.6 |
3.63 ± 0.09 |
1.81 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
72.8 ± 1.5 |
20.5 ± 0.7 |
21.3 ± 0.8 |
40.0 ± 0.6 |
3.56 ± 0.09 |
1.82 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
72.8 ± 1.5 |
20.6 ± 0.7 |
21.4 ± 0.8 |
40.0 ± 0.6 |
3.54 ± 0.09 |
1.82 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
70.8 ± 1.4 |
19.0 ± 0.6 |
20.2 ± 0.8 |
40.7 ± 0.6 |
3.73 ± 0.09 |
1.74 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
10.0 ± 0.6 |
7.0 ± 0.2 |
8.1 ± 0.3 |
44.4 ± 0.8 |
1.44 ± 0.05 |
0.23 ± 0.01 |
| RH10 |
6.1 ± 0.5 |
5.9 ± 0.2 |
6.9 ± 0.3 |
44.6 ± 0.8 |
1.03 ± 0.06 |
0.14 ± 0.01 |
| Average |
56.0 |
17.0 |
17.9 |
41.1 |
3.0 |
1.4 |
| Median |
72.8 |
20.5 |
21.3 |
40.2 |
3.5 |
1.8 |
| Deviation |
29.6 |
6.5 |
6.5 |
2.1 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
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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