Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19963371000
Observation time: 12/02/1996 337.41734 1000 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
1996 |
| Fractional day of year |
337.417344 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
36058.5 ± 6.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
10.199 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
19.338 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-0.061 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0180 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0181 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
17.56, 103.52, 110.37 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:03:33 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 16:29:01 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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0.661 ± 0.218
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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] |
-277.3 ± 0.7 |
-304.4 ± 0.9 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-20.2 ± 0.5 |
-10.1 ± 1.0 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-9.6 ± 0.7 |
-3.2 ± 0.8 |
| Wi [km/s] |
15.6 ± 0.2 |
25.0 ± 1.5 |
| We [km/s] |
492.0 ± 7.2 |
790.2 ± 46.4 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
20.1 ± 0.3 |
30.7 ± 1.0 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-1.7 ± 0.1 |
-0.2 ± 0.4 |
| By GSE [nT] |
0.9 ± 0.1 |
3.2 ± 0.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
3.2 ± 0.2 |
6.0 ± 0.9 |
Plasma Beta
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0.735 ± 0.755
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0.894 ± 0.859
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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20.09 ± 0.30
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32.26 ± 1.90
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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18.18 ± 0.53
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27.02 ± 2.70
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.820 ± 0.074 |
-0.119 ± 0.110 |
0.559 ± 0.492 |
33.99 ± 7.47 |
188.28 ± 7.66 |
| VC |
-0.915 ± 0.013 |
0.339 ± 0.030 |
0.217 ± 0.214 |
12.54 ± 2.02 |
159.68 ± 1.90 |
| MX1 |
-0.925 ± 0.023 |
0.340 ± 0.025 |
0.171 ± 0.169 |
9.84 ± 7.76 |
159.83 ± 1.48 |
| MX2 |
-0.925 ± 0.021 |
0.324 ± 0.039 |
0.198 ± 0.196 |
11.45 ± 4.86 |
160.69 ± 2.38 |
| MX3 |
-0.925 ± 0.023 |
0.316 ± 0.059 |
0.212 ± 0.209 |
12.24 ± 3.38 |
161.12 ± 3.64 |
| RH08 |
-0.888 ± 0.016 |
0.369 ± 0.031 |
0.274 ± 0.267 |
15.89 ± 2.00 |
157.44 ± 2.00 |
| RH09 |
-0.906 ± 0.026 |
-0.395 ± 0.055 |
-0.151 ± 0.150 |
-8.68 ± 3.99 |
203.57 ± 3.49 |
| RH10 |
-0.916 ± 0.028 |
-0.344 ± 0.067 |
-0.207 ± 0.204 |
-11.93 ± 3.96 |
200.56 ± 4.16 |
| Average |
-0.903 |
0.104 |
0.159 |
9.418 |
173.897 |
| Median |
-0.915 |
0.324 |
0.212 |
12.244 |
161.121 |
| Deviation |
0.035 |
0.333 |
0.242 |
14.396 |
20.023 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
35.1 ± 2.0 |
297.5 ± 3.9 |
1.53 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
47.1 ± 3.1 |
331.2 ± 4.7 |
1.53 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
49.8 ± 3.1 |
334.2 ± 4.7 |
1.53 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
48.3 ± 3.1 |
334.3 ± 4.7 |
1.53 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
47.5 ± 3.1 |
334.2 ± 4.7 |
1.53 ± 0.04 |
| RH08 |
43.5 ± 3.1 |
322.5 ± 4.8 |
1.53 ± 0.04 |
| RH09 |
79.7 ± 2.2 |
318.9 ± 3.2 |
1.53 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
81.4 ± 2.4 |
322.6 ± 3.3 |
1.53 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
54.0 |
324.4 |
1.53 |
| Median |
48.3 |
331.2 |
1.53 |
| Deviation |
17.0 |
12.5 |
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 |
72.9 ± 0.5 |
12.4 ± 0.2 |
14.9 ± 0.4 |
24.1 ± 0.3 |
5.88 ± 0.12 |
3.03 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
86.3 ± 0.7 |
9.9 ± 0.2 |
12.4 ± 0.4 |
25.2 ± 0.3 |
8.76 ± 0.19 |
3.42 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
86.3 ± 0.7 |
9.3 ± 0.1 |
11.7 ± 0.3 |
25.5 ± 0.3 |
9.32 ± 0.20 |
3.39 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
86.3 ± 0.7 |
9.6 ± 0.1 |
12.1 ± 0.4 |
25.3 ± 0.3 |
9.00 ± 0.19 |
3.41 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
86.2 ± 0.7 |
9.8 ± 0.2 |
12.3 ± 0.4 |
25.3 ± 0.3 |
8.85 ± 0.19 |
3.41 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
86.3 ± 0.7 |
10.6 ± 0.2 |
13.2 ± 0.4 |
24.9 ± 0.3 |
8.13 ± 0.17 |
3.46 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
58.3 ± 0.6 |
2.4 ± 0.0 |
3.3 ± 0.1 |
27.0 ± 0.4 |
24.02 ± 0.56 |
2.16 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
59.6 ± 0.6 |
2.0 ± 0.0 |
2.7 ± 0.1 |
27.0 ± 0.4 |
29.70 ± 0.70 |
2.21 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
77.8 |
8.2 |
10.3 |
25.5 |
13.0 |
3.1 |
| Median |
86.3 |
9.8 |
12.3 |
25.3 |
9.0 |
3.4 |
| Deviation |
12.5 |
3.8 |
4.6 |
1.0 |
8.8 |
0.6 |
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 |
48.2 ± 0.7 |
18.8 ± 0.8 |
22.1 ± 2.2 |
37.8 ± 0.8 |
2.57 ± 0.14 |
1.28 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
56.6 ± 0.9 |
15.0 ± 0.6 |
18.4 ± 1.8 |
39.4 ± 0.8 |
3.79 ± 0.20 |
1.44 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
56.6 ± 1.0 |
14.1 ± 0.6 |
17.5 ± 1.7 |
39.8 ± 0.8 |
4.02 ± 0.21 |
1.43 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
56.6 ± 0.9 |
14.6 ± 0.6 |
18.0 ± 1.8 |
39.6 ± 0.8 |
3.89 ± 0.20 |
1.43 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
56.6 ± 0.9 |
14.8 ± 0.6 |
18.2 ± 1.8 |
39.5 ± 0.8 |
3.82 ± 0.20 |
1.43 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
56.7 ± 0.9 |
16.1 ± 0.7 |
19.6 ± 2.0 |
39.0 ± 0.8 |
3.52 ± 0.18 |
1.46 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
38.6 ± 1.0 |
3.7 ± 0.1 |
4.8 ± 0.5 |
42.0 ± 0.9 |
10.44 ± 0.56 |
0.92 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
39.5 ± 1.0 |
3.1 ± 0.1 |
4.0 ± 0.4 |
42.1 ± 0.9 |
12.92 ± 0.70 |
0.94 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
51.2 |
12.5 |
15.3 |
39.9 |
5.6 |
1.3 |
| Median |
56.6 |
14.8 |
18.2 |
39.6 |
3.9 |
1.4 |
| Deviation |
8.0 |
5.8 |
6.9 |
1.5 |
3.8 |
0.2 |
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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