Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20001751257
Observation time: 06/23/2000 175.54026 1257 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2000 |
| Fractional day of year |
175.540260 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
46678.5 ± 3.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
39.134 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-46.685 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-5.412 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0213 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0261 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
7.80, 9.49, 9.94 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:09:40 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 19:24:24 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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6.365 ± 1.418
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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] |
-394.5 ± 5.1 |
-463.6 ± 17.4 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
9.1 ± 4.4 |
1.4 ± 20.2 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
8.9 ± 11.3 |
-95.9 ± 15.7 |
| Wi [km/s] |
44.8 ± 2.6 |
80.5 ± 15.3 |
| We [km/s] |
1415.2 ± 82.7 |
2546.8 ± 482.4 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
6.1 ± 0.7 |
15.9 ± 4.3 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
5.7 ± 0.4 |
14.0 ± 2.3 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-4.7 ± 0.5 |
-8.2 ± 3.9 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-1.4 ± 1.2 |
-7.8 ± 3.2 |
Plasma Beta
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0.453 ± 0.402
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0.675 ± 0.538
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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57.78 ± 3.38
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103.97 ± 19.69
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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67.62 ± 5.00
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104.77 ± 14.01
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.827 ± 0.390 |
0.355 ± 0.844 |
-0.435 ± 0.405 |
-25.80 ± 21.11 |
156.79 ± 58.30 |
| VC |
-0.562 ± 0.088 |
-0.070 ± 0.159 |
-0.824 ± 0.549 |
-55.47 ± 6.03 |
187.09 ± 16.19 |
| MX1 |
-0.677 ± 0.156 |
-0.048 ± 0.339 |
-0.734 ± 0.560 |
-47.25 ± 12.05 |
184.08 ± 28.69 |
| MX2 |
-0.657 ± 0.164 |
-0.086 ± 0.266 |
-0.749 ± 0.561 |
-48.47 ± 12.38 |
187.41 ± 23.12 |
| MX3 |
-0.651 ± 0.171 |
-0.100 ± 0.233 |
-0.753 ± 0.561 |
-48.81 ± 12.91 |
188.72 ± 20.39 |
| RH08 |
-0.868 ± 0.019 |
0.008 ± 0.016 |
-0.497 ± 0.451 |
-29.82 ± 2.18 |
179.50 ± 1.09 |
| RH09 |
-0.874 ± 0.034 |
0.008 ± 0.071 |
-0.486 ± 0.444 |
-29.08 ± 4.03 |
179.50 ± 4.63 |
| RH10 |
-0.880 ± 0.034 |
0.008 ± 0.069 |
-0.475 ± 0.435 |
-28.35 ± 4.06 |
179.50 ± 4.51 |
| Average |
-0.750 |
0.009 |
-0.619 |
-39.132 |
180.323 |
| Median |
-0.677 |
0.008 |
-0.497 |
-29.815 |
184.079 |
| Deviation |
0.126 |
0.146 |
0.159 |
11.926 |
10.258 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
40.6 ± 8.8 |
495.1 ± 21.5 |
2.56 ± 0.54 |
| VC |
77.4 ± 8.8 |
427.3 ± 28.6 |
2.56 ± 0.54 |
| MX1 |
70.4 ± 8.3 |
470.3 ± 27.6 |
2.56 ± 0.54 |
| MX2 |
72.9 ± 8.3 |
463.2 ± 28.1 |
2.56 ± 0.54 |
| MX3 |
73.7 ± 8.3 |
461.1 ± 28.3 |
2.56 ± 0.54 |
| RH08 |
56.1 ± 7.0 |
527.6 ± 24.6 |
2.56 ± 0.54 |
| RH09 |
55.6 ± 7.0 |
528.7 ± 24.5 |
2.56 ± 0.54 |
| RH10 |
55.1 ± 6.9 |
529.7 ± 24.4 |
2.56 ± 0.54 |
| Average |
62.7 |
487.9 |
2.56 |
| Median |
70.4 |
495.1 |
2.56 |
| Deviation |
12.8 |
38.4 |
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 |
169.3 ± 7.7 |
36.3 ± 0.7 |
51.3 ± 3.8 |
81.3 ± 2.0 |
4.66 ± 0.18 |
2.08 ± 0.08 |
| VC |
213.4 ± 10.4 |
9.6 ± 0.2 |
14.8 ± 1.1 |
88.6 ± 2.0 |
22.23 ± 0.95 |
2.41 ± 0.11 |
| MX1 |
210.1 ± 9.7 |
14.9 ± 0.3 |
22.7 ± 1.7 |
87.8 ± 2.0 |
14.14 ± 0.56 |
2.39 ± 0.10 |
| MX2 |
211.3 ± 9.8 |
13.0 ± 0.2 |
19.9 ± 1.5 |
88.1 ± 2.0 |
16.24 ± 0.65 |
2.40 ± 0.11 |
| MX3 |
211.9 ± 9.8 |
12.3 ± 0.2 |
18.9 ± 1.4 |
88.2 ± 2.0 |
17.16 ± 0.69 |
2.40 ± 0.11 |
| RH8 |
189.6 ± 7.9 |
25.4 ± 0.5 |
37.7 ± 2.8 |
85.4 ± 2.0 |
7.45 ± 0.26 |
2.22 ± 0.08 |
| RH9 |
188.2 ± 7.8 |
25.8 ± 0.5 |
38.2 ± 2.8 |
85.3 ± 2.0 |
7.29 ± 0.25 |
2.21 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
186.7 ± 7.8 |
26.1 ± 0.5 |
38.7 ± 2.9 |
85.2 ± 2.0 |
7.14 ± 0.25 |
2.19 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
197.5 |
20.4 |
30.3 |
86.2 |
12.0 |
2.3 |
| Median |
210.1 |
25.4 |
37.7 |
87.8 |
14.1 |
2.4 |
| Deviation |
16.4 |
9.3 |
12.9 |
2.5 |
6.3 |
0.1 |
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 |
69.2 ± 21.6 |
59.3 ± 3.8 |
79.5 ± 10.6 |
136.7 ± 8.6 |
1.18 ± 0.41 |
0.51 ± 0.17 |
| VC |
87.7 ± 18.2 |
15.7 ± 1.0 |
22.9 ± 3.1 |
148.2 ± 8.9 |
5.62 ± 1.39 |
0.59 ± 0.13 |
| MX1 |
86.0 ± 18.9 |
24.4 ± 1.5 |
35.1 ± 4.7 |
147.1 ± 8.9 |
3.56 ± 0.91 |
0.59 ± 0.14 |
| MX2 |
86.7 ± 18.5 |
21.3 ± 1.3 |
30.8 ± 4.1 |
147.5 ± 8.9 |
4.10 ± 1.03 |
0.59 ± 0.13 |
| MX3 |
87.3 ± 18.3 |
20.2 ± 1.3 |
29.3 ± 3.9 |
147.7 ± 8.9 |
4.35 ± 1.07 |
0.59 ± 0.13 |
| RH8 |
77.6 ± 19.5 |
41.6 ± 2.6 |
58.5 ± 7.8 |
143.1 ± 8.7 |
1.88 ± 0.53 |
0.54 ± 0.14 |
| RH9 |
76.9 ± 19.5 |
42.2 ± 2.7 |
59.2 ± 7.9 |
143.0 ± 8.7 |
1.84 ± 0.52 |
0.54 ± 0.14 |
| RH10 |
76.1 ± 19.5 |
42.8 ± 2.7 |
59.9 ± 8.0 |
142.8 ± 8.7 |
1.79 ± 0.52 |
0.53 ± 0.14 |
| Average |
80.9 |
33.4 |
46.9 |
144.5 |
3.0 |
0.6 |
| Median |
86.0 |
41.6 |
58.5 |
147.1 |
3.6 |
0.6 |
| Deviation |
6.9 |
15.2 |
20.0 |
3.9 |
1.6 |
0.0 |
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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