Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20002030705
Observation time: 07/21/2000 203.29561 0705 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2000 |
| Fractional day of year |
203.295608 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
25540.5 ± 10.0 |
| Shock type |
SF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
15.165 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-44.046 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-3.975 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0191 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0009
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0261 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
5.27, 5.63, 6.47 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:10:02 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 19:34:38 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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17.607 ± 1.804
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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] |
-497.4 ± 2.5 |
-539.7 ± 5.2 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-6.6 ± 2.8 |
-23.5 ± 4.5 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-2.4 ± 3.8 |
-24.5 ± 6.5 |
| Wi [km/s] |
40.7 ± 2.9 |
52.7 ± 1.8 |
| We [km/s] |
1285.6 ± 90.4 |
1667.5 ± 56.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
2.6 ± 0.1 |
3.8 ± 0.2 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
4.7 ± 0.1 |
1.3 ± 0.9 |
| By GSE [nT] |
0.9 ± 0.3 |
-0.3 ± 1.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
1.1 ± 0.1 |
-0.7 ± 1.2 |
Plasma Beta
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0.386 ± 0.363
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4.391 ± 4.114
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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52.49 ± 3.69
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68.08 ± 2.29
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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65.77 ± 1.47
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25.70 ± 2.83
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.904 ± 0.279 |
0.159 ± 0.668 |
0.397 ± 0.375 |
23.38 ± 37.20 |
170.02 ± 42.21 |
| VC |
-0.840 ± 0.050 |
-0.331 ± 0.075 |
-0.429 ± 0.401 |
-25.42 ± 5.85 |
201.51 ± 5.00 |
| MX1 |
-0.642 ± 0.212 |
0.482 ± 0.248 |
0.597 ± 0.513 |
36.63 ± 14.75 |
143.10 ± 20.59 |
| MX2 |
-0.859 ± 0.302 |
0.251 ± 0.553 |
0.446 ± 0.414 |
26.51 ± 34.32 |
163.73 ± 36.56 |
| MX3 |
-0.926 ± 0.425 |
-0.376 ± 1.047 |
-0.018 ± 0.018 |
-1.04 ± 47.48 |
202.10 ± 64.77 |
| RH08 |
-0.550 ± 0.021 |
0.747 ± 0.018 |
0.374 ± 0.356 |
21.98 ± 2.01 |
126.35 ± 1.52 |
| RH09 |
-0.539 ± 0.044 |
0.760 ± 0.035 |
0.363 ± 0.346 |
21.29 ± 3.84 |
125.35 ± 3.11 |
| RH10 |
-0.560 ± 0.053 |
0.733 ± 0.044 |
0.385 ± 0.365 |
22.67 ± 3.94 |
127.35 ± 3.96 |
| Average |
-0.727 |
0.303 |
0.264 |
15.750 |
157.438 |
| Median |
-0.642 |
0.482 |
0.385 |
22.673 |
163.728 |
| Deviation |
0.170 |
0.464 |
0.329 |
19.655 |
32.164 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
42.3 ± 3.1 |
533.4 ± 8.8 |
1.49 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
15.6 ± 3.3 |
586.3 ± 14.0 |
1.49 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
67.4 ± 3.4 |
333.8 ± 10.7 |
1.49 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
48.0 ± 3.2 |
497.0 ± 9.0 |
1.49 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
17.1 ± 1.2 |
612.7 ± 10.6 |
1.49 ± 0.07 |
| RH08 |
72.6 ± 3.6 |
275.4 ± 10.2 |
1.49 ± 0.07 |
| RH09 |
73.2 ± 3.6 |
268.3 ± 10.2 |
1.49 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
72.0 ± 3.6 |
282.0 ± 10.1 |
1.49 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
51.0 |
423.6 |
1.49 |
| Median |
67.4 |
497.0 |
1.49 |
| Deviation |
24.4 |
148.3 |
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 |
85.7 ± 2.3 |
32.9 ± 1.2 |
48.7 ± 1.1 |
77.5 ± 1.5 |
2.61 ± 0.13 |
1.11 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
165.2 ± 3.6 |
48.1 ± 2.3 |
63.4 ± 1.4 |
69.1 ± 1.0 |
3.45 ± 0.22 |
2.39 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
19.2 ± 3.2 |
16.0 ± 0.6 |
25.2 ± 0.6 |
82.7 ± 1.8 |
1.20 ± 0.20 |
0.23 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
72.4 ± 2.5 |
29.2 ± 1.1 |
44.0 ± 1.0 |
79.0 ± 1.6 |
2.49 ± 0.13 |
0.92 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
149.4 ± 2.6 |
47.3 ± 2.2 |
62.9 ± 1.4 |
69.6 ± 1.0 |
3.16 ± 0.19 |
2.15 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
7.8 ± 3.3 |
12.4 ± 0.4 |
19.7 ± 0.4 |
83.3 ± 1.8 |
0.63 ± 0.26 |
0.09 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
6.0 ± 3.3 |
12.0 ± 0.4 |
19.0 ± 0.4 |
83.3 ± 1.8 |
0.50 ± 0.27 |
0.07 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
9.3 ± 3.3 |
12.8 ± 0.4 |
20.3 ± 0.5 |
83.2 ± 1.8 |
0.72 ± 0.25 |
0.11 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
64.4 |
26.3 |
37.9 |
78.5 |
1.8 |
0.9 |
| Median |
72.4 |
29.2 |
44.0 |
82.7 |
2.5 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
65.0 |
15.4 |
19.2 |
6.0 |
1.2 |
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 |
59.0 ± 2.9 |
18.3 ± 1.9 |
19.0 ± 2.1 |
70.5 ± 1.9 |
3.23 ± 0.24 |
0.84 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
114.5 ± 7.6 |
24.6 ± 2.7 |
24.8 ± 2.7 |
68.5 ± 2.2 |
4.69 ± 0.40 |
1.68 ± 0.14 |
| MX1 |
13.4 ± 2.6 |
9.3 ± 0.9 |
9.9 ± 1.1 |
72.2 ± 1.7 |
1.46 ± 0.33 |
0.19 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
50.2 ± 2.4 |
16.5 ± 1.6 |
17.2 ± 1.9 |
70.9 ± 1.8 |
3.07 ± 0.24 |
0.71 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
103.5 ± 6.2 |
24.4 ± 2.6 |
24.6 ± 2.7 |
68.6 ± 2.2 |
4.27 ± 0.31 |
1.51 ± 0.12 |
| RH8 |
5.5 ± 2.4 |
7.2 ± 0.7 |
7.7 ± 0.8 |
72.5 ± 1.7 |
0.79 ± 0.38 |
0.08 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
4.1 ± 2.4 |
7.0 ± 0.7 |
7.4 ± 0.8 |
72.5 ± 1.7 |
0.61 ± 0.38 |
0.06 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
6.5 ± 2.4 |
7.5 ± 0.7 |
7.9 ± 0.9 |
72.4 ± 1.7 |
0.90 ± 0.37 |
0.09 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
44.6 |
14.3 |
14.8 |
71.0 |
2.4 |
0.6 |
| Median |
50.2 |
16.5 |
17.2 |
72.2 |
3.1 |
0.7 |
| Deviation |
45.0 |
7.6 |
7.5 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
0.7 |
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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