Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20002590427
Observation time: 09/15/2000 259.18589 0427 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2000 |
| Fractional day of year |
259.185885 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
16060.5 ± 6.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
31.740 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-230.148 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-8.600 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0273 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0233 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
10.03, 20.43, 21.43 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:10:23 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 19:45:13 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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11.213 ± 1.332
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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] |
-321.9 ± 1.9 |
-368.3 ± 7.2 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-2.5 ± 2.3 |
11.6 ± 2.4 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
25.0 ± 2.8 |
70.4 ± 3.4 |
| Wi [km/s] |
22.4 ± 1.3 |
28.6 ± 1.3 |
| We [km/s] |
709.2 ± 42.5 |
905.3 ± 40.4 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
6.6 ± 0.3 |
16.6 ± 1.6 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-2.5 ± 0.2 |
-4.8 ± 0.5 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-0.9 ± 0.3 |
-5.8 ± 1.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.7 ± 0.4 |
-2.9 ± 0.3 |
Plasma Beta
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0.916 ± 0.954
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0.451 ± 0.452
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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28.95 ± 1.73
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36.96 ± 1.65
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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23.61 ± 1.14
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43.19 ± 3.80
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.906 ± 0.061 |
0.424 ± 0.129 |
-0.005 ± 0.005 |
-0.28 ± 14.60 |
154.89 ± 8.17 |
| VC |
-0.696 ± 0.065 |
0.215 ± 0.054 |
0.685 ± 0.550 |
43.24 ± 5.52 |
162.85 ± 4.13 |
| MX1 |
-0.808 ± 0.056 |
0.133 ± 0.056 |
0.574 ± 0.501 |
35.02 ± 5.62 |
170.63 ± 3.90 |
| MX2 |
-0.781 ± 0.049 |
0.102 ± 0.065 |
0.616 ± 0.523 |
38.06 ± 4.55 |
172.58 ± 4.72 |
| MX3 |
-0.770 ± 0.050 |
0.088 ± 0.070 |
0.632 ± 0.530 |
39.21 ± 4.53 |
173.46 ± 5.23 |
| RH08 |
-0.906 ± 0.005 |
0.056 ± 0.016 |
0.419 ± 0.393 |
24.77 ± 0.71 |
176.49 ± 1.00 |
| RH09 |
-0.893 ± 0.030 |
0.447 ± 0.059 |
-0.050 ± 0.050 |
-2.88 ± 4.06 |
153.43 ± 3.78 |
| RH10 |
-0.909 ± 0.029 |
0.416 ± 0.063 |
-0.006 ± 0.006 |
-0.32 ± 4.05 |
155.43 ± 3.94 |
| Average |
-0.834 |
0.235 |
0.358 |
22.101 |
164.971 |
| Median |
-0.808 |
0.215 |
0.574 |
35.018 |
170.627 |
| Deviation |
0.081 |
0.167 |
0.323 |
19.985 |
9.449 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
46.4 ± 6.1 |
370.7 ± 9.3 |
2.53 ± 0.24 |
| VC |
67.4 ± 8.6 |
352.4 ± 8.9 |
2.53 ± 0.24 |
| MX1 |
57.3 ± 8.6 |
385.7 ± 9.0 |
2.53 ± 0.24 |
| MX2 |
59.1 ± 8.7 |
377.9 ± 8.9 |
2.53 ± 0.24 |
| MX3 |
59.7 ± 8.7 |
374.7 ± 8.8 |
2.53 ± 0.24 |
| RH08 |
46.0 ± 8.6 |
409.3 ± 9.1 |
2.53 ± 0.24 |
| RH09 |
46.9 ± 5.9 |
361.9 ± 9.2 |
2.53 ± 0.24 |
| RH10 |
45.9 ± 6.1 |
372.1 ± 9.3 |
2.53 ± 0.24 |
| Average |
53.6 |
375.6 |
2.53 |
| Median |
57.3 |
374.7 |
2.53 |
| Deviation |
8.3 |
16.9 |
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 |
80.5 ± 2.3 |
13.5 ± 0.3 |
16.3 ± 0.8 |
34.9 ± 1.0 |
5.96 ± 0.19 |
2.31 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
111.8 ± 2.3 |
7.1 ± 0.2 |
9.1 ± 0.4 |
36.7 ± 1.0 |
15.66 ± 0.29 |
3.05 ± 0.09 |
| MX1 |
111.6 ± 2.2 |
10.2 ± 0.2 |
12.8 ± 0.6 |
36.0 ± 1.0 |
10.89 ± 0.22 |
3.10 ± 0.10 |
| MX2 |
111.5 ± 2.3 |
9.7 ± 0.2 |
12.1 ± 0.6 |
36.1 ± 1.0 |
11.48 ± 0.23 |
3.09 ± 0.10 |
| MX3 |
111.3 ± 2.3 |
9.5 ± 0.2 |
11.9 ± 0.6 |
36.2 ± 1.0 |
11.71 ± 0.23 |
3.08 ± 0.10 |
| RH8 |
107.3 ± 2.1 |
13.6 ± 0.3 |
16.4 ± 0.8 |
34.8 ± 1.0 |
7.89 ± 0.17 |
3.08 ± 0.10 |
| RH9 |
76.8 ± 2.3 |
13.4 ± 0.3 |
16.1 ± 0.8 |
34.9 ± 1.0 |
5.75 ± 0.20 |
2.20 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
80.6 ± 2.3 |
13.6 ± 0.3 |
16.4 ± 0.8 |
34.8 ± 1.0 |
5.91 ± 0.19 |
2.32 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
98.9 |
11.3 |
13.9 |
35.6 |
9.4 |
2.8 |
| Median |
111.3 |
13.4 |
16.1 |
36.0 |
10.9 |
3.1 |
| Deviation |
16.4 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
0.8 |
3.6 |
0.4 |
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 |
32.7 ± 6.7 |
20.7 ± 0.9 |
29.8 ± 2.6 |
53.0 ± 2.8 |
1.58 ± 0.36 |
0.62 ± 0.15 |
| VC |
45.3 ± 4.8 |
11.0 ± 0.5 |
16.6 ± 1.5 |
55.8 ± 2.9 |
4.15 ± 0.52 |
0.81 ± 0.11 |
| MX1 |
46.1 ± 5.4 |
15.7 ± 0.7 |
23.3 ± 2.1 |
54.7 ± 2.9 |
2.94 ± 0.41 |
0.85 ± 0.13 |
| MX2 |
45.8 ± 5.2 |
14.9 ± 0.7 |
22.2 ± 2.0 |
54.9 ± 2.9 |
3.08 ± 0.42 |
0.84 ± 0.12 |
| MX3 |
45.6 ± 5.1 |
14.6 ± 0.7 |
21.8 ± 1.9 |
55.0 ± 2.9 |
3.13 ± 0.42 |
0.83 ± 0.12 |
| RH8 |
45.4 ± 6.1 |
20.9 ± 0.9 |
30.0 ± 2.6 |
52.9 ± 2.8 |
2.18 ± 0.34 |
0.86 ± 0.15 |
| RH9 |
31.3 ± 6.6 |
20.5 ± 0.9 |
29.5 ± 2.6 |
53.1 ± 2.8 |
1.53 ± 0.36 |
0.59 ± 0.15 |
| RH10 |
32.8 ± 6.7 |
21.0 ± 1.0 |
30.1 ± 2.6 |
52.9 ± 2.8 |
1.57 ± 0.35 |
0.62 ± 0.15 |
| Average |
40.6 |
17.4 |
25.4 |
54.0 |
2.5 |
0.8 |
| Median |
45.4 |
20.5 |
29.5 |
54.7 |
2.9 |
0.8 |
| Deviation |
7.0 |
3.9 |
5.1 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
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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