Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20002790328
Observation time: 10/05/2000 279.14491 0328 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2000 |
| Fractional day of year |
279.144913 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
12520.5 ± 3.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
31.910 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-250.616 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-2.736 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0270 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0010
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0297 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
9.11, 28.93, 30.30 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:10:38 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 19:50:50 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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2.422 ± 0.473
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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] |
-362.8 ± 0.7 |
-466.1 ± 5.6 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-33.4 ± 1.2 |
-41.9 ± 6.0 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-17.9 ± 1.1 |
19.6 ± 4.6 |
| Wi [km/s] |
25.9 ± 0.9 |
39.8 ± 2.3 |
| We [km/s] |
819.2 ± 29.8 |
1259.5 ± 73.3 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
7.2 ± 0.3 |
17.1 ± 1.5 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-2.5 ± 0.2 |
-4.4 ± 0.5 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-0.4 ± 0.2 |
-2.8 ± 1.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-6.2 ± 0.1 |
-18.1 ± 0.9 |
Plasma Beta
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0.228 ± 0.232
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0.160 ± 0.167
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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33.44 ± 1.22
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51.42 ± 2.99
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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54.28 ± 1.09
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99.86 ± 3.84
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.878 ± 0.153 |
0.479 ± 0.280 |
0.012 ± 0.012 |
0.69 ± 4.54 |
151.35 ± 18.31 |
| VC |
-0.937 ± 0.018 |
-0.076 ± 0.049 |
0.341 ± 0.327 |
19.96 ± 2.88 |
184.61 ± 2.99 |
| MX1 |
-0.982 ± 0.009 |
-0.085 ± 0.047 |
0.167 ± 0.166 |
9.62 ± 2.90 |
184.92 ± 2.74 |
| MX2 |
-0.980 ± 0.009 |
-0.103 ± 0.038 |
0.172 ± 0.170 |
9.89 ± 2.83 |
186.02 ± 2.21 |
| MX3 |
-0.978 ± 0.009 |
-0.113 ± 0.035 |
0.174 ± 0.172 |
10.02 ± 2.81 |
186.60 ± 2.03 |
| RH08 |
-0.980 ± 0.002 |
-0.077 ± 0.009 |
0.184 ± 0.182 |
10.62 ± 0.58 |
184.51 ± 0.55 |
| RH09 |
-0.995 ± 0.007 |
-0.044 ± 0.069 |
0.095 ± 0.095 |
5.45 ± 4.02 |
182.51 ± 3.99 |
| RH10 |
-0.996 ± 0.007 |
-0.044 ± 0.069 |
0.084 ± 0.084 |
4.81 ± 4.02 |
182.51 ± 3.99 |
| Average |
-0.966 |
-0.008 |
0.154 |
8.882 |
180.379 |
| Median |
-0.980 |
-0.076 |
0.172 |
9.886 |
184.609 |
| Deviation |
0.040 |
0.198 |
0.097 |
5.658 |
11.818 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
73.2 ± 1.6 |
450.0 ± 14.9 |
2.35 ± 0.25 |
| VC |
87.8 ± 1.5 |
522.2 ± 18.5 |
2.35 ± 0.25 |
| MX1 |
77.5 ± 1.5 |
538.1 ± 19.3 |
2.35 ± 0.25 |
| MX2 |
77.7 ± 1.5 |
538.1 ± 19.4 |
2.35 ± 0.25 |
| MX3 |
77.8 ± 1.5 |
538.1 ± 19.4 |
2.35 ± 0.25 |
| RH08 |
78.5 ± 1.5 |
536.9 ± 19.2 |
2.35 ± 0.25 |
| RH09 |
73.4 ± 1.5 |
539.6 ± 19.3 |
2.35 ± 0.25 |
| RH10 |
72.7 ± 1.5 |
539.7 ± 19.3 |
2.35 ± 0.25 |
| Average |
77.3 |
525.3 |
2.35 |
| Median |
77.7 |
538.1 |
2.35 |
| Deviation |
4.9 |
31.0 |
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 |
147.8 ± 0.8 |
8.3 ± 0.2 |
15.7 ± 0.3 |
63.2 ± 1.1 |
17.83 ± 0.50 |
2.34 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
185.9 ± 0.7 |
1.1 ± 0.0 |
2.1 ± 0.0 |
63.8 ± 1.1 |
169.86 ± 4.76 |
2.92 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
181.9 ± 0.7 |
6.2 ± 0.2 |
11.8 ± 0.2 |
63.5 ± 1.1 |
29.31 ± 0.83 |
2.87 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
182.3 ± 0.7 |
6.1 ± 0.2 |
11.6 ± 0.2 |
63.5 ± 1.1 |
29.94 ± 0.84 |
2.87 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
182.5 ± 0.7 |
6.0 ± 0.2 |
11.4 ± 0.2 |
63.5 ± 1.1 |
30.28 ± 0.85 |
2.88 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
182.1 ± 0.7 |
5.7 ± 0.2 |
10.8 ± 0.2 |
63.5 ± 1.1 |
31.90 ± 0.90 |
2.87 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
179.0 ± 0.7 |
8.2 ± 0.2 |
15.5 ± 0.3 |
63.2 ± 1.1 |
21.81 ± 0.62 |
2.83 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
178.5 ± 0.7 |
8.5 ± 0.2 |
16.1 ± 0.3 |
63.2 ± 1.1 |
20.96 ± 0.59 |
2.83 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
177.5 |
6.3 |
11.9 |
63.4 |
44.0 |
2.8 |
| Median |
182.1 |
6.2 |
11.8 |
63.5 |
29.9 |
2.9 |
| Deviation |
12.2 |
2.4 |
4.5 |
0.2 |
51.1 |
0.2 |
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 |
60.9 ± 3.3 |
13.3 ± 0.7 |
28.9 ± 1.1 |
111.6 ± 4.0 |
4.59 ± 0.41 |
0.55 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
75.7 ± 5.0 |
1.8 ± 0.1 |
3.8 ± 0.1 |
112.3 ± 4.1 |
43.19 ± 3.76 |
0.67 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
73.5 ± 5.6 |
10.0 ± 0.5 |
21.7 ± 0.8 |
111.9 ± 4.1 |
7.40 ± 0.70 |
0.66 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
73.8 ± 5.6 |
9.8 ± 0.5 |
21.3 ± 0.8 |
111.9 ± 4.1 |
7.58 ± 0.72 |
0.66 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
74.0 ± 5.7 |
9.7 ± 0.5 |
21.1 ± 0.8 |
111.9 ± 4.1 |
7.67 ± 0.73 |
0.66 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
73.3 ± 5.5 |
9.2 ± 0.5 |
20.0 ± 0.8 |
112.0 ± 4.1 |
8.03 ± 0.76 |
0.66 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
72.4 ± 5.6 |
13.2 ± 0.7 |
28.6 ± 1.1 |
111.6 ± 4.0 |
5.51 ± 0.53 |
0.65 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
72.2 ± 5.6 |
13.7 ± 0.7 |
29.6 ± 1.1 |
111.5 ± 4.0 |
5.30 ± 0.52 |
0.65 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
72.0 |
10.1 |
21.9 |
111.8 |
11.2 |
0.6 |
| Median |
73.5 |
10.0 |
21.7 |
111.9 |
7.6 |
0.7 |
| Deviation |
4.6 |
3.8 |
8.3 |
0.3 |
13.0 |
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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