Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20003020930
Observation time: 10/28/2000 302.39634 0930 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2000 |
| Fractional day of year |
302.396337 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
34243.5 ± 6.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
48.872 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-181.339 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
5.140 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0227 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0009
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0266 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
22.46, 28.00, 29.02 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:10:46 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 19:54:27 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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17.682 ± 1.797
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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] |
-360.4 ± 2.6 |
-409.5 ± 2.3 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-47.7 ± 2.8 |
-24.6 ± 2.2 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
28.2 ± 4.2 |
68.3 ± 3.5 |
| Wi [km/s] |
39.5 ± 1.2 |
63.9 ± 1.1 |
| We [km/s] |
1250.5 ± 36.5 |
2021.5 ± 34.4 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
9.7 ± 1.0 |
24.5 ± 0.4 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-3.4 ± 0.5 |
-4.7 ± 0.4 |
| By GSE [nT] |
5.8 ± 0.4 |
7.3 ± 0.5 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.2 ± 0.8 |
-2.4 ± 1.0 |
Plasma Beta
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0.692 ± 0.700
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2.599 ± 2.591
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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51.05 ± 1.49
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82.53 ± 1.40
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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48.08 ± 3.85
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39.84 ± 2.39
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.715 ± 0.545 |
0.576 ± 0.671 |
0.396 ± 0.374 |
23.33 ± 19.60 |
141.19 ± 53.28 |
| VC |
-0.729 ± 0.045 |
0.344 ± 0.054 |
0.592 ± 0.511 |
36.31 ± 4.02 |
154.71 ± 4.03 |
| MX1 |
-0.772 ± 0.163 |
0.299 ± 0.358 |
0.561 ± 0.493 |
34.14 ± 9.43 |
158.80 ± 26.49 |
| MX2 |
-0.759 ± 0.158 |
0.303 ± 0.276 |
0.576 ± 0.502 |
35.20 ± 12.29 |
158.27 ± 20.52 |
| MX3 |
-0.715 ± 0.139 |
0.403 ± 0.158 |
0.571 ± 0.499 |
34.85 ± 12.98 |
150.57 ± 11.58 |
| RH08 |
-0.939 ± 0.004 |
0.157 ± 0.009 |
0.307 ± 0.297 |
17.89 ± 0.75 |
170.47 ± 0.54 |
| RH09 |
-0.917 ± 0.028 |
0.187 ± 0.069 |
0.352 ± 0.337 |
20.61 ± 4.02 |
168.47 ± 4.30 |
| RH10 |
-0.917 ± 0.028 |
0.187 ± 0.069 |
0.352 ± 0.337 |
20.61 ± 4.02 |
168.47 ± 4.30 |
| Average |
-0.808 |
0.307 |
0.464 |
27.867 |
158.869 |
| Median |
-0.759 |
0.303 |
0.561 |
34.136 |
158.798 |
| Deviation |
0.099 |
0.138 |
0.122 |
7.916 |
10.128 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
29.3 ± 7.9 |
347.1 ± 7.0 |
2.55 ± 0.26 |
| VC |
46.6 ± 8.0 |
372.9 ± 7.6 |
2.55 ± 0.26 |
| MX1 |
48.0 ± 7.9 |
389.8 ± 7.6 |
2.55 ± 0.26 |
| MX2 |
48.2 ± 7.9 |
385.4 ± 7.6 |
2.55 ± 0.26 |
| MX3 |
43.1 ± 8.0 |
364.5 ± 7.5 |
2.55 ± 0.26 |
| RH08 |
51.6 ± 6.5 |
441.1 ± 7.0 |
2.55 ± 0.26 |
| RH09 |
50.4 ± 6.8 |
435.9 ± 7.1 |
2.55 ± 0.26 |
| RH10 |
50.4 ± 6.8 |
435.9 ± 7.1 |
2.55 ± 0.26 |
| Average |
46.0 |
396.6 |
2.55 |
| Median |
48.2 |
389.8 |
2.55 |
| Deviation |
7.2 |
36.4 |
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 |
105.5 ± 1.8 |
35.1 ± 1.1 |
41.9 ± 3.4 |
60.8 ± 1.5 |
3.01 ± 0.10 |
1.74 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
110.0 ± 3.1 |
25.8 ± 0.7 |
33.0 ± 2.6 |
65.3 ± 1.6 |
4.27 ± 0.18 |
1.68 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
110.1 ± 3.2 |
25.0 ± 0.7 |
32.2 ± 2.6 |
65.6 ± 1.6 |
4.41 ± 0.19 |
1.68 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
110.0 ± 3.2 |
24.8 ± 0.7 |
32.0 ± 2.6 |
65.7 ± 1.6 |
4.43 ± 0.19 |
1.68 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
110.0 ± 2.8 |
27.7 ± 0.8 |
35.1 ± 2.8 |
64.5 ± 1.6 |
3.97 ± 0.16 |
1.71 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
101.7 ± 3.0 |
22.9 ± 0.7 |
29.8 ± 2.4 |
66.4 ± 1.7 |
4.45 ± 0.18 |
1.53 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
104.4 ± 3.1 |
23.6 ± 0.7 |
30.6 ± 2.5 |
66.1 ± 1.7 |
4.43 ± 0.18 |
1.58 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
104.4 ± 3.1 |
23.6 ± 0.7 |
30.6 ± 2.5 |
66.1 ± 1.7 |
4.43 ± 0.18 |
1.58 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
107.0 |
26.1 |
33.2 |
65.1 |
4.2 |
1.6 |
| Median |
110.0 |
25.0 |
32.2 |
65.7 |
4.4 |
1.7 |
| Deviation |
3.4 |
4.0 |
3.9 |
1.8 |
0.5 |
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 |
41.2 ± 1.7 |
33.6 ± 1.9 |
34.7 ± 2.1 |
85.3 ± 1.5 |
1.23 ± 0.05 |
0.48 ± 0.01 |
| VC |
42.5 ± 1.8 |
25.7 ± 1.4 |
27.4 ± 1.6 |
88.0 ± 1.6 |
1.66 ± 0.09 |
0.48 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
42.8 ± 1.8 |
24.9 ± 1.3 |
26.7 ± 1.6 |
88.2 ± 1.6 |
1.72 ± 0.10 |
0.49 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
42.6 ± 1.8 |
24.8 ± 1.3 |
26.5 ± 1.6 |
88.2 ± 1.6 |
1.72 ± 0.10 |
0.48 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
42.7 ± 1.7 |
27.4 ± 1.5 |
29.1 ± 1.7 |
87.5 ± 1.6 |
1.56 ± 0.08 |
0.49 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
39.7 ± 1.9 |
23.0 ± 1.2 |
24.7 ± 1.5 |
88.7 ± 1.6 |
1.73 ± 0.10 |
0.45 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
40.9 ± 1.9 |
23.7 ± 1.2 |
25.4 ± 1.5 |
88.6 ± 1.6 |
1.73 ± 0.09 |
0.46 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
40.9 ± 1.9 |
23.7 ± 1.2 |
25.4 ± 1.5 |
88.6 ± 1.6 |
1.73 ± 0.09 |
0.46 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
41.7 |
25.8 |
27.5 |
87.9 |
1.6 |
0.5 |
| Median |
42.5 |
24.9 |
26.7 |
88.2 |
1.7 |
0.5 |
| Deviation |
1.1 |
3.4 |
3.2 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
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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