Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20003310532
Observation time: 11/26/2000 331.23068 0532 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2000 |
| Fractional day of year |
331.230677 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
19930.5 ± 3.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
76.832 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
94.997 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-0.710 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0193 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0157 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
18.90, 33.65, 35.58 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:11:09 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 20:06:50 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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14.449 ± 1.117
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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] |
-375.8 ± 1.6 |
-423.3 ± 2.1 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-27.7 ± 1.4 |
-41.2 ± 3.2 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-39.8 ± 2.4 |
-27.3 ± 3.1 |
| Wi [km/s] |
34.3 ± 0.9 |
40.4 ± 1.2 |
| We [km/s] |
1083.9 ± 30.0 |
1278.9 ± 36.5 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
5.9 ± 0.4 |
10.1 ± 0.5 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
3.6 ± 0.2 |
2.5 ± 0.3 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-4.6 ± 0.2 |
-8.5 ± 0.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-2.2 ± 0.2 |
-4.4 ± 0.4 |
Plasma Beta
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0.376 ± 0.395
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0.353 ± 0.337
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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44.25 ± 1.22
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52.21 ± 1.49
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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56.18 ± 2.61
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68.23 ± 1.95
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.968 ± 0.021 |
0.243 ± 0.080 |
0.059 ± 0.059 |
3.37 ± 5.77 |
165.90 ± 4.73 |
| VC |
-0.933 ± 0.024 |
-0.266 ± 0.065 |
0.243 ± 0.238 |
14.05 ± 3.90 |
195.91 ± 4.01 |
| MX1 |
-0.943 ± 0.019 |
0.076 ± 0.080 |
0.324 ± 0.312 |
18.91 ± 3.13 |
175.42 ± 4.88 |
| MX2 |
-0.929 ± 0.025 |
0.045 ± 0.080 |
0.367 ± 0.350 |
21.53 ± 3.83 |
177.21 ± 4.94 |
| MX3 |
-0.909 ± 0.035 |
0.008 ± 0.086 |
0.417 ± 0.391 |
24.63 ± 4.76 |
179.47 ± 5.44 |
| RH08 |
-0.952 ± 0.005 |
0.109 ± 0.009 |
0.285 ± 0.277 |
16.55 ± 1.06 |
173.48 ± 0.53 |
| RH09 |
-0.962 ± 0.017 |
0.267 ± 0.061 |
-0.061 ± 0.061 |
-3.52 ± 4.11 |
164.46 ± 3.63 |
| RH10 |
-0.962 ± 0.018 |
0.268 ± 0.064 |
-0.050 ± 0.050 |
-2.88 ± 4.09 |
164.46 ± 3.81 |
| Average |
-0.945 |
0.094 |
0.198 |
11.581 |
174.540 |
| Median |
-0.943 |
0.109 |
0.285 |
16.554 |
175.420 |
| Deviation |
0.020 |
0.178 |
0.189 |
11.074 |
10.475 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
41.2 ± 2.4 |
462.5 ± 11.6 |
1.70 ± 0.12 |
| VC |
65.1 ± 2.3 |
474.3 ± 13.5 |
1.70 ± 0.12 |
| MX1 |
44.9 ± 2.3 |
456.4 ± 13.4 |
1.70 ± 0.12 |
| MX2 |
46.1 ± 2.2 |
451.3 ± 13.7 |
1.70 ± 0.12 |
| MX3 |
47.8 ± 2.2 |
443.9 ± 13.9 |
1.70 ± 0.12 |
| RH08 |
43.6 ± 2.3 |
459.5 ± 13.2 |
1.70 ± 0.12 |
| RH09 |
43.6 ± 2.4 |
458.4 ± 10.7 |
1.70 ± 0.12 |
| RH10 |
43.2 ± 2.4 |
458.6 ± 10.7 |
1.70 ± 0.12 |
| Average |
46.9 |
458.1 |
1.70 |
| Median |
44.9 |
458.6 |
1.70 |
| Deviation |
7.6 |
8.8 |
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 |
107.7 ± 1.6 |
28.5 ± 0.3 |
42.3 ± 2.0 |
65.6 ± 1.6 |
3.78 ± 0.06 |
1.64 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
126.0 ± 2.0 |
14.9 ± 0.1 |
23.7 ± 1.1 |
70.0 ± 1.5 |
8.43 ± 0.12 |
1.80 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
117.0 ± 2.1 |
26.5 ± 0.2 |
39.8 ± 1.8 |
66.5 ± 1.6 |
4.42 ± 0.07 |
1.76 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
118.0 ± 2.2 |
25.8 ± 0.2 |
39.0 ± 1.8 |
66.7 ± 1.6 |
4.57 ± 0.07 |
1.77 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
119.1 ± 2.3 |
24.9 ± 0.2 |
37.8 ± 1.8 |
67.1 ± 1.6 |
4.78 ± 0.08 |
1.78 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
115.9 ± 2.1 |
27.2 ± 0.3 |
40.7 ± 1.9 |
66.2 ± 1.6 |
4.26 ± 0.07 |
1.75 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
102.0 ± 1.4 |
27.2 ± 0.3 |
40.7 ± 1.9 |
66.2 ± 1.6 |
3.75 ± 0.05 |
1.54 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
102.5 ± 1.4 |
27.4 ± 0.3 |
41.0 ± 1.9 |
66.1 ± 1.6 |
3.74 ± 0.05 |
1.55 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
113.5 |
25.3 |
38.1 |
66.8 |
4.7 |
1.7 |
| Median |
117.0 |
27.2 |
40.7 |
66.5 |
4.4 |
1.8 |
| Deviation |
8.6 |
4.3 |
6.0 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
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 |
64.3 ± 2.7 |
34.0 ± 0.7 |
51.4 ± 1.5 |
78.9 ± 1.5 |
1.89 ± 0.09 |
0.81 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
75.1 ± 1.3 |
17.8 ± 0.3 |
28.7 ± 0.8 |
84.1 ± 1.6 |
4.21 ± 0.14 |
0.89 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
69.2 ± 2.2 |
31.6 ± 0.6 |
48.3 ± 1.4 |
79.9 ± 1.5 |
2.19 ± 0.09 |
0.87 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
69.8 ± 2.2 |
30.8 ± 0.6 |
47.3 ± 1.4 |
80.2 ± 1.5 |
2.27 ± 0.09 |
0.87 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
70.8 ± 2.1 |
29.7 ± 0.6 |
45.9 ± 1.3 |
80.6 ± 1.5 |
2.39 ± 0.10 |
0.88 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
68.6 ± 2.3 |
32.4 ± 0.6 |
49.4 ± 1.4 |
79.6 ± 1.5 |
2.12 ± 0.09 |
0.86 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
60.7 ± 2.8 |
32.4 ± 0.6 |
49.4 ± 1.4 |
79.6 ± 1.5 |
1.87 ± 0.10 |
0.76 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
61.0 ± 2.8 |
32.7 ± 0.6 |
49.7 ± 1.4 |
79.5 ± 1.5 |
1.87 ± 0.10 |
0.77 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
67.4 |
30.2 |
46.3 |
80.3 |
2.4 |
0.8 |
| Median |
69.2 |
32.4 |
49.4 |
79.9 |
2.2 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
5.0 |
5.1 |
7.3 |
1.6 |
0.8 |
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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