Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20003311143
Observation time: 11/26/2000 331.48852 1143 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2000 |
| Fractional day of year |
331.488524 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
42208.5 ± 6.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
75.834 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
97.451 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-0.910 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0244 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0280 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
13.75, 17.64, 19.08 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:11:13 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 20:08:36 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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24.328 ± 1.330
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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] |
-475.1 ± 7.8 |
-576.6 ± 17.0 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
27.4 ± 3.9 |
-26.8 ± 11.0 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-15.9 ± 6.9 |
-69.5 ± 29.8 |
| Wi [km/s] |
60.7 ± 3.2 |
119.8 ± 15.2 |
| We [km/s] |
1920.1 ± 101.2 |
3787.6 ± 479.4 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
7.6 ± 1.0 |
18.6 ± 1.8 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-0.2 ± 0.8 |
6.8 ± 2.9 |
| By GSE [nT] |
6.5 ± 0.5 |
-3.2 ± 4.5 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
6.5 ± 0.8 |
12.5 ± 1.1 |
Plasma Beta
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0.683 ± 0.704
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2.546 ± 2.441
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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78.39 ± 4.13
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154.63 ± 19.57
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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73.78 ± 3.51
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78.00 ± 10.22
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.222 ± 0.412 |
-0.620 ± 0.289 |
-0.752 ± 0.561 |
-48.81 ± 20.24 |
250.29 ± 37.12 |
| VC |
-0.804 ± 0.084 |
-0.436 ± 0.097 |
-0.404 ± 0.380 |
-23.80 ± 11.01 |
208.47 ± 6.42 |
| MX1 |
-0.550 ± 0.307 |
-0.669 ± 0.274 |
-0.499 ± 0.453 |
-29.96 ± 21.54 |
230.56 ± 24.21 |
| MX2 |
-0.776 ± 0.130 |
-0.607 ± 0.164 |
-0.172 ± 0.171 |
-9.93 ± 10.72 |
218.01 ± 12.02 |
| MX3 |
-0.699 ± 0.153 |
-0.645 ± 0.164 |
-0.309 ± 0.299 |
-18.01 ± 11.06 |
222.68 ± 13.02 |
| RH08 |
-0.723 ± 0.016 |
-0.689 ± 0.017 |
0.061 ± 0.061 |
3.52 ± 0.79 |
223.62 ± 1.36 |
| RH09 |
-0.724 ± 0.047 |
-0.690 ± 0.049 |
0.028 ± 0.028 |
1.60 ± 4.06 |
223.62 ± 3.91 |
| RH10 |
-0.759 ± 0.044 |
-0.650 ± 0.052 |
0.039 ± 0.039 |
2.24 ± 4.06 |
220.61 ± 3.91 |
| Average |
-0.657 |
-0.626 |
-0.251 |
-15.392 |
224.733 |
| Median |
-0.723 |
-0.645 |
-0.172 |
-9.928 |
223.621 |
| Deviation |
0.192 |
0.082 |
0.294 |
18.491 |
12.074 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
16.0 ± 5.3 |
263.6 ± 47.2 |
2.48 ± 0.33 |
| VC |
55.2 ± 5.0 |
582.3 ± 42.1 |
2.48 ± 0.33 |
| MX1 |
36.0 ± 4.7 |
449.2 ± 43.0 |
2.48 ± 0.33 |
| MX2 |
58.0 ± 4.7 |
560.1 ± 35.6 |
2.48 ± 0.33 |
| MX3 |
49.1 ± 4.7 |
524.4 ± 38.7 |
2.48 ± 0.33 |
| RH08 |
64.9 ± 4.6 |
509.7 ± 29.1 |
2.48 ± 0.33 |
| RH09 |
63.4 ± 4.6 |
512.9 ± 29.8 |
2.48 ± 0.33 |
| RH10 |
65.7 ± 4.6 |
532.8 ± 30.0 |
2.48 ± 0.33 |
| Average |
51.0 |
491.9 |
2.48 |
| Median |
58.0 |
524.4 |
2.48 |
| Deviation |
17.2 |
100.2 |
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 |
163.1 ± 5.3 |
64.2 ± 2.2 |
70.9 ± 3.4 |
86.5 ± 3.1 |
2.54 ± 0.14 |
1.89 ± 0.12 |
| VC |
205.7 ± 7.4 |
32.1 ± 1.1 |
42.1 ± 2.0 |
102.8 ± 3.6 |
6.42 ± 0.36 |
2.00 ± 0.12 |
| MX1 |
198.0 ± 5.9 |
48.6 ± 1.7 |
59.7 ± 2.8 |
96.1 ± 3.4 |
4.08 ± 0.22 |
2.06 ± 0.12 |
| MX2 |
205.3 ± 6.4 |
29.5 ± 1.0 |
39.0 ± 1.9 |
103.6 ± 3.7 |
6.96 ± 0.37 |
1.98 ± 0.11 |
| MX3 |
205.0 ± 6.2 |
37.4 ± 1.3 |
48.3 ± 2.3 |
101.0 ± 3.6 |
5.49 ± 0.29 |
2.03 ± 0.11 |
| RH8 |
186.2 ± 5.7 |
23.3 ± 0.8 |
31.3 ± 1.5 |
105.2 ± 3.7 |
8.00 ± 0.41 |
1.77 ± 0.09 |
| RH9 |
188.4 ± 5.7 |
24.7 ± 0.9 |
33.1 ± 1.6 |
104.8 ± 3.7 |
7.64 ± 0.39 |
1.80 ± 0.10 |
| RH10 |
190.9 ± 5.9 |
22.6 ± 0.8 |
30.4 ± 1.4 |
105.3 ± 3.7 |
8.46 ± 0.44 |
1.82 ± 0.10 |
| Average |
192.8 |
35.3 |
44.3 |
100.7 |
6.2 |
1.9 |
| Median |
198.0 |
32.1 |
42.1 |
103.6 |
7.0 |
2.0 |
| Deviation |
14.4 |
14.5 |
14.5 |
6.5 |
2.1 |
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 |
66.7 ± 28.4 |
73.9 ± 9.4 |
75.0 ± 9.8 |
156.7 ± 19.2 |
0.91 ± 0.44 |
0.45 ± 0.23 |
| VC |
78.8 ± 23.5 |
40.6 ± 4.7 |
44.5 ± 5.8 |
168.7 ± 18.0 |
1.94 ± 0.60 |
0.48 ± 0.17 |
| MX1 |
79.2 ± 24.6 |
59.7 ± 7.2 |
63.1 ± 8.3 |
162.8 ± 18.4 |
1.33 ± 0.46 |
0.50 ± 0.20 |
| MX2 |
84.4 ± 18.7 |
37.5 ± 4.3 |
41.3 ± 5.4 |
169.5 ± 17.9 |
2.26 ± 0.50 |
0.51 ± 0.14 |
| MX3 |
82.5 ± 21.1 |
47.1 ± 5.5 |
51.0 ± 6.7 |
167.0 ± 18.0 |
1.76 ± 0.48 |
0.51 ± 0.16 |
| RH8 |
78.9 ± 14.0 |
29.8 ± 3.4 |
33.1 ± 4.3 |
171.0 ± 17.9 |
2.66 ± 0.45 |
0.47 ± 0.10 |
| RH9 |
79.1 ± 14.6 |
31.5 ± 3.6 |
35.0 ± 4.6 |
170.7 ± 17.9 |
2.52 ± 0.44 |
0.47 ± 0.11 |
| RH10 |
80.8 ± 14.7 |
28.9 ± 3.3 |
32.1 ± 4.2 |
171.2 ± 17.9 |
2.81 ± 0.48 |
0.48 ± 0.11 |
| Average |
78.8 |
43.6 |
46.9 |
167.2 |
2.0 |
0.5 |
| Median |
79.2 |
40.6 |
44.5 |
169.5 |
2.3 |
0.5 |
| Deviation |
5.3 |
16.0 |
15.4 |
5.1 |
0.7 |
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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