Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20003330525
Observation time: 11/28/2000 333.22637 0525 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2000 |
| Fractional day of year |
333.226372 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
19558.5 ± 6.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
68.984 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
113.217 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-2.250 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0011 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0420 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0011
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0428 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
8.73, 10.75, 10.99 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:11:16 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 20:10:45 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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9.948 ± 0.873
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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] |
-525.2 ± 2.4 |
-569.0 ± 5.1 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
19.3 ± 2.4 |
39.4 ± 6.0 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
6.2 ± 2.9 |
-34.8 ± 5.8 |
| Wi [km/s] |
32.0 ± 1.3 |
47.4 ± 3.2 |
| We [km/s] |
1013.0 ± 39.5 |
1500.0 ± 102.6 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
5.3 ± 0.4 |
11.0 ± 1.0 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
4.8 ± 0.3 |
6.9 ± 1.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
3.5 ± 0.7 |
8.8 ± 0.9 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-2.9 ± 0.9 |
1.2 ± 3.2 |
Plasma Beta
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0.260 ± 0.246
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0.395 ± 0.420
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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41.35 ± 1.61
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61.24 ± 4.19
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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63.12 ± 3.18
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77.02 ± 7.08
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.780 ± 0.169 |
-0.185 ± 0.394 |
0.597 ± 0.513 |
36.69 ± 13.93 |
193.37 ± 28.82 |
| VC |
-0.696 ± 0.066 |
0.322 ± 0.107 |
-0.642 ± 0.534 |
-39.94 ± 4.34 |
155.17 ± 8.65 |
| MX1 |
-0.991 ± 0.095 |
0.026 ± 0.904 |
-0.128 ± 0.127 |
-7.35 ± 41.26 |
178.51 ± 52.25 |
| MX2 |
-0.520 ± 0.196 |
0.626 ± 0.169 |
-0.582 ± 0.505 |
-35.56 ± 8.10 |
129.71 ± 17.30 |
| MX3 |
-0.672 ± 0.123 |
0.563 ± 0.136 |
-0.482 ± 0.440 |
-28.79 ± 10.40 |
140.03 ± 10.53 |
| RH08 |
-0.956 ± 0.004 |
0.075 ± 0.007 |
-0.285 ± 0.277 |
-16.55 ± 0.76 |
175.49 ± 0.45 |
| RH09 |
-0.959 ± 0.020 |
0.076 ± 0.068 |
-0.274 ± 0.267 |
-15.89 ± 4.05 |
175.49 ± 4.09 |
| RH10 |
-0.959 ± 0.020 |
0.076 ± 0.070 |
-0.274 ± 0.267 |
-15.89 ± 4.01 |
175.49 ± 4.20 |
| Average |
-0.817 |
0.197 |
-0.258 |
-15.409 |
165.407 |
| Median |
-0.780 |
0.076 |
-0.274 |
-15.887 |
175.487 |
| Deviation |
0.175 |
0.281 |
0.388 |
23.808 |
21.650 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
22.5 ± 7.6 |
421.4 ± 7.9 |
2.07 ± 0.30 |
| VC |
86.8 ± 3.2 |
486.2 ± 22.4 |
2.07 ± 0.30 |
| MX1 |
49.8 ± 2.7 |
612.1 ± 19.1 |
2.07 ± 0.30 |
| MX2 |
78.3 ± 1.8 |
392.2 ± 18.2 |
2.07 ± 0.30 |
| MX3 |
89.0 ± 1.9 |
473.8 ± 18.8 |
2.07 ± 0.30 |
| RH08 |
58.3 ± 3.0 |
603.8 ± 21.0 |
2.07 ± 0.30 |
| RH09 |
57.8 ± 2.9 |
605.1 ± 20.8 |
2.07 ± 0.30 |
| RH10 |
57.8 ± 2.9 |
605.1 ± 20.8 |
2.07 ± 0.30 |
| Average |
62.5 |
525.0 |
2.07 |
| Median |
58.3 |
603.8 |
2.07 |
| Deviation |
21.9 |
91.9 |
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 |
11.4 ± 3.2 |
36.5 ± 1.2 |
58.3 ± 2.9 |
66.1 ± 2.8 |
0.31 ± 0.09 |
0.17 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
118.5 ± 1.7 |
1.9 ± 0.0 |
3.5 ± 0.2 |
75.5 ± 2.6 |
62.04 ± 2.13 |
1.57 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
91.6 ± 2.2 |
23.4 ± 0.6 |
40.7 ± 2.0 |
71.8 ± 2.6 |
3.91 ± 0.17 |
1.28 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
110.7 ± 1.7 |
7.0 ± 0.2 |
12.8 ± 0.6 |
75.2 ± 2.6 |
15.72 ± 0.51 |
1.47 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
113.2 ± 1.5 |
0.6 ± 0.0 |
1.1 ± 0.1 |
75.5 ± 2.6 |
182.68 ± 5.95 |
1.50 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
102.2 ± 2.0 |
18.7 ± 0.5 |
33.2 ± 1.7 |
73.1 ± 2.6 |
5.46 ± 0.22 |
1.40 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
101.7 ± 2.0 |
19.0 ± 0.5 |
33.6 ± 1.7 |
73.1 ± 2.6 |
5.36 ± 0.21 |
1.39 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
101.7 ± 2.0 |
19.0 ± 0.5 |
33.6 ± 1.7 |
73.1 ± 2.6 |
5.36 ± 0.21 |
1.39 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
93.9 |
15.8 |
27.1 |
72.9 |
35.1 |
1.3 |
| Median |
102.2 |
19.0 |
33.6 |
73.1 |
5.5 |
1.4 |
| Deviation |
34.3 |
12.0 |
19.7 |
3.1 |
62.9 |
0.5 |
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 |
5.5 ± 3.7 |
51.8 ± 2.0 |
71.2 ± 6.5 |
83.9 ± 5.2 |
0.11 ± 0.07 |
0.07 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
55.2 ± 5.4 |
2.6 ± 0.1 |
4.3 ± 0.4 |
98.6 ± 4.2 |
20.97 ± 2.04 |
0.56 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
42.5 ± 5.4 |
32.5 ± 0.9 |
49.7 ± 4.6 |
93.1 ± 4.4 |
1.31 ± 0.17 |
0.46 ± 0.08 |
| MX2 |
51.6 ± 4.1 |
9.7 ± 0.3 |
15.6 ± 1.4 |
98.2 ± 4.2 |
5.31 ± 0.39 |
0.53 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
52.8 ± 4.1 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
1.4 ± 0.1 |
98.6 ± 4.2 |
61.75 ± 4.68 |
0.54 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
47.2 ± 5.7 |
25.9 ± 0.7 |
40.5 ± 3.7 |
95.2 ± 4.3 |
1.82 ± 0.22 |
0.50 ± 0.08 |
| RH9 |
47.0 ± 5.7 |
26.3 ± 0.7 |
41.0 ± 3.8 |
95.1 ± 4.3 |
1.79 ± 0.22 |
0.50 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
47.0 ± 5.7 |
26.3 ± 0.7 |
41.0 ± 3.8 |
95.1 ± 4.3 |
1.79 ± 0.22 |
0.50 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
43.6 |
22.0 |
33.1 |
94.7 |
11.9 |
0.5 |
| Median |
47.2 |
26.3 |
41.0 |
95.2 |
1.8 |
0.5 |
| Deviation |
15.9 |
17.0 |
24.0 |
4.8 |
21.3 |
0.2 |
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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