Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20010440428
Observation time: 02/13/2001 44.18651 0428 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2001 |
| Fractional day of year |
44.186510 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
16114.5 ± 12.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-63.350 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
113.808 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-4.807 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0211 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0241 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
6.36, 10.31, 10.84 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:12:27 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 20:29:41 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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-10.190 ± 5.595
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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] |
-463.3 ± 8.8 |
-519.4 ± 14.7 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
0.9 ± 5.1 |
-17.2 ± 11.4 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-32.9 ± 4.3 |
-65.6 ± 20.2 |
| Wi [km/s] |
74.0 ± 7.4 |
87.9 ± 5.2 |
| We [km/s] |
2340.4 ± 234.7 |
2780.7 ± 163.2 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
3.9 ± 0.6 |
5.8 ± 0.5 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
6.5 ± 0.3 |
7.2 ± 0.8 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-3.7 ± 0.3 |
-6.8 ± 1.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-2.2 ± 1.7 |
-2.9 ± 1.9 |
Plasma Beta
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0.728 ± 0.733
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0.856 ± 0.880
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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95.55 ± 9.58
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113.52 ± 6.66
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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88.76 ± 8.06
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96.21 ± 6.47
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.980 ± 0.096 |
0.012 ± 0.320 |
0.199 ± 0.196 |
11.47 ± 27.76 |
179.30 ± 18.71 |
| VC |
-0.830 ± 0.142 |
-0.264 ± 0.158 |
-0.492 ± 0.448 |
-29.45 ± 16.28 |
197.63 ± 10.48 |
| MX1 |
-0.957 ± 0.145 |
-0.088 ± 0.536 |
-0.276 ± 0.269 |
-16.02 ± 28.37 |
185.28 ± 32.06 |
| MX2 |
-0.880 ± 0.176 |
-0.238 ± 0.467 |
-0.412 ± 0.387 |
-24.31 ± 17.62 |
195.16 ± 30.35 |
| MX3 |
-0.903 ± 0.113 |
-0.174 ± 0.337 |
-0.392 ± 0.371 |
-23.08 ± 13.81 |
190.89 ± 21.34 |
| RH08 |
-0.978 ± 0.003 |
0.026 ± 0.013 |
-0.207 ± 0.204 |
-11.93 ± 0.95 |
178.50 ± 0.79 |
| RH09 |
-0.980 ± 0.014 |
0.077 ± 0.070 |
-0.184 ± 0.182 |
-10.62 ± 4.00 |
175.49 ± 4.11 |
| RH10 |
-0.982 ± 0.013 |
0.077 ± 0.070 |
-0.173 ± 0.171 |
-9.97 ± 4.03 |
175.49 ± 4.10 |
| Average |
-0.936 |
-0.071 |
-0.242 |
-14.239 |
184.717 |
| Median |
-0.957 |
0.012 |
-0.207 |
-11.929 |
185.280 |
| Deviation |
0.058 |
0.140 |
0.213 |
12.600 |
8.886 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
30.5 ± 2.8 |
589.3 ± 157.4 |
1.55 ± 0.25 |
| VC |
64.8 ± 7.4 |
620.7 ± 190.6 |
1.55 ± 0.25 |
| MX1 |
47.9 ± 6.5 |
663.3 ± 187.1 |
1.55 ± 0.25 |
| MX2 |
60.0 ± 6.8 |
646.6 ± 191.7 |
1.55 ± 0.25 |
| MX3 |
56.3 ± 7.1 |
656.9 ± 190.8 |
1.55 ± 0.25 |
| RH08 |
40.5 ± 6.7 |
658.2 ± 179.9 |
1.55 ± 0.25 |
| RH09 |
37.6 ± 6.9 |
651.3 ± 175.9 |
1.55 ± 0.25 |
| RH10 |
37.1 ± 6.7 |
650.6 ± 175.5 |
1.55 ± 0.25 |
| Average |
46.8 |
642.1 |
1.55 |
| Median |
47.9 |
651.3 |
1.55 |
| Deviation |
12.4 |
24.9 |
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 |
141.9 ± 9.3 |
63.6 ± 4.4 |
76.5 ± 6.9 |
114.3 ± 4.2 |
2.25 ± 0.30 |
1.24 ± 0.12 |
| VC |
220.3 ± 5.3 |
28.1 ± 1.8 |
37.8 ± 3.4 |
127.8 ± 5.5 |
7.87 ± 0.63 |
1.73 ± 0.10 |
| MX1 |
211.0 ± 7.4 |
46.2 ± 3.0 |
59.5 ± 5.4 |
122.4 ± 5.0 |
4.59 ± 0.43 |
1.73 ± 0.12 |
| MX2 |
225.8 ± 5.9 |
33.3 ± 2.1 |
44.4 ± 4.0 |
126.5 ± 5.4 |
6.81 ± 0.57 |
1.79 ± 0.11 |
| MX3 |
225.6 ± 6.4 |
37.3 ± 2.4 |
49.3 ± 4.5 |
125.4 ± 5.3 |
6.07 ± 0.52 |
1.80 ± 0.11 |
| RH8 |
198.3 ± 8.3 |
53.8 ± 3.5 |
67.5 ± 6.1 |
119.3 ± 4.7 |
3.71 ± 0.38 |
1.67 ± 0.12 |
| RH9 |
191.2 ± 8.5 |
56.7 ± 3.8 |
70.4 ± 6.4 |
117.9 ± 4.6 |
3.39 ± 0.36 |
1.63 ± 0.12 |
| RH10 |
190.0 ± 8.6 |
57.1 ± 3.8 |
70.8 ± 6.4 |
117.7 ± 4.6 |
3.35 ± 0.36 |
1.62 ± 0.12 |
| Average |
200.5 |
47.0 |
59.5 |
121.4 |
4.8 |
1.7 |
| Median |
211.0 |
53.8 |
67.5 |
122.4 |
4.6 |
1.7 |
| Deviation |
27.8 |
12.8 |
14.2 |
4.8 |
2.0 |
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 |
93.6 ± 15.5 |
72.0 ± 2.3 |
82.9 ± 5.6 |
130.5 ± 3.9 |
1.30 ± 0.24 |
0.72 ± 0.12 |
| VC |
152.8 ± 15.5 |
31.9 ± 0.9 |
41.0 ± 2.8 |
145.6 ± 3.9 |
4.81 ± 0.58 |
1.05 ± 0.12 |
| MX1 |
146.6 ± 14.8 |
52.4 ± 1.5 |
64.5 ± 4.3 |
139.5 ± 3.8 |
2.80 ± 0.34 |
1.05 ± 0.12 |
| MX2 |
158.6 ± 15.4 |
37.8 ± 1.1 |
48.1 ± 3.2 |
144.1 ± 3.9 |
4.21 ± 0.49 |
1.10 ± 0.12 |
| MX3 |
158.9 ± 15.2 |
42.3 ± 1.2 |
53.4 ± 3.6 |
142.9 ± 3.8 |
3.76 ± 0.43 |
1.11 ± 0.12 |
| RH8 |
137.0 ± 14.2 |
60.9 ± 1.8 |
73.2 ± 4.9 |
136.0 ± 3.8 |
2.25 ± 0.28 |
1.01 ± 0.12 |
| RH9 |
131.5 ± 13.8 |
64.2 ± 2.0 |
76.3 ± 5.1 |
134.5 ± 3.8 |
2.05 ± 0.25 |
0.98 ± 0.11 |
| RH10 |
130.6 ± 13.9 |
64.7 ± 2.0 |
76.7 ± 5.2 |
134.2 ± 3.8 |
2.02 ± 0.25 |
0.97 ± 0.11 |
| Average |
138.7 |
53.3 |
64.5 |
138.4 |
2.9 |
1.0 |
| Median |
146.6 |
60.9 |
73.2 |
139.5 |
2.8 |
1.1 |
| Deviation |
21.5 |
14.5 |
15.3 |
5.4 |
1.2 |
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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