Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20010621129
Observation time: 03/03/2001 62.47866 1129 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2001 |
| Fractional day of year |
62.478663 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
41356.5 ± 6.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-71.868 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-92.401 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
7.724 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0234 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0251 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
6.21, 9.77, 10.26 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:12:38 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 20:31:25 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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-9.781 ± 0.526
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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] |
-445.7 ± 3.7 |
-501.8 ± 2.8 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
2.2 ± 4.4 |
29.8 ± 9.5 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
5.5 ± 5.7 |
35.7 ± 4.6 |
| Wi [km/s] |
34.2 ± 2.3 |
47.0 ± 4.3 |
| We [km/s] |
1082.6 ± 73.8 |
1486.5 ± 135.1 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
3.1 ± 0.3 |
6.4 ± 0.4 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-2.3 ± 0.3 |
-2.4 ± 0.4 |
| By GSE [nT] |
2.9 ± 0.4 |
3.3 ± 0.6 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-1.3 ± 0.9 |
-6.4 ± 0.8 |
Plasma Beta
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0.477 ± 0.503
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0.525 ± 0.599
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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44.20 ± 3.01
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60.69 ± 5.52
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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49.96 ± 2.25
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66.02 ± 4.69
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.679 ± 0.138 |
0.730 ± 0.128 |
0.076 ± 0.076 |
4.34 ± 5.09 |
132.92 ± 10.82 |
| VC |
-0.813 ± 0.061 |
0.392 ± 0.105 |
0.430 ± 0.401 |
25.48 ± 5.14 |
154.24 ± 7.27 |
| MX1 |
-0.763 ± 0.153 |
0.643 ± 0.181 |
0.065 ± 0.065 |
3.71 ± 4.77 |
139.86 ± 13.60 |
| MX2 |
-0.853 ± 0.053 |
0.517 ± 0.088 |
0.068 ± 0.068 |
3.89 ± 4.25 |
148.76 ± 5.90 |
| MX3 |
-0.885 ± 0.044 |
0.460 ± 0.084 |
0.066 ± 0.066 |
3.79 ± 4.19 |
152.54 ± 5.45 |
| RH08 |
-0.974 ± 0.005 |
0.217 ± 0.022 |
0.061 ± 0.061 |
3.52 ± 1.17 |
167.47 ± 1.31 |
| RH09 |
-0.991 ± 0.009 |
0.131 ± 0.068 |
0.006 ± 0.006 |
0.32 ± 4.05 |
172.48 ± 3.94 |
| RH10 |
-0.994 ± 0.008 |
0.114 ± 0.068 |
0.006 ± 0.006 |
0.32 ± 4.05 |
173.48 ± 3.94 |
| Average |
-0.869 |
0.401 |
0.097 |
5.673 |
155.218 |
| Median |
-0.853 |
0.460 |
0.066 |
3.792 |
154.240 |
| Deviation |
0.115 |
0.231 |
0.137 |
8.163 |
14.949 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
25.7 ± 9.2 |
421.5 ± 16.9 |
2.21 ± 0.17 |
| VC |
51.6 ± 8.3 |
501.8 ± 15.9 |
2.21 ± 0.17 |
| MX1 |
27.5 ± 7.5 |
463.8 ± 16.5 |
2.21 ± 0.17 |
| MX2 |
32.2 ± 6.1 |
508.2 ± 15.9 |
2.21 ± 0.17 |
| MX3 |
34.6 ± 5.6 |
523.1 ± 15.6 |
2.21 ± 0.17 |
| RH08 |
45.5 ± 4.6 |
553.6 ± 14.4 |
2.21 ± 0.17 |
| RH09 |
48.2 ± 4.8 |
556.2 ± 13.7 |
2.21 ± 0.17 |
| RH10 |
49.0 ± 4.8 |
556.5 ± 13.7 |
2.21 ± 0.17 |
| Average |
39.3 |
510.6 |
2.21 |
| Median |
45.5 |
523.1 |
2.21 |
| Deviation |
10.4 |
48.4 |
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 |
116.9 ± 4.7 |
34.8 ± 1.4 |
45.0 ± 2.0 |
57.0 ± 1.2 |
3.36 ± 0.25 |
2.05 ± 0.10 |
| VC |
136.2 ± 4.8 |
21.7 ± 0.7 |
31.0 ± 1.4 |
63.2 ± 1.4 |
6.29 ± 0.37 |
2.16 ± 0.10 |
| MX1 |
122.0 ± 4.6 |
34.0 ± 1.3 |
44.3 ± 2.0 |
57.5 ± 1.2 |
3.59 ± 0.26 |
2.12 ± 0.10 |
| MX2 |
126.5 ± 4.5 |
31.7 ± 1.2 |
42.3 ± 1.9 |
58.8 ± 1.2 |
4.00 ± 0.27 |
2.15 ± 0.10 |
| MX3 |
127.1 ± 4.4 |
30.6 ± 1.1 |
41.1 ± 1.9 |
59.4 ± 1.3 |
4.17 ± 0.28 |
2.14 ± 0.10 |
| RH8 |
118.6 ± 4.0 |
24.9 ± 0.9 |
35.0 ± 1.6 |
62.0 ± 1.4 |
4.77 ± 0.30 |
1.92 ± 0.09 |
| RH9 |
114.1 ± 3.9 |
23.5 ± 0.8 |
33.3 ± 1.5 |
62.5 ± 1.4 |
4.86 ± 0.31 |
1.83 ± 0.09 |
| RH10 |
113.5 ± 3.8 |
23.1 ± 0.8 |
32.8 ± 1.5 |
62.7 ± 1.4 |
4.93 ± 0.31 |
1.81 ± 0.09 |
| Average |
121.9 |
28.0 |
38.1 |
60.4 |
4.5 |
2.0 |
| Median |
122.0 |
30.6 |
41.1 |
62.0 |
4.8 |
2.1 |
| Deviation |
7.8 |
5.3 |
5.7 |
2.5 |
0.9 |
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 |
56.3 ± 7.5 |
46.8 ± 1.4 |
59.5 ± 4.2 |
76.7 ± 0.8 |
1.20 ± 0.15 |
0.73 ± 0.10 |
| VC |
66.7 ± 5.5 |
29.1 ± 0.7 |
41.0 ± 2.9 |
85.0 ± 0.9 |
2.29 ± 0.19 |
0.79 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
59.5 ± 6.8 |
45.7 ± 1.4 |
58.6 ± 4.2 |
77.4 ± 0.8 |
1.30 ± 0.14 |
0.77 ± 0.09 |
| MX2 |
62.3 ± 5.8 |
42.6 ± 1.2 |
55.9 ± 4.0 |
79.1 ± 0.8 |
1.46 ± 0.13 |
0.79 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
62.7 ± 5.3 |
41.1 ± 1.1 |
54.4 ± 3.9 |
80.0 ± 0.8 |
1.53 ± 0.12 |
0.78 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
56.1 ± 3.7 |
33.5 ± 0.8 |
46.3 ± 3.3 |
83.4 ± 0.9 |
1.67 ± 0.10 |
0.67 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
54.6 ± 3.2 |
31.6 ± 0.8 |
44.0 ± 3.1 |
84.1 ± 0.9 |
1.73 ± 0.09 |
0.65 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
54.4 ± 3.1 |
31.0 ± 0.8 |
43.3 ± 3.1 |
84.4 ± 0.9 |
1.75 ± 0.09 |
0.64 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
59.1 |
37.7 |
50.4 |
81.3 |
1.6 |
0.7 |
| Median |
59.5 |
41.1 |
54.4 |
83.4 |
1.7 |
0.8 |
| Deviation |
4.5 |
7.1 |
7.5 |
3.4 |
0.3 |
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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