Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20010861807
Observation time: 03/27/2001 86.75543 1807 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2001 |
| Fractional day of year |
86.755434 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
65269.5 ± 3.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-3.344 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-233.669 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
4.180 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0232 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0179 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
25.87, 30.88, 33.09 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:13:02 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 20:38:29 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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-9.371 ± 1.623
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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] |
-427.9 ± 3.7 |
-498.6 ± 5.3 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-13.1 ± 2.9 |
-65.8 ± 4.2 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
38.5 ± 3.2 |
-20.7 ± 3.5 |
| Wi [km/s] |
53.7 ± 2.0 |
69.7 ± 3.6 |
| We [km/s] |
1697.8 ± 64.2 |
2204.6 ± 113.7 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
6.4 ± 0.5 |
13.2 ± 1.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-6.6 ± 0.5 |
-12.2 ± 1.0 |
| By GSE [nT] |
7.4 ± 0.5 |
17.6 ± 0.9 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-3.4 ± 0.6 |
3.3 ± 1.2 |
Plasma Beta
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0.359 ± 0.340
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0.287 ± 0.270
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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69.31 ± 2.62
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90.00 ± 4.64
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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90.37 ± 6.54
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131.02 ± 6.03
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.486 ± 0.067 |
0.296 ± 0.099 |
-0.822 ± 0.549 |
-55.31 ± 2.54 |
148.63 ± 11.40 |
| VC |
-0.665 ± 0.035 |
-0.497 ± 0.041 |
-0.557 ± 0.491 |
-33.85 ± 2.71 |
216.76 ± 3.24 |
| MX1 |
-0.809 ± 0.027 |
-0.054 ± 0.046 |
-0.586 ± 0.507 |
-35.85 ± 2.63 |
183.79 ± 3.27 |
| MX2 |
-0.864 ± 0.016 |
-0.160 ± 0.050 |
-0.478 ± 0.438 |
-28.55 ± 1.54 |
190.48 ± 3.29 |
| MX3 |
-0.888 ± 0.018 |
-0.226 ± 0.060 |
-0.400 ± 0.377 |
-23.56 ± 1.50 |
194.26 ± 3.85 |
| RH08 |
-0.872 ± 0.008 |
-0.210 ± 0.008 |
-0.441 ± 0.410 |
-26.19 ± 1.00 |
193.54 ± 0.53 |
| RH09 |
-0.876 ± 0.034 |
-0.195 ± 0.063 |
-0.441 ± 0.410 |
-26.19 ± 4.07 |
192.53 ± 4.12 |
| RH10 |
-0.881 ± 0.033 |
-0.196 ± 0.068 |
-0.430 ± 0.401 |
-25.48 ± 4.00 |
192.53 ± 4.41 |
| Average |
-0.793 |
-0.155 |
-0.519 |
-31.873 |
189.066 |
| Median |
-0.864 |
-0.195 |
-0.441 |
-26.189 |
192.535 |
| Deviation |
0.144 |
0.221 |
0.138 |
10.384 |
18.911 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
38.5 ± 3.6 |
302.9 ± 15.3 |
2.03 ± 0.25 |
| VC |
75.7 ± 2.4 |
475.6 ± 21.0 |
2.03 ± 0.25 |
| MX1 |
48.7 ± 2.5 |
508.9 ± 19.0 |
2.03 ± 0.25 |
| MX2 |
54.3 ± 2.2 |
544.9 ± 19.3 |
2.03 ± 0.25 |
| MX3 |
58.2 ± 2.1 |
559.3 ± 19.3 |
2.03 ± 0.25 |
| RH08 |
57.2 ± 2.1 |
552.1 ± 19.4 |
2.03 ± 0.25 |
| RH09 |
56.3 ± 2.1 |
552.4 ± 19.3 |
2.03 ± 0.25 |
| RH10 |
56.4 ± 2.1 |
554.6 ± 19.3 |
2.03 ± 0.25 |
| Average |
55.6 |
506.3 |
2.03 |
| Median |
56.4 |
552.1 |
2.03 |
| Deviation |
10.4 |
87.1 |
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 |
130.6 ± 3.9 |
47.2 ± 1.4 |
70.8 ± 5.1 |
103.7 ± 5.1 |
2.77 ± 0.08 |
1.26 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
205.8 ± 4.8 |
13.7 ± 0.4 |
22.4 ± 1.6 |
113.1 ± 5.1 |
15.03 ± 0.52 |
1.82 ± 0.09 |
| MX1 |
184.7 ± 4.7 |
38.5 ± 1.1 |
59.6 ± 4.3 |
107.3 ± 5.1 |
4.80 ± 0.15 |
1.72 ± 0.08 |
| MX2 |
191.6 ± 4.7 |
33.5 ± 1.0 |
52.8 ± 3.8 |
108.9 ± 5.1 |
5.72 ± 0.18 |
1.76 ± 0.08 |
| MX3 |
191.6 ± 4.6 |
30.0 ± 0.9 |
47.6 ± 3.4 |
110.0 ± 5.1 |
6.39 ± 0.20 |
1.75 ± 0.08 |
| RH8 |
193.0 ± 4.7 |
30.9 ± 0.9 |
49.0 ± 3.5 |
109.7 ± 5.1 |
6.25 ± 0.20 |
1.76 ± 0.08 |
| RH9 |
192.1 ± 4.7 |
31.7 ± 1.0 |
50.1 ± 3.6 |
109.5 ± 5.1 |
6.06 ± 0.19 |
1.76 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
191.5 ± 4.7 |
31.6 ± 1.0 |
50.0 ± 3.6 |
109.5 ± 5.1 |
6.06 ± 0.19 |
1.75 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
185.1 |
32.1 |
50.3 |
109.0 |
6.6 |
1.7 |
| Median |
191.6 |
31.7 |
50.1 |
109.5 |
6.1 |
1.8 |
| Deviation |
22.8 |
9.4 |
13.6 |
2.7 |
3.6 |
0.2 |
Downstream 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 |
63.2 ± 2.7 |
63.2 ± 1.8 |
102.6 ± 4.7 |
146.0 ± 3.7 |
1.00 ± 0.04 |
0.43 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
99.6 ± 2.9 |
18.5 ± 0.4 |
32.5 ± 1.5 |
158.0 ± 3.2 |
5.39 ± 0.17 |
0.63 ± 0.01 |
| MX1 |
90.1 ± 3.0 |
51.7 ± 1.3 |
86.5 ± 4.0 |
150.4 ± 3.4 |
1.74 ± 0.07 |
0.60 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
93.8 ± 3.5 |
45.1 ± 1.1 |
76.5 ± 3.5 |
152.6 ± 3.4 |
2.08 ± 0.10 |
0.62 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
93.3 ± 3.8 |
40.3 ± 1.0 |
69.1 ± 3.2 |
153.9 ± 3.3 |
2.31 ± 0.11 |
0.61 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
94.2 ± 3.6 |
41.6 ± 1.0 |
71.0 ± 3.3 |
153.5 ± 3.3 |
2.27 ± 0.11 |
0.61 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
93.8 ± 3.7 |
42.6 ± 1.0 |
72.7 ± 3.3 |
153.3 ± 3.3 |
2.20 ± 0.10 |
0.61 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
93.5 ± 3.7 |
42.5 ± 1.0 |
72.6 ± 3.3 |
153.3 ± 3.3 |
2.20 ± 0.11 |
0.61 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
90.2 |
43.2 |
72.9 |
152.6 |
2.4 |
0.6 |
| Median |
93.8 |
42.6 |
72.7 |
153.3 |
2.2 |
0.6 |
| Deviation |
11.2 |
12.5 |
19.8 |
3.4 |
1.3 |
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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