Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20010900114
Observation time: 03/31/2001 90.05186 0114 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2001 |
| Fractional day of year |
90.051858 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
4480.5 ± 9.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-0.570 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-242.715 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
3.200 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0009 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0267 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0234 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
7.46, 11.74, 12.54 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:13:11 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 20:41:53 2009
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Method selected
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MX2
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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-22.701 ± 4.532
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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] |
-419.0 ± 3.3 |
-537.8 ± 6.6 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-4.6 ± 13.2 |
-86.5 ± 11.0 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-4.8 ± 4.0 |
-61.4 ± 16.7 |
| Wi [km/s] |
30.1 ± 1.2 |
65.9 ± 10.7 |
| We [km/s] |
950.4 ± 39.5 |
2082.8 ± 336.8 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
35.5 ± 2.4 |
106.5 ± 22.5 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-0.9 ± 1.3 |
-1.4 ± 11.1 |
| By GSE [nT] |
3.5 ± 1.5 |
1.3 ± 16.8 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-4.9 ± 1.4 |
0.6 ± 17.6 |
Plasma Beta
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2.415 ± 1.433
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2.341 ± 1.743
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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38.80 ± 1.61
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85.03 ± 13.75
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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23.31 ± 5.48
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52.33 ± 13.59
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.998 ± 0.052 |
0.051 ± 0.947 |
0.028 ± 0.028 |
1.58 ± 42.35 |
177.10 ± 54.37 |
| VC |
-0.770 ± 0.050 |
-0.524 ± 0.061 |
-0.363 ± 0.346 |
-21.31 ± 6.16 |
214.24 ± 4.20 |
| MX1 |
-0.770 ± 0.185 |
-0.564 ± 0.245 |
-0.299 ± 0.289 |
-17.37 ± 13.18 |
216.20 ± 17.99 |
| MX2 |
-0.772 ± 0.084 |
-0.540 ± 0.111 |
-0.337 ± 0.324 |
-19.70 ± 7.73 |
214.97 ± 8.02 |
| MX3 |
-0.767 ± 0.079 |
-0.547 ± 0.101 |
-0.336 ± 0.323 |
-19.65 ± 8.13 |
215.51 ± 7.25 |
| RH08 |
-0.925 ± 0.005 |
-0.311 ± 0.011 |
-0.218 ± 0.214 |
-12.58 ± 0.86 |
198.55 ± 0.68 |
| RH09 |
-0.801 ± 0.041 |
0.595 ± 0.055 |
0.061 ± 0.061 |
3.52 ± 4.03 |
143.40 ± 3.95 |
| RH10 |
-0.780 ± 0.043 |
0.623 ± 0.054 |
0.061 ± 0.061 |
3.52 ± 4.03 |
141.39 ± 3.95 |
| Average |
-0.823 |
-0.152 |
-0.175 |
-10.249 |
190.170 |
| Median |
-0.772 |
-0.311 |
-0.218 |
-12.584 |
214.239 |
| Deviation |
0.089 |
0.513 |
0.192 |
11.183 |
32.342 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
77.9 ± 17.1 |
588.7 ± 23.5 |
3.05 ± 0.65 |
| VC |
81.4 ± 16.5 |
566.1 ± 34.7 |
3.05 ± 0.65 |
| MX1 |
85.6 ± 16.6 |
561.5 ± 35.1 |
3.05 ± 0.65 |
| MX2 |
83.1 ± 16.5 |
564.9 ± 34.9 |
3.05 ± 0.65 |
| MX3 |
83.4 ± 16.5 |
562.8 ± 34.9 |
3.05 ± 0.65 |
| RH08 |
79.3 ± 17.5 |
612.5 ± 31.6 |
3.05 ± 0.65 |
| RH09 |
64.0 ± 13.2 |
397.2 ± 10.0 |
3.05 ± 0.65 |
| RH10 |
63.3 ± 12.8 |
380.9 ± 9.7 |
3.05 ± 0.65 |
| Average |
77.2 |
529.3 |
3.05 |
| Median |
81.4 |
564.9 |
3.05 |
| Deviation |
8.7 |
88.4 |
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 |
170.8 ± 2.7 |
4.1 ± 0.8 |
4.9 ± 1.1 |
45.3 ± 2.2 |
43.96 ± 14.54 |
3.78 ± 0.22 |
| VC |
239.2 ± 9.9 |
2.9 ± 0.6 |
3.5 ± 0.8 |
45.4 ± 2.3 |
86.20 ± 28.29 |
5.28 ± 0.43 |
| MX1 |
234.7 ± 10.3 |
1.5 ± 0.3 |
1.8 ± 0.4 |
45.5 ± 2.3 |
164.50 ± 54.01 |
5.17 ± 0.43 |
| MX2 |
237.5 ± 10.1 |
2.4 ± 0.5 |
2.8 ± 0.7 |
45.5 ± 2.3 |
106.12 ± 34.83 |
5.24 ± 0.43 |
| MX3 |
237.4 ± 10.2 |
2.3 ± 0.5 |
2.7 ± 0.6 |
45.5 ± 2.3 |
111.33 ± 36.54 |
5.24 ± 0.43 |
| RH8 |
222.3 ± 7.4 |
3.7 ± 0.7 |
4.3 ± 1.0 |
45.4 ± 2.3 |
64.20 ± 21.11 |
4.91 ± 0.36 |
| RH9 |
64.5 ± 5.9 |
8.8 ± 1.8 |
10.2 ± 2.4 |
44.6 ± 2.1 |
7.80 ± 2.74 |
1.45 ± 0.12 |
| RH10 |
57.3 ± 6.3 |
9.0 ± 1.9 |
10.5 ± 2.5 |
44.6 ± 2.1 |
6.75 ± 2.42 |
1.28 ± 0.13 |
| Average |
183.0 |
4.3 |
5.1 |
45.2 |
73.9 |
4.0 |
| Median |
234.7 |
3.7 |
4.3 |
45.4 |
86.2 |
5.2 |
| Deviation |
78.7 |
2.9 |
3.4 |
0.4 |
54.3 |
1.7 |
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 |
57.9 ± 6.6 |
9.0 ± 1.7 |
10.9 ± 2.8 |
100.7 ± 9.1 |
6.72 ± 1.96 |
0.58 ± 0.10 |
| VC |
84.2 ± 9.7 |
6.4 ± 1.2 |
7.8 ± 2.0 |
100.9 ± 9.1 |
13.54 ± 3.14 |
0.84 ± 0.11 |
| MX1 |
80.2 ± 9.8 |
3.3 ± 0.6 |
4.0 ± 1.0 |
101.1 ± 9.1 |
25.05 ± 5.80 |
0.80 ± 0.11 |
| MX2 |
82.6 ± 9.8 |
5.2 ± 1.0 |
6.3 ± 1.6 |
101.0 ± 9.1 |
16.46 ± 3.82 |
0.82 ± 0.11 |
| MX3 |
82.5 ± 9.8 |
4.9 ± 0.9 |
6.0 ± 1.6 |
101.0 ± 9.1 |
17.26 ± 3.99 |
0.82 ± 0.11 |
| RH8 |
74.6 ± 7.8 |
8.0 ± 1.5 |
9.8 ± 2.5 |
100.8 ± 9.1 |
9.64 ± 2.40 |
0.75 ± 0.10 |
| RH9 |
21.5 ± 6.1 |
19.2 ± 3.6 |
22.9 ± 6.0 |
99.2 ± 9.1 |
1.21 ± 0.61 |
0.22 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
19.0 ± 6.2 |
19.7 ± 3.7 |
23.5 ± 6.1 |
99.1 ± 9.1 |
1.06 ± 0.58 |
0.20 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
62.8 |
9.5 |
11.4 |
100.5 |
11.4 |
0.6 |
| Median |
80.2 |
8.0 |
9.8 |
100.9 |
13.5 |
0.8 |
| Deviation |
27.6 |
6.4 |
7.6 |
0.8 |
8.3 |
0.3 |
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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