Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20010941439
Observation time: 04/04/2001 94.61095 1439 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2001 |
| Fractional day of year |
94.610955 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
52786.5 ± 18.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
1.620 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-252.783 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
1.807 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0009 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0279 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0209 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
11.38, 18.47, 20.05 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:13:14 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 20:43:36 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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10.323 ± 2.238
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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] |
-491.6 ± 7.6 |
-675.2 ± 32.9 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-29.8 ± 9.8 |
77.8 ± 22.1 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
8.6 ± 6.6 |
80.8 ± 44.1 |
| Wi [km/s] |
41.9 ± 3.7 |
169.3 ± 19.7 |
| We [km/s] |
1326.2 ± 117.7 |
5353.5 ± 622.6 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
3.7 ± 0.7 |
7.3 ± 1.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-3.9 ± 0.3 |
-3.7 ± 3.6 |
| By GSE [nT] |
5.6 ± 0.4 |
7.8 ± 2.4 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.2 ± 0.3 |
-4.3 ± 3.7 |
Plasma Beta
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0.304 ± 0.320
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4.317 ± 5.149
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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54.14 ± 4.81
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218.55 ± 25.42
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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78.63 ± 10.71
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86.84 ± 17.93
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.610 ± 0.096 |
0.782 ± 0.078 |
0.127 ± 0.127 |
7.31 ± 15.91 |
127.96 ± 6.82 |
| VC |
-0.813 ± 0.071 |
0.477 ± 0.072 |
0.334 ± 0.321 |
19.48 ± 12.20 |
149.62 ± 4.38 |
| MX1 |
-0.823 ± 0.291 |
0.516 ± 0.460 |
0.237 ± 0.233 |
13.73 ± 11.90 |
147.94 ± 32.00 |
| MX2 |
-0.765 ± 0.091 |
0.612 ± 0.107 |
0.203 ± 0.200 |
11.72 ± 14.41 |
141.34 ± 7.69 |
| MX3 |
-0.792 ± 0.090 |
0.567 ± 0.116 |
0.226 ± 0.223 |
13.09 ± 12.90 |
144.41 ± 8.12 |
| RH08 |
-0.901 ± 0.006 |
0.338 ± 0.013 |
0.274 ± 0.267 |
15.89 ± 0.84 |
159.44 ± 0.80 |
| RH09 |
-0.923 ± 0.027 |
0.292 ± 0.068 |
0.251 ± 0.246 |
14.56 ± 3.99 |
162.45 ± 4.20 |
| RH10 |
-0.931 ± 0.026 |
0.276 ± 0.068 |
0.240 ± 0.235 |
13.90 ± 3.98 |
163.45 ± 4.17 |
| Average |
-0.820 |
0.482 |
0.237 |
13.709 |
149.577 |
| Median |
-0.813 |
0.516 |
0.240 |
13.900 |
149.618 |
| Deviation |
0.105 |
0.175 |
0.059 |
3.467 |
12.073 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
9.7 ± 1.7 |
681.7 ± 152.3 |
2.15 ± 0.71 |
| VC |
31.9 ± 1.3 |
834.2 ± 152.7 |
2.15 ± 0.71 |
| MX1 |
27.2 ± 1.4 |
845.0 ± 155.4 |
2.15 ± 0.71 |
| MX2 |
20.9 ± 1.2 |
804.7 ± 156.4 |
2.15 ± 0.71 |
| MX3 |
24.1 ± 1.3 |
824.2 ± 156.1 |
2.15 ± 0.71 |
| RH08 |
38.0 ± 1.6 |
876.5 ± 149.5 |
2.15 ± 0.71 |
| RH09 |
40.2 ± 1.7 |
884.4 ± 147.7 |
2.15 ± 0.71 |
| RH10 |
40.9 ± 1.8 |
886.6 ± 147.0 |
2.15 ± 0.71 |
| Average |
29.1 |
829.7 |
2.15 |
| Median |
31.9 |
845.0 |
2.15 |
| Deviation |
10.8 |
66.8 |
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 |
404.0 ± 9.5 |
52.5 ± 4.4 |
77.5 ± 10.6 |
79.8 ± 10.2 |
7.75 ± 0.69 |
5.14 ± 0.72 |
| VC |
445.7 ± 8.6 |
41.8 ± 2.9 |
66.8 ± 9.1 |
86.1 ± 8.9 |
10.72 ± 0.84 |
5.23 ± 0.59 |
| MX1 |
453.6 ± 8.7 |
44.5 ± 3.2 |
69.9 ± 9.5 |
84.7 ± 9.1 |
10.25 ± 0.82 |
5.41 ± 0.63 |
| MX2 |
445.4 ± 9.0 |
47.9 ± 3.6 |
73.5 ± 10.0 |
82.8 ± 9.4 |
9.36 ± 0.78 |
5.45 ± 0.68 |
| MX3 |
449.8 ± 8.9 |
46.2 ± 3.4 |
71.8 ± 9.8 |
83.7 ± 9.2 |
9.78 ± 0.80 |
5.43 ± 0.65 |
| RH8 |
441.5 ± 8.2 |
38.0 ± 2.6 |
62.0 ± 8.4 |
87.9 ± 8.7 |
11.68 ± 0.91 |
5.07 ± 0.55 |
| RH9 |
437.3 ± 8.1 |
36.6 ± 2.4 |
60.1 ± 8.2 |
88.5 ± 8.6 |
12.01 ± 0.93 |
4.99 ± 0.53 |
| RH10 |
435.3 ± 8.1 |
36.1 ± 2.4 |
59.5 ± 8.1 |
88.7 ± 8.6 |
12.11 ± 0.94 |
4.95 ± 0.53 |
| Average |
439.1 |
42.9 |
67.6 |
85.3 |
10.5 |
5.2 |
| Median |
445.4 |
44.5 |
69.9 |
86.1 |
10.7 |
5.2 |
| Deviation |
15.4 |
5.9 |
6.7 |
3.1 |
1.5 |
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 |
198.6 ± 28.3 |
85.3 ± 17.5 |
85.6 ± 17.7 |
219.2 ± 25.3 |
2.37 ± 0.30 |
0.92 ± 0.19 |
| VC |
221.0 ± 22.3 |
71.7 ± 13.9 |
73.8 ± 15.2 |
224.3 ± 24.4 |
3.16 ± 0.59 |
1.00 ± 0.17 |
| MX1 |
229.8 ± 26.2 |
75.5 ± 14.9 |
77.2 ± 15.9 |
223.0 ± 24.6 |
3.11 ± 0.53 |
1.04 ± 0.19 |
| MX2 |
224.5 ± 27.2 |
80.0 ± 16.0 |
81.1 ± 16.8 |
221.3 ± 24.9 |
2.87 ± 0.45 |
1.03 ± 0.19 |
| MX3 |
227.0 ± 26.5 |
77.9 ± 15.5 |
79.3 ± 16.4 |
222.1 ± 24.8 |
2.98 ± 0.49 |
1.04 ± 0.19 |
| RH8 |
220.0 ± 25.0 |
65.9 ± 12.6 |
68.4 ± 14.1 |
226.2 ± 24.2 |
3.42 ± 0.64 |
0.99 ± 0.18 |
| RH9 |
218.3 ± 25.8 |
63.7 ± 12.1 |
66.4 ± 13.7 |
226.8 ± 24.2 |
3.51 ± 0.66 |
0.98 ± 0.18 |
| RH10 |
217.4 ± 26.1 |
63.0 ± 11.9 |
65.7 ± 13.6 |
227.0 ± 24.2 |
3.53 ± 0.66 |
0.97 ± 0.18 |
| Average |
219.6 |
72.9 |
74.7 |
223.7 |
3.1 |
1.0 |
| Median |
221.0 |
75.5 |
77.2 |
224.3 |
3.2 |
1.0 |
| Deviation |
9.5 |
8.2 |
7.3 |
2.8 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
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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