Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20010971756
Observation time: 04/07/2001 97.74790 1756 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2001 |
| Fractional day of year |
97.747899 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
64618.5 ± 12.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
2.600 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-258.067 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
0.793 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0214 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0207 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
25.71, 29.24, 30.60 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:13:17 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 20:45:15 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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-26.007 ± 1.324
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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] |
-457.4 ± 3.4 |
-591.8 ± 6.3 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-38.5 ± 3.4 |
-47.2 ± 8.7 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-19.1 ± 3.2 |
-6.4 ± 13.7 |
| Wi [km/s] |
38.8 ± 2.3 |
72.2 ± 6.1 |
| We [km/s] |
1226.2 ± 73.2 |
2282.6 ± 193.8 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
3.3 ± 0.3 |
10.4 ± 0.7 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
3.0 ± 0.2 |
-3.8 ± 1.6 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-4.2 ± 0.3 |
7.7 ± 1.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.5 ± 0.5 |
-7.4 ± 0.7 |
Plasma Beta
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0.399 ± 0.356
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0.946 ± 0.882
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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50.06 ± 2.99
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93.19 ± 7.91
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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62.84 ± 5.82
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77.42 ± 9.45
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.448 ± 0.126 |
0.346 ± 0.146 |
0.824 ± 0.549 |
55.51 ± 6.26 |
142.35 ± 17.24 |
| VC |
-0.994 ± 0.010 |
-0.063 ± 0.060 |
0.095 ± 0.094 |
5.42 ± 5.59 |
183.63 ± 3.48 |
| MX1 |
-0.898 ± 0.031 |
-0.412 ± 0.059 |
0.151 ± 0.150 |
8.68 ± 6.40 |
204.65 ± 3.70 |
| MX2 |
-0.899 ± 0.039 |
-0.297 ± 0.036 |
0.323 ± 0.311 |
18.83 ± 6.90 |
198.30 ± 2.16 |
| MX3 |
-0.902 ± 0.033 |
-0.330 ± 0.041 |
0.277 ± 0.270 |
16.10 ± 6.61 |
200.09 ± 2.51 |
| RH08 |
-0.805 ± 0.006 |
-0.556 ± 0.008 |
0.207 ± 0.204 |
11.93 ± 0.75 |
214.60 ± 0.55 |
| RH09 |
-0.805 ± 0.028 |
-0.556 ± 0.040 |
0.207 ± 0.204 |
11.93 ± 2.65 |
214.60 ± 2.79 |
| RH10 |
-0.805 ± 0.033 |
-0.556 ± 0.046 |
0.207 ± 0.204 |
11.93 ± 2.99 |
214.60 ± 3.26 |
| Average |
-0.820 |
-0.303 |
0.286 |
17.541 |
196.601 |
| Median |
-0.805 |
-0.330 |
0.207 |
11.929 |
204.646 |
| Deviation |
0.164 |
0.312 |
0.228 |
15.881 |
24.386 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
63.1 ± 5.4 |
273.2 ± 15.1 |
3.24 ± 0.33 |
| VC |
59.3 ± 1.8 |
656.5 ± 14.2 |
3.24 ± 0.33 |
| MX1 |
80.4 ± 1.7 |
609.5 ± 15.1 |
3.24 ± 0.33 |
| MX2 |
76.0 ± 2.2 |
604.3 ± 14.9 |
3.24 ± 0.33 |
| MX3 |
77.1 ± 2.0 |
608.7 ± 15.0 |
3.24 ± 0.33 |
| RH08 |
89.6 ± 1.7 |
553.9 ± 15.3 |
3.24 ± 0.33 |
| RH09 |
89.6 ± 1.7 |
553.9 ± 15.3 |
3.24 ± 0.33 |
| RH10 |
89.6 ± 1.7 |
553.9 ± 15.3 |
3.24 ± 0.33 |
| Average |
78.1 |
551.8 |
3.24 |
| Median |
80.4 |
604.3 |
3.24 |
| Deviation |
11.8 |
118.3 |
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 |
97.2 ± 3.5 |
18.1 ± 0.6 |
28.4 ± 2.6 |
78.5 ± 3.2 |
5.39 ± 0.29 |
1.24 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
201.4 ± 3.6 |
20.5 ± 0.6 |
32.0 ± 3.0 |
77.9 ± 3.2 |
9.83 ± 0.23 |
2.59 ± 0.09 |
| MX1 |
185.6 ± 3.9 |
6.5 ± 0.2 |
10.5 ± 1.0 |
80.2 ± 3.2 |
28.38 ± 0.61 |
2.31 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
188.0 ± 3.9 |
9.5 ± 0.3 |
15.2 ± 1.4 |
79.9 ± 3.2 |
19.79 ± 0.50 |
2.35 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
188.5 ± 3.9 |
8.7 ± 0.3 |
14.0 ± 1.3 |
80.0 ± 3.2 |
21.61 ± 0.52 |
2.36 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
168.1 ± 4.0 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
80.5 ± 3.2 |
594.37 ± 13.03 |
2.09 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
168.1 ± 4.0 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
80.5 ± 3.2 |
594.37 ± 13.03 |
2.09 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
168.1 ± 4.0 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
80.5 ± 3.2 |
594.37 ± 13.03 |
2.09 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
170.6 |
8.0 |
12.7 |
79.8 |
233.5 |
2.1 |
| Median |
185.6 |
8.7 |
14.0 |
80.2 |
28.4 |
2.3 |
| Deviation |
32.1 |
7.9 |
12.4 |
1.0 |
298.9 |
0.4 |
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 |
29.6 ± 9.3 |
27.3 ± 1.7 |
35.0 ± 4.3 |
118.5 ± 3.2 |
1.10 ± 0.39 |
0.25 ± 0.08 |
| VC |
66.2 ± 6.0 |
31.0 ± 1.9 |
39.5 ± 4.8 |
117.6 ± 3.1 |
2.13 ± 0.14 |
0.56 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
59.3 ± 7.9 |
9.9 ± 0.6 |
13.0 ± 1.6 |
121.2 ± 3.2 |
5.98 ± 0.63 |
0.49 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
60.5 ± 7.1 |
14.4 ± 0.8 |
18.8 ± 2.3 |
120.8 ± 3.2 |
4.21 ± 0.41 |
0.50 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
60.9 ± 7.3 |
13.2 ± 0.8 |
17.3 ± 2.1 |
120.9 ± 3.2 |
4.61 ± 0.45 |
0.50 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
52.4 ± 8.6 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
0.6 ± 0.1 |
121.6 ± 3.2 |
122.09 ± 16.86 |
0.43 ± 0.07 |
| RH9 |
52.4 ± 8.6 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
0.6 ± 0.1 |
121.6 ± 3.2 |
122.09 ± 16.86 |
0.43 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
52.4 ± 8.6 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
0.6 ± 0.1 |
121.6 ± 3.2 |
122.09 ± 16.86 |
0.43 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
54.2 |
12.1 |
15.7 |
120.5 |
48.0 |
0.5 |
| Median |
59.3 |
13.2 |
17.3 |
121.2 |
6.0 |
0.5 |
| Deviation |
11.2 |
12.0 |
15.3 |
1.6 |
61.3 |
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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