Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20011681304
Observation time: 06/17/2001 168.54505 1304 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2001 |
| Fractional day of year |
168.545052 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
47092.5 ± 6.0 |
| Shock type |
SR |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
79.429 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
118.345 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
5.864 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0009 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0266 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0267 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
1.48, 12.45, 12.73 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:14:16 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 21:11:54 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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43.889 ± 4.112
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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] |
-320.1 ± 2.1 |
-342.8 ± 1.0 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-9.0 ± 2.5 |
25.2 ± 3.0 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-0.4 ± 2.7 |
-8.3 ± 2.4 |
| Wi [km/s] |
24.3 ± 2.3 |
19.3 ± 0.5 |
| We [km/s] |
767.8 ± 73.9 |
611.1 ± 15.7 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
21.1 ± 0.8 |
9.8 ± 0.4 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-0.1 ± 0.8 |
-4.6 ± 0.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
0.9 ± 2.5 |
4.9 ± 0.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.7 ± 1.5 |
-5.4 ± 0.5 |
Plasma Beta
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8.812 ± 4.823
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0.103 ± 0.103
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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31.35 ± 3.02
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24.95 ± 0.64
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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13.53 ± 6.23
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60.52 ± 2.20
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.994 ± 0.122 |
0.086 ± 1.333 |
-0.063 ± 0.063 |
-3.62 ± 38.10 |
175.07 ± 76.79 |
| VC |
-0.545 ± 0.052 |
0.816 ± 0.037 |
-0.194 ± 0.191 |
-11.17 ± 5.03 |
123.76 ± 3.56 |
| MX1 |
-0.995 ± 0.070 |
0.000 ± 1.346 |
-0.104 ± 0.103 |
-5.96 ± 38.82 |
179.98 ± 77.54 |
| MX2 |
-0.788 ± 0.652 |
0.557 ± 0.904 |
0.262 ± 0.256 |
15.18 ± 40.15 |
144.77 ± 65.26 |
| MX3 |
-0.666 ± 0.643 |
0.632 ± 0.673 |
0.398 ± 0.375 |
23.44 ± 35.81 |
136.50 ± 56.00 |
| RH08 |
-0.836 ± 0.009 |
-0.455 ± 0.015 |
0.307 ± 0.297 |
17.89 ± 0.79 |
208.58 ± 1.00 |
| RH09 |
-0.829 ± 0.039 |
-0.452 ± 0.063 |
0.330 ± 0.317 |
19.25 ± 4.00 |
208.58 ± 4.29 |
| RH10 |
-0.828 ± 0.039 |
-0.470 ± 0.062 |
0.307 ± 0.297 |
17.89 ± 4.00 |
209.58 ± 4.24 |
| Average |
-0.810 |
0.089 |
0.155 |
9.112 |
173.353 |
| Median |
-0.828 |
0.086 |
0.307 |
17.894 |
179.977 |
| Deviation |
0.152 |
0.528 |
0.234 |
13.627 |
34.796 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
89.7 ± 22.5 |
295.9 ± 4.7 |
0.47 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
52.6 ± 20.3 |
131.6 ± 5.8 |
0.47 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
89.7 ± 21.2 |
298.8 ± 4.6 |
0.47 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
48.9 ± 19.8 |
217.6 ± 5.8 |
0.47 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
40.3 ± 21.6 |
178.8 ± 6.2 |
0.47 ± 0.03 |
| RH08 |
89.7 ± 10.0 |
271.2 ± 2.6 |
0.47 ± 0.03 |
| RH09 |
89.9 ± 9.3 |
269.2 ± 2.6 |
0.47 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
89.6 ± 10.2 |
269.4 ± 2.6 |
0.47 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
73.8 |
241.5 |
0.47 |
| Median |
89.7 |
269.4 |
0.47 |
| Deviation |
22.2 |
60.1 |
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 |
-21.6 ± 2.2 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
34.7 ± 1.6 |
-374.28 ± 166.42 |
-0.62 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
-35.7 ± 2.3 |
7.4 ± 2.9 |
8.2 ± 3.8 |
33.8 ± 1.5 |
-5.82 ± 3.25 |
-1.06 ± 0.10 |
| MX1 |
-19.6 ± 2.2 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
34.7 ± 1.6 |
-381.33 ± 162.97 |
-0.57 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
-29.7 ± 2.8 |
8.0 ± 3.1 |
8.9 ± 4.1 |
33.7 ± 1.6 |
-4.43 ± 2.41 |
-0.88 ± 0.11 |
| MX3 |
-28.5 ± 3.0 |
9.5 ± 3.8 |
10.3 ± 4.8 |
33.2 ± 1.7 |
-3.64 ± 2.08 |
-0.86 ± 0.12 |
| RH8 |
-0.3 ± 1.4 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
34.7 ± 1.6 |
7.43 ± 54.63 |
-0.01 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
-0.2 ± 1.3 |
0.0 ± 0.0 |
0.0 ± 0.0 |
34.7 ± 1.6 |
19.83 ± 114.61 |
-0.00 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
0.4 ± 1.3 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
34.7 ± 1.6 |
15.23 ± 47.76 |
0.01 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
-16.9 |
3.2 |
3.5 |
34.3 |
-90.9 |
-0.5 |
| Median |
-19.6 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
34.7 |
-3.6 |
-0.6 |
| Deviation |
14.8 |
4.3 |
4.7 |
0.6 |
177.4 |
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 |
-47.7 ± 1.0 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
65.5 ± 1.8 |
-363.24 ± 6.42 |
-0.73 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
-77.5 ± 1.9 |
14.4 ± 0.3 |
36.8 ± 1.3 |
63.9 ± 1.9 |
-5.40 ± 0.10 |
-1.21 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
-43.1 ± 1.1 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
65.5 ± 1.8 |
-370.61 ± 9.58 |
-0.66 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
-64.5 ± 2.0 |
15.6 ± 0.3 |
39.8 ± 1.4 |
63.6 ± 1.9 |
-4.13 ± 0.09 |
-1.02 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
-62.0 ± 2.5 |
18.3 ± 0.4 |
46.1 ± 1.7 |
62.9 ± 2.0 |
-3.39 ± 0.11 |
-0.99 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
-1.3 ± 1.2 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
65.5 ± 1.8 |
-10.44 ± 10.15 |
-0.02 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
-1.0 ± 1.2 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
65.5 ± 1.8 |
-16.38 ± 20.45 |
-0.01 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
0.0 ± 1.3 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
65.5 ± 1.8 |
0.18 ± 8.18 |
0.00 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
-37.1 |
6.1 |
15.5 |
64.7 |
-96.7 |
-0.6 |
| Median |
-43.1 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
65.5 |
-5.4 |
-0.7 |
| Deviation |
31.9 |
8.3 |
21.2 |
1.1 |
166.9 |
0.5 |
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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