Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20012430125
Observation time: 08/31/2001 243.05908 0125 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2001 |
| Fractional day of year |
243.059080 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
5104.5 ± 3.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
23.006 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
143.892 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
6.280 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0207 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0258 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
7.31, 10.36, 11.81 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:15:04 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 21:31:06 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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16.669 ± 1.325
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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] |
-402.4 ± 1.1 |
-426.5 ± 2.9 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-43.3 ± 1.3 |
-45.0 ± 6.8 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-33.4 ± 2.2 |
-41.4 ± 4.8 |
| Wi [km/s] |
32.7 ± 1.0 |
34.1 ± 1.4 |
| We [km/s] |
1033.7 ± 32.8 |
1078.6 ± 44.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
3.2 ± 0.1 |
4.4 ± 0.2 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
1.6 ± 0.1 |
2.4 ± 0.1 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-2.7 ± 0.1 |
-3.4 ± 0.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-4.0 ± 0.1 |
-5.5 ± 0.2 |
Plasma Beta
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0.283 ± 0.280
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0.227 ± 0.227
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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42.20 ± 1.34
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44.03 ± 1.80
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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61.45 ± 1.34
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71.69 ± 1.73
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.836 ± 0.433 |
-0.514 ± 0.700 |
-0.195 ± 0.192 |
-11.22 ± 17.66 |
211.57 ± 47.95 |
| VC |
-0.950 ± 0.049 |
-0.085 ± 0.220 |
-0.299 ± 0.290 |
-17.39 ± 8.70 |
185.10 ± 13.24 |
| MX1 |
-0.925 ± 0.045 |
-0.130 ± 0.270 |
-0.356 ± 0.340 |
-20.85 ± 4.02 |
188.01 ± 16.72 |
| MX2 |
-0.925 ± 0.045 |
-0.131 ± 0.266 |
-0.356 ± 0.340 |
-20.87 ± 4.07 |
188.09 ± 16.48 |
| MX3 |
-0.924 ± 0.045 |
-0.134 ± 0.257 |
-0.357 ± 0.341 |
-20.91 ± 4.21 |
188.24 ± 15.93 |
| RH08 |
-0.887 ± 0.018 |
-0.387 ± 0.038 |
-0.251 ± 0.246 |
-14.56 ± 1.54 |
203.57 ± 2.48 |
| RH09 |
-0.859 ± 0.035 |
-0.468 ± 0.062 |
-0.207 ± 0.204 |
-11.93 ± 3.58 |
208.58 ± 4.09 |
| RH10 |
-0.865 ± 0.035 |
-0.452 ± 0.063 |
-0.218 ± 0.214 |
-12.58 ± 3.93 |
207.58 ± 4.15 |
| Average |
-0.897 |
-0.288 |
-0.280 |
-16.290 |
197.591 |
| Median |
-0.887 |
-0.134 |
-0.251 |
-14.560 |
203.565 |
| Deviation |
0.041 |
0.183 |
0.071 |
4.240 |
11.194 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
80.3 ± 1.4 |
448.5 ± 13.6 |
1.39 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
89.3 ± 1.1 |
491.2 ± 24.0 |
1.39 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
86.3 ± 1.1 |
484.1 ± 23.4 |
1.39 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
86.2 ± 1.1 |
484.1 ± 23.4 |
1.39 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
86.1 ± 1.1 |
484.0 ± 23.3 |
1.39 ± 0.07 |
| RH08 |
82.5 ± 1.3 |
475.3 ± 16.8 |
1.39 ± 0.07 |
| RH09 |
81.6 ± 1.4 |
459.0 ± 14.7 |
1.39 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
81.7 ± 1.4 |
462.3 ± 15.1 |
1.39 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
84.3 |
473.6 |
1.39 |
| Median |
86.1 |
484.0 |
1.39 |
| Deviation |
3.2 |
15.2 |
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 |
83.5 ± 1.0 |
5.9 ± 0.2 |
10.3 ± 0.2 |
74.3 ± 1.6 |
14.22 ± 0.41 |
1.12 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
95.0 ± 0.5 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
74.5 ± 1.7 |
225.12 ± 6.04 |
1.27 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
94.2 ± 0.5 |
2.3 ± 0.1 |
4.0 ± 0.1 |
74.5 ± 1.7 |
41.88 ± 1.10 |
1.26 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
94.2 ± 0.5 |
2.3 ± 0.1 |
4.0 ± 0.1 |
74.5 ± 1.7 |
41.27 ± 1.08 |
1.26 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
94.2 ± 0.5 |
2.4 ± 0.1 |
4.2 ± 0.1 |
74.5 ± 1.6 |
40.06 ± 1.05 |
1.26 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
93.1 ± 0.8 |
4.5 ± 0.1 |
8.0 ± 0.2 |
74.4 ± 1.6 |
20.53 ± 0.57 |
1.25 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
86.1 ± 0.9 |
5.1 ± 0.1 |
9.0 ± 0.2 |
74.4 ± 1.6 |
16.86 ± 0.48 |
1.16 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
87.3 ± 0.9 |
5.1 ± 0.1 |
8.9 ± 0.2 |
74.4 ± 1.6 |
17.29 ± 0.49 |
1.17 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
90.9 |
3.5 |
6.1 |
74.4 |
52.2 |
1.2 |
| Median |
94.2 |
4.5 |
8.0 |
74.5 |
40.1 |
1.3 |
| Deviation |
4.6 |
1.9 |
3.4 |
0.1 |
70.9 |
0.1 |
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 |
60.9 ± 0.7 |
6.3 ± 0.2 |
12.1 ± 0.3 |
83.9 ± 1.7 |
9.63 ± 0.39 |
0.73 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
69.6 ± 3.3 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
84.1 ± 1.7 |
152.93 ± 7.74 |
0.83 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
68.9 ± 3.1 |
2.4 ± 0.1 |
4.6 ± 0.1 |
84.1 ± 1.7 |
28.39 ± 1.36 |
0.82 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
68.9 ± 3.1 |
2.5 ± 0.1 |
4.7 ± 0.1 |
84.1 ± 1.7 |
27.98 ± 1.34 |
0.82 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
68.9 ± 3.1 |
2.5 ± 0.1 |
4.8 ± 0.1 |
84.1 ± 1.7 |
27.16 ± 1.30 |
0.82 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
69.1 ± 1.0 |
4.9 ± 0.1 |
9.3 ± 0.2 |
84.0 ± 1.7 |
14.13 ± 0.49 |
0.82 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
63.0 ± 0.6 |
5.5 ± 0.2 |
10.5 ± 0.3 |
84.0 ± 1.7 |
11.44 ± 0.43 |
0.75 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
64.0 ± 0.6 |
5.4 ± 0.2 |
10.4 ± 0.3 |
84.0 ± 1.7 |
11.76 ± 0.43 |
0.76 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
66.7 |
3.8 |
7.2 |
84.0 |
35.4 |
0.8 |
| Median |
68.9 |
4.9 |
9.3 |
84.1 |
27.2 |
0.8 |
| Deviation |
3.4 |
2.1 |
3.9 |
0.1 |
48.2 |
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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