Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20012432359
Observation time: 08/31/2001 243.99995 2359 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2001 |
| Fractional day of year |
243.999948 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
86395.5 ± 41.0 |
| Shock type |
SF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
19.276 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
136.402 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
5.619 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0009 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0269 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0010
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0300 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
89.89, 95.10, 96.32 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:15:14 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 21:35:00 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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2.721 ± 0.974
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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] |
-436.6 ± 3.2 |
-485.3 ± 3.2 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
10.9 ± 2.9 |
30.7 ± 1.8 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-4.6 ± 6.1 |
-3.0 ± 3.0 |
| Wi [km/s] |
31.9 ± 2.7 |
52.0 ± 1.2 |
| We [km/s] |
1008.9 ± 85.6 |
1644.4 ± 37.3 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
1.4 ± 0.2 |
3.6 ± 0.2 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
4.3 ± 0.2 |
-0.4 ± 0.5 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-2.4 ± 0.4 |
-1.0 ± 0.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.3 ± 0.8 |
-1.4 ± 0.2 |
Plasma Beta
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0.127 ± 0.119
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7.205 ± 8.279
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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41.19 ± 3.49
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67.13 ± 1.52
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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91.76 ± 8.10
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20.45 ± 4.65
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.964 ± 0.353 |
0.255 ± 1.308 |
0.081 ± 0.081 |
4.65 ± 49.17 |
165.17 ± 77.76 |
| VC |
-0.926 ± 0.020 |
0.376 ± 0.049 |
0.030 ± 0.030 |
1.74 ± 7.01 |
157.89 ± 3.04 |
| MX1 |
-0.685 ± 0.676 |
-0.721 ± 0.642 |
0.106 ± 0.105 |
6.08 ± 33.80 |
226.49 ± 53.61 |
| MX2 |
-0.965 ± 0.341 |
0.246 ± 1.303 |
0.093 ± 0.093 |
5.35 ± 49.63 |
165.69 ± 77.36 |
| MX3 |
-0.625 ± 0.661 |
0.453 ± 0.714 |
0.636 ± 0.532 |
39.47 ± 53.85 |
144.12 ± 57.03 |
| RH08 |
-0.999 ± 0.002 |
0.044 ± 0.035 |
0.028 ± 0.028 |
1.60 ± 2.00 |
177.49 ± 2.00 |
| RH09 |
-0.999 ± 0.002 |
0.026 ± 0.060 |
0.028 ± 0.028 |
1.60 ± 3.10 |
178.50 ± 3.41 |
| RH10 |
-0.999 ± 0.002 |
0.026 ± 0.066 |
0.028 ± 0.028 |
1.60 ± 3.40 |
178.50 ± 3.78 |
| Average |
-0.895 |
0.088 |
0.129 |
7.761 |
174.229 |
| Median |
-0.964 |
0.246 |
0.081 |
4.645 |
177.493 |
| Deviation |
0.151 |
0.365 |
0.207 |
12.949 |
24.221 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
16.9 ± 3.7 |
508.8 ± 12.4 |
2.60 ± 0.51 |
| VC |
11.1 ± 4.7 |
494.7 ± 12.5 |
2.60 ± 0.51 |
| MX1 |
75.7 ± 3.8 |
322.2 ± 5.4 |
2.60 ± 0.51 |
| MX2 |
17.5 ± 3.5 |
509.1 ± 12.3 |
2.60 ± 0.51 |
| MX3 |
36.9 ± 9.3 |
341.8 ± 10.2 |
2.60 ± 0.51 |
| RH08 |
28.0 ± 5.0 |
517.4 ± 11.8 |
2.60 ± 0.51 |
| RH09 |
28.9 ± 4.9 |
517.0 ± 11.8 |
2.60 ± 0.51 |
| RH10 |
28.9 ± 4.9 |
517.0 ± 11.8 |
2.60 ± 0.51 |
| Average |
30.5 |
466.0 |
2.60 |
| Median |
28.9 |
509.1 |
2.60 |
| Deviation |
20.1 |
83.2 |
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 |
85.8 ± 3.7 |
39.0 ± 3.2 |
87.8 ± 7.7 |
92.8 ± 7.8 |
2.21 ± 0.12 |
0.93 ± 0.11 |
| VC |
86.5 ± 3.6 |
40.2 ± 3.3 |
90.1 ± 7.9 |
92.2 ± 8.0 |
2.16 ± 0.13 |
0.95 ± 0.12 |
| MX1 |
31.6 ± 2.0 |
9.3 ± 0.6 |
22.6 ± 2.0 |
100.3 ± 6.3 |
3.42 ± 0.17 |
0.32 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
85.7 ± 3.7 |
38.8 ± 3.2 |
87.5 ± 7.7 |
92.8 ± 7.8 |
2.21 ± 0.12 |
0.93 ± 0.11 |
| MX3 |
66.8 ± 5.8 |
31.5 ± 2.3 |
73.3 ± 6.5 |
95.6 ± 7.2 |
2.12 ± 0.19 |
0.70 ± 0.10 |
| RH8 |
81.1 ± 3.3 |
35.4 ± 2.7 |
81.0 ± 7.2 |
94.2 ± 7.5 |
2.30 ± 0.12 |
0.87 ± 0.10 |
| RH9 |
80.6 ± 3.3 |
35.0 ± 2.7 |
80.3 ± 7.1 |
94.4 ± 7.4 |
2.31 ± 0.11 |
0.86 ± 0.10 |
| RH10 |
80.6 ± 3.3 |
35.0 ± 2.7 |
80.3 ± 7.1 |
94.4 ± 7.4 |
2.31 ± 0.11 |
0.86 ± 0.10 |
| Average |
74.8 |
33.0 |
75.4 |
94.6 |
2.4 |
0.8 |
| Median |
81.1 |
35.4 |
81.0 |
94.4 |
2.3 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
18.6 |
10.0 |
22.0 |
2.6 |
0.4 |
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 |
33.7 ± 3.1 |
19.5 ± 4.3 |
19.6 ± 4.4 |
67.4 ± 1.3 |
1.80 ± 0.38 |
0.50 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
33.9 ± 3.2 |
20.0 ± 4.5 |
20.1 ± 4.6 |
67.3 ± 1.4 |
1.76 ± 0.38 |
0.50 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
12.4 ± 2.0 |
4.8 ± 0.9 |
5.0 ± 1.1 |
70.2 ± 0.8 |
2.69 ± 0.70 |
0.18 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
33.6 ± 3.1 |
19.4 ± 4.3 |
19.5 ± 4.4 |
67.5 ± 1.3 |
1.80 ± 0.38 |
0.50 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
26.3 ± 1.8 |
16.0 ± 3.4 |
16.3 ± 3.7 |
68.4 ± 0.9 |
1.69 ± 0.29 |
0.39 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
31.5 ± 3.2 |
17.8 ± 3.9 |
18.1 ± 4.1 |
67.9 ± 1.1 |
1.84 ± 0.40 |
0.46 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
31.4 ± 3.2 |
17.6 ± 3.8 |
17.9 ± 4.1 |
68.0 ± 1.1 |
1.85 ± 0.40 |
0.46 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
31.4 ± 3.2 |
17.6 ± 3.8 |
17.9 ± 4.1 |
68.0 ± 1.1 |
1.85 ± 0.40 |
0.46 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
29.3 |
16.6 |
16.8 |
68.1 |
1.9 |
0.4 |
| Median |
31.5 |
17.8 |
18.1 |
68.0 |
1.8 |
0.5 |
| Deviation |
7.2 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
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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