Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20013200125
Observation time: 11/16/2001 320.05950 0125 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2001 |
| Fractional day of year |
320.059497 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
5140.5 ± 3.0 |
| Shock type |
FR |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-16.658 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-33.601 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
1.971 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0009 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0269 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0258 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
6.43, 24.42, 25.06 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:16:23 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 22:03:33 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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-9.541 ± 2.226
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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] |
-289.5 ± 3.8 |
-329.3 ± 10.0 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-73.0 ± 4.8 |
-0.6 ± 9.7 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
3.1 ± 6.0 |
-4.4 ± 15.4 |
| Wi [km/s] |
56.9 ± 5.0 |
33.2 ± 7.0 |
| We [km/s] |
1800.1 ± 157.6 |
1050.4 ± 221.4 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
19.8 ± 1.4 |
8.7 ± 3.0 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
11.0 ± 1.4 |
-5.3 ± 1.1 |
| By GSE [nT] |
18.0 ± 0.3 |
11.2 ± 0.6 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
13.8 ± 0.8 |
-3.3 ± 1.5 |
Plasma Beta
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0.215 ± 0.211
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0.147 ± 0.133
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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73.49 ± 6.43
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42.88 ± 9.04
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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123.66 ± 5.31
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99.26 ± 18.20
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
0.278 ± 0.045 |
-0.954 ± 0.015 |
0.110 ± 0.110 |
6.33 ± 3.50 |
286.23 ± 2.72 |
| VC |
-0.987 ± 0.161 |
-0.112 ± 1.403 |
-0.114 ± 0.113 |
-6.53 ± 9.99 |
186.50 ± 81.41 |
| MX1 |
-0.256 ± 1.187 |
-0.966 ± 0.314 |
0.032 ± 0.032 |
1.85 ± 3.55 |
255.16 ± 70.39 |
| MX2 |
-0.279 ± 1.067 |
-0.951 ± 0.314 |
0.132 ± 0.132 |
7.61 ± 10.62 |
253.64 ± 64.29 |
| MX3 |
-0.168 ± 1.148 |
-0.985 ± 0.196 |
0.025 ± 0.025 |
1.42 ± 3.77 |
260.31 ± 66.77 |
| RH08 |
-0.676 ± 0.025 |
-0.201 ± 0.025 |
0.709 ± 0.556 |
45.19 ± 2.00 |
196.55 ± 2.00 |
| RH09 |
-0.693 ± 0.051 |
-0.180 ± 0.070 |
0.698 ± 0.553 |
44.29 ± 4.03 |
194.54 ± 5.69 |
| RH10 |
-0.693 ± 0.051 |
-0.180 ± 0.070 |
0.698 ± 0.553 |
44.29 ± 4.03 |
194.54 ± 5.69 |
| Average |
-0.434 |
-0.566 |
0.287 |
18.057 |
228.434 |
| Median |
-0.279 |
-0.201 |
0.132 |
7.612 |
253.640 |
| Deviation |
0.402 |
0.426 |
0.352 |
22.372 |
39.242 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
60.0 ± 1.6 |
53.5 ± 68.3 |
0.45 ± 0.17 |
| VC |
55.1 ± 3.0 |
271.4 ± 40.5 |
0.45 ± 0.17 |
| MX1 |
38.5 ± 1.3 |
194.4 ± 44.1 |
0.45 ± 0.17 |
| MX2 |
43.3 ± 1.4 |
199.3 ± 44.7 |
0.45 ± 0.17 |
| MX3 |
40.3 ± 1.2 |
172.9 ± 48.8 |
0.45 ± 0.17 |
| RH08 |
87.2 ± 2.8 |
206.3 ± 12.5 |
0.45 ± 0.17 |
| RH09 |
87.3 ± 2.9 |
207.6 ± 12.8 |
0.45 ± 0.17 |
| RH10 |
87.3 ± 2.9 |
207.6 ± 12.8 |
0.45 ± 0.17 |
| Average |
62.4 |
189.1 |
0.45 |
| Median |
60.0 |
206.3 |
0.45 |
| Deviation |
21.8 |
61.6 |
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 |
63.9 ± 5.0 |
32.3 ± 2.0 |
61.8 ± 2.7 |
140.3 ± 4.9 |
1.99 ± 0.23 |
0.46 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
-22.2 ± 3.1 |
37.3 ± 2.4 |
70.8 ± 3.0 |
139.1 ± 4.9 |
-0.60 ± 0.10 |
-0.16 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
49.7 ± 4.3 |
53.1 ± 3.6 |
96.8 ± 4.2 |
133.8 ± 4.8 |
0.94 ± 0.12 |
0.37 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
48.6 ± 4.2 |
48.7 ± 3.2 |
89.9 ± 3.9 |
135.5 ± 4.8 |
1.00 ± 0.12 |
0.36 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
52.2 ± 4.5 |
51.5 ± 3.5 |
94.3 ± 4.1 |
134.4 ± 4.8 |
1.02 ± 0.13 |
0.39 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
-6.1 ± 5.9 |
3.1 ± 0.2 |
6.0 ± 0.3 |
144.0 ± 5.1 |
-2.04 ± 1.97 |
-0.04 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
-8.2 ± 6.0 |
3.0 ± 0.2 |
5.8 ± 0.3 |
144.0 ± 5.1 |
-2.81 ± 2.05 |
-0.06 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
-8.2 ± 6.0 |
3.0 ± 0.2 |
5.8 ± 0.3 |
144.0 ± 5.1 |
-2.81 ± 2.05 |
-0.06 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
21.2 |
29.0 |
53.9 |
139.4 |
-0.4 |
0.2 |
| Median |
48.6 |
37.3 |
70.8 |
140.3 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
| Deviation |
35.3 |
22.6 |
41.5 |
4.4 |
1.9 |
0.3 |
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 |
144.9 ± 7.2 |
19.5 ± 3.0 |
49.6 ± 9.1 |
107.2 ± 13.7 |
7.60 ± 1.24 |
1.37 ± 0.19 |
| VC |
-54.2 ± 11.8 |
22.5 ± 3.5 |
56.8 ± 10.4 |
106.6 ± 13.9 |
-2.47 ± 0.70 |
-0.52 ± 0.14 |
| MX1 |
109.7 ± 10.5 |
31.6 ± 5.4 |
77.7 ± 14.2 |
104.1 ± 15.0 |
3.56 ± 0.70 |
1.07 ± 0.17 |
| MX2 |
107.4 ± 9.2 |
29.1 ± 4.8 |
72.2 ± 13.2 |
104.9 ± 14.6 |
3.78 ± 0.69 |
1.04 ± 0.16 |
| MX3 |
117.0 ± 10.2 |
30.7 ± 5.1 |
75.7 ± 13.9 |
104.4 ± 14.9 |
3.91 ± 0.75 |
1.14 ± 0.18 |
| RH8 |
-13.1 ± 6.6 |
1.9 ± 0.3 |
4.8 ± 0.9 |
109.1 ± 13.0 |
-7.48 ± 4.51 |
-0.12 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
-17.6 ± 6.6 |
1.8 ± 0.3 |
4.7 ± 0.9 |
109.1 ± 13.0 |
-10.19 ± 4.92 |
-0.16 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
-17.6 ± 6.6 |
1.8 ± 0.3 |
4.7 ± 0.9 |
109.1 ± 13.0 |
-10.19 ± 4.92 |
-0.16 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
47.1 |
17.3 |
43.3 |
106.8 |
-1.4 |
0.5 |
| Median |
107.4 |
22.5 |
56.8 |
107.2 |
3.6 |
1.0 |
| Deviation |
79.5 |
13.5 |
33.3 |
2.2 |
7.1 |
0.8 |
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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