Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20013341815
Observation time: 11/30/2001 334.76095 1815 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2001 |
| Fractional day of year |
334.760955 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
65746.5 ± 6.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
42.550 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
420.909 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
18.420 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0258 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0009
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0296 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
5.37, 8.57, 8.73 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:16:41 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 22:12:38 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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3.630 ± 1.647
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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] |
-339.3 ± 2.7 |
-362.2 ± 1.0 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-17.1 ± 3.2 |
-14.5 ± 3.8 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
0.2 ± 3.5 |
15.2 ± 4.2 |
| Wi [km/s] |
25.9 ± 1.5 |
29.5 ± 2.0 |
| We [km/s] |
819.0 ± 48.6 |
932.3 ± 62.1 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
3.8 ± 0.2 |
5.4 ± 0.3 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
1.8 ± 0.2 |
2.1 ± 0.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-3.1 ± 0.3 |
-3.9 ± 0.5 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.7 ± 0.3 |
3.1 ± 0.6 |
Plasma Beta
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0.397 ± 0.378
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0.324 ± 0.319
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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33.44 ± 1.99
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38.06 ± 2.54
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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41.42 ± 2.05
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51.94 ± 1.62
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.557 ± 0.219 |
0.771 ± 0.163 |
0.309 ± 0.299 |
18.01 ± 10.42 |
125.83 ± 16.10 |
| VC |
-0.840 ± 0.097 |
0.103 ± 0.170 |
0.532 ± 0.475 |
32.16 ± 10.23 |
173.03 ± 11.56 |
| MX1 |
-0.840 ± 0.143 |
0.490 ± 0.242 |
0.234 ± 0.229 |
13.51 ± 6.94 |
149.71 ± 16.49 |
| MX2 |
-0.905 ± 0.074 |
0.362 ± 0.175 |
0.221 ± 0.218 |
12.78 ± 6.30 |
158.19 ± 11.06 |
| MX3 |
-0.956 ± 0.032 |
0.216 ± 0.113 |
0.198 ± 0.195 |
11.42 ± 5.88 |
167.29 ± 6.75 |
| RH08 |
-0.990 ± 0.002 |
0.061 ± 0.014 |
0.128 ± 0.128 |
7.38 ± 1.00 |
176.49 ± 0.80 |
| RH09 |
-0.999 ± 0.003 |
0.044 ± 0.069 |
-0.006 ± 0.006 |
-0.32 ± 4.05 |
177.49 ± 3.94 |
| RH10 |
-1.000 ± 0.002 |
0.026 ± 0.069 |
-0.006 ± 0.006 |
-0.32 ± 4.05 |
178.50 ± 3.94 |
| Average |
-0.886 |
0.259 |
0.201 |
11.828 |
163.316 |
| Median |
-0.905 |
0.216 |
0.221 |
12.785 |
173.025 |
| Deviation |
0.149 |
0.265 |
0.175 |
10.491 |
18.250 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
30.5 ± 4.2 |
244.4 ± 20.3 |
1.40 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
67.2 ± 2.3 |
378.8 ± 22.4 |
1.40 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
39.3 ± 2.2 |
359.9 ± 21.3 |
1.40 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
45.6 ± 2.6 |
385.8 ± 21.7 |
1.40 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
52.8 ± 3.2 |
407.6 ± 21.8 |
1.40 ± 0.07 |
| RH08 |
59.7 ± 3.9 |
417.9 ± 21.5 |
1.40 ± 0.07 |
| RH09 |
58.6 ± 4.6 |
417.0 ± 21.0 |
1.40 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
59.5 ± 4.6 |
416.8 ± 21.0 |
1.40 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
51.7 |
378.5 |
1.40 |
| Median |
58.6 |
407.6 |
1.40 |
| Deviation |
12.3 |
58.2 |
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 |
68.6 ± 2.3 |
25.4 ± 0.8 |
35.7 ± 1.8 |
46.8 ± 1.4 |
2.70 ± 0.13 |
1.47 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
95.3 ± 1.4 |
10.2 ± 0.3 |
16.0 ± 0.8 |
52.3 ± 1.5 |
9.32 ± 0.27 |
1.82 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
83.4 ± 1.3 |
22.1 ± 0.7 |
32.1 ± 1.6 |
48.5 ± 1.4 |
3.78 ± 0.13 |
1.72 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
84.7 ± 1.4 |
19.5 ± 0.6 |
29.0 ± 1.4 |
49.6 ± 1.4 |
4.34 ± 0.14 |
1.71 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
86.8 ± 1.7 |
16.5 ± 0.5 |
25.1 ± 1.2 |
50.7 ± 1.5 |
5.26 ± 0.18 |
1.72 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
83.1 ± 2.2 |
13.5 ± 0.4 |
20.9 ± 1.0 |
51.5 ± 1.5 |
6.15 ± 0.24 |
1.61 ± 0.07 |
| RH9 |
78.8 ± 2.6 |
14.0 ± 0.4 |
21.6 ± 1.1 |
51.4 ± 1.5 |
5.62 ± 0.25 |
1.53 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
78.0 ± 2.6 |
13.6 ± 0.4 |
21.0 ± 1.0 |
51.5 ± 1.5 |
5.74 ± 0.25 |
1.52 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
82.3 |
16.9 |
25.2 |
50.3 |
5.4 |
1.6 |
| Median |
83.4 |
16.5 |
25.1 |
51.4 |
5.6 |
1.7 |
| Deviation |
7.7 |
5.1 |
6.6 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
0.1 |
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 |
49.2 ± 3.5 |
29.8 ± 1.6 |
44.7 ± 1.4 |
57.1 ± 1.8 |
1.66 ± 0.13 |
0.86 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
67.8 ± 2.0 |
12.1 ± 0.6 |
20.1 ± 0.6 |
63.3 ± 2.2 |
5.62 ± 0.21 |
1.07 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
59.4 ± 2.2 |
25.9 ± 1.3 |
40.2 ± 1.3 |
59.0 ± 1.9 |
2.30 ± 0.13 |
1.01 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
59.8 ± 1.7 |
23.0 ± 1.2 |
36.4 ± 1.1 |
60.2 ± 2.0 |
2.61 ± 0.13 |
0.99 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
61.4 ± 1.2 |
19.5 ± 1.0 |
31.4 ± 1.0 |
61.4 ± 2.1 |
3.16 ± 0.15 |
1.00 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
58.4 ± 0.8 |
16.0 ± 0.8 |
26.2 ± 0.8 |
62.4 ± 2.1 |
3.66 ± 0.18 |
0.94 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
55.9 ± 0.9 |
16.5 ± 0.8 |
27.1 ± 0.8 |
62.3 ± 2.1 |
3.39 ± 0.19 |
0.90 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
55.2 ± 0.9 |
16.0 ± 0.8 |
26.3 ± 0.8 |
62.4 ± 2.1 |
3.45 ± 0.20 |
0.89 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
58.4 |
19.8 |
31.6 |
61.0 |
3.2 |
1.0 |
| Median |
59.4 |
19.5 |
31.4 |
62.3 |
3.4 |
1.0 |
| Deviation |
5.4 |
5.9 |
8.3 |
2.1 |
1.2 |
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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