Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20013572332
Observation time: 12/23/2001 357.98085 2332 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2001 |
| Fractional day of year |
357.980851 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
84745.5 ± 90.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
42.550 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
448.807 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
18.420 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0248 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0214 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
5.96, 21.18, 28.44 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 14 11:17:08 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 22:23:27 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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64.201 ± 13.251
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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] |
-320.0 ± 1.1 |
-346.4 ± 1.6 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-37.7 ± 0.9 |
-53.8 ± 1.9 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
21.2 ± 0.8 |
40.6 ± 1.5 |
| Wi [km/s] |
19.3 ± 0.3 |
26.1 ± 0.6 |
| We [km/s] |
609.7 ± 10.4 |
826.2 ± 18.1 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
16.4 ± 0.2 |
36.9 ± 2.0 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
0.4 ± 0.2 |
-1.0 ± 0.5 |
| By GSE [nT] |
1.5 ± 0.2 |
3.0 ± 0.7 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.8 ± 0.4 |
-1.0 ± 0.8 |
Plasma Beta
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4.053 ± 3.734
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4.548 ± 4.089
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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24.89 ± 0.43
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33.73 ± 0.74
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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9.73 ± 0.96
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12.55 ± 1.56
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.580 ± 0.221 |
-0.663 ± 0.207 |
0.473 ± 0.434 |
28.25 ± 18.38 |
228.82 ± 17.06 |
| VC |
-0.724 ± 0.033 |
-0.441 ± 0.043 |
0.531 ± 0.474 |
32.04 ± 2.82 |
211.34 ± 3.22 |
| MX1 |
-0.648 ± 0.192 |
-0.582 ± 0.210 |
0.491 ± 0.447 |
29.40 ± 9.94 |
221.93 ± 17.83 |
| MX2 |
-0.652 ± 0.133 |
-0.522 ± 0.161 |
0.550 ± 0.486 |
33.34 ± 5.73 |
218.70 ± 13.80 |
| MX3 |
-0.654 ± 0.129 |
-0.507 ± 0.155 |
0.561 ± 0.493 |
34.15 ± 7.59 |
217.79 ± 12.97 |
| RH08 |
-0.737 ± 0.010 |
-0.418 ± 0.014 |
0.531 ± 0.474 |
32.05 ± 0.90 |
209.58 ± 1.01 |
| RH09 |
-0.141 ± 0.046 |
-0.047 ± 0.064 |
0.989 ± 0.212 |
81.43 ± 2.50 |
198.55 ± 25.49 |
| RH10 |
-0.210 ± 0.061 |
0.002 ± 0.074 |
0.978 ± 0.286 |
77.86 ± 3.57 |
179.50 ± 20.06 |
| Average |
-0.543 |
-0.397 |
0.638 |
43.565 |
210.776 |
| Median |
-0.648 |
-0.441 |
0.550 |
33.335 |
217.788 |
| Deviation |
0.233 |
0.244 |
0.215 |
22.373 |
15.545 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
25.9 ± 4.6 |
284.8 ± 2.5 |
2.24 ± 0.10 |
| VC |
39.6 ± 4.1 |
325.6 ± 2.0 |
2.24 ± 0.10 |
| MX1 |
31.2 ± 4.5 |
305.3 ± 2.4 |
2.24 ± 0.10 |
| MX2 |
33.9 ± 3.8 |
305.8 ± 2.2 |
2.24 ± 0.10 |
| MX3 |
34.7 ± 3.8 |
306.2 ± 2.2 |
2.24 ± 0.10 |
| RH08 |
40.9 ± 4.1 |
328.9 ± 2.0 |
2.24 ± 0.10 |
| RH09 |
60.0 ± 11.7 |
110.4 ± 2.2 |
2.24 ± 0.10 |
| RH10 |
62.1 ± 11.0 |
131.9 ± 2.1 |
2.24 ± 0.10 |
| Average |
41.0 |
262.4 |
2.24 |
| Median |
39.6 |
305.8 |
2.24 |
| Deviation |
13.2 |
88.4 |
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 |
64.2 ± 1.4 |
8.6 ± 0.8 |
8.8 ± 0.9 |
25.3 ± 0.4 |
7.51 ± 0.62 |
2.54 ± 0.08 |
| VC |
66.1 ± 1.4 |
7.3 ± 0.7 |
7.5 ± 0.7 |
25.7 ± 0.3 |
9.17 ± 0.73 |
2.57 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
65.5 ± 1.4 |
8.1 ± 0.8 |
8.3 ± 0.8 |
25.5 ± 0.3 |
8.11 ± 0.66 |
2.57 ± 0.08 |
| MX2 |
65.8 ± 1.4 |
7.9 ± 0.7 |
8.1 ± 0.8 |
25.6 ± 0.3 |
8.42 ± 0.68 |
2.58 ± 0.08 |
| MX3 |
65.8 ± 1.4 |
7.8 ± 0.7 |
8.0 ± 0.8 |
25.6 ± 0.3 |
8.51 ± 0.69 |
2.57 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
66.0 ± 1.4 |
7.1 ± 0.6 |
7.3 ± 0.7 |
25.8 ± 0.3 |
9.36 ± 0.74 |
2.56 ± 0.07 |
| RH9 |
42.4 ± 0.9 |
4.6 ± 0.4 |
4.9 ± 0.5 |
26.3 ± 0.3 |
9.31 ± 0.75 |
1.61 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
44.0 ± 0.9 |
4.3 ± 0.4 |
4.6 ± 0.4 |
26.4 ± 0.2 |
10.31 ± 0.83 |
1.67 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
60.0 |
7.0 |
7.2 |
25.8 |
8.8 |
2.3 |
| Median |
65.8 |
7.8 |
8.0 |
25.7 |
9.2 |
2.6 |
| Deviation |
10.4 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
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 |
29.1 ± 1.6 |
11.1 ± 1.3 |
11.3 ± 1.4 |
34.2 ± 0.7 |
2.65 ± 0.38 |
0.85 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
29.6 ± 1.4 |
9.4 ± 1.1 |
9.7 ± 1.2 |
34.8 ± 0.6 |
3.20 ± 0.46 |
0.85 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
29.6 ± 1.5 |
10.5 ± 1.2 |
10.7 ± 1.3 |
34.4 ± 0.6 |
2.85 ± 0.41 |
0.86 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
29.6 ± 1.4 |
10.2 ± 1.2 |
10.4 ± 1.3 |
34.5 ± 0.6 |
2.95 ± 0.42 |
0.86 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
29.6 ± 1.4 |
10.1 ± 1.2 |
10.3 ± 1.3 |
34.6 ± 0.6 |
2.97 ± 0.42 |
0.86 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
29.5 ± 1.4 |
9.2 ± 1.1 |
9.5 ± 1.2 |
34.8 ± 0.6 |
3.26 ± 0.47 |
0.85 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
18.8 ± 1.4 |
5.9 ± 0.7 |
6.3 ± 0.8 |
35.5 ± 0.6 |
3.18 ± 0.29 |
0.53 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
19.6 ± 1.3 |
5.6 ± 0.6 |
5.9 ± 0.7 |
35.6 ± 0.6 |
3.54 ± 0.33 |
0.55 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
26.9 |
9.0 |
9.3 |
34.8 |
3.1 |
0.8 |
| Median |
29.6 |
10.1 |
10.3 |
34.8 |
3.2 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
4.8 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
0.5 |
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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