Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20001442342
Observation time: 05/23/2000 144.98773 2342 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2000 |
| Fractional day of year |
144.987726 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
85339.5 ± 3.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
46.091 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
4.320 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-3.635 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0218 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0251 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
8.76, 10.41, 10.84 |
Event added to database
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Sat Mar 12 21:44:23 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 23:33:53 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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7.104 ± 0.203
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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] |
-583.9 ± 2.8 |
-630.1 ± 5.3 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-22.3 ± 6.0 |
-41.1 ± 3.7 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-32.0 ± 3.5 |
-48.4 ± 3.4 |
| Wi [km/s] |
54.6 ± 2.7 |
62.3 ± 2.5 |
| We [km/s] |
1726.9 ± 85.6 |
1968.5 ± 80.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
14.9 ± 0.7 |
32.2 ± 1.9 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-1.8 ± 0.6 |
-3.4 ± 1.7 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-11.6 ± 0.6 |
-8.3 ± 1.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-3.6 ± 0.9 |
9.1 ± 1.4 |
Plasma Beta
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0.626 ± 0.649
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1.626 ± 1.903
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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70.50 ± 3.49
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80.36 ± 3.27
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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69.71 ± 4.45
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49.89 ± 5.88
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.245 ± 0.086 |
-0.948 ± 0.027 |
0.203 ± 0.200 |
11.73 ± 4.69 |
255.52 ± 5.17 |
| VC |
-0.882 ± 0.049 |
-0.357 ± 0.111 |
-0.308 ± 0.298 |
-17.92 ± 4.13 |
202.04 ± 7.16 |
| MX1 |
-0.963 ± 0.064 |
0.206 ± 0.286 |
-0.175 ± 0.174 |
-10.10 ± 5.67 |
167.91 ± 17.01 |
| MX2 |
-0.844 ± 0.117 |
-0.536 ± 0.185 |
0.006 ± 0.006 |
0.35 ± 9.35 |
212.43 ± 12.55 |
| MX3 |
-0.949 ± 0.039 |
-0.311 ± 0.116 |
-0.059 ± 0.059 |
-3.39 ± 7.62 |
198.14 ± 7.02 |
| RH08 |
-0.983 ± 0.003 |
-0.130 ± 0.014 |
-0.128 ± 0.128 |
-7.38 ± 0.85 |
187.52 ± 0.82 |
| RH09 |
-0.987 ± 0.010 |
-0.113 ± 0.062 |
-0.117 ± 0.117 |
-6.74 ± 3.39 |
186.52 ± 3.58 |
| RH10 |
-0.987 ± 0.010 |
-0.113 ± 0.063 |
-0.117 ± 0.117 |
-6.74 ± 3.52 |
186.52 ± 3.67 |
| Average |
-0.855 |
-0.288 |
-0.087 |
-5.022 |
199.574 |
| Median |
-0.949 |
-0.130 |
-0.117 |
-6.737 |
198.144 |
| Deviation |
0.252 |
0.345 |
0.148 |
8.585 |
26.164 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
29.3 ± 4.4 |
206.7 ± 9.4 |
2.14 ± 0.18 |
| VC |
56.5 ± 2.5 |
631.2 ± 7.9 |
2.14 ± 0.18 |
| MX1 |
89.7 ± 2.6 |
645.4 ± 7.7 |
2.14 ± 0.18 |
| MX2 |
51.3 ± 3.1 |
594.4 ± 8.3 |
2.14 ± 0.18 |
| MX3 |
63.5 ± 2.8 |
656.3 ± 7.9 |
2.14 ± 0.18 |
| RH08 |
72.5 ± 2.6 |
674.3 ± 7.7 |
2.14 ± 0.18 |
| RH09 |
73.6 ± 2.6 |
675.1 ± 7.7 |
2.14 ± 0.18 |
| RH10 |
73.6 ± 2.6 |
675.1 ± 7.7 |
2.14 ± 0.18 |
| Average |
63.8 |
594.8 |
2.14 |
| Median |
72.5 |
656.3 |
2.14 |
| Deviation |
18.3 |
159.2 |
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 |
49.1 ± 5.4 |
49.8 ± 1.2 |
60.8 ± 3.9 |
85.9 ± 1.6 |
0.99 ± 0.11 |
0.57 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
98.4 ± 5.0 |
28.5 ± 0.6 |
38.5 ± 2.5 |
95.1 ± 1.8 |
3.46 ± 0.18 |
1.04 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
82.3 ± 2.6 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
99.3 ± 1.9 |
292.02 ± 8.26 |
0.83 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
89.8 ± 4.8 |
32.7 ± 0.7 |
43.6 ± 2.8 |
93.7 ± 1.8 |
2.75 ± 0.16 |
0.96 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
93.5 ± 4.1 |
22.6 ± 0.5 |
31.1 ± 2.0 |
96.7 ± 1.9 |
4.13 ± 0.19 |
0.97 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
93.2 ± 3.6 |
15.0 ± 0.3 |
21.0 ± 1.3 |
98.1 ± 1.9 |
6.21 ± 0.25 |
0.95 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
92.7 ± 3.5 |
14.1 ± 0.3 |
19.6 ± 1.3 |
98.3 ± 1.9 |
6.59 ± 0.25 |
0.94 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
92.7 ± 3.5 |
14.1 ± 0.3 |
19.6 ± 1.3 |
98.3 ± 1.9 |
6.59 ± 0.25 |
0.94 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
86.5 |
22.1 |
29.3 |
95.7 |
40.3 |
0.9 |
| Median |
92.7 |
22.6 |
31.1 |
98.1 |
6.2 |
1.0 |
| Deviation |
15.8 |
15.0 |
18.4 |
4.4 |
101.7 |
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 |
23.3 ± 3.8 |
40.8 ± 3.9 |
43.5 ± 5.1 |
85.5 ± 2.2 |
0.58 ± 0.14 |
0.27 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
46.0 ± 4.4 |
24.1 ± 2.0 |
27.6 ± 3.3 |
91.6 ± 2.4 |
1.92 ± 0.22 |
0.50 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
38.9 ± 5.6 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
94.8 ± 2.6 |
161.63 ± 21.55 |
0.41 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
40.8 ± 4.1 |
27.6 ± 2.3 |
31.2 ± 3.7 |
90.6 ± 2.3 |
1.49 ± 0.21 |
0.45 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
42.9 ± 4.7 |
19.2 ± 1.5 |
22.3 ± 2.6 |
92.8 ± 2.4 |
2.24 ± 0.29 |
0.46 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
43.3 ± 5.1 |
12.8 ± 1.0 |
15.0 ± 1.8 |
93.9 ± 2.5 |
3.39 ± 0.43 |
0.46 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
43.1 ± 5.1 |
12.0 ± 0.9 |
14.1 ± 1.7 |
94.0 ± 2.5 |
3.61 ± 0.45 |
0.46 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
43.1 ± 5.1 |
12.0 ± 0.9 |
14.1 ± 1.7 |
94.0 ± 2.5 |
3.61 ± 0.45 |
0.46 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
40.2 |
18.6 |
21.0 |
92.1 |
22.3 |
0.4 |
| Median |
43.1 |
19.2 |
22.3 |
93.9 |
3.4 |
0.5 |
| Deviation |
7.1 |
12.3 |
13.2 |
3.0 |
56.3 |
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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