Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20003020638
Observation time: 10/28/2000 302.27696 0638 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2000 |
| Fractional day of year |
302.276962 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
23929.5 ± 14.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
48.632 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-182.012 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
5.110 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0250 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0237 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
5.15, 10.78, 11.27 |
Event added to database
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Sat Mar 12 22:07:11 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 23:35:35 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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11.104 ± 0.711
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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] |
-315.5 ± 3.5 |
-365.5 ± 3.7 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-33.0 ± 1.3 |
-43.7 ± 2.8 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-3.2 ± 4.3 |
8.3 ± 4.6 |
| Wi [km/s] |
25.2 ± 1.3 |
33.3 ± 4.3 |
| We [km/s] |
798.4 ± 42.6 |
1053.1 ± 135.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
3.8 ± 0.4 |
8.0 ± 0.6 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-2.3 ± 0.4 |
-2.5 ± 0.3 |
| By GSE [nT] |
3.7 ± 0.2 |
7.1 ± 0.4 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.6 ± 0.3 |
-0.6 ± 0.6 |
Plasma Beta
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0.269 ± 0.255
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0.342 ± 0.273
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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32.60 ± 1.74
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42.99 ± 5.51
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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49.46 ± 3.77
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58.07 ± 3.82
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.775 ± 0.148 |
0.246 ± 0.198 |
0.583 ± 0.505 |
35.63 ± 13.93 |
162.39 ± 14.27 |
| VC |
-0.956 ± 0.023 |
-0.204 ± 0.048 |
0.212 ± 0.209 |
12.25 ± 5.84 |
192.04 ± 2.84 |
| MX1 |
-0.974 ± 0.023 |
0.047 ± 0.128 |
0.221 ± 0.217 |
12.77 ± 5.63 |
177.23 ± 7.50 |
| MX2 |
-0.983 ± 0.018 |
0.028 ± 0.116 |
0.180 ± 0.178 |
10.34 ± 5.49 |
178.39 ± 6.76 |
| MX3 |
-0.990 ± 0.014 |
0.009 ± 0.107 |
0.138 ± 0.137 |
7.91 ± 5.93 |
179.49 ± 6.21 |
| RH08 |
-0.997 ± 0.001 |
-0.026 ± 0.013 |
0.073 ± 0.072 |
4.16 ± 0.82 |
181.50 ± 0.75 |
| RH09 |
-1.000 ± 0.001 |
-0.009 ± 0.069 |
0.006 ± 0.006 |
0.32 ± 4.05 |
180.50 ± 3.94 |
| RH10 |
-1.000 ± 0.001 |
-0.009 ± 0.069 |
-0.006 ± 0.006 |
-0.32 ± 4.05 |
180.50 ± 3.94 |
| Average |
-0.959 |
0.010 |
0.176 |
10.384 |
179.007 |
| Median |
-0.983 |
0.009 |
0.180 |
10.343 |
180.501 |
| Deviation |
0.076 |
0.123 |
0.186 |
11.386 |
8.112 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
46.2 ± 4.9 |
316.8 ± 11.4 |
2.10 ± 0.28 |
| VC |
68.8 ± 5.6 |
407.8 ± 12.5 |
2.10 ± 0.28 |
| MX1 |
54.3 ± 5.6 |
402.3 ± 12.0 |
2.10 ± 0.28 |
| MX2 |
55.5 ± 5.6 |
406.6 ± 11.9 |
2.10 ± 0.28 |
| MX3 |
56.8 ± 5.6 |
410.0 ± 11.8 |
2.10 ± 0.28 |
| RH08 |
59.1 ± 5.6 |
413.6 ± 11.7 |
2.10 ± 0.28 |
| RH09 |
58.6 ± 5.5 |
413.2 ± 11.4 |
2.10 ± 0.28 |
| RH10 |
58.7 ± 5.5 |
413.1 ± 11.3 |
2.10 ± 0.28 |
| Average |
57.3 |
397.9 |
2.10 |
| Median |
58.6 |
410.0 |
2.10 |
| Deviation |
6.3 |
33.0 |
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 |
82.3 ± 4.2 |
19.9 ± 0.4 |
34.3 ± 2.6 |
55.9 ± 2.4 |
4.13 ± 0.26 |
1.48 ± 0.10 |
| VC |
100.2 ± 3.9 |
9.9 ± 0.1 |
17.9 ± 1.4 |
58.5 ± 2.2 |
10.08 ± 0.49 |
1.72 ± 0.09 |
| MX1 |
97.2 ± 3.8 |
16.4 ± 0.3 |
28.8 ± 2.2 |
57.0 ± 2.3 |
5.92 ± 0.30 |
1.71 ± 0.09 |
| MX2 |
97.8 ± 3.8 |
15.9 ± 0.3 |
28.0 ± 2.1 |
57.1 ± 2.3 |
6.15 ± 0.30 |
1.71 ± 0.09 |
| MX3 |
98.1 ± 3.7 |
15.4 ± 0.3 |
27.1 ± 2.1 |
57.3 ± 2.3 |
6.39 ± 0.31 |
1.72 ± 0.09 |
| RH8 |
98.4 ± 3.6 |
14.3 ± 0.2 |
25.4 ± 1.9 |
57.6 ± 2.3 |
6.86 ± 0.32 |
1.71 ± 0.09 |
| RH9 |
97.4 ± 3.5 |
14.5 ± 0.2 |
25.7 ± 2.0 |
57.5 ± 2.3 |
6.70 ± 0.31 |
1.70 ± 0.09 |
| RH10 |
97.3 ± 3.5 |
14.5 ± 0.2 |
25.7 ± 2.0 |
57.5 ± 2.3 |
6.71 ± 0.31 |
1.69 ± 0.09 |
| Average |
96.1 |
15.1 |
26.6 |
57.3 |
6.6 |
1.7 |
| Median |
97.8 |
15.4 |
27.1 |
57.5 |
6.7 |
1.7 |
| Deviation |
5.6 |
2.8 |
4.5 |
0.7 |
1.6 |
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 |
39.5 ± 4.4 |
25.3 ± 2.0 |
40.2 ± 2.6 |
67.9 ± 2.9 |
1.58 ± 0.29 |
0.59 ± 0.08 |
| VC |
47.8 ± 4.5 |
12.6 ± 0.9 |
21.0 ± 1.4 |
71.4 ± 3.1 |
3.83 ± 0.61 |
0.67 ± 0.09 |
| MX1 |
46.5 ± 4.2 |
20.9 ± 1.6 |
33.8 ± 2.2 |
69.4 ± 3.0 |
2.25 ± 0.36 |
0.67 ± 0.08 |
| MX2 |
46.9 ± 4.1 |
20.2 ± 1.5 |
32.9 ± 2.2 |
69.6 ± 3.0 |
2.34 ± 0.36 |
0.68 ± 0.08 |
| MX3 |
47.1 ± 4.0 |
19.5 ± 1.5 |
31.8 ± 2.1 |
69.8 ± 3.0 |
2.44 ± 0.37 |
0.68 ± 0.08 |
| RH8 |
47.4 ± 3.9 |
18.2 ± 1.3 |
29.8 ± 2.0 |
70.1 ± 3.1 |
2.63 ± 0.39 |
0.68 ± 0.08 |
| RH9 |
47.3 ± 3.7 |
18.4 ± 1.4 |
30.2 ± 2.0 |
70.1 ± 3.1 |
2.59 ± 0.37 |
0.68 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
47.3 ± 3.7 |
18.4 ± 1.4 |
30.1 ± 2.0 |
70.1 ± 3.1 |
2.59 ± 0.37 |
0.68 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
46.2 |
19.2 |
31.2 |
69.8 |
2.5 |
0.7 |
| Median |
47.3 |
19.5 |
31.8 |
70.1 |
2.6 |
0.7 |
| Deviation |
2.7 |
3.5 |
5.3 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
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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