Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20023241049
Observation time: 11/20/2002 324.45116 1049 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2002 |
| Fractional day of year |
324.451163 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
38980.5 ± 50.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
95.387 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-16.658 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
2.570 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0245 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0224 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
4.77, 21.32, 21.83 |
Event added to database
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Sat Mar 12 23:37:56 2005
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Event last processed
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Mon Mar 30 23:55:23 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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20.850 ± 0.777
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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] |
-361.0 ± 3.9 |
-388.8 ± 6.0 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-33.8 ± 4.7 |
-29.7 ± 12.2 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-10.4 ± 14.8 |
4.9 ± 9.1 |
| Wi [km/s] |
44.3 ± 2.5 |
70.3 ± 3.8 |
| We [km/s] |
1399.8 ± 78.0 |
2223.1 ± 119.4 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
6.7 ± 0.3 |
13.3 ± 0.8 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
6.1 ± 0.5 |
8.5 ± 0.5 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-6.9 ± 0.9 |
-9.5 ± 0.9 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-1.3 ± 1.9 |
-1.5 ± 2.0 |
Plasma Beta
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0.308 ± 0.309
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0.829 ± 0.783
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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57.15 ± 3.19
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90.76 ± 4.87
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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80.09 ± 1.73
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77.60 ± 3.94
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.985 ± 0.135 |
-0.078 ± 0.992 |
0.153 ± 0.152 |
8.83 ± 41.00 |
184.52 ± 57.70 |
| VC |
-0.922 ± 0.155 |
0.088 ± 0.361 |
0.378 ± 0.359 |
22.21 ± 22.95 |
174.57 ± 22.40 |
| MX1 |
-0.836 ± 0.290 |
-0.357 ± 0.542 |
0.417 ± 0.391 |
24.65 ± 26.50 |
203.16 ± 36.80 |
| MX2 |
-0.881 ± 0.276 |
-0.298 ± 0.559 |
0.366 ± 0.349 |
21.49 ± 33.43 |
198.67 ± 36.09 |
| MX3 |
-0.916 ± 0.247 |
-0.285 ± 0.611 |
0.283 ± 0.275 |
16.44 ± 33.45 |
197.30 ± 38.09 |
| RH08 |
-0.902 ± 0.012 |
-0.431 ± 0.025 |
0.028 ± 0.028 |
1.60 ± 1.50 |
205.57 ± 1.61 |
| RH09 |
-0.993 ± 0.008 |
0.009 ± 0.070 |
0.117 ± 0.117 |
6.74 ± 4.01 |
179.50 ± 4.07 |
| RH10 |
-0.993 ± 0.008 |
0.009 ± 0.070 |
0.117 ± 0.117 |
6.74 ± 4.01 |
179.50 ± 4.07 |
| Average |
-0.928 |
-0.168 |
0.233 |
13.586 |
190.349 |
| Median |
-0.916 |
-0.078 |
0.283 |
16.437 |
197.300 |
| Deviation |
0.058 |
0.197 |
0.147 |
8.681 |
12.140 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
53.3 ± 6.0 |
418.7 ± 14.0 |
1.98 ± 0.20 |
| VC |
44.6 ± 9.2 |
389.7 ± 18.5 |
1.98 ± 0.20 |
| MX1 |
70.4 ± 9.5 |
365.6 ± 14.3 |
1.98 ± 0.20 |
| MX2 |
66.3 ± 8.9 |
382.9 ± 14.1 |
1.98 ± 0.20 |
| MX3 |
65.1 ± 8.0 |
396.2 ± 13.4 |
1.98 ± 0.20 |
| RH08 |
74.4 ± 5.3 |
387.6 ± 12.6 |
1.98 ± 0.20 |
| RH09 |
48.7 ± 5.3 |
420.2 ± 14.7 |
1.98 ± 0.20 |
| RH10 |
48.7 ± 5.3 |
420.2 ± 14.7 |
1.98 ± 0.20 |
| Average |
58.9 |
397.6 |
1.98 |
| Median |
65.1 |
396.2 |
1.98 |
| Deviation |
11.4 |
20.2 |
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 |
62.0 ± 5.9 |
29.1 ± 1.0 |
47.9 ± 1.0 |
94.0 ± 1.3 |
2.14 ± 0.25 |
0.66 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
63.9 ± 8.6 |
35.5 ± 1.3 |
57.0 ± 1.2 |
91.8 ± 1.3 |
1.81 ± 0.28 |
0.70 ± 0.10 |
| MX1 |
56.2 ± 9.6 |
15.8 ± 0.5 |
26.8 ± 0.6 |
97.2 ± 1.4 |
3.58 ± 0.65 |
0.58 ± 0.10 |
| MX2 |
58.4 ± 8.9 |
19.0 ± 0.6 |
32.1 ± 0.7 |
96.6 ± 1.4 |
3.08 ± 0.51 |
0.61 ± 0.10 |
| MX3 |
58.9 ± 7.8 |
19.9 ± 0.7 |
33.7 ± 0.7 |
96.4 ± 1.4 |
2.96 ± 0.44 |
0.61 ± 0.09 |
| RH8 |
47.8 ± 4.6 |
12.6 ± 0.4 |
21.5 ± 0.5 |
97.6 ± 1.5 |
3.80 ± 0.42 |
0.49 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
63.2 ± 5.3 |
32.5 ± 1.2 |
52.9 ± 1.1 |
92.9 ± 1.3 |
1.95 ± 0.21 |
0.68 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
63.2 ± 5.3 |
32.5 ± 1.2 |
52.9 ± 1.1 |
92.9 ± 1.3 |
1.95 ± 0.21 |
0.68 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
59.2 |
24.6 |
40.6 |
94.9 |
2.7 |
0.6 |
| Median |
62.0 |
29.1 |
47.9 |
96.4 |
3.0 |
0.7 |
| Deviation |
5.4 |
8.8 |
13.6 |
2.3 |
0.8 |
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 |
32.5 ± 5.5 |
37.0 ± 1.4 |
46.4 ± 2.4 |
113.6 ± 4.4 |
0.88 ± 0.16 |
0.29 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
32.0 ± 6.9 |
45.3 ± 1.7 |
55.3 ± 2.8 |
110.5 ± 4.3 |
0.71 ± 0.15 |
0.29 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
28.0 ± 4.6 |
20.0 ± 0.7 |
26.0 ± 1.3 |
117.8 ± 4.5 |
1.41 ± 0.26 |
0.24 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
29.5 ± 4.7 |
24.1 ± 0.9 |
31.1 ± 1.6 |
117.0 ± 4.5 |
1.23 ± 0.21 |
0.25 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
30.2 ± 4.8 |
25.3 ± 1.0 |
32.6 ± 1.7 |
116.8 ± 4.5 |
1.20 ± 0.21 |
0.26 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
24.0 ± 6.0 |
16.0 ± 0.6 |
20.9 ± 1.1 |
118.4 ± 4.5 |
1.52 ± 0.43 |
0.20 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
33.7 ± 6.0 |
41.5 ± 1.6 |
51.3 ± 2.6 |
112.0 ± 4.3 |
0.81 ± 0.15 |
0.30 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
33.7 ± 6.0 |
41.5 ± 1.6 |
51.3 ± 2.6 |
112.0 ± 4.3 |
0.81 ± 0.15 |
0.30 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
30.5 |
31.3 |
39.3 |
114.8 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
| Median |
32.0 |
37.0 |
46.4 |
116.8 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
| Deviation |
3.3 |
11.2 |
13.2 |
3.1 |
0.3 |
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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