Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20031690901
Observation time: 06/18/2003 169.37582 0901 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2003 |
| Fractional day of year |
169.375816 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
32470.5 ± 5.0 |
| Shock type |
SF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
224.109 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-73.041 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
1.089 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0193 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0171 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
2.72, 3.29, 3.60 |
Event added to database
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Sat Mar 12 23:43:27 2005
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Event last processed
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Tue Mar 31 00:00:27 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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33.137 ± 0.976
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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] |
-514.6 ± 3.3 |
-547.0 ± 3.2 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-48.5 ± 4.0 |
-5.6 ± 2.7 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-15.1 ± 8.4 |
-16.2 ± 3.0 |
| Wi [km/s] |
38.3 ± 3.5 |
72.9 ± 1.8 |
| We [km/s] |
1211.7 ± 111.6 |
2305.9 ± 56.9 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
8.1 ± 0.6 |
14.6 ± 1.0 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
10.7 ± 1.0 |
5.5 ± 0.6 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-14.5 ± 0.6 |
-6.5 ± 0.9 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-2.7 ± 3.0 |
-7.0 ± 0.9 |
Plasma Beta
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0.074 ± 0.069
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1.339 ± 1.440
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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49.47 ± 4.56
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94.14 ± 2.32
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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141.35 ± 4.41
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63.58 ± 5.04
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.417 ± 0.162 |
0.225 ± 0.224 |
0.880 ± 0.511 |
61.70 ± 8.28 |
151.63 ± 29.64 |
| VC |
-0.603 ± 0.059 |
0.798 ± 0.045 |
-0.009 ± 0.009 |
-0.54 ± 8.95 |
127.08 ± 4.23 |
| MX1 |
-0.947 ± 0.293 |
0.138 ± 0.784 |
0.290 ± 0.281 |
16.85 ± 53.96 |
171.70 ± 47.40 |
| MX2 |
-0.389 ± 0.374 |
0.333 ± 0.348 |
0.859 ± 0.529 |
59.20 ± 29.14 |
139.40 ± 29.69 |
| MX3 |
-0.529 ± 0.213 |
0.269 ± 0.343 |
0.805 ± 0.555 |
53.63 ± 10.12 |
153.03 ± 36.48 |
| RH08 |
-0.856 ± 0.011 |
-0.506 ± 0.017 |
0.106 ± 0.106 |
6.09 ± 2.07 |
210.58 ± 1.16 |
| RH09 |
-0.856 ± 0.022 |
-0.506 ± 0.036 |
0.106 ± 0.106 |
6.09 ± 4.08 |
210.58 ± 2.42 |
| RH10 |
-0.856 ± 0.025 |
-0.506 ± 0.041 |
0.106 ± 0.106 |
6.09 ± 4.12 |
210.58 ± 2.74 |
| Average |
-0.682 |
0.031 |
0.393 |
26.139 |
171.824 |
| Median |
-0.603 |
0.225 |
0.290 |
16.846 |
171.698 |
| Deviation |
0.223 |
0.486 |
0.386 |
27.035 |
34.480 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
56.5 ± 8.2 |
240.4 ± 10.9 |
1.79 ± 0.20 |
| VC |
9.5 ± 9.3 |
393.7 ± 19.9 |
1.79 ± 0.20 |
| MX1 |
45.6 ± 1.5 |
559.4 ± 9.6 |
1.79 ± 0.20 |
| MX2 |
51.8 ± 8.7 |
228.9 ± 11.0 |
1.79 ± 0.20 |
| MX3 |
50.2 ± 7.5 |
308.3 ± 10.7 |
1.79 ± 0.20 |
| RH08 |
83.4 ± 2.5 |
478.5 ± 8.8 |
1.79 ± 0.20 |
| RH09 |
83.4 ± 2.5 |
478.5 ± 8.8 |
1.79 ± 0.20 |
| RH10 |
83.4 ± 2.5 |
478.5 ± 8.8 |
1.79 ± 0.20 |
| Average |
58.0 |
395.8 |
1.79 |
| Median |
56.5 |
478.5 |
1.79 |
| Deviation |
25.5 |
123.6 |
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 |
49.9 ± 5.8 |
26.2 ± 2.3 |
78.0 ± 2.4 |
147.5 ± 5.2 |
1.93 ± 0.31 |
0.34 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
122.0 ± 4.9 |
48.7 ± 4.5 |
139.4 ± 4.3 |
141.6 ± 4.4 |
2.52 ± 0.26 |
0.86 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
83.1 ± 2.2 |
33.5 ± 2.9 |
99.0 ± 3.1 |
146.0 ± 5.0 |
2.50 ± 0.25 |
0.57 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
58.0 ± 5.3 |
29.4 ± 2.5 |
87.4 ± 2.7 |
146.9 ± 5.1 |
1.99 ± 0.28 |
0.40 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
61.5 ± 4.8 |
30.5 ± 2.6 |
90.4 ± 2.8 |
146.6 ± 5.1 |
2.03 ± 0.27 |
0.42 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
15.1 ± 2.1 |
5.3 ± 0.4 |
16.1 ± 0.5 |
149.7 ± 5.4 |
2.84 ± 0.47 |
0.10 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
15.1 ± 2.1 |
5.3 ± 0.4 |
16.1 ± 0.5 |
149.7 ± 5.4 |
2.84 ± 0.47 |
0.10 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
15.1 ± 2.1 |
5.3 ± 0.4 |
16.1 ± 0.5 |
149.7 ± 5.4 |
2.84 ± 0.47 |
0.10 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
52.5 |
23.0 |
67.8 |
147.2 |
2.4 |
0.4 |
| Median |
58.0 |
29.4 |
87.4 |
147.5 |
2.5 |
0.4 |
| Deviation |
38.0 |
16.1 |
46.4 |
2.7 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
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 |
27.7 ± 3.3 |
30.1 ± 1.4 |
35.1 ± 2.8 |
109.6 ± 1.6 |
0.92 ± 0.07 |
0.25 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
68.3 ± 1.8 |
61.9 ± 4.6 |
62.7 ± 5.0 |
95.2 ± 1.9 |
1.11 ± 0.08 |
0.72 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
46.8 ± 3.5 |
39.2 ± 1.9 |
44.5 ± 3.5 |
106.7 ± 1.4 |
1.19 ± 0.04 |
0.44 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
32.0 ± 2.9 |
34.1 ± 1.6 |
39.3 ± 3.1 |
108.5 ± 1.5 |
0.94 ± 0.04 |
0.30 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
33.7 ± 3.3 |
35.4 ± 1.7 |
40.7 ± 3.2 |
108.0 ± 1.5 |
0.95 ± 0.05 |
0.31 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
9.1 ± 4.1 |
6.0 ± 0.3 |
7.3 ± 0.6 |
113.5 ± 1.8 |
1.50 ± 0.59 |
0.08 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
9.1 ± 4.1 |
6.0 ± 0.3 |
7.3 ± 0.6 |
113.5 ± 1.8 |
1.50 ± 0.59 |
0.08 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
9.1 ± 4.1 |
6.0 ± 0.3 |
7.3 ± 0.6 |
113.5 ± 1.8 |
1.50 ± 0.59 |
0.08 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
29.5 |
27.3 |
30.5 |
108.6 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
| Median |
32.0 |
34.1 |
39.3 |
109.6 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
| Deviation |
21.0 |
20.1 |
20.9 |
6.1 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
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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