Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20042060532
Observation time: 07/24/2004 206.23108 0532 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2004 |
| Fractional day of year |
206.231083 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
19965.5 ± 60.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
260.870 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
2.885 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
18.723 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0260 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0251 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
14.23, 18.53, 18.91 |
Event added to database
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Sun Mar 13 01:28:48 2005
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Event last processed
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Tue Mar 31 00:03:56 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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43.738 ± 2.256
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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] |
-492.6 ± 5.2 |
-560.2 ± 2.5 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
2.7 ± 4.0 |
-48.9 ± 7.0 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
20.0 ± 3.9 |
-34.1 ± 4.9 |
| Wi [km/s] |
18.5 ± 7.6 |
54.6 ± 2.8 |
| We [km/s] |
583.7 ± 241.6 |
1727.2 ± 87.5 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
7.3 ± 2.9 |
20.9 ± 2.0 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-5.4 ± 0.3 |
-10.8 ± 0.9 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-1.2 ± 0.2 |
0.7 ± 2.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.8 ± 0.2 |
8.0 ± 1.6 |
Plasma Beta
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0.149 ± 0.158
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0.711 ± 0.697
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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23.83 ± 9.86
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70.51 ± 3.57
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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48.54 ± 13.45
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65.66 ± 7.68
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.843 ± 0.043 |
-0.305 ± 0.090 |
-0.444 ± 0.412 |
-26.36 ± 3.85 |
199.90 ± 6.08 |
| VC |
-0.672 ± 0.052 |
-0.512 ± 0.062 |
-0.535 ± 0.477 |
-32.33 ± 3.55 |
217.31 ± 5.01 |
| MX1 |
-0.810 ± 0.037 |
-0.419 ± 0.058 |
-0.409 ± 0.385 |
-24.15 ± 3.67 |
207.36 ± 3.99 |
| MX2 |
-0.788 ± 0.032 |
-0.475 ± 0.038 |
-0.392 ± 0.371 |
-23.08 ± 4.14 |
211.09 ± 2.58 |
| MX3 |
-0.781 ± 0.035 |
-0.490 ± 0.042 |
-0.386 ± 0.366 |
-22.73 ± 4.33 |
212.10 ± 2.83 |
| RH08 |
-0.979 ± 0.002 |
-0.147 ± 0.012 |
-0.140 ± 0.139 |
-8.03 ± 0.69 |
188.52 ± 0.71 |
| RH09 |
-0.988 ± 0.011 |
-0.113 ± 0.070 |
-0.106 ± 0.106 |
-6.09 ± 4.00 |
186.52 ± 4.03 |
| RH10 |
-0.990 ± 0.010 |
-0.096 ± 0.070 |
-0.106 ± 0.106 |
-6.09 ± 4.02 |
185.52 ± 4.03 |
| Average |
-0.856 |
-0.320 |
-0.315 |
-18.608 |
201.039 |
| Median |
-0.810 |
-0.305 |
-0.386 |
-22.733 |
207.363 |
| Deviation |
0.118 |
0.179 |
0.170 |
10.291 |
12.749 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
19.9 ± 2.0 |
564.1 ± 35.2 |
3.36 ± 1.44 |
| VC |
33.7 ± 1.9 |
485.2 ± 36.6 |
3.36 ± 1.44 |
| MX1 |
21.8 ± 1.9 |
552.9 ± 35.9 |
3.36 ± 1.44 |
| MX2 |
23.6 ± 1.9 |
543.4 ± 36.1 |
3.36 ± 1.44 |
| MX3 |
24.2 ± 1.9 |
540.5 ± 36.1 |
3.36 ± 1.44 |
| RH08 |
4.5 ± 1.8 |
615.4 ± 30.1 |
3.36 ± 1.44 |
| RH09 |
6.5 ± 1.9 |
614.9 ± 29.1 |
3.36 ± 1.44 |
| RH10 |
7.4 ± 1.9 |
614.6 ± 28.8 |
3.36 ± 1.44 |
| Average |
17.7 |
566.4 |
3.36 |
| Median |
21.8 |
564.1 |
3.36 |
| Deviation |
10.4 |
46.4 |
0.00 |
Upstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
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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 |
158.8 ± 4.3 |
21.9 ± 9.0 |
45.6 ± 12.6 |
49.5 ± 13.8 |
8.70 ± 4.35 |
3.43 ± 0.91 |
| VC |
166.2 ± 4.0 |
18.8 ± 7.6 |
40.4 ± 11.2 |
50.8 ± 14.3 |
10.49 ± 5.07 |
3.49 ± 0.92 |
| MX1 |
163.1 ± 4.3 |
21.6 ± 8.8 |
45.1 ± 12.5 |
49.7 ± 13.9 |
9.06 ± 4.51 |
3.51 ± 0.92 |
| MX2 |
164.4 ± 4.3 |
21.2 ± 8.7 |
44.5 ± 12.3 |
49.8 ± 13.9 |
9.28 ± 4.59 |
3.52 ± 0.93 |
| MX3 |
164.6 ± 4.3 |
21.1 ± 8.6 |
44.3 ± 12.3 |
49.9 ± 13.9 |
9.34 ± 4.62 |
3.53 ± 0.93 |
| RH8 |
136.2 ± 4.9 |
23.7 ± 9.8 |
48.4 ± 13.4 |
48.6 ± 13.5 |
6.95 ± 3.58 |
3.00 ± 0.82 |
| RH9 |
130.7 ± 5.0 |
23.6 ± 9.8 |
48.2 ± 13.4 |
48.7 ± 13.5 |
6.71 ± 3.46 |
2.88 ± 0.79 |
| RH10 |
129.4 ± 5.0 |
23.6 ± 9.7 |
48.1 ± 13.3 |
48.7 ± 13.5 |
6.66 ± 3.44 |
2.85 ± 0.79 |
| Average |
151.7 |
21.9 |
45.6 |
49.5 |
8.4 |
3.3 |
| Median |
163.1 |
21.9 |
45.6 |
49.7 |
9.1 |
3.5 |
| Deviation |
16.5 |
1.7 |
2.7 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
0.3 |
Downstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
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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 |
62.1 ± 3.1 |
54.7 ± 4.7 |
61.7 ± 7.2 |
79.4 ± 5.4 |
1.15 ± 0.16 |
0.79 ± 0.09 |
| VC |
65.4 ± 3.8 |
45.1 ± 3.7 |
54.6 ± 6.4 |
85.3 ± 6.0 |
1.47 ± 0.21 |
0.77 ± 0.10 |
| MX1 |
64.5 ± 3.2 |
53.4 ± 4.5 |
61.0 ± 7.1 |
80.3 ± 5.5 |
1.22 ± 0.17 |
0.81 ± 0.10 |
| MX2 |
65.4 ± 3.4 |
52.2 ± 4.4 |
60.2 ± 7.0 |
81.1 ± 5.6 |
1.27 ± 0.17 |
0.81 ± 0.10 |
| MX3 |
65.6 ± 3.4 |
51.8 ± 4.4 |
59.9 ± 7.0 |
81.3 ± 5.6 |
1.28 ± 0.18 |
0.81 ± 0.10 |
| RH8 |
54.8 ± 2.4 |
63.7 ± 6.4 |
65.5 ± 7.7 |
72.4 ± 4.1 |
0.87 ± 0.12 |
0.76 ± 0.07 |
| RH9 |
52.3 ± 2.4 |
62.7 ± 6.1 |
65.2 ± 7.6 |
73.3 ± 4.3 |
0.84 ± 0.12 |
0.72 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
51.8 ± 2.4 |
62.2 ± 5.9 |
65.1 ± 7.6 |
73.7 ± 4.4 |
0.84 ± 0.11 |
0.71 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
60.3 |
55.7 |
61.6 |
78.3 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
| Median |
64.5 |
54.7 |
61.7 |
80.3 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
| Deviation |
6.2 |
6.6 |
3.7 |
4.7 |
0.2 |
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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