Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20043141825
Observation time: 11/09/2004 314.76804 1825 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2004 |
| Fractional day of year |
314.768042 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
66358.9 ± 60.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
199.808 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
60.870 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-8.100 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0212 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0190 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
8.87, 10.46, 10.85 |
Event added to database
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Sun Mar 13 01:36:01 2005
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Event last processed
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Tue Mar 31 00:12:43 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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25.366 ± 0.665
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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] |
-635.9 ± 1.5 |
-778.5 ± 5.9 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-7.9 ± 2.8 |
-68.9 ± 6.6 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-33.4 ± 4.8 |
-58.3 ± 16.8 |
| Wi [km/s] |
66.1 ± 2.6 |
108.3 ± 4.2 |
| We [km/s] |
2091.4 ± 83.1 |
3423.7 ± 132.1 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
9.4 ± 0.3 |
30.7 ± 1.5 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-6.6 ± 0.6 |
-1.3 ± 2.7 |
| By GSE [nT] |
1.6 ± 0.9 |
14.5 ± 5.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-2.8 ± 0.9 |
-5.3 ± 5.9 |
Plasma Beta
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1.562 ± 1.558
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2.624 ± 2.199
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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85.38 ± 3.39
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139.77 ± 5.39
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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53.01 ± 1.64
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68.11 ± 6.41
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.882 ± 0.067 |
0.255 ± 0.156 |
-0.396 ± 0.374 |
-23.31 ± 7.56 |
163.89 ± 10.08 |
| VC |
-0.908 ± 0.021 |
-0.388 ± 0.035 |
-0.157 ± 0.156 |
-9.04 ± 5.73 |
203.14 ± 2.19 |
| MX1 |
-0.875 ± 0.075 |
0.299 ± 0.176 |
-0.381 ± 0.361 |
-22.40 ± 7.21 |
161.14 ± 11.50 |
| MX2 |
-0.927 ± 0.069 |
0.153 ± 0.232 |
-0.344 ± 0.329 |
-20.10 ± 9.79 |
170.62 ± 14.30 |
| MX3 |
-0.942 ± 0.070 |
0.109 ± 0.306 |
-0.317 ± 0.306 |
-18.46 ± 10.91 |
173.41 ± 18.58 |
| RH08 |
-0.981 ± 0.004 |
-0.147 ± 0.022 |
-0.128 ± 0.128 |
-7.38 ± 1.02 |
188.52 ± 1.29 |
| RH09 |
-0.982 ± 0.013 |
-0.147 ± 0.070 |
-0.117 ± 0.117 |
-6.74 ± 4.01 |
188.52 ± 4.07 |
| RH10 |
-0.985 ± 0.012 |
-0.130 ± 0.070 |
-0.117 ± 0.117 |
-6.74 ± 4.01 |
187.52 ± 4.07 |
| Average |
-0.935 |
0.000 |
-0.245 |
-14.271 |
179.596 |
| Median |
-0.927 |
0.109 |
-0.157 |
-9.036 |
187.521 |
| Deviation |
0.045 |
0.239 |
0.125 |
7.442 |
14.553 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
9.1 ± 5.0 |
748.4 ± 13.6 |
3.30 ± 0.21 |
| VC |
38.2 ± 9.0 |
812.9 ± 9.9 |
3.30 ± 0.21 |
| MX1 |
10.0 ± 5.1 |
737.4 ± 13.4 |
3.30 ± 0.21 |
| MX2 |
10.0 ± 5.0 |
789.0 ± 12.6 |
3.30 ± 0.21 |
| MX3 |
11.4 ± 6.0 |
803.7 ± 12.1 |
3.30 ± 0.21 |
| RH08 |
26.5 ± 10.2 |
845.7 ± 9.3 |
3.30 ± 0.21 |
| RH09 |
26.8 ± 10.3 |
846.3 ± 9.1 |
3.30 ± 0.21 |
| RH10 |
26.1 ± 10.4 |
846.7 ± 9.1 |
3.30 ± 0.21 |
| Average |
19.8 |
803.8 |
3.30 |
| Median |
26.1 |
812.9 |
3.30 |
| Deviation |
11.0 |
43.4 |
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 |
176.1 ± 1.9 |
51.9 ± 1.6 |
52.3 ± 1.6 |
86.0 ± 3.3 |
3.39 ± 0.12 |
2.05 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
227.2 ± 1.8 |
38.3 ± 1.0 |
41.7 ± 1.3 |
93.0 ± 3.1 |
5.94 ± 0.20 |
2.45 ± 0.09 |
| MX1 |
170.7 ± 1.9 |
51.7 ± 1.6 |
52.2 ± 1.6 |
86.2 ± 3.3 |
3.30 ± 0.11 |
1.98 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
189.6 ± 1.5 |
51.7 ± 1.6 |
52.2 ± 1.6 |
86.2 ± 3.3 |
3.67 ± 0.13 |
2.20 ± 0.08 |
| MX3 |
194.8 ± 1.4 |
51.3 ± 1.5 |
52.0 ± 1.6 |
86.4 ± 3.3 |
3.80 ± 0.13 |
2.26 ± 0.08 |
| RH8 |
216.6 ± 1.4 |
45.1 ± 1.2 |
47.5 ± 1.5 |
89.8 ± 3.2 |
4.81 ± 0.16 |
2.41 ± 0.09 |
| RH9 |
216.7 ± 1.5 |
44.9 ± 1.2 |
47.3 ± 1.5 |
89.9 ± 3.2 |
4.83 ± 0.16 |
2.41 ± 0.09 |
| RH10 |
215.7 ± 1.4 |
45.3 ± 1.3 |
47.6 ± 1.5 |
89.7 ± 3.2 |
4.76 ± 0.16 |
2.41 ± 0.09 |
| Average |
200.9 |
47.5 |
49.1 |
88.4 |
4.3 |
2.3 |
| Median |
215.7 |
51.3 |
52.0 |
89.7 |
4.8 |
2.4 |
| Deviation |
21.0 |
5.0 |
3.8 |
2.6 |
0.9 |
0.2 |
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 |
55.9 ± 10.1 |
67.0 ± 6.2 |
67.2 ± 6.3 |
140.3 ± 5.3 |
0.84 ± 0.18 |
0.40 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
70.0 ± 7.3 |
50.8 ± 4.2 |
53.5 ± 5.0 |
147.1 ± 3.9 |
1.38 ± 0.18 |
0.48 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
54.6 ± 10.0 |
66.7 ± 6.2 |
67.1 ± 6.3 |
140.4 ± 5.2 |
0.83 ± 0.18 |
0.39 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
58.2 ± 9.4 |
66.7 ± 6.2 |
67.1 ± 6.3 |
140.4 ± 5.2 |
0.88 ± 0.17 |
0.41 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
59.1 ± 9.0 |
66.3 ± 6.1 |
66.8 ± 6.3 |
140.6 ± 5.2 |
0.90 ± 0.16 |
0.42 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
64.5 ± 7.0 |
59.2 ± 5.2 |
61.0 ± 5.7 |
143.8 ± 4.5 |
1.10 ± 0.14 |
0.45 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
64.7 ± 6.9 |
59.0 ± 5.1 |
60.8 ± 5.7 |
143.9 ± 4.5 |
1.10 ± 0.14 |
0.45 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
64.4 ± 6.9 |
59.5 ± 5.2 |
61.2 ± 5.8 |
143.7 ± 4.5 |
1.09 ± 0.14 |
0.45 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
61.4 |
61.9 |
63.1 |
142.6 |
1.0 |
0.4 |
| Median |
64.4 |
66.3 |
66.8 |
143.7 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
| Deviation |
5.3 |
5.8 |
4.9 |
2.5 |
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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