Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19963161512
Observation time: 11/11/1996 316.63352 1512 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
1996 |
| Fractional day of year |
316.633524 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
54736.5 ± 3.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
65.311 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
17.679 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
6.260 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0164 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0189 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
7.85, 20.96, 22.38 |
Event added to database
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Thu Oct 20 11:10:59 2005
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Event last processed
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Tue Mar 31 00:27:15 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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17.855 ± 0.250
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Asymptotic
plasma
parameters (About, Top)
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Parameter
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Upstream
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Downstream
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| Vx GSE [km/s] |
-347.4 ± 0.4 |
-362.7 ± 1.1 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-8.2 ± 0.1 |
-3.6 ± 1.3 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
2.8 ± 0.3 |
-1.7 ± 0.5 |
| Wi [km/s] |
15.5 ± 0.3 |
17.2 ± 0.4 |
| We [km/s] |
489.8 ± 8.8 |
543.7 ± 13.9 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
11.3 ± 0.1 |
20.2 ± 1.3 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-1.3 ± 0.1 |
-1.2 ± 0.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
0.3 ± 0.1 |
1.9 ± 0.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
1.1 ± 0.1 |
0.4 ± 0.6 |
Plasma Beta
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1.969 ± 1.897
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2.307 ± 2.271
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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20.00 ± 0.36
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22.20 ± 0.57
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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11.07 ± 0.49
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11.33 ± 0.30
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.761 ± 0.081 |
0.275 ± 0.125 |
0.588 ± 0.508 |
36.00 ± 7.08 |
160.14 ± 9.23 |
| VC |
-0.922 ± 0.024 |
0.276 ± 0.077 |
-0.271 ± 0.265 |
-15.75 ± 1.82 |
163.34 ± 4.78 |
| MX1 |
-0.847 ± 0.163 |
0.223 ± 0.059 |
0.482 ± 0.441 |
28.85 ± 20.00 |
165.22 ± 2.73 |
| MX2 |
-0.905 ± 0.046 |
-0.140 ± 0.199 |
-0.402 ± 0.378 |
-23.68 ± 5.00 |
188.78 ± 12.61 |
| MX3 |
-0.991 ± 0.017 |
0.013 ± 0.113 |
-0.132 ± 0.132 |
-7.60 ± 7.22 |
179.26 ± 6.54 |
| RH08 |
-0.987 ± 0.003 |
0.095 ± 0.014 |
-0.128 ± 0.128 |
-7.38 ± 0.97 |
174.48 ± 0.83 |
| RH09 |
-0.941 ± 0.020 |
-0.227 ± 0.059 |
0.251 ± 0.246 |
14.56 ± 3.32 |
193.54 ± 3.56 |
| RH10 |
-0.941 ± 0.022 |
-0.227 ± 0.063 |
0.251 ± 0.246 |
14.56 ± 3.72 |
193.54 ± 3.82 |
| Average |
-0.912 |
0.036 |
0.080 |
4.944 |
177.286 |
| Median |
-0.922 |
0.095 |
0.251 |
14.560 |
179.255 |
| Deviation |
0.076 |
0.215 |
0.363 |
21.637 |
13.661 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
7.9 ± 2.9 |
286.9 ± 2.1 |
1.79 ± 0.13 |
| VC |
56.7 ± 4.4 |
355.2 ± 2.7 |
1.79 ± 0.13 |
| MX1 |
12.2 ± 4.4 |
320.4 ± 2.2 |
1.79 ± 0.13 |
| MX2 |
67.7 ± 3.6 |
348.6 ± 1.8 |
1.79 ± 0.13 |
| MX3 |
49.8 ± 3.8 |
380.1 ± 2.2 |
1.79 ± 0.13 |
| RH08 |
48.8 ± 4.1 |
378.7 ± 2.3 |
1.79 ± 0.13 |
| RH09 |
35.3 ± 2.0 |
358.2 ± 1.7 |
1.79 ± 0.13 |
| RH10 |
35.3 ± 2.0 |
358.2 ± 1.7 |
1.79 ± 0.13 |
| Average |
39.2 |
348.3 |
1.79 |
| Median |
48.8 |
358.2 |
1.79 |
| Deviation |
20.9 |
31.0 |
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 |
23.2 ± 0.3 |
10.9 ± 0.5 |
11.0 ± 0.5 |
20.1 ± 0.4 |
2.13 ± 0.10 |
1.16 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
38.0 ± 0.4 |
5.5 ± 0.2 |
6.1 ± 0.3 |
22.2 ± 0.4 |
6.94 ± 0.24 |
1.71 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
26.7 ± 0.3 |
10.7 ± 0.5 |
10.8 ± 0.5 |
20.2 ± 0.4 |
2.49 ± 0.12 |
1.32 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
34.2 ± 0.3 |
3.7 ± 0.1 |
4.2 ± 0.2 |
22.6 ± 0.4 |
9.20 ± 0.31 |
1.52 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
36.3 ± 0.4 |
6.5 ± 0.2 |
7.1 ± 0.3 |
21.9 ± 0.4 |
5.58 ± 0.20 |
1.66 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
36.9 ± 0.4 |
6.7 ± 0.2 |
7.3 ± 0.3 |
21.9 ± 0.4 |
5.54 ± 0.20 |
1.69 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
28.7 ± 0.3 |
8.5 ± 0.3 |
9.0 ± 0.4 |
21.2 ± 0.4 |
3.38 ± 0.14 |
1.35 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
28.7 ± 0.3 |
8.5 ± 0.3 |
9.0 ± 0.4 |
21.2 ± 0.4 |
3.38 ± 0.14 |
1.35 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
31.6 |
7.6 |
8.1 |
21.4 |
4.8 |
1.5 |
| Median |
34.2 |
8.5 |
9.0 |
21.9 |
5.5 |
1.5 |
| Deviation |
5.5 |
2.5 |
2.3 |
0.9 |
2.4 |
0.2 |
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 |
12.9 ± 0.7 |
11.2 ± 0.3 |
11.2 ± 0.3 |
22.3 ± 0.6 |
1.16 ± 0.07 |
0.58 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
21.3 ± 1.0 |
5.7 ± 0.1 |
6.2 ± 0.2 |
24.3 ± 0.6 |
3.75 ± 0.16 |
0.88 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
14.8 ± 0.8 |
11.0 ± 0.3 |
11.1 ± 0.3 |
22.4 ± 0.6 |
1.35 ± 0.07 |
0.66 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
19.1 ± 1.2 |
3.9 ± 0.1 |
4.3 ± 0.1 |
24.6 ± 0.6 |
4.93 ± 0.23 |
0.78 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
20.4 ± 1.1 |
6.8 ± 0.2 |
7.3 ± 0.2 |
24.0 ± 0.6 |
3.02 ± 0.13 |
0.85 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
20.7 ± 1.1 |
6.9 ± 0.2 |
7.5 ± 0.2 |
23.9 ± 0.6 |
2.99 ± 0.13 |
0.87 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
16.5 ± 1.2 |
8.8 ± 0.2 |
9.2 ± 0.2 |
23.3 ± 0.6 |
1.87 ± 0.10 |
0.71 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
16.5 ± 1.2 |
8.8 ± 0.2 |
9.2 ± 0.2 |
23.3 ± 0.6 |
1.87 ± 0.10 |
0.71 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
17.8 |
7.9 |
8.3 |
23.5 |
2.6 |
0.8 |
| Median |
19.1 |
8.8 |
9.2 |
23.9 |
3.0 |
0.8 |
| Deviation |
3.1 |
2.5 |
2.4 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
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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