Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20050080015
Observation time: 01/08/2005 8.01082 0015 [UT]
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![Wind spacecraft](../windsm.gif)
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General
Information (About, Top)
Year |
2005 |
Fractional day of year |
8.010816 |
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
934.5 ± 20.0 |
Shock type |
FF |
Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
254.543 |
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
33.934 |
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
19.690 |
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0263 |
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008
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Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0255 |
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
11.48, 12.12, 12.55 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 15:36:36 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 15:41:48 2013
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Method selected
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RH08
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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78.601 ± 22.791
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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] |
-524.8 ± 1.2 |
-545.0 ± 3.3 |
Vy GSE [km/s] |
35.6 ± 2.0 |
49.1 ± 4.9 |
Vz GSE [km/s] |
-4.6 ± 1.1 |
-5.5 ± 5.5 |
Wi [km/s] |
21.0 ± 0.5 |
27.5 ± 2.4 |
We [km/s] |
663.0 ± 15.5 |
870.9 ± 76.7 |
Ni [n/cc] |
29.7 ± 3.4 |
43.7 ± 8.3 |
Bx GSE [nT] |
6.9 ± 0.4 |
7.4 ± 0.5 |
By GSE [nT] |
12.0 ± 0.5 |
17.1 ± 0.9 |
Bz GSE [nT] |
-6.6 ± 0.5 |
-8.9 ± 1.5 |
Plasma Beta
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0.117 ± 0.126
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0.171 ± 0.201
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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27.07 ± 0.63
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35.56 ± 3.13
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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61.93 ± 5.64
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69.48 ± 10.10
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
MC |
-0.990 ± 0.073 |
-0.025 ± 0.259 |
0.140 ± 0.139 |
8.03 ± 29.80 |
181.42 ± 15.00 |
VC |
-0.832 ± 0.108 |
0.551 ± 0.163 |
-0.056 ± 0.056 |
-3.21 ± 12.52 |
146.49 ± 11.20 |
MX1 |
-0.977 ± 0.030 |
0.163 ± 0.115 |
0.137 ± 0.136 |
7.88 ± 9.71 |
170.55 ± 6.73 |
MX2 |
-0.977 ± 0.030 |
0.168 ± 0.111 |
0.128 ± 0.127 |
7.34 ± 10.28 |
170.23 ± 6.50 |
MX3 |
-0.976 ± 0.031 |
0.188 ± 0.102 |
0.109 ± 0.108 |
6.24 ± 12.97 |
169.07 ± 5.99 |
RH08 |
-0.218 ± 0.014 |
-0.404 ± 0.012 |
-0.888 ± 0.502 |
-62.66 ± 0.74 |
241.67 ± 1.89 |
RH09 |
-0.218 ± 0.046 |
-0.404 ± 0.040 |
-0.888 ± 0.502 |
-62.66 ± 2.36 |
241.67 ± 6.10 |
RH10 |
-0.218 ± 0.059 |
-0.404 ± 0.048 |
-0.888 ± 0.502 |
-62.66 ± 2.77 |
241.67 ± 7.81 |
Average |
-0.676 |
-0.021 |
-0.276 |
-20.212 |
195.348 |
Median |
-0.832 |
0.163 |
0.109 |
6.237 |
181.423 |
Deviation |
0.382 |
0.355 |
0.511 |
35.333 |
39.559 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
MC |
58.4 ± 1.3 |
569.9 ± 196.4 |
1.51 ± 0.41 |
VC |
85.3 ± 1.5 |
528.0 ± 195.2 |
1.51 ± 0.41 |
MX1 |
68.3 ± 1.5 |
578.2 ± 205.5 |
1.51 ± 0.41 |
MX2 |
68.8 ± 1.5 |
579.1 ± 205.6 |
1.51 ± 0.41 |
MX3 |
70.3 ± 1.4 |
580.3 ± 206.0 |
1.51 ± 0.41 |
RH08 |
88.1 ± 2.1 |
107.5 ± 14.8 |
1.51 ± 0.41 |
RH09 |
88.1 ± 2.1 |
107.5 ± 14.8 |
1.51 ± 0.41 |
RH10 |
88.1 ± 2.1 |
107.5 ± 117.9 |
1.51 ± 0.41 |
Average |
76.9 |
394.8 |
1.51 |
Median |
85.3 |
569.9 |
1.51 |
Deviation |
11.8 |
238.5 |
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 |
51.9 ± 1.3 |
13.2 ± 0.3 |
32.4 ± 3.0 |
66.3 ± 5.2 |
3.93 ± 0.12 |
0.79 ± 0.07 |
VC |
71.2 ± 1.4 |
2.0 ± 0.0 |
5.1 ± 0.5 |
67.6 ± 5.1 |
35.08 ± 1.32 |
1.06 ± 0.09 |
MX1 |
60.3 ± 1.3 |
9.3 ± 0.2 |
22.9 ± 2.1 |
67.0 ± 5.2 |
6.52 ± 0.21 |
0.91 ± 0.08 |
MX2 |
60.8 ± 1.3 |
9.0 ± 0.2 |
22.4 ± 2.0 |
67.0 ± 5.2 |
6.73 ± 0.22 |
0.91 ± 0.08 |
MX3 |
61.9 ± 1.3 |
8.4 ± 0.2 |
20.9 ± 1.9 |
67.1 ± 5.2 |
7.36 ± 0.24 |
0.93 ± 0.08 |
RH8 |
3.5 ± 1.0 |
0.8 ± 0.0 |
2.1 ± 0.2 |
67.6 ± 5.1 |
4.23 ± 1.18 |
0.05 ± 0.01 |
RH9 |
3.5 ± 1.0 |
0.8 ± 0.0 |
2.1 ± 0.2 |
67.6 ± 5.1 |
4.23 ± 1.18 |
0.05 ± 0.01 |
RH10 |
3.5 ± 1.0 |
0.8 ± 0.0 |
2.1 ± 0.2 |
67.6 ± 5.1 |
4.23 ± 1.18 |
0.05 ± 0.01 |
Average |
39.6 |
5.6 |
13.7 |
67.2 |
9.0 |
0.6 |
Median |
60.3 |
8.4 |
20.9 |
67.6 |
6.5 |
0.9 |
Deviation |
30.3 |
5.0 |
12.2 |
0.5 |
10.6 |
0.5 |
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 |
32.4 ± 4.0 |
16.8 ± 1.0 |
36.4 ± 5.3 |
76.4 ± 8.4 |
1.93 ± 0.21 |
0.43 ± 0.09 |
VC |
47.0 ± 2.9 |
2.6 ± 0.1 |
5.7 ± 0.8 |
78.3 ± 8.2 |
18.32 ± 1.69 |
0.61 ± 0.08 |
MX1 |
38.5 ± 3.8 |
11.7 ± 0.6 |
25.7 ± 3.7 |
77.4 ± 8.3 |
3.28 ± 0.32 |
0.51 ± 0.09 |
MX2 |
38.9 ± 3.7 |
11.5 ± 0.6 |
25.1 ± 3.7 |
77.4 ± 8.3 |
3.40 ± 0.32 |
0.51 ± 0.09 |
MX3 |
39.8 ± 3.6 |
10.7 ± 0.6 |
23.4 ± 3.4 |
77.6 ± 8.3 |
3.73 ± 0.35 |
0.52 ± 0.09 |
RH8 |
3.7 ± 4.3 |
1.0 ± 0.1 |
2.3 ± 0.3 |
78.3 ± 8.2 |
3.54 ± 4.04 |
0.04 ± 0.05 |
RH9 |
3.7 ± 4.3 |
1.0 ± 0.1 |
2.3 ± 0.3 |
78.3 ± 8.2 |
3.54 ± 4.04 |
0.04 ± 0.05 |
RH10 |
3.7 ± 4.3 |
1.0 ± 0.1 |
2.3 ± 0.3 |
78.3 ± 8.2 |
3.54 ± 4.04 |
0.04 ± 0.05 |
Average |
25.9 |
7.1 |
15.4 |
77.7 |
5.2 |
0.3 |
Median |
38.5 |
10.7 |
23.4 |
78.3 |
3.5 |
0.5 |
Deviation |
18.9 |
6.3 |
13.7 |
0.7 |
5.3 |
0.2 |
Survey interval (About, Top)
![Survey of solar wind interval](wi_survey_00385.png)
Selected
data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters
![Survey](wi_selvwnb_00385.png)
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Velocity
![V](wi_selv_00385.png)
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Magnetic Field
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Simple
Methods
(About, Top)
Rankine Chi^2
Contour (About, Top)
Shock
Speed (About, Top)
![Shock Speed](wi_shockspeed_00385.png)
Theta Bn (About, Top)
![Theta Bn](wi_thetabn_00385.png)
Mach Numbers (About, Top)
Page updated Fri Jun 13 11:06:02 2014
Michael L Stevens
(mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)
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