Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20050161156
Observation time: 01/16/2005 16.49773 1156 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2005 |
| Fractional day of year |
16.497726 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
43003.5 ± 20.0 |
| Shock type |
NN |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
256.950 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
6.048 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
19.410 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0150 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0260 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
3.46, 3.78, 4.02 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 15:40:11 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 15:46:35 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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47.054 ± 0.413
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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] |
-547.8 ± 8.2 |
-573.0 ± 2.9 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-36.4 ± 7.2 |
4.4 ± 2.4 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
13.0 ± 6.9 |
12.2 ± 3.7 |
| Wi [km/s] |
45.5 ± 1.9 |
43.4 ± 3.5 |
| We [km/s] |
1437.7 ± 58.8 |
1371.2 ± 112.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
6.3 ± 0.2 |
13.8 ± 0.6 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
3.6 ± 0.6 |
-1.0 ± 1.4 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-6.8 ± 0.4 |
1.4 ± 2.6 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.3 ± 1.0 |
1.6 ± 1.2 |
Plasma Beta
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0.449 ± 0.454
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10.636 ± 3.909
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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58.69 ± 2.40
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55.98 ± 4.57
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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67.96 ± 1.73
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20.92 ± 8.32
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.912 ± 0.393 |
-0.292 ± 0.761 |
0.288 ± 0.280 |
16.72 ± 64.93 |
197.75 ± 47.42 |
| VC |
-0.516 ± 0.078 |
0.856 ± 0.047 |
0.006 ± 0.006 |
0.33 ± 9.38 |
121.09 ± 5.25 |
| MX1 |
-0.775 ± 0.335 |
-0.525 ± 0.378 |
0.352 ± 0.336 |
20.58 ± 47.83 |
214.10 ± 25.15 |
| MX2 |
-0.982 ± 0.141 |
-0.187 ± 0.708 |
-0.036 ± 0.036 |
-2.06 ± 65.98 |
190.78 ± 41.31 |
| MX3 |
-0.896 ± 0.304 |
-0.347 ± 0.491 |
-0.278 ± 0.270 |
-16.13 ± 53.10 |
201.18 ± 30.81 |
| RH08 |
-0.885 ± 0.009 |
-0.462 ± 0.016 |
-0.061 ± 0.061 |
-3.52 ± 2.24 |
207.58 ± 1.04 |
| RH09 |
-0.877 ± 0.020 |
-0.478 ± 0.036 |
-0.039 ± 0.039 |
-2.24 ± 4.23 |
208.58 ± 2.36 |
| RH10 |
-0.885 ± 0.025 |
-0.462 ± 0.048 |
-0.050 ± 0.050 |
-2.88 ± 4.22 |
207.58 ± 3.08 |
| Average |
-0.841 |
-0.237 |
0.023 |
1.350 |
193.580 |
| Median |
-0.885 |
-0.347 |
-0.036 |
-2.056 |
207.577 |
| Deviation |
0.143 |
0.456 |
0.203 |
11.826 |
30.179 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
81.0 ± 4.3 |
534.0 ± 1.1 |
2.20 ± 0.15 |
| VC |
9.1 ± 1.4 |
339.7 ± 1.5 |
2.20 ± 0.15 |
| MX1 |
83.5 ± 4.4 |
444.7 ± 0.9 |
2.20 ± 0.15 |
| MX2 |
72.9 ± 5.2 |
575.7 ± 1.1 |
2.20 ± 0.15 |
| MX3 |
83.0 ± 6.2 |
514.2 ± 0.9 |
2.20 ± 0.15 |
| RH08 |
89.5 ± 5.3 |
507.1 ± 0.8 |
2.20 ± 0.15 |
| RH09 |
89.4 ± 5.3 |
502.3 ± 0.8 |
2.20 ± 0.15 |
| RH10 |
89.6 ± 5.3 |
507.5 ± 5.3 |
2.20 ± 0.15 |
| Average |
74.8 |
490.7 |
2.20 |
| Median |
83.5 |
507.5 |
2.20 |
| Deviation |
27.1 |
71.0 |
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 |
20.0 ± 4.7 |
7.0 ± 0.1 |
10.6 ± 0.3 |
89.6 ± 1.4 |
2.87 ± 0.64 |
0.22 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
87.9 ± 10.0 |
56.2 ± 1.8 |
67.1 ± 1.7 |
70.1 ± 1.3 |
1.56 ± 0.14 |
1.25 ± 0.14 |
| MX1 |
-3.6 ± 3.6 |
5.0 ± 0.1 |
7.7 ± 0.2 |
89.7 ± 1.4 |
-0.72 ± 0.71 |
-0.04 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
31.6 ± 7.1 |
13.2 ± 0.3 |
19.9 ± 0.5 |
88.9 ± 1.4 |
2.40 ± 0.51 |
0.35 ± 0.08 |
| MX3 |
14.5 ± 6.8 |
5.4 ± 0.1 |
8.3 ± 0.2 |
89.7 ± 1.4 |
2.65 ± 1.20 |
0.16 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
6.4 ± 5.0 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
89.8 ± 1.4 |
17.92 ± 13.71 |
0.07 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
4.8 ± 4.8 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
89.8 ± 1.4 |
10.44 ± 10.37 |
0.05 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
6.4 ± 4.9 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
89.8 ± 1.4 |
18.82 ± 14.34 |
0.07 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
21.0 |
11.0 |
14.4 |
87.2 |
7.0 |
0.3 |
| Median |
14.5 |
5.4 |
8.3 |
89.7 |
2.9 |
0.2 |
| Deviation |
29.1 |
18.8 |
22.3 |
6.9 |
7.7 |
0.4 |
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 |
9.1 ± 3.3 |
3.0 ± 1.1 |
3.3 ± 1.3 |
60.3 ± 2.8 |
4.40 ± 4.60 |
0.15 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
40.0 ± 3.0 |
20.6 ± 8.2 |
20.7 ± 8.2 |
56.1 ± 4.5 |
2.53 ± 1.88 |
0.72 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
-1.5 ± 3.1 |
2.2 ± 0.8 |
2.4 ± 0.9 |
60.3 ± 2.8 |
-0.05 ± 2.29 |
-0.02 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
14.4 ± 2.6 |
5.6 ± 2.0 |
6.1 ± 2.4 |
60.1 ± 2.8 |
3.45 ± 3.03 |
0.24 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
5.8 ± 1.8 |
2.3 ± 0.8 |
2.6 ± 1.0 |
60.3 ± 2.8 |
3.56 ± 3.77 |
0.10 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
2.9 ± 2.2 |
0.2 ± 0.1 |
0.2 ± 0.1 |
60.4 ± 2.8 |
32.46 ± 47.66 |
0.05 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
2.1 ± 2.2 |
0.2 ± 0.1 |
0.2 ± 0.1 |
60.4 ± 2.8 |
20.49 ± 34.55 |
0.04 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
2.9 ± 2.2 |
0.1 ± 0.1 |
0.2 ± 0.1 |
60.4 ± 2.8 |
34.16 ± 50.50 |
0.05 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
9.5 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
59.8 |
12.6 |
0.2 |
| Median |
5.8 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
60.3 |
4.4 |
0.1 |
| Deviation |
13.2 |
6.8 |
6.9 |
1.5 |
14.2 |
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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