Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20050170715
Observation time: 01/17/2005 17.30231 0715 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2005 |
| Fractional day of year |
17.302309 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
26119.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
256.897 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
3.250 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
19.320 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0249 |
| 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 |
5.29, 6.09, 6.65 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 15:41:54 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 15:48:56 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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67.557 ± 5.994
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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] |
-505.3 ± 10.8 |
-576.2 ± 22.8 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
13.1 ± 6.6 |
35.9 ± 7.4 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
4.5 ± 10.5 |
42.2 ± 17.0 |
| Wi [km/s] |
35.8 ± 2.9 |
62.5 ± 10.3 |
| We [km/s] |
1132.2 ± 92.2 |
1975.9 ± 325.6 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
4.8 ± 0.5 |
9.2 ± 1.6 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-4.1 ± 1.1 |
-5.1 ± 1.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-0.5 ± 1.8 |
-0.1 ± 2.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.3 ± 2.4 |
-4.8 ± 3.4 |
Plasma Beta
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0.548 ± 0.537
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1.389 ± 1.268
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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46.22 ± 3.77
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80.66 ± 13.29
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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49.87 ± 5.92
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57.94 ± 13.12
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.999 ± 0.025 |
-0.050 ± 0.491 |
0.005 ± 0.005 |
0.28 ± 18.80 |
182.89 ± 28.18 |
| VC |
-0.835 ± 0.125 |
0.308 ± 0.176 |
0.457 ± 0.422 |
27.18 ± 14.47 |
159.75 ± 11.77 |
| MX1 |
-0.967 ± 0.141 |
0.215 ± 0.597 |
0.138 ± 0.137 |
7.91 ± 20.54 |
167.45 ± 35.40 |
| MX2 |
-0.924 ± 0.094 |
0.319 ± 0.235 |
0.212 ± 0.209 |
12.25 ± 13.73 |
160.96 ± 14.54 |
| MX3 |
-0.897 ± 0.100 |
0.379 ± 0.208 |
0.228 ± 0.224 |
13.15 ± 13.00 |
157.07 ± 13.23 |
| RH08 |
-0.226 ± 0.018 |
-0.957 ± 0.005 |
-0.184 ± 0.182 |
-10.62 ± 1.03 |
256.71 ± 1.07 |
| RH09 |
-0.210 ± 0.062 |
-0.962 ± 0.017 |
-0.173 ± 0.171 |
-9.97 ± 3.71 |
257.72 ± 3.71 |
| RH10 |
-0.210 ± 0.068 |
-0.962 ± 0.019 |
-0.173 ± 0.171 |
-9.97 ± 4.01 |
257.72 ± 4.06 |
| Average |
-0.658 |
-0.214 |
0.064 |
3.777 |
200.033 |
| Median |
-0.835 |
0.215 |
0.138 |
7.914 |
182.894 |
| Deviation |
0.370 |
0.631 |
0.235 |
13.744 |
48.134 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
28.4 ± 23.2 |
638.6 ± 45.6 |
2.04 ± 0.31 |
| VC |
45.0 ± 17.4 |
585.0 ± 51.9 |
2.04 ± 0.31 |
| MX1 |
33.7 ± 21.6 |
639.7 ± 48.9 |
2.04 ± 0.31 |
| MX2 |
38.7 ± 19.1 |
621.4 ± 49.4 |
2.04 ± 0.31 |
| MX3 |
41.5 ± 18.0 |
609.5 ± 48.9 |
2.04 ± 0.31 |
| RH08 |
75.3 ± 16.3 |
71.7 ± 4.0 |
2.04 ± 0.31 |
| RH09 |
76.1 ± 16.6 |
62.4 ± 3.9 |
2.04 ± 0.31 |
| RH10 |
76.1 ± 16.6 |
62.4 ± 28.6 |
2.04 ± 0.31 |
| Average |
51.8 |
411.3 |
2.04 |
| Median |
45.0 |
609.5 |
2.04 |
| Deviation |
20.5 |
286.9 |
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 |
134.5 ± 10.8 |
34.1 ± 2.4 |
43.9 ± 5.2 |
59.0 ± 3.2 |
3.96 ± 0.49 |
2.28 ± 0.21 |
| VC |
157.2 ± 8.7 |
25.6 ± 1.7 |
35.3 ± 4.2 |
63.2 ± 3.5 |
6.16 ± 0.61 |
2.49 ± 0.19 |
| MX1 |
147.7 ± 10.2 |
31.5 ± 2.2 |
41.5 ± 4.9 |
60.5 ± 3.3 |
4.71 ± 0.55 |
2.45 ± 0.22 |
| MX2 |
149.4 ± 9.6 |
28.9 ± 2.0 |
38.9 ± 4.6 |
61.8 ± 3.4 |
5.19 ± 0.58 |
2.43 ± 0.21 |
| MX3 |
150.3 ± 9.3 |
27.5 ± 1.8 |
37.4 ± 4.4 |
62.4 ± 3.4 |
5.50 ± 0.61 |
2.42 ± 0.21 |
| RH8 |
-29.0 ± 6.2 |
8.6 ± 0.6 |
12.6 ± 1.5 |
67.7 ± 3.8 |
-3.42 ± 0.91 |
-0.43 ± 0.11 |
| RH9 |
-30.1 ± 6.1 |
8.1 ± 0.5 |
12.0 ± 1.4 |
67.7 ± 3.8 |
-3.74 ± 0.96 |
-0.45 ± 0.12 |
| RH10 |
-30.1 ± 6.1 |
8.1 ± 0.5 |
12.0 ± 1.4 |
67.7 ± 3.8 |
-3.74 ± 0.96 |
-0.45 ± 0.12 |
| Average |
81.3 |
21.6 |
29.2 |
63.8 |
1.8 |
1.3 |
| Median |
147.7 |
27.5 |
37.4 |
63.2 |
4.7 |
2.4 |
| Deviation |
92.1 |
11.3 |
14.3 |
3.5 |
4.6 |
1.5 |
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 |
64.8 ± 23.1 |
45.7 ± 8.1 |
51.0 ± 11.5 |
88.8 ± 12.1 |
1.47 ± 0.60 |
0.77 ± 0.36 |
| VC |
73.8 ± 17.3 |
34.7 ± 5.7 |
41.0 ± 9.3 |
93.8 ± 12.2 |
2.21 ± 0.73 |
0.82 ± 0.29 |
| MX1 |
69.1 ± 20.6 |
42.4 ± 7.3 |
48.2 ± 10.9 |
90.5 ± 12.1 |
1.69 ± 0.61 |
0.80 ± 0.33 |
| MX2 |
68.7 ± 19.0 |
39.1 ± 6.6 |
45.2 ± 10.2 |
92.1 ± 12.1 |
1.82 ± 0.63 |
0.78 ± 0.31 |
| MX3 |
69.6 ± 18.0 |
37.2 ± 6.2 |
43.4 ± 9.8 |
92.9 ± 12.2 |
1.94 ± 0.64 |
0.78 ± 0.30 |
| RH8 |
-16.3 ± 11.0 |
11.7 ± 1.8 |
14.7 ± 3.3 |
99.4 ± 12.7 |
-1.36 ± 0.88 |
-0.15 ± 0.09 |
| RH9 |
-16.5 ± 10.7 |
11.1 ± 1.7 |
13.9 ± 3.2 |
99.5 ± 12.7 |
-1.45 ± 0.90 |
-0.16 ± 0.09 |
| RH10 |
-16.5 ± 10.7 |
11.1 ± 1.7 |
13.9 ± 3.2 |
99.5 ± 12.7 |
-1.45 ± 0.90 |
-0.16 ± 0.09 |
| Average |
37.1 |
29.1 |
33.9 |
94.6 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
| Median |
68.7 |
37.2 |
43.4 |
93.8 |
1.7 |
0.8 |
| Deviation |
44.4 |
15.1 |
16.6 |
4.3 |
1.7 |
0.5 |
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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