Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20050800615
Observation time: 03/21/2005 80.26078 0615 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2005 |
| Fractional day of year |
80.260781 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
22531.5 ± 120.0 |
| Shock type |
NN |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
203.587 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-79.993 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-11.733 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0197 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0126 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
10.62, 23.94, 26.74 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 16:08:48 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 15:53:30 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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25.670 ± 918.321
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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] |
-323.2 ± 2.5 |
-462.7 ± 24.1 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-55.5 ± 2.9 |
-109.9 ± 7.2 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-7.4 ± 14.1 |
38.5 ± 47.9 |
| Wi [km/s] |
20.8 ± 7.5 |
26.2 ± 16.0 |
| We [km/s] |
657.5 ± 236.6 |
828.5 ± 505.4 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
0.58572 ± 0.10592 |
0.87663 ± 0.56812 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
4.9 ± 0.1 |
0.9 ± 1.5 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-4.6 ± 0.2 |
-8.7 ± 0.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.0 ± 0.2 |
1.4 ± 1.1 |
Plasma Beta
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0.014 ± 0.011
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0.026 ± 0.044
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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26.84 ± 9.66
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33.82 ± 20.63
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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195.25 ± 20.42
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243.36 ± 93.93
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.722 ± 0.093 |
0.692 ± 0.098 |
0.001 ± 0.001 |
0.04 ± 3.36 |
136.24 ± 7.74 |
| VC |
-0.897 ± 0.067 |
-0.358 ± 0.077 |
0.260 ± 0.254 |
15.10 ± 14.21 |
201.76 ± 4.66 |
| MX1 |
-0.727 ± 0.093 |
0.686 ± 0.098 |
-0.023 ± 0.023 |
-1.33 ± 3.53 |
136.66 ± 7.75 |
| MX2 |
-0.717 ± 0.117 |
0.697 ± 0.121 |
0.032 ± 0.032 |
1.86 ± 7.19 |
135.82 ± 9.64 |
| MX3 |
-0.684 ± 0.190 |
0.718 ± 0.182 |
0.132 ± 0.131 |
7.57 ± 25.13 |
133.63 ± 14.85 |
| RH08 |
-0.167 ± 0.026 |
-0.244 ± 0.022 |
-0.955 ± 0.376 |
-72.81 ± 1.03 |
235.65 ± 5.68 |
| RH09 |
0.056 ± 0.071 |
0.325 ± 0.066 |
0.944 ± 0.407 |
70.76 ± 4.01 |
80.22 ± 12.32 |
| RH10 |
0.062 ± 0.071 |
0.324 ± 0.066 |
0.944 ± 0.407 |
70.76 ± 4.01 |
79.22 ± 12.32 |
| Average |
-0.474 |
0.355 |
0.167 |
11.493 |
142.401 |
| Median |
-0.684 |
0.686 |
0.132 |
7.571 |
136.238 |
| Deviation |
0.391 |
0.438 |
0.605 |
45.588 |
53.811 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
2.1 ± 1.0 |
324.6 ± 40.3 |
1.37 ± 0.76 |
| VC |
65.8 ± 1.8 |
593.7 ± 113.9 |
1.37 ± 0.76 |
| MX1 |
2.4 ± 1.4 |
324.9 ± 40.3 |
1.37 ± 0.76 |
| MX2 |
2.7 ± 1.3 |
325.1 ± 40.5 |
1.37 ± 0.76 |
| MX3 |
8.2 ± 1.7 |
316.4 ± 39.3 |
1.37 ± 0.76 |
| RH08 |
87.2 ± 1.6 |
5.3 ± 7.7 |
1.37 ± 0.76 |
| RH09 |
79.3 ± 1.7 |
44.6 ± 11.5 |
1.37 ± 0.76 |
| RH10 |
79.6 ± 1.7 |
41.6 ± 53.3 |
1.37 ± 0.76 |
| Average |
40.9 |
247.0 |
1.37 |
| Median |
65.8 |
324.6 |
1.37 |
| Deviation |
40.1 |
201.7 |
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 |
129.5 ± 1.2 |
26.8 ± 9.7 |
195.1 ± 20.4 |
195.3 ± 20.4 |
5.41 ± 2.03 |
0.67 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
286.0 ± 6.2 |
10.9 ± 3.8 |
80.2 ± 8.4 |
197.0 ± 19.4 |
29.33 ± 10.95 |
1.46 ± 0.12 |
| MX1 |
127.9 ± 1.1 |
26.8 ± 9.6 |
195.1 ± 20.4 |
195.3 ± 20.4 |
5.34 ± 2.00 |
0.66 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
132.3 ± 1.5 |
26.8 ± 9.6 |
195.0 ± 20.4 |
195.3 ± 20.4 |
5.53 ± 2.09 |
0.68 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
136.1 ± 2.6 |
26.6 ± 9.6 |
193.3 ± 20.2 |
195.3 ± 20.4 |
5.75 ± 2.20 |
0.70 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
-69.2 ± 12.9 |
1.3 ± 0.5 |
9.7 ± 1.0 |
197.4 ± 19.2 |
-61.00 ± 28.55 |
-0.35 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
87.7 ± 12.9 |
4.9 ± 1.7 |
36.2 ± 3.8 |
197.3 ± 19.3 |
20.47 ± 9.12 |
0.45 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
86.4 ± 12.9 |
4.8 ± 1.7 |
35.3 ± 3.7 |
197.3 ± 19.3 |
20.72 ± 9.25 |
0.44 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
114.6 |
16.1 |
117.5 |
196.3 |
3.9 |
0.6 |
| Median |
129.5 |
26.6 |
193.3 |
197.0 |
5.8 |
0.7 |
| Deviation |
97.0 |
11.7 |
84.7 |
1.1 |
27.8 |
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 |
66.3 ± 20.5 |
33.8 ± 20.6 |
243.2 ± 93.9 |
243.4 ± 93.9 |
5.03 ± 7.01 |
0.28 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
129.5 ± 30.7 |
13.5 ± 8.2 |
99.9 ± 38.6 |
246.6 ± 91.3 |
23.33 ± 31.79 |
0.55 ± 0.09 |
| MX1 |
64.8 ± 19.6 |
33.8 ± 20.6 |
243.1 ± 93.9 |
243.4 ± 93.9 |
4.87 ± 6.74 |
0.28 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
68.7 ± 21.7 |
33.8 ± 20.6 |
243.1 ± 93.8 |
243.4 ± 93.9 |
5.27 ± 7.40 |
0.29 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
73.7 ± 25.5 |
33.5 ± 20.4 |
240.9 ± 93.0 |
243.4 ± 93.9 |
5.90 ± 8.46 |
0.31 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
-62.0 ± 44.1 |
1.6 ± 1.0 |
12.0 ± 4.6 |
247.2 ± 90.8 |
-132.37 ± 219.11 |
-0.23 ± 0.09 |
| RH9 |
69.9 ± 46.1 |
6.1 ± 3.7 |
45.1 ± 17.4 |
247.1 ± 90.9 |
38.50 ± 62.77 |
0.26 ± 0.09 |
| RH10 |
69.4 ± 46.0 |
5.9 ± 3.6 |
43.9 ± 17.0 |
247.1 ± 90.9 |
39.32 ± 64.16 |
0.26 ± 0.09 |
| Average |
60.0 |
20.3 |
146.4 |
245.2 |
-1.3 |
0.2 |
| Median |
69.4 |
33.5 |
240.9 |
246.6 |
5.9 |
0.3 |
| Deviation |
53.7 |
14.7 |
105.5 |
2.0 |
55.0 |
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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