Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20050841703
Observation time: 03/25/2005 84.71085 1703 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2005 |
| Fractional day of year |
84.710851 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
61417.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
FR |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
201.160 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-70.095 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-13.700 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0136 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0174 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
23.97, 37.16, 49.57 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 16:11:53 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 15:55:31 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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65.880 ± 78.092
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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] |
-604.3 ± 6.8 |
-710.4 ± 9.2 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
21.6 ± 4.9 |
3.4 ± 5.9 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
3.3 ± 16.7 |
1.0 ± 9.5 |
| Wi [km/s] |
89.9 ± 3.6 |
79.4 ± 3.0 |
| We [km/s] |
2843.6 ± 115.4 |
2511.5 ± 96.4 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
4.4 ± 0.2 |
2.7 ± 0.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-5.0 ± 0.7 |
-0.6 ± 1.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
9.6 ± 0.2 |
4.1 ± 0.5 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.1 ± 2.2 |
-1.9 ± 1.1 |
Plasma Beta
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0.612 ± 0.626
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1.597 ± 1.723
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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116.09 ± 4.71
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102.53 ± 3.94
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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115.00 ± 2.40
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63.42 ± 4.56
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.762 ± 0.527 |
-0.416 ± 0.790 |
0.497 ± 0.451 |
29.81 ± 41.64 |
208.62 ± 58.00 |
| VC |
-0.985 ± 0.012 |
-0.169 ± 0.064 |
-0.031 ± 0.031 |
-1.75 ± 9.45 |
189.75 ± 3.72 |
| MX1 |
-0.786 ± 0.069 |
-0.617 ± 0.088 |
-0.040 ± 0.040 |
-2.32 ± 7.20 |
218.15 ± 6.41 |
| MX2 |
-0.669 ± 0.166 |
-0.697 ± 0.160 |
0.256 ± 0.250 |
14.83 ± 16.97 |
226.17 ± 12.90 |
| MX3 |
-0.805 ± 0.056 |
-0.569 ± 0.077 |
-0.168 ± 0.167 |
-9.68 ± 6.45 |
215.25 ± 5.44 |
| RH08 |
-0.156 ± 0.043 |
0.290 ± 0.030 |
-0.944 ± 0.407 |
-70.76 ± 1.39 |
118.33 ± 8.29 |
| RH09 |
-0.635 ± 0.054 |
-0.277 ± 0.068 |
-0.721 ± 0.558 |
-46.11 ± 4.00 |
203.57 ± 5.85 |
| RH10 |
-0.705 ± 0.050 |
-0.505 ± 0.061 |
-0.497 ± 0.451 |
-29.82 ± 4.03 |
215.60 ± 4.65 |
| Average |
-0.688 |
-0.370 |
-0.206 |
-14.474 |
199.427 |
| Median |
-0.705 |
-0.416 |
-0.040 |
-2.321 |
215.245 |
| Deviation |
0.240 |
0.319 |
0.487 |
32.855 |
34.536 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
89.3 ± 8.4 |
312.0 ± 8.7 |
0.61 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
72.4 ± 3.2 |
422.8 ± 7.8 |
0.61 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
79.7 ± 2.7 |
315.1 ± 6.1 |
0.61 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
72.4 ± 5.8 |
257.9 ± 6.7 |
0.61 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
82.6 ± 1.5 |
322.4 ± 5.9 |
0.61 ± 0.04 |
| RH08 |
71.0 ± 11.5 |
70.6 ± 8.9 |
0.61 ± 0.04 |
| RH09 |
87.4 ± 6.2 |
247.7 ± 6.9 |
0.61 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
83.1 ± 3.4 |
272.4 ± 25.1 |
0.61 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
79.7 |
277.6 |
0.61 |
| Median |
82.6 |
312.0 |
0.61 |
| Deviation |
7.1 |
99.9 |
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 |
-141.0 ± 13.1 |
1.0 ± 0.0 |
1.4 ± 0.0 |
163.4 ± 4.3 |
-142.00 ± 15.65 |
-0.86 ± 0.09 |
| VC |
-168.7 ± 6.7 |
25.0 ± 0.7 |
34.8 ± 0.7 |
161.5 ± 4.3 |
-6.74 ± 0.44 |
-1.05 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
-146.3 ± 6.2 |
14.7 ± 0.4 |
20.6 ± 0.4 |
162.8 ± 4.3 |
-9.99 ± 0.67 |
-0.90 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
-132.5 ± 9.9 |
24.9 ± 0.7 |
34.7 ± 0.7 |
161.5 ± 4.3 |
-5.32 ± 0.50 |
-0.82 ± 0.08 |
| MX3 |
-151.2 ± 5.0 |
10.5 ± 0.3 |
14.8 ± 0.3 |
163.1 ± 4.3 |
-14.41 ± 0.86 |
-0.93 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
-27.1 ± 16.4 |
27.0 ± 0.7 |
37.5 ± 0.8 |
161.2 ± 4.3 |
-1.00 ± 0.61 |
-0.17 ± 0.10 |
| RH9 |
-127.9 ± 9.6 |
3.8 ± 0.1 |
5.3 ± 0.1 |
163.4 ± 4.3 |
-33.92 ± 2.85 |
-0.78 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
-141.4 ± 5.8 |
9.8 ± 0.3 |
13.8 ± 0.3 |
163.1 ± 4.3 |
-14.44 ± 0.85 |
-0.87 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
-129.5 |
14.6 |
20.4 |
162.5 |
-28.5 |
-0.8 |
| Median |
-141.0 |
14.7 |
20.6 |
163.1 |
-10.0 |
-0.9 |
| Deviation |
43.2 |
10.1 |
14.0 |
0.9 |
46.9 |
0.3 |
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 |
-228.2 ± 11.0 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
0.8 ± 0.1 |
120.7 ± 2.1 |
-348.98 ± 24.36 |
-1.89 ± 0.12 |
| VC |
-276.3 ± 8.9 |
16.5 ± 0.7 |
19.2 ± 1.4 |
119.5 ± 2.1 |
-16.82 ± 0.99 |
-2.31 ± 0.11 |
| MX1 |
-240.9 ± 8.0 |
9.7 ± 0.4 |
11.3 ± 0.8 |
120.3 ± 2.1 |
-25.00 ± 1.35 |
-2.00 ± 0.10 |
| MX2 |
-215.6 ± 8.8 |
16.4 ± 0.7 |
19.1 ± 1.4 |
119.5 ± 2.1 |
-13.18 ± 0.79 |
-1.80 ± 0.10 |
| MX3 |
-247.3 ± 7.4 |
6.9 ± 0.3 |
8.1 ± 0.6 |
120.5 ± 2.1 |
-35.81 ± 1.85 |
-2.05 ± 0.10 |
| RH8 |
-40.6 ± 7.4 |
17.7 ± 0.7 |
20.7 ± 1.5 |
119.4 ± 2.1 |
-2.29 ± 0.42 |
-0.34 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
-202.1 ± 5.5 |
2.5 ± 0.1 |
2.9 ± 0.2 |
120.6 ± 2.1 |
-81.40 ± 3.67 |
-1.68 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
-226.6 ± 6.1 |
6.5 ± 0.3 |
7.6 ± 0.5 |
120.5 ± 2.1 |
-35.15 ± 1.61 |
-1.88 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
-209.7 |
9.6 |
11.2 |
120.1 |
-69.8 |
-1.7 |
| Median |
-226.6 |
9.7 |
11.3 |
120.5 |
-25.0 |
-1.9 |
| Deviation |
71.9 |
6.6 |
7.7 |
0.5 |
115.3 |
0.6 |
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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