Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20051191508
Observation time: 04/29/2005 119.63123 1508 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2005 |
| Fractional day of year |
119.631233 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
54538.5 ± 20.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
| X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
201.420 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
49.012 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-11.453 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0167 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0187 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
9.62, 17.39, 18.28 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 16:25:42 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 16:02:22 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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52.284 ± 17.404
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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] |
-370.2 ± 1.0 |
-385.0 ± 2.8 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-12.1 ± 1.1 |
-24.9 ± 3.1 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-3.4 ± 1.1 |
6.1 ± 1.4 |
| Wi [km/s] |
23.1 ± 0.6 |
26.8 ± 1.2 |
| We [km/s] |
731.1 ± 18.0 |
846.7 ± 39.2 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
13.5 ± 0.5 |
19.7 ± 2.0 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
2.7 ± 0.2 |
3.3 ± 0.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-3.4 ± 0.2 |
-5.0 ± 0.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-1.8 ± 0.2 |
-2.3 ± 0.3 |
Plasma Beta
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0.677 ± 0.662
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0.727 ± 0.678
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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29.85 ± 0.73
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34.57 ± 1.60
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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28.15 ± 0.72
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31.77 ± 2.01
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.899 ± 0.221 |
-0.373 ± 0.395 |
0.231 ± 0.227 |
13.36 ± 40.23 |
202.52 ± 24.90 |
| VC |
-0.678 ± 0.051 |
-0.584 ± 0.056 |
0.445 ± 0.413 |
26.45 ± 4.39 |
220.74 ± 4.33 |
| MX1 |
-0.748 ± 0.098 |
-0.454 ± 0.150 |
0.484 ± 0.442 |
28.94 ± 5.39 |
211.21 ± 11.33 |
| MX2 |
-0.746 ± 0.097 |
-0.455 ± 0.148 |
0.486 ± 0.444 |
29.09 ± 5.00 |
211.39 ± 11.27 |
| MX3 |
-0.739 ± 0.096 |
-0.459 ± 0.145 |
0.493 ± 0.449 |
29.57 ± 4.66 |
211.88 ± 11.16 |
| RH08 |
-0.679 ± 0.018 |
-0.054 ± 0.015 |
-0.732 ± 0.560 |
-47.04 ± 1.42 |
184.51 ± 1.27 |
| RH09 |
-0.976 ± 0.015 |
-0.199 ± 0.068 |
-0.084 ± 0.084 |
-4.81 ± 4.02 |
191.53 ± 3.99 |
| RH10 |
-0.975 ± 0.015 |
-0.199 ± 0.068 |
-0.095 ± 0.095 |
-5.45 ± 4.02 |
191.53 ± 3.99 |
| Average |
-0.805 |
-0.347 |
0.154 |
8.764 |
203.165 |
| Median |
-0.746 |
-0.373 |
0.445 |
26.450 |
211.214 |
| Deviation |
0.125 |
0.178 |
0.436 |
26.959 |
12.741 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
70.9 ± 4.0 |
403.0 ± 1.5 |
1.41 ± 0.08 |
| VC |
82.4 ± 4.3 |
328.0 ± 1.5 |
1.41 ± 0.08 |
| MX1 |
73.6 ± 4.3 |
352.0 ± 1.6 |
1.41 ± 0.08 |
| MX2 |
73.7 ± 4.3 |
351.1 ± 1.6 |
1.41 ± 0.08 |
| MX3 |
74.0 ± 4.3 |
348.4 ± 1.6 |
1.41 ± 0.08 |
| RH08 |
86.6 ± 1.5 |
266.0 ± 0.7 |
1.41 ± 0.08 |
| RH09 |
68.0 ± 3.3 |
416.8 ± 1.2 |
1.41 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
68.3 ± 3.2 |
415.9 ± 6.5 |
1.41 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
74.7 |
360.1 |
1.41 |
| Median |
73.7 |
352.0 |
1.41 |
| Deviation |
6.6 |
51.2 |
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 |
66.6 ± 1.3 |
6.8 ± 0.1 |
9.2 ± 0.2 |
40.5 ± 0.5 |
9.81 ± 0.13 |
1.65 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
71.3 ± 1.5 |
2.7 ± 0.0 |
3.7 ± 0.1 |
40.9 ± 0.5 |
26.23 ± 0.32 |
1.74 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
71.1 ± 1.5 |
5.8 ± 0.1 |
7.9 ± 0.2 |
40.6 ± 0.5 |
12.18 ± 0.14 |
1.75 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
71.1 ± 1.5 |
5.8 ± 0.1 |
7.9 ± 0.2 |
40.6 ± 0.5 |
12.25 ± 0.15 |
1.75 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
71.1 ± 1.5 |
5.7 ± 0.1 |
7.8 ± 0.2 |
40.6 ± 0.5 |
12.45 ± 0.15 |
1.75 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
11.3 ± 0.8 |
1.2 ± 0.0 |
1.7 ± 0.0 |
41.0 ± 0.5 |
9.37 ± 0.76 |
0.28 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
52.6 ± 1.0 |
7.8 ± 0.1 |
10.5 ± 0.3 |
40.3 ± 0.5 |
6.75 ± 0.12 |
1.31 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
52.1 ± 1.0 |
7.7 ± 0.1 |
10.4 ± 0.3 |
40.3 ± 0.5 |
6.77 ± 0.12 |
1.29 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
58.4 |
5.4 |
7.4 |
40.6 |
12.0 |
1.4 |
| Median |
71.1 |
5.8 |
7.9 |
40.6 |
12.2 |
1.7 |
| Deviation |
20.7 |
2.3 |
3.1 |
0.3 |
6.2 |
0.5 |
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 |
46.3 ± 3.6 |
7.7 ± 0.2 |
10.4 ± 0.7 |
46.4 ± 0.6 |
6.00 ± 0.49 |
1.00 ± 0.09 |
| VC |
49.6 ± 3.7 |
3.1 ± 0.1 |
4.2 ± 0.3 |
46.9 ± 0.7 |
16.01 ± 1.25 |
1.06 ± 0.09 |
| MX1 |
49.6 ± 3.6 |
6.6 ± 0.2 |
9.0 ± 0.6 |
46.5 ± 0.6 |
7.47 ± 0.58 |
1.07 ± 0.09 |
| MX2 |
49.6 ± 3.6 |
6.6 ± 0.2 |
8.9 ± 0.6 |
46.5 ± 0.6 |
7.51 ± 0.58 |
1.07 ± 0.09 |
| MX3 |
49.6 ± 3.6 |
6.5 ± 0.2 |
8.8 ± 0.6 |
46.6 ± 0.6 |
7.63 ± 0.59 |
1.07 ± 0.09 |
| RH8 |
7.6 ± 1.7 |
1.4 ± 0.0 |
1.9 ± 0.1 |
47.0 ± 0.7 |
5.55 ± 1.19 |
0.16 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
36.5 ± 3.2 |
8.9 ± 0.2 |
11.9 ± 0.8 |
46.2 ± 0.6 |
4.11 ± 0.37 |
0.79 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
36.1 ± 3.1 |
8.8 ± 0.2 |
11.7 ± 0.7 |
46.2 ± 0.6 |
4.12 ± 0.37 |
0.78 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
40.6 |
6.2 |
8.3 |
46.5 |
7.3 |
0.9 |
| Median |
49.6 |
6.6 |
9.0 |
46.5 |
7.5 |
1.1 |
| Deviation |
14.5 |
2.7 |
3.5 |
0.3 |
3.8 |
0.3 |
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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