Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20051480323
Observation time: 05/28/2005 148.14127 0323 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2005 |
| Fractional day of year |
148.141267 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
12205.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
222.180 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
100.130 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
6.570 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0010 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0301 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0255 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
8.34, 17.54, 18.47 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 16:47:47 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 16:13:24 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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63.661 ± 2.931
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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] |
-276.0 ± 1.7 |
-312.0 ± 3.4 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-5.5 ± 0.8 |
-18.6 ± 1.1 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-30.2 ± 5.6 |
-48.1 ± 3.6 |
| Wi [km/s] |
14.7 ± 0.8 |
19.1 ± 0.7 |
| We [km/s] |
466.4 ± 26.0 |
603.3 ± 21.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
10.2 ± 0.7 |
20.7 ± 0.5 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-2.2 ± 0.2 |
-1.8 ± 0.9 |
| By GSE [nT] |
1.5 ± 0.1 |
5.9 ± 1.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
1.3 ± 0.2 |
1.1 ± 1.1 |
Plasma Beta
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0.538 ± 0.562
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0.379 ± 0.357
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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19.04 ± 1.06
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24.63 ± 0.86
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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20.37 ± 1.87
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31.15 ± 1.54
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.915 ± 0.136 |
0.128 ± 0.247 |
0.383 ± 0.363 |
22.54 ± 19.85 |
172.01 ± 15.42 |
| VC |
-0.851 ± 0.066 |
-0.311 ± 0.040 |
-0.423 ± 0.396 |
-25.01 ± 9.30 |
200.05 ± 2.18 |
| MX1 |
-0.994 ± 0.020 |
0.109 ± 0.186 |
-0.007 ± 0.007 |
-0.40 ± 15.79 |
173.75 ± 10.71 |
| MX2 |
-0.930 ± 0.056 |
0.047 ± 0.141 |
-0.365 ± 0.347 |
-21.38 ± 8.78 |
177.09 ± 8.71 |
| MX3 |
-0.877 ± 0.067 |
0.027 ± 0.129 |
-0.480 ± 0.439 |
-28.67 ± 7.94 |
178.21 ± 8.43 |
| RH08 |
-0.972 ± 0.004 |
0.060 ± 0.017 |
-0.229 ± 0.225 |
-13.24 ± 0.93 |
176.49 ± 0.99 |
| RH09 |
-0.949 ± 0.022 |
0.159 ± 0.064 |
0.274 ± 0.267 |
15.89 ± 4.06 |
170.47 ± 3.86 |
| RH10 |
-0.957 ± 0.020 |
0.161 ± 0.070 |
0.240 ± 0.235 |
13.90 ± 3.98 |
170.47 ± 4.17 |
| Average |
-0.931 |
0.048 |
-0.076 |
-4.546 |
177.319 |
| Median |
-0.930 |
0.109 |
-0.007 |
-0.399 |
176.490 |
| Deviation |
0.048 |
0.153 |
0.344 |
20.242 |
9.658 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
23.9 ± 1.8 |
290.6 ± 1.0 |
2.02 ± 0.14 |
| VC |
73.1 ± 1.2 |
335.5 ± 0.8 |
2.02 ± 0.14 |
| MX1 |
37.8 ± 1.3 |
345.0 ± 0.9 |
2.02 ± 0.14 |
| MX2 |
56.5 ± 1.6 |
347.8 ± 0.8 |
2.02 ± 0.14 |
| MX3 |
63.1 ± 1.7 |
337.0 ± 0.8 |
2.02 ± 0.14 |
| RH08 |
49.5 ± 1.4 |
353.2 ± 0.9 |
2.02 ± 0.14 |
| RH09 |
25.1 ± 1.4 |
308.5 ± 0.9 |
2.02 ± 0.14 |
| RH10 |
26.1 ± 1.3 |
313.5 ± 8.2 |
2.02 ± 0.14 |
| Average |
44.4 |
328.9 |
2.02 |
| Median |
49.5 |
337.0 |
2.02 |
| Deviation |
19.0 |
22.2 |
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 |
50.5 ± 3.5 |
15.0 ± 0.7 |
18.6 ± 1.7 |
23.5 ± 1.3 |
3.37 ± 0.36 |
2.15 ± 0.19 |
| VC |
86.1 ± 1.5 |
4.1 ± 0.2 |
5.9 ± 0.5 |
27.6 ± 1.4 |
21.24 ± 1.04 |
3.12 ± 0.17 |
| MX1 |
71.1 ± 1.6 |
12.1 ± 0.6 |
16.1 ± 1.5 |
25.1 ± 1.3 |
5.87 ± 0.37 |
2.83 ± 0.16 |
| MX2 |
80.4 ± 1.0 |
8.0 ± 0.4 |
11.3 ± 1.0 |
26.8 ± 1.4 |
10.09 ± 0.48 |
3.01 ± 0.16 |
| MX3 |
80.7 ± 1.6 |
6.4 ± 0.3 |
9.2 ± 0.8 |
27.2 ± 1.4 |
12.56 ± 0.59 |
2.98 ± 0.16 |
| RH8 |
78.5 ± 0.8 |
9.6 ± 0.4 |
13.2 ± 1.2 |
26.2 ± 1.3 |
8.21 ± 0.42 |
3.00 ± 0.16 |
| RH9 |
55.9 ± 3.0 |
14.8 ± 0.7 |
18.5 ± 1.7 |
23.7 ± 1.3 |
3.79 ± 0.35 |
2.37 ± 0.18 |
| RH10 |
57.5 ± 2.8 |
14.6 ± 0.7 |
18.3 ± 1.7 |
23.8 ± 1.3 |
3.95 ± 0.35 |
2.42 ± 0.17 |
| Average |
70.1 |
10.6 |
13.9 |
25.5 |
8.6 |
2.7 |
| Median |
78.5 |
12.1 |
16.1 |
26.2 |
8.2 |
3.0 |
| Deviation |
13.6 |
4.2 |
4.8 |
1.7 |
6.1 |
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 |
26.0 ± 4.0 |
20.6 ± 0.5 |
28.5 ± 1.4 |
33.9 ± 1.1 |
1.26 ± 0.19 |
0.77 ± 0.14 |
| VC |
43.7 ± 2.3 |
5.7 ± 0.1 |
9.0 ± 0.4 |
39.3 ± 1.1 |
7.73 ± 0.46 |
1.11 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
36.5 ± 3.3 |
16.8 ± 0.4 |
24.6 ± 1.2 |
36.0 ± 1.1 |
2.17 ± 0.21 |
1.02 ± 0.11 |
| MX2 |
41.0 ± 2.6 |
11.1 ± 0.2 |
17.2 ± 0.9 |
38.1 ± 1.1 |
3.69 ± 0.26 |
1.07 ± 0.08 |
| MX3 |
40.8 ± 2.4 |
9.0 ± 0.2 |
14.1 ± 0.7 |
38.7 ± 1.1 |
4.56 ± 0.30 |
1.05 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
40.1 ± 2.9 |
13.3 ± 0.3 |
20.2 ± 1.0 |
37.4 ± 1.1 |
3.02 ± 0.23 |
1.07 ± 0.09 |
| RH9 |
28.7 ± 3.8 |
20.3 ± 0.5 |
28.2 ± 1.4 |
34.1 ± 1.1 |
1.41 ± 0.19 |
0.84 ± 0.13 |
| RH10 |
29.3 ± 3.7 |
20.1 ± 0.5 |
28.0 ± 1.4 |
34.3 ± 1.1 |
1.46 ± 0.19 |
0.86 ± 0.13 |
| Average |
35.8 |
14.6 |
21.2 |
36.5 |
3.2 |
1.0 |
| Median |
40.1 |
16.8 |
24.6 |
37.4 |
3.0 |
1.1 |
| Deviation |
6.8 |
5.7 |
7.3 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
0.1 |
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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