Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20051651755
Observation time: 06/14/2005 165.74700 1755 [UT]
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![Wind spacecraft](../windsm.gif)
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General
Information (About, Top)
Year |
2005 |
Fractional day of year |
165.746997 |
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
64540.5 ± 30.0 |
Shock type |
FF |
Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
243.687 |
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
87.113 |
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
16.190 |
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0009 |
Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0275 |
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0211 |
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
10.15, 12.75, 13.69 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 16:52:48 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 16:17:44 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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58.048 ± 16.506
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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] |
-435.4 ± 1.5 |
-515.7 ± 7.0 |
Vy GSE [km/s] |
2.6 ± 3.0 |
6.1 ± 9.0 |
Vz GSE [km/s] |
2.9 ± 8.0 |
55.4 ± 11.1 |
Wi [km/s] |
26.3 ± 2.4 |
44.7 ± 8.2 |
We [km/s] |
830.5 ± 76.4 |
1412.7 ± 258.1 |
Ni [n/cc] |
6.5 ± 1.9 |
14.1 ± 2.2 |
Bx GSE [nT] |
1.4 ± 0.3 |
2.7 ± 0.8 |
By GSE [nT] |
3.0 ± 0.7 |
10.8 ± 1.3 |
Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.9 ± 0.1 |
-1.0 ± 1.1 |
Plasma Beta
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0.818 ± 0.750
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0.544 ± 0.429
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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33.90 ± 3.12
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57.67 ± 10.54
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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30.33 ± 6.65
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65.75 ± 9.32
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
MC |
-0.729 ± 0.266 |
-0.033 ± 0.271 |
0.684 ± 0.549 |
43.16 ± 22.31 |
182.59 ± 21.32 |
VC |
-0.841 ± 0.060 |
0.038 ± 0.089 |
0.539 ± 0.480 |
32.62 ± 6.34 |
177.38 ± 6.05 |
MX1 |
-0.836 ± 0.062 |
0.131 ± 0.063 |
0.533 ± 0.476 |
32.20 ± 6.66 |
171.11 ± 4.28 |
MX2 |
-0.835 ± 0.061 |
0.129 ± 0.062 |
0.534 ± 0.477 |
32.30 ± 6.51 |
171.20 ± 4.23 |
MX3 |
-0.835 ± 0.061 |
0.129 ± 0.062 |
0.535 ± 0.477 |
32.33 ± 6.49 |
171.23 ± 4.21 |
RH08 |
-0.612 ± 0.015 |
0.070 ± 0.008 |
-0.788 ± 0.559 |
-51.97 ± 1.07 |
173.48 ± 0.71 |
RH09 |
-0.626 ± 0.058 |
0.072 ± 0.051 |
-0.777 ± 0.560 |
-50.94 ± 4.29 |
173.48 ± 4.62 |
RH10 |
-0.612 ± 0.057 |
0.070 ± 0.058 |
-0.788 ± 0.559 |
-51.97 ± 4.14 |
173.48 ± 5.44 |
Average |
-0.741 |
0.076 |
0.059 |
2.215 |
174.245 |
Median |
-0.729 |
0.072 |
0.534 |
32.300 |
173.482 |
Deviation |
0.109 |
0.056 |
0.700 |
44.738 |
3.955 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
MC |
58.9 ± 2.5 |
499.9 ± 9.4 |
2.13 ± 0.41 |
VC |
62.4 ± 2.7 |
547.8 ± 9.4 |
2.13 ± 0.41 |
MX1 |
67.7 ± 2.7 |
546.9 ± 9.4 |
2.13 ± 0.41 |
MX2 |
67.6 ± 2.7 |
546.7 ± 9.4 |
2.13 ± 0.41 |
MX3 |
67.6 ± 2.7 |
546.6 ± 9.4 |
2.13 ± 0.41 |
RH08 |
89.4 ± 2.5 |
284.6 ± 2.9 |
2.13 ± 0.41 |
RH09 |
89.8 ± 2.5 |
293.9 ± 2.8 |
2.13 ± 0.41 |
RH10 |
89.4 ± 2.5 |
284.6 ± 19.0 |
2.13 ± 0.41 |
Average |
74.1 |
443.9 |
2.13 |
Median |
67.7 |
546.6 |
2.13 |
Deviation |
13.1 |
130.3 |
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 |
180.7 ± 6.4 |
12.0 ± 1.8 |
15.7 ± 3.4 |
44.1 ± 5.9 |
15.41 ± 2.30 |
4.16 ± 0.55 |
VC |
179.8 ± 5.6 |
10.7 ± 1.6 |
14.1 ± 3.1 |
44.4 ± 5.9 |
17.21 ± 2.54 |
4.11 ± 0.54 |
MX1 |
181.0 ± 5.8 |
8.6 ± 1.3 |
11.5 ± 2.5 |
44.8 ± 6.0 |
21.36 ± 3.16 |
4.10 ± 0.54 |
MX2 |
181.1 ± 5.8 |
8.7 ± 1.3 |
11.5 ± 2.5 |
44.8 ± 6.0 |
21.29 ± 3.15 |
4.10 ± 0.54 |
MX3 |
181.1 ± 5.8 |
8.7 ± 1.3 |
11.6 ± 2.5 |
44.8 ± 6.0 |
21.26 ± 3.15 |
4.10 ± 0.54 |
RH8 |
20.3 ± 5.3 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
0.3 ± 0.1 |
45.7 ± 6.1 |
83.67 ± 20.94 |
0.45 ± 0.11 |
RH9 |
23.4 ± 5.2 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
45.7 ± 6.1 |
302.52 ± 66.34 |
0.52 ± 0.11 |
RH10 |
20.3 ± 5.3 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
0.3 ± 0.1 |
45.7 ± 6.1 |
83.67 ± 20.94 |
0.45 ± 0.11 |
Average |
121.0 |
6.1 |
8.1 |
45.0 |
70.8 |
2.7 |
Median |
180.7 |
8.7 |
11.5 |
44.8 |
21.4 |
4.1 |
Deviation |
82.5 |
5.1 |
6.7 |
0.6 |
98.1 |
1.9 |
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 |
86.4 ± 8.9 |
22.4 ± 1.4 |
33.9 ± 4.8 |
85.4 ± 1.4 |
3.86 ± 0.45 |
1.01 ± 0.12 |
VC |
83.8 ± 8.1 |
20.0 ± 1.2 |
30.5 ± 4.3 |
86.1 ± 1.5 |
4.20 ± 0.48 |
0.98 ± 0.11 |
MX1 |
85.5 ± 8.1 |
16.2 ± 1.0 |
24.9 ± 3.5 |
86.8 ± 1.5 |
5.28 ± 0.61 |
0.99 ± 0.11 |
MX2 |
85.5 ± 8.1 |
16.3 ± 1.0 |
25.0 ± 3.5 |
86.8 ± 1.5 |
5.27 ± 0.61 |
0.99 ± 0.11 |
MX3 |
85.5 ± 8.1 |
16.3 ± 1.0 |
25.1 ± 3.6 |
86.8 ± 1.5 |
5.26 ± 0.61 |
0.99 ± 0.11 |
RH8 |
12.1 ± 9.7 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
0.7 ± 0.1 |
88.3 ± 1.6 |
26.22 ± 19.72 |
0.14 ± 0.11 |
RH9 |
13.6 ± 9.6 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
88.3 ± 1.6 |
91.68 ± 61.15 |
0.15 ± 0.11 |
RH10 |
12.1 ± 9.7 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
0.7 ± 0.1 |
88.3 ± 1.6 |
26.22 ± 19.72 |
0.14 ± 0.11 |
Average |
58.1 |
11.5 |
17.6 |
87.1 |
21.0 |
0.7 |
Median |
85.5 |
16.3 |
25.0 |
86.8 |
5.3 |
1.0 |
Deviation |
37.6 |
9.5 |
14.5 |
1.1 |
30.2 |
0.4 |
Survey interval (About, Top)
![Survey of solar wind interval](wi_survey_00401.png)
Selected
data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters
![Survey](wi_selvwnb_00401.png)
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Velocity
![V](wi_selv_00401.png)
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Magnetic Field
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Simple
Methods
(About, Top)
Rankine Chi^2
Contour (About, Top)
Shock
Speed (About, Top)
![Shock Speed](wi_shockspeed_00401.png)
Theta Bn (About, Top)
![Theta Bn](wi_thetabn_00401.png)
Mach Numbers (About, Top)
Page updated Fri Jun 13 11:06:02 2014
Michael L Stevens
(mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)
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