Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20051670809
Observation time: 06/16/2005 167.33970 0809 [UT]
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![Wind spacecraft](../windsm.gif)
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General
Information (About, Top)
Year |
2005 |
Fractional day of year |
167.339705 |
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
29350.5 ± 40.0 |
Shock type |
FF |
Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
245.300 |
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
84.162 |
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
16.830 |
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0207 |
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006
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Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0192 |
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
8.02, 17.19, 18.01 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 16:54:23 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 16:19:54 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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42.179 ± 1.613
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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] |
-465.4 ± 2.0 |
-530.5 ± 2.4 |
Vy GSE [km/s] |
-4.5 ± 2.2 |
-32.8 ± 4.0 |
Vz GSE [km/s] |
-8.2 ± 6.7 |
29.6 ± 9.3 |
Wi [km/s] |
17.2 ± 3.1 |
29.5 ± 3.3 |
We [km/s] |
543.1 ± 97.9 |
933.9 ± 105.4 |
Ni [n/cc] |
4.1 ± 0.8 |
7.7 ± 1.2 |
Bx GSE [nT] |
6.7 ± 0.1 |
8.6 ± 0.6 |
By GSE [nT] |
-9.5 ± 0.0 |
-18.1 ± 0.5 |
Bz GSE [nT] |
2.2 ± 0.3 |
4.1 ± 1.7 |
Plasma Beta
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0.018 ± 0.019
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0.034 ± 0.035
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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22.17 ± 4.00
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38.13 ± 4.30
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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128.60 ± 16.25
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162.50 ± 13.74
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
MC |
-0.988 ± 0.021 |
-0.145 ± 0.091 |
0.047 ± 0.047 |
2.68 ± 20.51 |
188.33 ± 5.25 |
VC |
-0.812 ± 0.052 |
-0.353 ± 0.047 |
0.464 ± 0.428 |
27.67 ± 6.52 |
203.45 ± 3.00 |
MX1 |
-0.918 ± 0.041 |
-0.105 ± 0.055 |
0.381 ± 0.362 |
22.42 ± 6.09 |
186.51 ± 3.41 |
MX2 |
-0.910 ± 0.037 |
-0.103 ± 0.055 |
0.401 ± 0.378 |
23.62 ± 5.21 |
186.45 ± 3.43 |
MX3 |
-0.900 ± 0.034 |
-0.100 ± 0.055 |
0.425 ± 0.397 |
25.12 ± 4.49 |
186.35 ± 3.48 |
RH08 |
-0.978 ± 0.003 |
-0.147 ± 0.014 |
0.151 ± 0.150 |
8.68 ± 1.04 |
188.52 ± 0.84 |
RH09 |
-0.978 ± 0.015 |
-0.129 ± 0.069 |
0.162 ± 0.161 |
9.32 ± 4.03 |
187.52 ± 4.07 |
RH10 |
-0.978 ± 0.015 |
-0.129 ± 0.069 |
0.162 ± 0.161 |
9.32 ± 4.03 |
187.52 ± 4.07 |
Average |
-0.933 |
-0.151 |
0.274 |
16.103 |
189.333 |
Median |
-0.918 |
-0.129 |
0.381 |
22.415 |
187.521 |
Deviation |
0.060 |
0.083 |
0.160 |
9.553 |
5.767 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
MC |
64.3 ± 0.5 |
617.4 ± 9.8 |
1.96 ± 0.63 |
VC |
85.0 ± 0.9 |
557.8 ± 12.6 |
1.96 ± 0.63 |
MX1 |
68.7 ± 0.9 |
599.5 ± 11.9 |
1.96 ± 0.63 |
MX2 |
69.2 ± 0.9 |
596.1 ± 11.9 |
1.96 ± 0.63 |
MX3 |
69.7 ± 0.9 |
591.3 ± 12.0 |
1.96 ± 0.63 |
RH08 |
66.0 ± 0.6 |
620.6 ± 10.6 |
1.96 ± 0.63 |
RH09 |
65.3 ± 0.6 |
621.1 ± 10.6 |
1.96 ± 0.63 |
RH10 |
65.3 ± 0.6 |
621.1 ± 62.8 |
1.96 ± 0.63 |
Average |
69.2 |
603.1 |
1.96 |
Median |
68.7 |
617.4 |
1.96 |
Deviation |
6.7 |
22.1 |
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 |
157.1 ± 2.0 |
9.5 ± 1.7 |
55.8 ± 7.0 |
130.2 ± 16.6 |
16.91 ± 2.48 |
1.22 ± 0.13 |
VC |
181.9 ± 3.8 |
1.9 ± 0.3 |
11.3 ± 1.4 |
130.5 ± 16.6 |
96.66 ± 13.70 |
1.41 ± 0.14 |
MX1 |
174.6 ± 3.9 |
7.9 ± 1.4 |
46.6 ± 5.9 |
130.3 ± 16.6 |
22.49 ± 3.22 |
1.36 ± 0.14 |
MX2 |
175.1 ± 4.0 |
7.8 ± 1.4 |
45.8 ± 5.8 |
130.3 ± 16.6 |
22.97 ± 3.29 |
1.36 ± 0.14 |
MX3 |
175.5 ± 4.1 |
7.6 ± 1.4 |
44.7 ± 5.6 |
130.3 ± 16.6 |
23.59 ± 3.37 |
1.36 ± 0.14 |
RH8 |
166.2 ± 2.5 |
8.9 ± 1.6 |
52.2 ± 6.6 |
130.2 ± 16.6 |
19.09 ± 2.78 |
1.29 ± 0.13 |
RH9 |
166.5 ± 2.6 |
9.2 ± 1.6 |
53.8 ± 6.8 |
130.2 ± 16.6 |
18.57 ± 2.70 |
1.29 ± 0.13 |
RH10 |
166.5 ± 2.6 |
9.2 ± 1.6 |
53.8 ± 6.8 |
130.2 ± 16.6 |
18.57 ± 2.70 |
1.29 ± 0.13 |
Average |
170.4 |
7.7 |
45.5 |
130.3 |
29.9 |
1.3 |
Median |
174.6 |
8.9 |
52.2 |
130.3 |
22.5 |
1.4 |
Deviation |
7.8 |
2.5 |
14.4 |
0.1 |
27.1 |
0.1 |
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 |
87.0 ± 2.9 |
16.2 ± 1.8 |
70.4 ± 6.0 |
166.2 ± 13.8 |
5.45 ± 0.71 |
0.53 ± 0.04 |
VC |
101.5 ± 5.2 |
3.3 ± 0.4 |
14.3 ± 1.2 |
166.9 ± 13.8 |
31.53 ± 4.66 |
0.61 ± 0.07 |
MX1 |
97.5 ± 4.5 |
13.5 ± 1.5 |
58.9 ± 5.0 |
166.4 ± 13.8 |
7.33 ± 1.06 |
0.59 ± 0.06 |
MX2 |
97.9 ± 4.6 |
13.2 ± 1.5 |
57.8 ± 4.9 |
166.4 ± 13.8 |
7.49 ± 1.09 |
0.59 ± 0.06 |
MX3 |
98.1 ± 4.8 |
12.9 ± 1.4 |
56.5 ± 4.8 |
166.4 ± 13.8 |
7.70 ± 1.13 |
0.59 ± 0.07 |
RH8 |
92.7 ± 3.2 |
15.1 ± 1.7 |
66.0 ± 5.6 |
166.3 ± 13.8 |
6.20 ± 0.83 |
0.56 ± 0.05 |
RH9 |
93.1 ± 3.2 |
15.6 ± 1.7 |
68.0 ± 5.7 |
166.2 ± 13.8 |
6.04 ± 0.81 |
0.56 ± 0.05 |
RH10 |
93.1 ± 3.2 |
15.6 ± 1.7 |
68.0 ± 5.7 |
166.2 ± 13.8 |
6.04 ± 0.81 |
0.56 ± 0.05 |
Average |
95.1 |
13.2 |
57.5 |
166.4 |
9.7 |
0.6 |
Median |
97.5 |
15.1 |
66.0 |
166.4 |
7.3 |
0.6 |
Deviation |
4.5 |
4.2 |
18.2 |
0.2 |
8.8 |
0.0 |
Survey interval (About, Top)
![Survey of solar wind interval](wi_survey_00402.png)
Selected
data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters
![Survey](wi_selvwnb_00402.png)
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Velocity
![V](wi_selv_00402.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_00402.png)
Theta Bn (About, Top)
![Theta Bn](wi_thetabn_00402.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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