Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20051980052
Observation time: 07/17/2005 198.03675 0052 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2005 |
| Fractional day of year |
198.036753 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
3175.5 ± 70.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
| X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
264.100 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-5.242 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
20.536 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0010 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0303 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0137 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
26.00, 34.96, 36.49 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 17:07:41 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 16:28:21 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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66.570 ± 16.779
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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] |
-419.8 ± 0.9 |
-438.7 ± 3.4 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
38.9 ± 1.3 |
87.6 ± 1.7 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-6.5 ± 1.4 |
-18.7 ± 2.1 |
| Wi [km/s] |
42.9 ± 1.3 |
53.7 ± 0.9 |
| We [km/s] |
1355.5 ± 40.3 |
1699.6 ± 28.8 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
6.9 ± 0.3 |
11.4 ± 0.9 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-5.4 ± 0.1 |
-8.7 ± 0.5 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-0.5 ± 0.4 |
-1.5 ± 0.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.2 ± 0.2 |
3.2 ± 1.0 |
Plasma Beta
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0.902 ± 0.904
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0.788 ± 0.821
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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55.34 ± 1.64
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69.39 ± 1.17
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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45.24 ± 1.29
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60.78 ± 3.00
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.742 ± 0.109 |
0.072 ± 0.189 |
-0.666 ± 0.544 |
-41.78 ± 9.25 |
174.49 ± 14.53 |
| VC |
-0.351 ± 0.054 |
0.908 ± 0.023 |
-0.227 ± 0.223 |
-13.12 ± 2.42 |
111.15 ± 3.42 |
| MX1 |
-0.492 ± 0.136 |
0.844 ± 0.080 |
-0.215 ± 0.212 |
-12.44 ± 2.28 |
120.25 ± 9.23 |
| MX2 |
-0.454 ± 0.098 |
0.873 ± 0.051 |
-0.180 ± 0.178 |
-10.34 ± 2.82 |
117.45 ± 6.42 |
| MX3 |
-0.428 ± 0.078 |
0.891 ± 0.038 |
-0.152 ± 0.151 |
-8.73 ± 3.68 |
115.63 ± 5.00 |
| RH08 |
-0.569 ± 0.009 |
-0.236 ± 0.012 |
-0.788 ± 0.559 |
-51.97 ± 0.56 |
202.56 ± 1.20 |
| RH09 |
-0.902 ± 0.026 |
0.432 ± 0.053 |
0.006 ± 0.006 |
0.32 ± 2.83 |
154.43 ± 3.39 |
| RH10 |
-0.909 ± 0.026 |
0.416 ± 0.057 |
0.017 ± 0.017 |
0.96 ± 3.32 |
155.43 ± 3.59 |
| Average |
-0.606 |
0.525 |
-0.276 |
-17.137 |
143.924 |
| Median |
-0.492 |
0.844 |
-0.180 |
-10.342 |
154.429 |
| Deviation |
0.218 |
0.433 |
0.295 |
19.302 |
33.278 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
41.4 ± 1.6 |
384.4 ± 0.6 |
1.61 ± 0.13 |
| VC |
74.2 ± 4.0 |
323.5 ± 2.1 |
1.61 ± 0.13 |
| MX1 |
65.3 ± 4.0 |
377.6 ± 1.9 |
1.61 ± 0.13 |
| MX2 |
67.9 ± 4.1 |
363.1 ± 2.0 |
1.61 ± 0.13 |
| MX3 |
69.7 ± 4.1 |
352.9 ± 2.0 |
1.61 ± 0.13 |
| RH08 |
52.4 ± 2.1 |
255.6 ± 0.9 |
1.61 ± 0.13 |
| RH09 |
31.0 ± 4.3 |
492.4 ± 1.0 |
1.61 ± 0.13 |
| RH10 |
30.0 ± 4.3 |
492.5 ± 5.8 |
1.61 ± 0.13 |
| Average |
54.0 |
380.2 |
1.61 |
| Median |
65.3 |
377.6 |
1.61 |
| Deviation |
17.9 |
80.2 |
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 |
65.7 ± 1.2 |
28.7 ± 0.5 |
33.9 ± 1.0 |
65.5 ± 1.1 |
2.29 ± 0.03 |
1.00 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
139.2 ± 1.3 |
9.6 ± 0.1 |
12.3 ± 0.4 |
70.8 ± 1.1 |
14.49 ± 0.15 |
1.97 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
136.9 ± 1.3 |
14.9 ± 0.2 |
18.9 ± 0.5 |
69.9 ± 1.1 |
9.16 ± 0.09 |
1.96 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
137.6 ± 1.3 |
13.4 ± 0.2 |
17.0 ± 0.5 |
70.2 ± 1.1 |
10.28 ± 0.10 |
1.96 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
137.8 ± 1.3 |
12.3 ± 0.2 |
15.7 ± 0.4 |
70.4 ± 1.1 |
11.17 ± 0.11 |
1.96 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
20.8 ± 1.4 |
22.5 ± 0.4 |
27.6 ± 0.8 |
67.9 ± 1.1 |
0.92 ± 0.06 |
0.31 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
97.0 ± 1.1 |
34.2 ± 0.6 |
38.8 ± 1.1 |
62.8 ± 1.1 |
2.84 ± 0.02 |
1.54 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
94.8 ± 1.1 |
34.6 ± 0.6 |
39.2 ± 1.1 |
62.5 ± 1.1 |
2.74 ± 0.02 |
1.52 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
103.7 |
21.3 |
25.4 |
67.5 |
6.7 |
1.5 |
| Median |
136.9 |
22.5 |
27.6 |
69.9 |
9.2 |
2.0 |
| Deviation |
43.3 |
10.1 |
10.9 |
3.5 |
5.1 |
0.6 |
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 |
40.1 ± 3.6 |
37.5 ± 0.9 |
45.6 ± 2.3 |
84.3 ± 1.1 |
1.07 ± 0.08 |
0.47 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
85.6 ± 1.5 |
12.5 ± 0.3 |
16.5 ± 0.8 |
91.4 ± 1.3 |
6.82 ± 0.09 |
0.94 ± 0.01 |
| MX1 |
83.9 ± 1.8 |
19.5 ± 0.4 |
25.4 ± 1.3 |
90.2 ± 1.3 |
4.30 ± 0.03 |
0.93 ± 0.01 |
| MX2 |
84.3 ± 1.6 |
17.5 ± 0.4 |
22.8 ± 1.1 |
90.6 ± 1.3 |
4.83 ± 0.05 |
0.93 ± 0.01 |
| MX3 |
84.4 ± 1.6 |
16.1 ± 0.4 |
21.1 ± 1.0 |
90.9 ± 1.3 |
5.24 ± 0.06 |
0.93 ± 0.01 |
| RH8 |
12.0 ± 3.6 |
29.4 ± 0.7 |
37.1 ± 1.8 |
87.5 ± 1.2 |
0.41 ± 0.12 |
0.14 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
59.0 ± 2.8 |
44.8 ± 1.1 |
52.1 ± 2.6 |
80.7 ± 0.9 |
1.32 ± 0.03 |
0.73 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
57.6 ± 2.8 |
45.4 ± 1.2 |
52.6 ± 2.6 |
80.3 ± 0.9 |
1.27 ± 0.03 |
0.72 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
63.4 |
27.8 |
34.2 |
87.0 |
3.2 |
0.7 |
| Median |
83.9 |
29.4 |
37.1 |
90.2 |
4.3 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
26.8 |
13.3 |
14.6 |
4.6 |
2.4 |
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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