Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20052130600
Observation time: 08/01/2005 213.25061 0600 [UT]
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![Wind spacecraft](../windsm.gif)
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General
Information (About, Top)
Year |
2005 |
Fractional day of year |
213.250608 |
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
21652.5 ± 40.0 |
Shock type |
FF |
Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
257.730 |
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-54.954 |
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
15.990 |
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0215 |
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0222 |
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
11.78, 17.52, 20.60 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 17:10:47 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 16:30:23 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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36.459 ± 11.187
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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] |
-500.5 ± 5.2 |
-530.9 ± 11.7 |
Vy GSE [km/s] |
-30.3 ± 2.9 |
-30.6 ± 7.5 |
Vz GSE [km/s] |
-22.9 ± 5.7 |
-91.1 ± 13.3 |
Wi [km/s] |
36.4 ± 1.3 |
43.0 ± 4.9 |
We [km/s] |
1152.2 ± 40.4 |
1358.4 ± 156.2 |
Ni [n/cc] |
3.3 ± 0.2 |
5.9 ± 0.5 |
Bx GSE [nT] |
0.2 ± 1.1 |
2.0 ± 0.9 |
By GSE [nT] |
-7.6 ± 0.2 |
-13.2 ± 0.2 |
Bz GSE [nT] |
0.8 ± 0.6 |
-0.9 ± 1.5 |
Plasma Beta
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0.153 ± 0.166
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0.128 ± 0.151
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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47.04 ± 1.65
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55.46 ± 6.38
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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93.51 ± 3.77
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121.79 ± 5.45
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
MC |
-0.981 ± 0.182 |
-0.192 ± 0.928 |
0.010 ± 0.010 |
0.55 ± 49.85 |
191.06 ± 54.20 |
VC |
-0.418 ± 0.139 |
-0.007 ± 0.104 |
-0.908 ± 0.476 |
-65.29 ± 8.78 |
180.98 ± 14.24 |
MX1 |
-0.450 ± 0.144 |
0.214 ± 0.265 |
-0.867 ± 0.523 |
-60.13 ± 5.26 |
154.57 ± 33.47 |
MX2 |
-0.473 ± 0.110 |
0.168 ± 0.222 |
-0.865 ± 0.525 |
-59.87 ± 5.44 |
160.39 ± 26.67 |
MX3 |
-0.498 ± 0.093 |
0.133 ± 0.195 |
-0.857 ± 0.530 |
-59.00 ± 5.34 |
165.03 ± 22.31 |
RH08 |
-0.586 ± 0.036 |
0.005 ± 0.026 |
-0.810 ± 0.554 |
-54.10 ± 2.56 |
179.50 ± 2.56 |
RH09 |
-0.724 ± 0.048 |
-0.057 ± 0.070 |
-0.687 ± 0.550 |
-43.40 ± 4.00 |
184.51 ± 5.51 |
RH10 |
-0.754 ± 0.045 |
-0.060 ± 0.071 |
-0.654 ± 0.539 |
-40.82 ± 3.92 |
184.51 ± 5.36 |
Average |
-0.611 |
0.026 |
-0.705 |
-47.757 |
175.068 |
Median |
-0.498 |
0.005 |
-0.810 |
-54.101 |
180.978 |
Deviation |
0.195 |
0.136 |
0.303 |
21.297 |
13.230 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
MC |
80.4 ± 8.3 |
560.5 ± 4.8 |
1.76 ± 0.14 |
VC |
84.5 ± 2.3 |
402.0 ± 4.6 |
1.76 ± 0.14 |
MX1 |
72.0 ± 2.3 |
407.4 ± 4.8 |
1.76 ± 0.14 |
MX2 |
74.6 ± 2.3 |
422.1 ± 4.7 |
1.76 ± 0.14 |
MX3 |
76.7 ± 2.3 |
435.8 ± 4.7 |
1.76 ± 0.14 |
RH08 |
84.2 ± 2.6 |
479.6 ± 4.5 |
1.76 ± 0.14 |
RH09 |
88.2 ± 3.7 |
535.7 ± 4.4 |
1.76 ± 0.14 |
RH10 |
88.5 ± 4.0 |
548.6 ± 20.9 |
1.76 ± 0.14 |
Average |
81.1 |
473.9 |
1.76 |
Median |
84.2 |
479.6 |
1.76 |
Deviation |
6.2 |
66.2 |
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 |
63.8 ± 5.6 |
7.1 ± 0.2 |
15.7 ± 0.6 |
104.5 ± 3.3 |
9.04 ± 0.73 |
0.61 ± 0.06 |
VC |
171.9 ± 4.7 |
4.0 ± 0.1 |
8.9 ± 0.4 |
104.6 ± 3.3 |
42.76 ± 1.53 |
1.65 ± 0.09 |
MX1 |
168.9 ± 4.3 |
13.1 ± 0.4 |
29.0 ± 1.2 |
103.9 ± 3.3 |
12.90 ± 0.46 |
1.63 ± 0.09 |
MX2 |
170.7 ± 4.3 |
11.2 ± 0.3 |
24.8 ± 1.0 |
104.1 ± 3.3 |
15.25 ± 0.53 |
1.64 ± 0.09 |
MX3 |
171.2 ± 4.3 |
9.7 ± 0.3 |
21.5 ± 0.9 |
104.2 ± 3.3 |
17.64 ± 0.61 |
1.64 ± 0.09 |
RH8 |
167.8 ± 4.3 |
4.3 ± 0.1 |
9.5 ± 0.4 |
104.6 ± 3.3 |
39.26 ± 1.28 |
1.61 ± 0.09 |
RH9 |
155.8 ± 4.2 |
1.3 ± 0.0 |
2.9 ± 0.1 |
104.7 ± 3.3 |
118.70 ± 3.67 |
1.49 ± 0.08 |
RH10 |
154.2 ± 4.2 |
1.1 ± 0.0 |
2.5 ± 0.1 |
104.7 ± 3.3 |
140.11 ± 4.28 |
1.48 ± 0.08 |
Average |
153.0 |
6.5 |
14.3 |
104.4 |
49.5 |
1.5 |
Median |
168.9 |
7.1 |
15.7 |
104.6 |
39.3 |
1.6 |
Deviation |
36.7 |
4.5 |
10.0 |
0.3 |
51.2 |
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 |
34.5 ± 11.3 |
8.4 ± 0.8 |
20.4 ± 0.9 |
133.7 ± 3.5 |
4.20 ± 1.73 |
0.26 ± 0.08 |
VC |
97.1 ± 13.4 |
4.8 ± 0.4 |
11.7 ± 0.5 |
133.9 ± 3.4 |
20.42 ± 4.23 |
0.72 ± 0.09 |
MX1 |
96.1 ± 14.7 |
15.7 ± 1.5 |
37.7 ± 1.7 |
133.1 ± 3.5 |
6.21 ± 1.38 |
0.72 ± 0.10 |
MX2 |
97.3 ± 14.4 |
13.4 ± 1.3 |
32.3 ± 1.4 |
133.3 ± 3.5 |
7.35 ± 1.61 |
0.73 ± 0.10 |
MX3 |
97.6 ± 14.2 |
11.6 ± 1.1 |
28.0 ± 1.3 |
133.5 ± 3.5 |
8.51 ± 1.85 |
0.73 ± 0.10 |
RH8 |
94.7 ± 13.4 |
5.1 ± 0.5 |
12.4 ± 0.6 |
133.9 ± 3.4 |
18.74 ± 4.09 |
0.71 ± 0.09 |
RH9 |
86.8 ± 12.7 |
1.6 ± 0.1 |
3.8 ± 0.2 |
134.0 ± 3.4 |
56.06 ± 12.91 |
0.65 ± 0.09 |
RH10 |
86.7 ± 12.6 |
1.3 ± 0.1 |
3.2 ± 0.1 |
134.0 ± 3.4 |
66.70 ± 15.43 |
0.65 ± 0.09 |
Average |
86.3 |
7.7 |
18.7 |
133.7 |
23.5 |
0.6 |
Median |
96.1 |
8.4 |
20.4 |
133.9 |
18.7 |
0.7 |
Deviation |
21.4 |
5.4 |
13.0 |
0.3 |
24.2 |
0.2 |
Survey interval (About, Top)
![Survey of solar wind interval](wi_survey_00407.png)
Selected
data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters
![Survey](wi_selvwnb_00407.png)
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Velocity
![V](wi_selv_00407.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_00407.png)
Theta Bn (About, Top)
![Theta Bn](wi_thetabn_00407.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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