Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20052331534
Observation time: 08/21/2005 233.64887 1534 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2005 |
| Fractional day of year |
233.648872 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
56062.5 ± 90.0 |
| Shock type |
SF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
| X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
233.951 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-96.139 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
4.681 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0260 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0147 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
3.30, 16.55, 17.82 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 17:15:41 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 16:34:26 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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49.739 ± 5.451
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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] |
-388.9 ± 1.5 |
-427.0 ± 8.8 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-66.1 ± 2.9 |
-30.6 ± 19.6 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
18.5 ± 2.4 |
4.6 ± 2.5 |
| Wi [km/s] |
25.3 ± 1.1 |
52.1 ± 7.7 |
| We [km/s] |
799.9 ± 34.2 |
1648.4 ± 242.5 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
53.4 ± 1.9 |
5.3 ± 0.7 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
1.4 ± 0.6 |
-5.9 ± 0.9 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-4.9 ± 1.5 |
2.5 ± 1.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.2 ± 1.6 |
-10.8 ± 0.2 |
Plasma Beta
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3.219 ± 2.257
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0.201 ± 0.153
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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32.66 ± 1.40
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67.30 ± 9.90
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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16.15 ± 3.79
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120.59 ± 11.27
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.467 ± 0.801 |
-0.815 ± 0.478 |
-0.342 ± 0.328 |
-20.01 ± 27.56 |
240.19 ± 56.01 |
| VC |
-0.732 ± 0.198 |
0.630 ± 0.230 |
-0.260 ± 0.254 |
-15.06 ± 5.24 |
139.30 ± 17.95 |
| MX1 |
-0.740 ± 0.534 |
-0.658 ± 0.600 |
-0.140 ± 0.139 |
-8.02 ± 25.52 |
221.67 ± 46.34 |
| MX2 |
-0.442 ± 0.242 |
0.600 ± 0.188 |
0.667 ± 0.544 |
41.84 ± 7.65 |
126.35 ± 22.53 |
| MX3 |
-0.665 ± 0.280 |
0.428 ± 0.418 |
0.612 ± 0.521 |
37.74 ± 9.39 |
147.21 ± 35.70 |
| RH08 |
-0.892 ± 0.013 |
-0.282 ± 0.032 |
0.352 ± 0.337 |
20.61 ± 1.33 |
197.55 ± 2.02 |
| RH09 |
-0.879 ± 0.034 |
-0.365 ± 0.066 |
0.307 ± 0.297 |
17.89 ± 4.00 |
202.56 ± 4.24 |
| RH10 |
-0.879 ± 0.034 |
-0.365 ± 0.066 |
0.307 ± 0.297 |
17.89 ± 4.00 |
202.56 ± 4.24 |
| Average |
-0.712 |
-0.104 |
0.188 |
11.612 |
184.675 |
| Median |
-0.732 |
-0.282 |
0.307 |
17.894 |
202.563 |
| Deviation |
0.179 |
0.573 |
0.388 |
23.463 |
41.613 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
55.2 ± 14.3 |
231.1 ± 0.8 |
0.10 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
38.7 ± 8.6 |
232.0 ± 0.5 |
0.10 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
68.1 ± 7.4 |
328.7 ± 0.7 |
0.10 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
50.1 ± 16.5 |
140.9 ± 0.6 |
0.10 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
56.5 ± 12.6 |
237.9 ± 0.5 |
0.10 ± 0.02 |
| RH08 |
86.9 ± 9.0 |
370.5 ± 0.3 |
0.10 ± 0.02 |
| RH09 |
82.8 ± 7.6 |
370.4 ± 0.4 |
0.10 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
82.8 ± 7.6 |
370.4 ± 1.9 |
0.10 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
65.1 |
285.2 |
0.10 |
| Median |
68.1 |
328.7 |
0.10 |
| Deviation |
17.7 |
86.6 |
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 |
1.9 ± 3.1 |
8.4 ± 1.7 |
9.2 ± 2.2 |
35.6 ± 1.3 |
0.21 ± 0.37 |
0.05 ± 0.09 |
| VC |
-6.3 ± 2.0 |
11.9 ± 2.5 |
12.6 ± 3.0 |
34.6 ± 1.3 |
-0.57 ± 0.28 |
-0.18 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
0.1 ± 2.7 |
5.4 ± 1.1 |
6.0 ± 1.4 |
36.2 ± 1.4 |
-0.02 ± 0.53 |
0.00 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
-3.5 ± 2.4 |
9.5 ± 2.0 |
10.4 ± 2.4 |
35.3 ± 1.3 |
-0.39 ± 0.27 |
-0.10 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
-3.6 ± 1.8 |
8.1 ± 1.7 |
8.9 ± 2.1 |
35.7 ± 1.3 |
-0.48 ± 0.28 |
-0.10 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
-1.8 ± 1.4 |
0.8 ± 0.2 |
0.9 ± 0.2 |
36.6 ± 1.5 |
-2.63 ± 2.65 |
-0.05 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
-1.2 ± 1.6 |
1.8 ± 0.4 |
2.0 ± 0.5 |
36.6 ± 1.5 |
-0.82 ± 1.16 |
-0.03 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
-1.2 ± 1.6 |
1.8 ± 0.4 |
2.0 ± 0.5 |
36.6 ± 1.5 |
-0.82 ± 1.16 |
-0.03 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
-1.9 |
6.0 |
6.5 |
35.9 |
-0.7 |
-0.1 |
| Median |
-1.2 |
8.1 |
8.9 |
36.2 |
-0.5 |
-0.0 |
| Deviation |
2.5 |
4.1 |
4.4 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
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 |
8.3 ± 18.6 |
34.3 ± 3.2 |
68.9 ± 6.4 |
134.2 ± 5.8 |
0.23 ± 0.52 |
0.07 ± 0.14 |
| VC |
-60.2 ± 11.2 |
48.6 ± 5.1 |
94.1 ± 8.8 |
129.7 ± 7.0 |
-1.25 ± 0.31 |
-0.47 ± 0.09 |
| MX1 |
-6.6 ± 16.6 |
22.0 ± 1.9 |
45.0 ± 4.2 |
136.8 ± 5.2 |
-0.33 ± 0.74 |
-0.05 ± 0.12 |
| MX2 |
-32.3 ± 12.8 |
38.9 ± 3.7 |
77.3 ± 7.2 |
133.0 ± 6.1 |
-0.84 ± 0.36 |
-0.24 ± 0.10 |
| MX3 |
-35.6 ± 9.9 |
33.0 ± 3.0 |
66.5 ± 6.2 |
134.5 ± 5.7 |
-1.09 ± 0.37 |
-0.27 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
-20.8 ± 10.6 |
3.2 ± 0.3 |
6.6 ± 0.6 |
138.5 ± 4.9 |
-6.77 ± 3.68 |
-0.15 ± 0.07 |
| RH9 |
-17.4 ± 11.7 |
7.3 ± 0.6 |
15.2 ± 1.4 |
138.4 ± 4.9 |
-2.46 ± 1.69 |
-0.12 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
-17.4 ± 11.7 |
7.3 ± 0.6 |
15.2 ± 1.4 |
138.4 ± 4.9 |
-2.46 ± 1.69 |
-0.12 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
-22.8 |
24.3 |
48.6 |
135.4 |
-1.9 |
-0.2 |
| Median |
-17.4 |
33.0 |
66.5 |
136.8 |
-1.1 |
-0.1 |
| Deviation |
20.5 |
16.9 |
33.0 |
3.2 |
2.2 |
0.2 |
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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