Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20052360824
Observation time: 08/24/2005 236.35026 0824 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2005 |
| Fractional day of year |
236.350260 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
30262.5 ± 50.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
| X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
230.839 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-98.861 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
2.989 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0209 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0012
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0421 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
5.78, 28.43, 29.21 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 17:18:52 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 16:39:21 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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48.807 ± 2.565
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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] |
-555.5 ± 4.3 |
-615.0 ± 14.0 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-16.0 ± 10.7 |
-24.8 ± 36.6 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
13.3 ± 7.9 |
15.0 ± 49.8 |
| Wi [km/s] |
31.5 ± 1.5 |
57.2 ± 11.9 |
| We [km/s] |
996.4 ± 45.9 |
1807.7 ± 377.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
41.7 ± 5.4 |
15.6 ± 14.6 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
12.4 ± 2.7 |
13.4 ± 3.4 |
| By GSE [nT] |
0.9 ± 4.3 |
48.3 ± 13.8 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
29.4 ± 1.3 |
4.2 ± 14.4 |
Plasma Beta
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0.083 ± 0.081
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0.044 ± 0.024
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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40.68 ± 1.87
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73.80 ± 15.39
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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109.66 ± 8.25
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348.69 ± 92.33
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.518 ± 0.244 |
-0.433 ± 0.259 |
-0.737 ± 0.560 |
-47.51 ± 15.78 |
219.90 ± 24.79 |
| VC |
-0.989 ± 0.074 |
-0.145 ± 0.506 |
-0.008 ± 0.008 |
-0.45 ± 31.78 |
188.32 ± 29.28 |
| MX1 |
-0.998 ± 0.038 |
-0.060 ± 0.621 |
-0.013 ± 0.013 |
-0.77 ± 37.83 |
183.41 ± 35.65 |
| MX2 |
-1.000 ± 0.008 |
-0.001 ± 0.706 |
0.012 ± 0.012 |
0.72 ± 36.95 |
180.03 ± 40.47 |
| MX3 |
-0.997 ± 0.031 |
-0.027 ± 0.374 |
0.068 ± 0.068 |
3.91 ± 24.75 |
181.53 ± 21.50 |
| RH08 |
-0.983 ± 0.003 |
0.147 ± 0.009 |
0.106 ± 0.106 |
6.09 ± 1.35 |
171.48 ± 0.52 |
| RH09 |
-0.970 ± 0.017 |
0.111 ± 0.071 |
0.218 ± 0.214 |
12.58 ± 3.96 |
173.48 ± 4.17 |
| RH10 |
-0.971 ± 0.017 |
0.094 ± 0.071 |
0.218 ± 0.214 |
12.58 ± 3.97 |
174.48 ± 4.16 |
| Average |
-0.928 |
-0.039 |
-0.017 |
-1.606 |
184.080 |
| Median |
-0.983 |
-0.001 |
0.068 |
3.906 |
181.528 |
| Deviation |
0.166 |
0.187 |
0.305 |
19.297 |
15.528 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
27.4 ± 7.4 |
274.9 ± 10.4 |
0.52 ± 0.56 |
| VC |
66.9 ± 5.1 |
535.7 ± 34.7 |
0.52 ± 0.56 |
| MX1 |
66.5 ± 5.0 |
537.8 ± 31.2 |
0.52 ± 0.56 |
| MX2 |
68.1 ± 4.9 |
537.5 ± 29.5 |
0.52 ± 0.56 |
| MX3 |
71.2 ± 5.0 |
537.4 ± 32.3 |
0.52 ± 0.56 |
| RH08 |
73.9 ± 4.9 |
526.4 ± 25.7 |
0.52 ± 0.56 |
| RH09 |
80.1 ± 4.9 |
522.4 ± 30.5 |
0.52 ± 0.56 |
| RH10 |
80.1 ± 4.9 |
523.9 ± 284.5 |
0.52 ± 0.56 |
| Average |
66.8 |
499.5 |
0.52 |
| Median |
71.2 |
535.7 |
0.52 |
| Deviation |
16.8 |
91.0 |
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 |
-10.0 ± 7.5 |
35.5 ± 1.6 |
97.4 ± 7.3 |
111.4 ± 8.2 |
-0.29 ± 0.21 |
-0.09 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
-16.2 ± 5.0 |
15.1 ± 0.7 |
43.0 ± 3.2 |
116.0 ± 8.2 |
-1.09 ± 0.35 |
-0.14 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
-17.5 ± 4.6 |
15.3 ± 0.7 |
43.7 ± 3.3 |
116.0 ± 8.2 |
-1.15 ± 0.32 |
-0.15 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
-18.1 ± 4.3 |
14.3 ± 0.7 |
41.0 ± 3.1 |
116.1 ± 8.2 |
-1.27 ± 0.32 |
-0.16 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
-18.0 ± 4.3 |
12.4 ± 0.6 |
35.3 ± 2.7 |
116.3 ± 8.2 |
-1.47 ± 0.37 |
-0.16 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
-18.9 ± 3.7 |
10.6 ± 0.5 |
30.5 ± 2.3 |
116.5 ± 8.2 |
-1.79 ± 0.37 |
-0.16 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
-17.5 ± 3.5 |
6.5 ± 0.3 |
18.8 ± 1.4 |
116.8 ± 8.2 |
-2.68 ± 0.57 |
-0.15 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
-17.2 ± 3.6 |
6.6 ± 0.3 |
18.9 ± 1.4 |
116.8 ± 8.2 |
-2.63 ± 0.57 |
-0.15 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
-16.7 |
14.5 |
41.1 |
115.7 |
-1.5 |
-0.1 |
| Median |
-17.5 |
14.3 |
41.0 |
116.3 |
-1.3 |
-0.2 |
| Deviation |
2.8 |
9.2 |
24.8 |
1.8 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
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 |
-43.5 ± 28.8 |
64.9 ± 13.1 |
309.6 ± 82.0 |
350.9 ± 90.9 |
-0.73 ± 0.49 |
-0.12 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
-76.3 ± 12.6 |
28.0 ± 5.3 |
136.6 ± 36.2 |
356.6 ± 87.9 |
-2.82 ± 0.69 |
-0.24 ± 0.11 |
| MX1 |
-77.3 ± 13.6 |
28.4 ± 5.4 |
138.8 ± 36.8 |
356.6 ± 87.9 |
-2.82 ± 0.75 |
-0.24 ± 0.10 |
| MX2 |
-77.6 ± 13.6 |
26.7 ± 5.0 |
130.3 ± 34.5 |
356.7 ± 87.8 |
-3.02 ± 0.82 |
-0.24 ± 0.10 |
| MX3 |
-77.7 ± 11.9 |
23.0 ± 4.3 |
112.4 ± 29.8 |
357.0 ± 87.7 |
-3.49 ± 0.85 |
-0.24 ± 0.10 |
| RH8 |
-76.3 ± 13.0 |
19.8 ± 3.7 |
96.9 ± 25.7 |
357.2 ± 87.6 |
-4.00 ± 1.09 |
-0.23 ± 0.09 |
| RH9 |
-74.5 ± 10.0 |
12.2 ± 2.3 |
59.8 ± 15.8 |
357.6 ± 87.4 |
-6.29 ± 1.39 |
-0.23 ± 0.10 |
| RH10 |
-74.5 ± 10.0 |
12.3 ± 2.3 |
60.1 ± 15.9 |
357.6 ± 87.4 |
-6.25 ± 1.36 |
-0.23 ± 0.10 |
| Average |
-72.2 |
26.9 |
130.6 |
356.3 |
-3.7 |
-0.2 |
| Median |
-76.3 |
26.7 |
130.3 |
357.0 |
-3.0 |
-0.2 |
| Deviation |
11.7 |
16.7 |
78.9 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
0.0 |
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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