Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20052781023
Observation time: 10/05/2005 278.43273 1023 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2005 |
| Fractional day of year |
278.432726 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
37387.5 ± 20.0 |
| Shock type |
SF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
199.520 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-28.932 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-17.460 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0190 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0179 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
1.45, 2.51, 2.80 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 17:40:54 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 16:52:33 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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42.869 ± 18.012
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Asymptotic
plasma
parameters (About, Top)
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Parameter
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Upstream
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Downstream
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| Vx GSE [km/s] |
-311.5 ± 0.8 |
-327.3 ± 2.2 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-10.2 ± 1.2 |
-8.2 ± 3.6 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-22.0 ± 1.3 |
-11.8 ± 2.8 |
| Wi [km/s] |
18.4 ± 0.3 |
18.2 ± 1.0 |
| We [km/s] |
581.2 ± 10.5 |
576.8 ± 31.8 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
6.8 ± 0.3 |
9.2 ± 0.4 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-3.0 ± 0.3 |
-0.2 ± 0.4 |
| By GSE [nT] |
2.1 ± 0.3 |
2.3 ± 0.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
1.0 ± 0.4 |
-1.0 ± 0.4 |
Plasma Beta
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0.332 ± 0.324
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0.981 ± 0.894
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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23.73 ± 0.43
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23.55 ± 1.30
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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31.99 ± 1.34
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18.58 ± 1.05
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.451 ± 0.621 |
0.865 ± 0.326 |
-0.221 ± 0.217 |
-12.77 ± 10.82 |
117.55 ± 41.14 |
| VC |
-0.845 ± 0.062 |
0.106 ± 0.188 |
0.523 ± 0.469 |
31.56 ± 6.37 |
172.83 ± 12.75 |
| MX1 |
-0.377 ± 0.460 |
0.884 ± 0.201 |
-0.278 ± 0.271 |
-16.15 ± 10.27 |
113.10 ± 29.78 |
| MX2 |
-0.450 ± 0.624 |
0.866 ± 0.327 |
-0.218 ± 0.215 |
-12.59 ± 11.00 |
117.49 ± 41.28 |
| MX3 |
-0.718 ± 0.631 |
0.617 ± 0.732 |
-0.324 ± 0.312 |
-18.88 ± 16.41 |
139.32 ± 58.27 |
| RH08 |
-0.513 ± 0.030 |
-0.410 ± 0.035 |
-0.754 ± 0.561 |
-48.95 ± 1.24 |
218.61 ± 3.74 |
| RH09 |
-0.523 ± 0.049 |
-0.375 ± 0.061 |
-0.765 ± 0.561 |
-49.94 ± 2.35 |
215.60 ± 6.42 |
| RH10 |
-0.523 ± 0.049 |
-0.375 ± 0.061 |
-0.765 ± 0.561 |
-49.94 ± 2.43 |
215.60 ± 6.40 |
| Average |
-0.550 |
0.272 |
-0.350 |
-22.208 |
163.763 |
| Median |
-0.513 |
0.617 |
-0.278 |
-16.146 |
172.831 |
| Deviation |
0.155 |
0.601 |
0.433 |
27.706 |
47.666 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
38.8 ± 8.5 |
162.8 ± 2.8 |
1.37 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
30.4 ± 8.5 |
320.5 ± 2.9 |
1.37 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
44.2 ± 8.5 |
132.0 ± 2.8 |
1.37 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
38.7 ± 8.5 |
162.6 ± 2.8 |
1.37 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
34.6 ± 6.2 |
264.9 ± 2.6 |
1.37 ± 0.06 |
| RH08 |
89.1 ± 1.7 |
179.5 ± 0.8 |
1.37 ± 0.06 |
| RH09 |
89.5 ± 1.8 |
182.8 ± 0.7 |
1.37 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
89.5 ± 1.8 |
182.8 ± 4.0 |
1.37 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
56.9 |
198.5 |
1.37 |
| Median |
44.2 |
182.8 |
1.37 |
| Deviation |
27.2 |
62.3 |
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 |
26.2 ± 0.9 |
16.3 ± 0.2 |
24.9 ± 1.0 |
36.4 ± 0.9 |
1.61 ± 0.06 |
0.72 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
69.8 ± 1.2 |
18.6 ± 0.2 |
27.6 ± 1.2 |
35.3 ± 1.0 |
3.76 ± 0.08 |
1.98 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
17.5 ± 0.9 |
14.7 ± 0.2 |
22.9 ± 1.0 |
37.0 ± 0.9 |
1.19 ± 0.07 |
0.47 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
26.3 ± 0.9 |
16.3 ± 0.2 |
25.0 ± 1.0 |
36.4 ± 0.9 |
1.62 ± 0.06 |
0.72 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
40.6 ± 0.7 |
17.4 ± 0.2 |
26.3 ± 1.1 |
35.8 ± 0.9 |
2.33 ± 0.06 |
1.13 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
-1.1 ± 1.1 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
39.8 ± 0.9 |
-3.89 ± 3.75 |
-0.03 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
-0.8 ± 1.1 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
39.8 ± 0.9 |
-4.62 ± 5.98 |
-0.02 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
-0.8 ± 1.1 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
39.8 ± 0.9 |
-4.62 ± 5.98 |
-0.02 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
22.2 |
10.5 |
16.0 |
37.6 |
-0.3 |
0.6 |
| Median |
26.2 |
16.3 |
24.9 |
37.0 |
1.6 |
0.7 |
| Deviation |
24.7 |
8.6 |
13.0 |
2.0 |
3.4 |
0.7 |
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 |
19.6 ± 3.4 |
12.5 ± 0.4 |
14.5 ± 0.8 |
27.3 ± 0.8 |
1.57 ± 0.24 |
0.72 ± 0.13 |
| VC |
50.8 ± 2.8 |
14.3 ± 0.5 |
16.0 ± 0.9 |
26.4 ± 0.9 |
3.57 ± 0.31 |
1.93 ± 0.13 |
| MX1 |
12.7 ± 3.6 |
11.2 ± 0.3 |
13.3 ± 0.7 |
27.8 ± 0.8 |
1.12 ± 0.30 |
0.46 ± 0.13 |
| MX2 |
19.7 ± 3.4 |
12.5 ± 0.4 |
14.5 ± 0.8 |
27.3 ± 0.8 |
1.57 ± 0.24 |
0.72 ± 0.13 |
| MX3 |
31.3 ± 2.7 |
13.4 ± 0.4 |
15.3 ± 0.9 |
26.9 ± 0.8 |
2.34 ± 0.17 |
1.17 ± 0.12 |
| RH8 |
-0.7 ± 0.7 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
30.0 ± 0.8 |
-3.32 ± 3.20 |
-0.02 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
-0.5 ± 0.7 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
30.0 ± 0.8 |
-4.05 ± 5.23 |
-0.02 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
-0.5 ± 0.7 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
30.0 ± 0.8 |
-4.05 ± 5.23 |
-0.02 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
16.5 |
8.0 |
9.3 |
28.2 |
-0.2 |
0.6 |
| Median |
19.6 |
12.5 |
14.5 |
27.8 |
1.6 |
0.7 |
| Deviation |
18.2 |
6.6 |
7.5 |
1.5 |
3.1 |
0.7 |
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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