Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20052861915
Observation time: 10/13/2005 286.80210 1915 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2005 |
| Fractional day of year |
286.802101 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
69301.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
SF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
| X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
197.400 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
2.309 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-17.037 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0260 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0009
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0291 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
1.96, 2.47, 2.61 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 17:44:43 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 16:55:04 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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50.777 ± 0.367
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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] |
-365.4 ± 5.3 |
-377.8 ± 2.6 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-6.2 ± 11.4 |
-13.8 ± 4.2 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-10.9 ± 1.9 |
10.5 ± 2.3 |
| Wi [km/s] |
26.1 ± 0.7 |
26.8 ± 2.5 |
| We [km/s] |
826.2 ± 23.5 |
847.3 ± 80.6 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
3.7 ± 0.2 |
5.0 ± 0.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
2.6 ± 0.5 |
2.4 ± 0.6 |
| By GSE [nT] |
0.6 ± 1.2 |
-1.2 ± 1.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-2.9 ± 0.5 |
-0.6 ± 0.8 |
Plasma Beta
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0.313 ± 0.306
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0.803 ± 0.713
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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33.73 ± 0.96
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34.59 ± 3.29
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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46.82 ± 1.68
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30.45 ± 1.75
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.936 ± 0.113 |
0.266 ± 0.346 |
0.231 ± 0.227 |
13.34 ± 14.21 |
164.13 ± 21.17 |
| VC |
-0.550 ± 0.240 |
-0.345 ± 0.367 |
0.761 ± 0.561 |
49.54 ± 6.80 |
212.09 ± 37.87 |
| MX1 |
-0.965 ± 0.089 |
0.186 ± 0.368 |
0.186 ± 0.184 |
10.73 ± 16.64 |
169.06 ± 21.87 |
| MX2 |
-0.939 ± 0.110 |
0.254 ± 0.354 |
0.229 ± 0.225 |
13.26 ± 13.80 |
164.84 ± 21.60 |
| MX3 |
-0.921 ± 0.139 |
0.299 ± 0.385 |
0.250 ± 0.245 |
14.48 ± 14.90 |
162.01 ± 23.95 |
| RH08 |
-0.999 ± 0.001 |
-0.009 ± 0.022 |
-0.039 ± 0.039 |
-2.24 ± 1.33 |
180.50 ± 1.27 |
| RH09 |
-0.724 ± 0.041 |
-0.428 ± 0.059 |
-0.542 ± 0.481 |
-32.81 ± 2.79 |
210.58 ± 4.55 |
| RH10 |
-0.744 ± 0.041 |
-0.405 ± 0.062 |
-0.531 ± 0.474 |
-32.05 ± 3.10 |
208.58 ± 4.64 |
| Average |
-0.847 |
-0.023 |
0.068 |
4.280 |
183.975 |
| Median |
-0.921 |
0.186 |
0.229 |
13.264 |
180.501 |
| Deviation |
0.157 |
0.321 |
0.435 |
26.980 |
22.616 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
42.4 ± 17.1 |
391.0 ± 2.6 |
1.34 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
16.8 ± 15.8 |
294.3 ± 3.1 |
1.34 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
42.9 ± 15.4 |
404.2 ± 2.5 |
1.34 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
42.1 ± 16.9 |
392.9 ± 2.6 |
1.34 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
42.3 ± 17.8 |
384.9 ± 2.6 |
1.34 ± 0.06 |
| RH08 |
52.1 ± 10.7 |
410.8 ± 2.1 |
1.34 ± 0.06 |
| RH09 |
81.6 ± 1.9 |
271.3 ± 1.1 |
1.34 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
80.6 ± 2.4 |
279.1 ± 9.3 |
1.34 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
50.1 |
353.6 |
1.34 |
| Median |
42.9 |
391.0 |
1.34 |
| Deviation |
21.6 |
60.5 |
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 |
53.1 ± 7.7 |
21.8 ± 0.4 |
34.6 ± 1.2 |
53.4 ± 1.2 |
2.44 ± 0.39 |
1.00 ± 0.15 |
| VC |
99.5 ± 2.6 |
31.1 ± 0.7 |
44.8 ± 1.6 |
48.6 ± 1.4 |
3.20 ± 0.10 |
2.05 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
54.9 ± 7.0 |
21.6 ± 0.4 |
34.3 ± 1.2 |
53.5 ± 1.2 |
2.55 ± 0.37 |
1.03 ± 0.14 |
| MX2 |
53.7 ± 7.6 |
21.9 ± 0.4 |
34.7 ± 1.2 |
53.4 ± 1.2 |
2.45 ± 0.39 |
1.01 ± 0.15 |
| MX3 |
52.9 ± 8.0 |
21.9 ± 0.4 |
34.7 ± 1.2 |
53.4 ± 1.2 |
2.43 ± 0.41 |
0.99 ± 0.16 |
| RH8 |
45.2 ± 5.3 |
17.6 ± 0.3 |
28.7 ± 1.0 |
55.0 ± 1.2 |
2.57 ± 0.34 |
0.82 ± 0.10 |
| RH9 |
-1.7 ± 0.7 |
4.0 ± 0.1 |
6.8 ± 0.2 |
57.6 ± 1.2 |
-0.42 ± 0.17 |
-0.03 ± 0.01 |
| RH10 |
-1.2 ± 0.5 |
4.5 ± 0.1 |
7.6 ± 0.3 |
57.5 ± 1.2 |
-0.26 ± 0.12 |
-0.02 ± 0.01 |
| Average |
44.6 |
18.0 |
28.3 |
54.1 |
1.9 |
0.9 |
| Median |
53.1 |
21.8 |
34.6 |
53.5 |
2.5 |
1.0 |
| Deviation |
32.9 |
9.3 |
13.7 |
2.8 |
1.4 |
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 |
38.7 ± 2.2 |
18.3 ± 0.3 |
22.5 ± 1.3 |
42.4 ± 1.6 |
2.12 ± 0.11 |
0.91 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
73.8 ± 4.4 |
26.6 ± 0.7 |
29.2 ± 1.7 |
37.7 ± 2.0 |
2.77 ± 0.18 |
1.96 ± 0.10 |
| MX1 |
40.4 ± 2.4 |
18.1 ± 0.3 |
22.3 ± 1.3 |
42.5 ± 1.6 |
2.24 ± 0.12 |
0.95 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
39.1 ± 2.2 |
18.3 ± 0.3 |
22.6 ± 1.3 |
42.4 ± 1.6 |
2.13 ± 0.11 |
0.92 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
38.5 ± 2.1 |
18.3 ± 0.3 |
22.5 ± 1.3 |
42.4 ± 1.6 |
2.10 ± 0.11 |
0.91 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
33.6 ± 2.6 |
14.7 ± 0.3 |
18.7 ± 1.1 |
43.8 ± 1.6 |
2.29 ± 0.16 |
0.77 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
-2.3 ± 2.3 |
3.3 ± 0.1 |
4.4 ± 0.3 |
46.1 ± 1.5 |
-0.69 ± 0.69 |
-0.05 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
-2.1 ± 2.3 |
3.7 ± 0.1 |
5.0 ± 0.3 |
46.0 ± 1.5 |
-0.57 ± 0.62 |
-0.05 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
32.5 |
15.2 |
18.4 |
42.9 |
1.5 |
0.8 |
| Median |
38.7 |
18.3 |
22.5 |
42.5 |
2.1 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
24.8 |
7.9 |
8.9 |
2.6 |
1.4 |
0.6 |
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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