Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20052880534
Observation time: 10/15/2005 288.23238 0534 [UT]
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![Wind spacecraft](../windsm.gif)
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General
Information (About, Top)
Year |
2005 |
Fractional day of year |
288.232378 |
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
20077.5 ± 60.0 |
Shock type |
SF |
Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
197.200 |
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
7.507 |
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-16.721 |
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005 |
Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0131 |
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0002
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Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0073 |
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
16.48, 47.11, Infinity |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 17:53:50 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 16:56:58 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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58.165 ± 5.151
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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] |
-299.4 ± 1.6 |
-316.8 ± 1.4 |
Vy GSE [km/s] |
-31.5 ± 1.9 |
-17.6 ± 0.9 |
Vz GSE [km/s] |
-0.8 ± 2.1 |
-3.4 ± 0.0 |
Wi [km/s] |
18.4 ± 0.6 |
26.8 ± 0.0 |
We [km/s] |
581.1 ± 20.5 |
846.2 ± 0.9 |
Ni [n/cc] |
4.7 ± 0.1 |
10.5 ± 0.2 |
Bx GSE [nT] |
-3.7 ± 0.2 |
-1.0 ± 0.1 |
By GSE [nT] |
2.3 ± 0.2 |
0.8 ± 0.1 |
Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.3 ± 0.5 |
0.2 ± 0.1 |
Plasma Beta
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0.175 ± 0.172
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9.496 ± 10.873
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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23.72 ± 0.84
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34.55 ± 0.04
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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44.07 ± 2.27
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8.75 ± 0.89
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
MC |
-0.674 ± 0.682 |
-0.581 ± 0.755 |
-0.457 ± 0.422 |
-27.17 ± 49.96 |
220.78 ± 60.29 |
VC |
-0.776 ± 0.051 |
0.619 ± 0.063 |
-0.120 ± 0.119 |
-6.86 ± 5.48 |
141.45 ± 4.64 |
MX1 |
-0.414 ± 0.267 |
-0.791 ± 0.335 |
0.451 ± 0.418 |
26.81 ± 45.41 |
242.39 ± 15.15 |
MX2 |
-0.814 ± 0.542 |
-0.432 ± 0.716 |
0.388 ± 0.367 |
22.83 ± 67.42 |
207.93 ± 48.06 |
MX3 |
-0.414 ± 0.175 |
-0.896 ± 0.137 |
0.160 ± 0.159 |
9.23 ± 44.78 |
245.22 ± 10.65 |
RH08 |
-0.513 ± 0.060 |
-0.843 ± 0.038 |
0.162 ± 0.161 |
9.32 ± 4.03 |
238.66 ± 4.07 |
RH09 |
-0.513 ± 0.091 |
-0.843 ± 0.056 |
0.162 ± 0.161 |
9.32 ± 2.76 |
238.66 ± 6.19 |
RH10 |
-0.019 ± 0.007 |
0.148 ± 0.034 |
-0.989 ± 0.212 |
-81.43 ± 2.00 |
97.27 ± 2.00 |
Average |
-0.517 |
-0.452 |
-0.030 |
-4.744 |
204.045 |
Median |
-0.513 |
-0.581 |
0.162 |
9.324 |
238.663 |
Deviation |
0.253 |
0.553 |
0.482 |
35.325 |
55.002 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
MC |
73.1 ± 3.3 |
230.0 ± 0.6 |
2.23 ± 0.16 |
VC |
9.5 ± 2.9 |
254.2 ± 0.7 |
2.23 ± 0.16 |
MX1 |
85.0 ± 3.0 |
139.2 ± 0.3 |
2.23 ± 0.16 |
MX2 |
63.7 ± 3.2 |
270.4 ± 0.5 |
2.23 ± 0.16 |
MX3 |
82.7 ± 1.5 |
141.3 ± 0.4 |
2.23 ± 0.16 |
RH08 |
89.2 ± 1.5 |
173.7 ± 0.4 |
2.23 ± 0.16 |
RH09 |
89.2 ± 1.5 |
173.7 ± 0.4 |
2.23 ± 0.16 |
RH10 |
81.6 ± 6.6 |
10.8 ± 1.5 |
2.23 ± 0.16 |
Average |
71.7 |
174.2 |
2.23 |
Median |
82.7 |
173.7 |
2.23 |
Deviation |
26.6 |
82.6 |
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 |
9.7 ± 2.4 |
6.1 ± 0.2 |
12.8 ± 0.7 |
49.7 ± 2.1 |
1.59 ± 0.43 |
0.20 ± 0.05 |
VC |
41.2 ± 1.3 |
23.3 ± 0.8 |
43.5 ± 2.2 |
44.3 ± 2.3 |
1.77 ± 0.10 |
0.93 ± 0.07 |
MX1 |
-9.2 ± 1.2 |
1.8 ± 0.1 |
3.8 ± 0.2 |
50.0 ± 2.1 |
-5.03 ± 0.53 |
-0.18 ± 0.02 |
MX2 |
13.3 ± 1.5 |
9.4 ± 0.3 |
19.5 ± 1.0 |
49.2 ± 2.1 |
1.42 ± 0.20 |
0.27 ± 0.04 |
MX3 |
-10.7 ± 1.7 |
2.6 ± 0.1 |
5.6 ± 0.3 |
50.0 ± 2.1 |
-4.02 ± 0.57 |
-0.21 ± 0.03 |
RH8 |
-6.3 ± 1.7 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
50.1 ± 2.1 |
-20.28 ± 5.14 |
-0.13 ± 0.03 |
RH9 |
-6.3 ± 1.7 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
50.1 ± 2.1 |
-20.28 ± 5.14 |
-0.13 ± 0.03 |
RH10 |
9.0 ± 1.8 |
3.1 ± 0.1 |
6.5 ± 0.3 |
50.0 ± 2.1 |
2.95 ± 0.59 |
0.18 ± 0.04 |
Average |
5.1 |
5.9 |
11.6 |
49.2 |
-5.2 |
0.1 |
Median |
9.0 |
3.1 |
6.5 |
50.0 |
1.4 |
0.2 |
Deviation |
17.4 |
7.7 |
14.4 |
2.0 |
9.7 |
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 |
4.8 ± 0.4 |
2.5 ± 0.2 |
2.5 ± 0.3 |
35.6 ± 0.2 |
1.96 ± 0.03 |
0.14 ± 0.01 |
VC |
18.8 ± 1.7 |
8.6 ± 0.9 |
8.6 ± 0.9 |
34.6 ± 0.0 |
2.18 ± 0.03 |
0.54 ± 0.05 |
MX1 |
-4.2 ± 0.1 |
0.7 ± 0.1 |
0.8 ± 0.1 |
35.6 ± 0.2 |
-5.74 ± 0.36 |
-0.12 ± 0.00 |
MX2 |
6.1 ± 0.8 |
3.8 ± 0.4 |
3.9 ± 0.4 |
35.4 ± 0.1 |
1.62 ± 0.05 |
0.17 ± 0.02 |
MX3 |
-5.0 ± 0.3 |
1.1 ± 0.1 |
1.1 ± 0.1 |
35.6 ± 0.2 |
-4.67 ± 0.21 |
-0.14 ± 0.01 |
RH8 |
-3.1 ± 0.1 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
35.6 ± 0.2 |
-24.80 ± 1.91 |
-0.09 ± 0.00 |
RH9 |
-3.1 ± 0.1 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
35.6 ± 0.2 |
-24.80 ± 1.91 |
-0.09 ± 0.00 |
RH10 |
4.1 ± 0.1 |
1.2 ± 0.1 |
1.3 ± 0.1 |
35.6 ± 0.2 |
3.29 ± 0.21 |
0.11 ± 0.00 |
Average |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
35.5 |
-6.4 |
0.1 |
Median |
4.1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
35.6 |
1.6 |
0.1 |
Deviation |
8.0 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
0.4 |
11.8 |
0.2 |
Survey interval (About, Top)
![Survey of solar wind interval](wi_survey_00419.png)
Selected
data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters
![Survey](wi_selvwnb_00419.png)
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Velocity
![V](wi_selv_00419.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_00419.png)
Theta Bn (About, Top)
![Theta Bn](wi_thetabn_00419.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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