Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20053221904
Observation time: 11/18/2005 322.79460 1904 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2005 |
| Fractional day of year |
322.794601 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
68653.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
SF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
| X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
211.063 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
96.090 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
2.960 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0185 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0196 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
2.48, 48.34, 50.94 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 18:00:18 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 17:01:08 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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71.406 ± 9.980
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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] |
-321.3 ± 0.8 |
-333.5 ± 2.2 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
6.3 ± 1.7 |
15.9 ± 4.0 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
17.8 ± 2.9 |
-9.9 ± 2.9 |
| Wi [km/s] |
27.7 ± 1.5 |
25.9 ± 0.5 |
| We [km/s] |
875.2 ± 47.2 |
819.2 ± 16.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
19.9 ± 1.1 |
8.1 ± 0.7 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
1.0 ± 0.6 |
5.1 ± 0.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
5.0 ± 0.3 |
-2.1 ± 0.6 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
4.0 ± 0.8 |
9.7 ± 0.4 |
Plasma Beta
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0.782 ± 0.660
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0.093 ± 0.091
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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35.73 ± 1.93
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33.44 ± 0.65
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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32.00 ± 3.62
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85.45 ± 4.99
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.211 ± 0.066 |
-0.677 ± 0.043 |
-0.705 ± 0.555 |
-44.84 ± 3.18 |
252.65 ± 5.51 |
| VC |
-0.402 ± 0.102 |
0.308 ± 0.120 |
-0.862 ± 0.527 |
-59.54 ± 4.42 |
142.54 ± 16.12 |
| MX1 |
-0.199 ± 0.066 |
-0.674 ± 0.045 |
-0.711 ± 0.556 |
-45.32 ± 3.45 |
253.60 ± 5.55 |
| MX2 |
-0.859 ± 0.390 |
-0.471 ± 0.694 |
-0.199 ± 0.196 |
-11.48 ± 29.87 |
208.71 ± 46.12 |
| MX3 |
-0.946 ± 0.419 |
0.274 ± 1.363 |
0.173 ± 0.171 |
9.94 ± 49.64 |
163.88 ± 82.51 |
| RH08 |
-0.882 ± 0.008 |
-0.164 ± 0.016 |
0.441 ± 0.410 |
26.19 ± 0.99 |
190.53 ± 1.00 |
| RH09 |
-0.895 ± 0.031 |
-0.183 ± 0.068 |
0.408 ± 0.384 |
24.07 ± 3.98 |
191.53 ± 4.37 |
| RH10 |
-0.890 ± 0.032 |
-0.182 ± 0.068 |
0.419 ± 0.393 |
24.77 ± 3.98 |
191.53 ± 4.37 |
| Average |
-0.661 |
-0.221 |
-0.130 |
-9.528 |
199.370 |
| Median |
-0.859 |
-0.182 |
0.173 |
9.943 |
191.532 |
| Deviation |
0.329 |
0.379 |
0.563 |
35.845 |
38.835 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
9.1 ± 6.9 |
40.5 ± 0.8 |
0.41 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
69.8 ± 7.0 |
93.8 ± 0.7 |
0.41 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
9.3 ± 6.6 |
36.3 ± 0.8 |
0.41 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
52.6 ± 4.0 |
262.1 ± 0.6 |
0.41 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
79.5 ± 5.1 |
302.7 ± 0.3 |
0.41 ± 0.05 |
| RH08 |
89.0 ± 1.9 |
292.0 ± 0.4 |
0.41 ± 0.05 |
| RH09 |
88.9 ± 2.0 |
294.7 ± 0.4 |
0.41 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
89.3 ± 2.0 |
293.6 ± 2.1 |
0.41 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
60.9 |
202.0 |
0.41 |
| Median |
79.5 |
292.0 |
0.41 |
| Deviation |
34.3 |
122.0 |
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 |
-10.6 ± 3.2 |
30.0 ± 2.6 |
31.6 ± 3.6 |
37.5 ± 1.3 |
-0.35 ± 0.08 |
-0.28 ± 0.08 |
| VC |
-22.1 ± 2.4 |
8.3 ± 0.5 |
11.1 ± 1.3 |
47.3 ± 2.1 |
-2.65 ± 0.16 |
-0.47 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
-10.6 ± 3.2 |
30.0 ± 2.5 |
31.6 ± 3.6 |
37.5 ± 1.3 |
-0.35 ± 0.08 |
-0.28 ± 0.08 |
| MX2 |
-7.6 ± 1.9 |
15.2 ± 0.9 |
19.4 ± 2.2 |
45.6 ± 1.9 |
-0.49 ± 0.10 |
-0.16 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
-6.2 ± 0.4 |
4.3 ± 0.3 |
5.8 ± 0.7 |
47.9 ± 2.1 |
-1.43 ± 0.16 |
-0.13 ± 0.01 |
| RH8 |
1.7 ± 0.5 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
0.5 ± 0.1 |
48.1 ± 2.1 |
4.26 ± 1.10 |
0.04 ± 0.01 |
| RH9 |
1.1 ± 0.4 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
0.6 ± 0.1 |
48.1 ± 2.1 |
2.41 ± 0.83 |
0.02 ± 0.01 |
| RH10 |
1.4 ± 0.4 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
48.1 ± 2.1 |
5.20 ± 1.49 |
0.03 ± 0.01 |
| Average |
-6.6 |
11.1 |
12.6 |
45.0 |
0.8 |
-0.2 |
| Median |
-6.2 |
8.3 |
11.1 |
47.9 |
-0.3 |
-0.1 |
| Deviation |
8.2 |
12.7 |
13.4 |
4.7 |
2.8 |
0.2 |
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 |
-26.2 ± 3.9 |
32.9 ± 0.6 |
84.4 ± 4.9 |
85.6 ± 5.0 |
-0.80 ± 0.12 |
-0.31 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
-53.8 ± 2.3 |
10.8 ± 0.1 |
29.6 ± 1.7 |
91.1 ± 4.5 |
-4.96 ± 0.21 |
-0.59 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
-26.3 ± 3.9 |
32.9 ± 0.6 |
84.3 ± 4.9 |
85.7 ± 5.0 |
-0.80 ± 0.12 |
-0.31 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
-19.0 ± 3.8 |
19.4 ± 0.3 |
51.9 ± 3.0 |
89.7 ± 4.6 |
-0.98 ± 0.19 |
-0.21 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
-15.5 ± 1.5 |
5.7 ± 0.1 |
15.6 ± 0.9 |
91.6 ± 4.5 |
-2.72 ± 0.25 |
-0.17 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
4.8 ± 3.0 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
1.4 ± 0.1 |
91.8 ± 4.5 |
9.15 ± 5.68 |
0.05 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
3.3 ± 3.0 |
0.6 ± 0.0 |
1.7 ± 0.1 |
91.8 ± 4.5 |
5.41 ± 4.93 |
0.04 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
3.9 ± 3.0 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
1.0 ± 0.1 |
91.8 ± 4.5 |
11.17 ± 8.53 |
0.04 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
-16.1 |
12.9 |
33.7 |
89.9 |
1.9 |
-0.2 |
| Median |
-15.5 |
10.8 |
29.6 |
91.6 |
-0.8 |
-0.2 |
| Deviation |
20.2 |
14.0 |
35.8 |
2.7 |
5.9 |
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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