Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20061902040
Observation time: 07/09/2006 190.86123 2040 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2006 |
| Fractional day of year |
190.861233 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
74410.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
263.230 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-15.538 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
21.880 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0263 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0185 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
7.74, 24.07, 35.43 |
Event added to database
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Tue Sep 24 15:37:03 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 16:53:01 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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56.746 ± 0.352
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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] |
-347.4 ± 1.9 |
-426.8 ± 6.2 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-13.7 ± 1.4 |
30.5 ± 6.2 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
15.9 ± 1.1 |
22.9 ± 8.3 |
| Wi [km/s] |
21.5 ± 0.8 |
37.8 ± 1.9 |
| We [km/s] |
680.6 ± 25.1 |
1194.9 ± 59.4 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
3.5 ± 0.1 |
8.1 ± 1.2 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-0.6 ± 0.2 |
-2.8 ± 0.7 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-3.1 ± 0.1 |
-6.4 ± 0.6 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
2.0 ± 0.1 |
5.2 ± 0.8 |
Plasma Beta
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0.242 ± 0.257
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0.326 ± 0.285
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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27.79 ± 1.03
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48.78 ± 2.42
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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43.85 ± 0.78
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67.82 ± 7.53
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.709 ± 0.314 |
0.703 ± 0.316 |
0.052 ± 0.052 |
2.99 ± 22.32 |
135.22 ± 25.53 |
| VC |
-0.871 ± 0.029 |
0.484 ± 0.051 |
0.081 ± 0.081 |
4.66 ± 5.11 |
150.95 ± 3.34 |
| MX1 |
-0.810 ± 0.043 |
0.587 ± 0.059 |
-0.001 ± 0.001 |
-0.06 ± 6.96 |
144.06 ± 4.15 |
| MX2 |
-0.811 ± 0.041 |
0.585 ± 0.057 |
-0.002 ± 0.002 |
-0.09 ± 6.85 |
144.18 ± 4.01 |
| MX3 |
-0.812 ± 0.040 |
0.584 ± 0.056 |
-0.002 ± 0.002 |
-0.13 ± 6.80 |
144.27 ± 3.92 |
| RH08 |
-0.852 ± 0.007 |
0.524 ± 0.012 |
-0.028 ± 0.028 |
-1.60 ± 0.64 |
148.41 ± 0.78 |
| RH09 |
-0.252 ± 0.060 |
0.761 ± 0.040 |
0.598 ± 0.514 |
36.71 ± 3.58 |
108.30 ± 4.46 |
| RH10 |
-0.270 ± 0.067 |
0.772 ± 0.044 |
0.575 ± 0.501 |
35.13 ± 3.99 |
109.30 ± 4.90 |
| Average |
-0.673 |
0.625 |
0.159 |
9.702 |
135.585 |
| Median |
-0.810 |
0.587 |
0.052 |
2.993 |
144.179 |
| Deviation |
0.259 |
0.108 |
0.266 |
16.309 |
17.142 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
63.4 ± 3.3 |
395.8 ± 1.4 |
2.33 ± 0.34 |
| VC |
77.0 ± 3.3 |
462.5 ± 1.4 |
2.33 ± 0.34 |
| MX1 |
68.6 ± 3.3 |
436.5 ± 1.3 |
2.33 ± 0.34 |
| MX2 |
68.7 ± 3.3 |
437.0 ± 1.3 |
2.33 ± 0.34 |
| MX3 |
68.8 ± 3.3 |
437.3 ± 1.3 |
2.33 ± 0.34 |
| RH08 |
71.3 ± 3.2 |
451.2 ± 1.3 |
2.33 ± 0.34 |
| RH09 |
74.4 ± 2.9 |
186.5 ± 2.1 |
2.33 ± 0.34 |
| RH10 |
73.3 ± 2.9 |
196.0 ± 14.0 |
2.33 ± 0.34 |
| Average |
70.7 |
375.3 |
2.33 |
| Median |
71.3 |
437.0 |
2.33 |
| Deviation |
4.2 |
115.3 |
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 |
158.3 ± 2.0 |
10.7 ± 0.3 |
19.6 ± 0.3 |
50.8 ± 0.4 |
14.77 ± 0.28 |
3.12 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
165.1 ± 2.0 |
5.3 ± 0.1 |
9.9 ± 0.2 |
51.7 ± 0.4 |
31.06 ± 0.62 |
3.20 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
163.2 ± 2.0 |
8.7 ± 0.2 |
16.0 ± 0.3 |
51.2 ± 0.4 |
18.83 ± 0.36 |
3.19 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
163.3 ± 2.0 |
8.6 ± 0.2 |
15.9 ± 0.3 |
51.2 ± 0.4 |
18.91 ± 0.36 |
3.19 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
163.3 ± 2.0 |
8.6 ± 0.2 |
15.9 ± 0.3 |
51.2 ± 0.4 |
18.96 ± 0.36 |
3.19 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
163.0 ± 2.0 |
7.6 ± 0.2 |
14.0 ± 0.2 |
51.4 ± 0.4 |
21.48 ± 0.42 |
3.17 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
99.9 ± 1.5 |
6.4 ± 0.1 |
11.8 ± 0.2 |
51.5 ± 0.4 |
15.68 ± 0.32 |
1.94 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
103.5 ± 1.5 |
6.8 ± 0.2 |
12.6 ± 0.2 |
51.5 ± 0.4 |
15.20 ± 0.30 |
2.01 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
147.5 |
7.8 |
14.5 |
51.3 |
19.4 |
2.9 |
| Median |
163.2 |
8.6 |
15.9 |
51.4 |
18.9 |
3.2 |
| Deviation |
28.3 |
1.7 |
3.0 |
0.3 |
5.3 |
0.6 |
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 |
70.7 ± 6.7 |
18.0 ± 0.8 |
30.3 ± 3.4 |
81.7 ± 5.5 |
3.91 ± 0.24 |
0.86 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
74.0 ± 6.3 |
8.9 ± 0.4 |
15.3 ± 1.7 |
83.2 ± 5.6 |
8.28 ± 0.39 |
0.89 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
73.1 ± 7.0 |
14.6 ± 0.6 |
24.7 ± 2.7 |
82.4 ± 5.5 |
5.01 ± 0.29 |
0.89 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
73.1 ± 7.0 |
14.5 ± 0.6 |
24.6 ± 2.7 |
82.4 ± 5.5 |
5.03 ± 0.29 |
0.89 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
73.1 ± 7.0 |
14.5 ± 0.6 |
24.6 ± 2.7 |
82.4 ± 5.5 |
5.04 ± 0.29 |
0.89 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
72.5 ± 7.1 |
12.8 ± 0.6 |
21.7 ± 2.4 |
82.7 ± 5.5 |
5.67 ± 0.34 |
0.88 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
42.1 ± 5.2 |
10.7 ± 0.5 |
18.3 ± 2.0 |
83.0 ± 5.6 |
3.94 ± 0.47 |
0.51 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
43.9 ± 5.2 |
11.4 ± 0.5 |
19.5 ± 2.2 |
82.9 ± 5.6 |
3.84 ± 0.43 |
0.53 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
65.3 |
13.2 |
22.4 |
82.6 |
5.1 |
0.8 |
| Median |
73.1 |
14.5 |
24.6 |
82.7 |
5.0 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
13.8 |
2.8 |
4.7 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
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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