Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20062311057
Observation time: 08/19/2006 231.45665 1057 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2006 |
| Fractional day of year |
231.456649 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
39454.5 ± 20.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
225.940 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-100.608 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
0.784 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0185 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0161 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
12.38, 27.17, 29.31 |
Event added to database
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Tue Sep 24 15:49:40 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 17:04:02 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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54.961 ± 16.780
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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] |
-396.6 ± 2.5 |
-441.4 ± 2.1 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
8.8 ± 4.1 |
-7.7 ± 3.4 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
15.1 ± 3.7 |
49.9 ± 3.1 |
| Wi [km/s] |
47.2 ± 2.1 |
55.6 ± 2.5 |
| We [km/s] |
1493.7 ± 66.6 |
1758.8 ± 78.7 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
6.8 ± 0.6 |
12.1 ± 0.5 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-2.9 ± 0.4 |
-4.4 ± 0.4 |
| By GSE [nT] |
9.9 ± 0.3 |
17.0 ± 0.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
2.1 ± 0.5 |
2.0 ± 0.3 |
Plasma Beta
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0.290 ± 0.306
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0.253 ± 0.245
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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60.98 ± 2.72
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71.80 ± 3.21
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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88.17 ± 3.80
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111.04 ± 3.55
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.657 ± 0.547 |
0.020 ± 0.457 |
0.754 ± 0.561 |
48.91 ± 41.57 |
178.28 ± 39.79 |
| VC |
-0.761 ± 0.043 |
-0.277 ± 0.067 |
0.587 ± 0.508 |
35.93 ± 3.76 |
199.97 ± 4.97 |
| MX1 |
-0.782 ± 0.038 |
-0.151 ± 0.070 |
0.604 ± 0.517 |
37.18 ± 3.42 |
190.90 ± 5.07 |
| MX2 |
-0.788 ± 0.039 |
-0.153 ± 0.070 |
0.597 ± 0.513 |
36.66 ± 3.55 |
190.98 ± 5.04 |
| MX3 |
-0.794 ± 0.041 |
-0.156 ± 0.070 |
0.587 ± 0.508 |
35.95 ± 3.90 |
191.09 ± 5.00 |
| RH08 |
-0.646 ± 0.020 |
-0.120 ± 0.004 |
-0.754 ± 0.561 |
-48.95 ± 1.54 |
190.53 ± 0.00 |
| RH09 |
-0.853 ± 0.037 |
-0.190 ± 0.064 |
0.486 ± 0.444 |
29.08 ± 4.12 |
192.53 ± 4.29 |
| RH10 |
-0.847 ± 0.038 |
-0.188 ± 0.065 |
0.497 ± 0.451 |
29.82 ± 4.10 |
192.53 ± 4.35 |
| Average |
-0.766 |
-0.152 |
0.420 |
25.571 |
190.854 |
| Median |
-0.782 |
-0.153 |
0.587 |
35.949 |
191.087 |
| Deviation |
0.078 |
0.083 |
0.481 |
30.710 |
5.941 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
69.3 ± 2.6 |
404.0 ± 2.5 |
1.80 ± 0.14 |
| VC |
85.9 ± 2.4 |
448.9 ± 2.2 |
1.80 ± 0.14 |
| MX1 |
78.5 ± 2.4 |
457.6 ± 2.3 |
1.80 ± 0.14 |
| MX2 |
78.7 ± 2.4 |
459.6 ± 2.3 |
1.80 ± 0.14 |
| MX3 |
78.8 ± 2.4 |
462.2 ± 2.3 |
1.80 ± 0.14 |
| RH08 |
85.0 ± 2.8 |
253.5 ± 1.4 |
1.80 ± 0.14 |
| RH09 |
80.9 ± 2.3 |
483.1 ± 2.2 |
1.80 ± 0.14 |
| RH10 |
80.8 ± 2.3 |
481.1 ± 12.1 |
1.80 ± 0.14 |
| Average |
79.7 |
431.2 |
1.80 |
| Median |
80.8 |
459.6 |
1.80 |
| Deviation |
5.1 |
75.9 |
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 |
131.9 ± 3.9 |
18.0 ± 0.4 |
31.2 ± 1.3 |
105.8 ± 2.2 |
7.33 ± 0.20 |
1.25 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
140.7 ± 4.1 |
3.6 ± 0.1 |
6.3 ± 0.3 |
107.2 ± 2.2 |
39.48 ± 1.19 |
1.31 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
139.6 ± 3.9 |
10.0 ± 0.2 |
17.5 ± 0.8 |
106.8 ± 2.2 |
13.97 ± 0.40 |
1.31 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
139.6 ± 3.9 |
9.9 ± 0.2 |
17.3 ± 0.7 |
106.8 ± 2.2 |
14.13 ± 0.40 |
1.31 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
139.7 ± 3.9 |
9.7 ± 0.2 |
17.1 ± 0.7 |
106.8 ± 2.2 |
14.33 ± 0.41 |
1.31 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
9.9 ± 2.5 |
4.3 ± 0.1 |
7.7 ± 0.3 |
107.2 ± 2.2 |
2.29 ± 0.59 |
0.09 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
139.1 ± 3.8 |
7.9 ± 0.2 |
13.9 ± 0.6 |
107.0 ± 2.2 |
17.57 ± 0.51 |
1.30 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
139.3 ± 3.8 |
8.0 ± 0.2 |
14.1 ± 0.6 |
107.0 ± 2.2 |
17.40 ± 0.50 |
1.30 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
122.5 |
8.9 |
15.6 |
106.8 |
15.8 |
1.1 |
| Median |
139.6 |
9.7 |
17.1 |
107.0 |
14.3 |
1.3 |
| Deviation |
45.6 |
4.4 |
7.6 |
0.5 |
10.9 |
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 |
76.5 ± 2.1 |
21.6 ± 0.6 |
39.3 ± 1.3 |
130.5 ± 2.0 |
3.54 ± 0.18 |
0.59 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
81.6 ± 2.5 |
4.3 ± 0.1 |
7.9 ± 0.3 |
132.2 ± 2.0 |
19.05 ± 0.98 |
0.62 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
81.0 ± 2.2 |
12.0 ± 0.3 |
22.1 ± 0.7 |
131.7 ± 2.0 |
6.74 ± 0.34 |
0.61 ± 0.01 |
| MX2 |
81.0 ± 2.2 |
11.9 ± 0.3 |
21.8 ± 0.7 |
131.8 ± 2.0 |
6.82 ± 0.34 |
0.61 ± 0.01 |
| MX3 |
81.0 ± 2.2 |
11.7 ± 0.3 |
21.5 ± 0.7 |
131.8 ± 2.0 |
6.92 ± 0.34 |
0.62 ± 0.01 |
| RH8 |
5.3 ± 3.2 |
5.2 ± 0.1 |
9.6 ± 0.3 |
132.2 ± 2.0 |
1.00 ± 0.60 |
0.04 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
80.8 ± 2.2 |
9.5 ± 0.2 |
17.5 ± 0.6 |
131.9 ± 2.0 |
8.49 ± 0.41 |
0.61 ± 0.01 |
| RH10 |
80.9 ± 2.2 |
9.6 ± 0.2 |
17.7 ± 0.6 |
131.9 ± 2.0 |
8.41 ± 0.41 |
0.61 ± 0.01 |
| Average |
71.0 |
10.7 |
19.7 |
131.8 |
7.6 |
0.5 |
| Median |
81.0 |
11.7 |
21.5 |
131.9 |
6.9 |
0.6 |
| Deviation |
26.6 |
5.3 |
9.6 |
0.5 |
5.3 |
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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