Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20063000129
Observation time: 10/27/2006 300.06189 0129 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2006 |
| Fractional day of year |
300.061892 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
5347.5 ± 20.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
203.295 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
76.680 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-7.750 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0076 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0140 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
4.18, 15.35, 18.50 |
Event added to database
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Tue Sep 24 16:27:05 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 17:22:28 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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60.067 ± 12.792
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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] |
-351.6 ± 0.9 |
-361.7 ± 0.6 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-8.7 ± 6.2 |
-10.3 ± 0.8 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
3.7 ± 1.3 |
14.4 ± 0.9 |
| Wi [km/s] |
19.6 ± 0.3 |
21.1 ± 0.3 |
| We [km/s] |
620.0 ± 10.4 |
666.4 ± 11.1 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
8.4 ± 0.4 |
11.7 ± 0.3 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
1.3 ± 0.4 |
0.7 ± 0.3 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-2.0 ± 0.5 |
-3.4 ± 0.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.2 ± 0.4 |
1.1 ± 0.2 |
Plasma Beta
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1.150 ± 1.180
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0.838 ± 0.849
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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25.31 ± 0.43
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27.20 ± 0.45
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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18.49 ± 1.79
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23.12 ± 1.45
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.854 ± 0.149 |
0.470 ± 0.256 |
0.224 ± 0.220 |
12.94 ± 14.74 |
151.20 ± 17.11 |
| VC |
-0.720 ± 0.060 |
-0.082 ± 0.321 |
0.689 ± 0.551 |
43.52 ± 3.99 |
186.49 ± 25.50 |
| MX1 |
-0.787 ± 0.108 |
0.493 ± 0.149 |
0.371 ± 0.353 |
21.76 ± 10.74 |
147.91 ± 10.48 |
| MX2 |
-0.747 ± 0.125 |
0.512 ± 0.168 |
0.424 ± 0.397 |
25.12 ± 9.24 |
145.58 ± 12.53 |
| MX3 |
-0.708 ± 0.157 |
0.527 ± 0.196 |
0.470 ± 0.432 |
28.06 ± 10.58 |
143.30 ± 15.30 |
| RH08 |
-0.814 ± 0.028 |
-0.079 ± 0.043 |
-0.575 ± 0.501 |
-35.13 ± 2.72 |
185.52 ± 3.02 |
| RH09 |
-0.976 ± 0.015 |
0.181 ± 0.069 |
-0.117 ± 0.117 |
-6.74 ± 4.01 |
169.47 ± 4.07 |
| RH10 |
-0.978 ± 0.015 |
0.182 ± 0.069 |
-0.106 ± 0.106 |
-6.09 ± 4.02 |
169.47 ± 4.03 |
| Average |
-0.823 |
0.276 |
0.172 |
10.431 |
162.368 |
| Median |
-0.787 |
0.470 |
0.371 |
21.762 |
169.471 |
| Deviation |
0.107 |
0.261 |
0.411 |
25.071 |
17.719 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
32.6 ± 16.7 |
338.9 ± 2.2 |
1.39 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
73.8 ± 16.2 |
308.5 ± 1.3 |
1.39 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
35.4 ± 16.2 |
318.4 ± 2.3 |
1.39 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
36.4 ± 15.6 |
304.8 ± 2.4 |
1.39 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
37.7 ± 14.9 |
291.3 ± 2.4 |
1.39 ± 0.04 |
| RH08 |
66.3 ± 5.4 |
292.6 ± 0.7 |
1.39 ± 0.04 |
| RH09 |
47.0 ± 12.8 |
372.6 ± 1.3 |
1.39 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
47.0 ± 12.9 |
373.6 ± 4.7 |
1.39 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
47.0 |
325.1 |
1.39 |
| Median |
47.0 |
318.4 |
1.39 |
| Deviation |
15.3 |
33.2 |
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 |
41.8 ± 3.1 |
14.0 ± 0.9 |
15.6 ± 1.5 |
28.1 ± 0.4 |
2.98 ± 0.24 |
1.49 ± 0.11 |
| VC |
51.9 ± 1.7 |
4.2 ± 0.2 |
5.2 ± 0.5 |
31.1 ± 0.7 |
12.43 ± 1.07 |
1.67 ± 0.09 |
| MX1 |
44.6 ± 3.2 |
13.4 ± 0.9 |
15.1 ± 1.5 |
28.3 ± 0.4 |
3.32 ± 0.26 |
1.57 ± 0.12 |
| MX2 |
45.1 ± 3.3 |
13.2 ± 0.9 |
14.9 ± 1.4 |
28.5 ± 0.4 |
3.42 ± 0.27 |
1.59 ± 0.12 |
| MX3 |
45.3 ± 3.4 |
12.9 ± 0.8 |
14.6 ± 1.4 |
28.6 ± 0.4 |
3.51 ± 0.28 |
1.59 ± 0.12 |
| RH8 |
7.8 ± 0.3 |
6.1 ± 0.4 |
7.4 ± 0.7 |
30.8 ± 0.7 |
1.28 ± 0.11 |
0.25 ± 0.01 |
| RH9 |
31.3 ± 1.4 |
10.8 ± 0.7 |
12.6 ± 1.2 |
29.4 ± 0.5 |
2.90 ± 0.20 |
1.06 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
31.9 ± 1.4 |
10.8 ± 0.7 |
12.6 ± 1.2 |
29.4 ± 0.5 |
2.95 ± 0.20 |
1.08 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
37.5 |
10.7 |
12.2 |
29.3 |
4.1 |
1.3 |
| Median |
44.6 |
12.9 |
14.6 |
29.4 |
3.3 |
1.6 |
| Deviation |
13.9 |
3.7 |
3.9 |
1.1 |
3.4 |
0.5 |
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 |
31.6 ± 0.5 |
16.8 ± 0.7 |
19.5 ± 1.2 |
31.5 ± 0.9 |
1.88 ± 0.08 |
1.00 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
37.2 ± 0.6 |
5.0 ± 0.2 |
6.4 ± 0.4 |
35.4 ± 1.1 |
7.51 ± 0.28 |
1.05 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
33.5 ± 0.4 |
16.1 ± 0.7 |
18.9 ± 1.2 |
31.9 ± 0.9 |
2.09 ± 0.09 |
1.05 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
33.9 ± 0.4 |
15.8 ± 0.6 |
18.6 ± 1.2 |
32.0 ± 0.9 |
2.15 ± 0.09 |
1.06 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
34.0 ± 0.3 |
15.4 ± 0.6 |
18.3 ± 1.1 |
32.2 ± 0.9 |
2.21 ± 0.09 |
1.06 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
5.6 ± 0.8 |
7.2 ± 0.3 |
9.3 ± 0.6 |
35.0 ± 1.1 |
0.78 ± 0.13 |
0.16 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
23.1 ± 0.7 |
12.9 ± 0.5 |
15.8 ± 1.0 |
33.3 ± 1.0 |
1.80 ± 0.10 |
0.69 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
23.5 ± 0.7 |
12.9 ± 0.5 |
15.8 ± 1.0 |
33.3 ± 1.0 |
1.83 ± 0.10 |
0.70 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
27.8 |
12.8 |
15.3 |
33.1 |
2.5 |
0.8 |
| Median |
33.5 |
15.4 |
18.3 |
33.3 |
2.1 |
1.1 |
| Deviation |
10.3 |
4.4 |
4.9 |
1.4 |
2.1 |
0.3 |
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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