Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20063070937
Observation time: 11/03/2006 307.40089 0937 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2006 |
| Fractional day of year |
307.400885 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
34636.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
206.920 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
90.170 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-2.320 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0118 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0126 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
20.95, 44.34, 68.90 |
Event added to database
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Tue Sep 24 16:30:09 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 17:24:25 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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53.560 ± 3.210
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Asymptotic
plasma
parameters (About, Top)
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Parameter
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Upstream
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Downstream
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| Vx GSE [km/s] |
-336.7 ± 0.4 |
-355.6 ± 0.6 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-5.4 ± 3.3 |
-9.3 ± 1.4 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-12.4 ± 1.5 |
-22.3 ± 0.7 |
| Wi [km/s] |
21.1 ± 0.7 |
24.7 ± 0.3 |
| We [km/s] |
666.3 ± 21.2 |
780.0 ± 10.2 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
10.8 ± 0.5 |
15.8 ± 0.4 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
1.3 ± 0.1 |
1.9 ± 0.0 |
| By GSE [nT] |
1.0 ± 0.3 |
0.8 ± 0.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-4.7 ± 0.1 |
-6.7 ± 0.1 |
Plasma Beta
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0.409 ± 0.400
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0.407 ± 0.414
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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27.20 ± 0.87
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31.84 ± 0.42
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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33.00 ± 0.75
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38.67 ± 0.46
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.773 ± 0.748 |
-0.632 ± 0.915 |
0.050 ± 0.050 |
2.87 ± 10.93 |
219.27 ± 67.78 |
| VC |
-0.875 ± 0.042 |
-0.178 ± 0.137 |
-0.451 ± 0.418 |
-26.82 ± 4.07 |
191.50 ± 8.95 |
| MX1 |
-0.944 ± 0.036 |
-0.228 ± 0.132 |
-0.237 ± 0.232 |
-13.69 ± 4.12 |
193.59 ± 7.99 |
| MX2 |
-0.948 ± 0.034 |
-0.206 ± 0.137 |
-0.242 ± 0.237 |
-13.99 ± 3.90 |
192.24 ± 8.25 |
| MX3 |
-0.955 ± 0.029 |
-0.158 ± 0.150 |
-0.252 ± 0.247 |
-14.60 ± 3.48 |
189.38 ± 8.98 |
| RH08 |
-0.970 ± 0.006 |
-0.025 ± 0.046 |
-0.240 ± 0.235 |
-13.90 ± 1.32 |
181.50 ± 2.70 |
| RH09 |
-0.878 ± 0.034 |
0.420 ± 0.065 |
-0.229 ± 0.225 |
-13.24 ± 3.73 |
154.43 ± 4.25 |
| RH10 |
-0.892 ± 0.032 |
0.389 ± 0.065 |
-0.229 ± 0.225 |
-13.24 ± 3.97 |
156.43 ± 4.17 |
| Average |
-0.904 |
-0.077 |
-0.229 |
-13.327 |
184.793 |
| Median |
-0.892 |
-0.158 |
-0.237 |
-13.689 |
191.495 |
| Deviation |
0.065 |
0.345 |
0.135 |
7.991 |
21.127 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
67.5 ± 2.9 |
318.3 ± 2.8 |
1.48 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
81.1 ± 1.6 |
371.2 ± 2.1 |
1.48 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
85.7 ± 1.6 |
390.2 ± 2.2 |
1.48 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
86.2 ± 1.6 |
391.6 ± 2.2 |
1.48 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
87.2 ± 1.4 |
393.9 ± 2.1 |
1.48 ± 0.07 |
| RH08 |
87.8 ± 1.0 |
397.5 ± 1.8 |
1.48 ± 0.07 |
| RH09 |
86.2 ± 0.7 |
351.5 ± 0.7 |
1.48 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
86.7 ± 0.6 |
357.9 ± 2.5 |
1.48 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
83.5 |
371.5 |
1.48 |
| Median |
86.2 |
390.2 |
1.48 |
| Deviation |
6.8 |
27.6 |
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 |
55.2 ± 2.0 |
8.2 ± 0.1 |
12.6 ± 0.3 |
42.0 ± 0.6 |
6.76 ± 0.25 |
1.31 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
70.2 ± 0.2 |
3.3 ± 0.1 |
5.1 ± 0.1 |
42.6 ± 0.6 |
21.47 ± 0.44 |
1.65 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
68.0 ± 0.4 |
1.6 ± 0.0 |
2.5 ± 0.1 |
42.7 ± 0.6 |
43.03 ± 0.73 |
1.59 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
68.2 ± 0.3 |
1.4 ± 0.0 |
2.2 ± 0.0 |
42.7 ± 0.6 |
48.59 ± 0.82 |
1.60 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
68.5 ± 0.2 |
1.0 ± 0.0 |
1.6 ± 0.0 |
42.8 ± 0.6 |
66.41 ± 1.10 |
1.60 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
67.6 ± 0.3 |
0.8 ± 0.0 |
1.2 ± 0.0 |
42.8 ± 0.6 |
85.76 ± 1.44 |
1.58 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
55.3 ± 1.7 |
1.4 ± 0.0 |
2.2 ± 0.1 |
42.7 ± 0.6 |
39.25 ± 1.39 |
1.29 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
56.8 ± 1.6 |
1.2 ± 0.0 |
1.9 ± 0.0 |
42.8 ± 0.6 |
47.43 ± 1.57 |
1.33 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
63.7 |
2.4 |
3.7 |
42.6 |
44.8 |
1.5 |
| Median |
68.0 |
1.4 |
2.2 |
42.7 |
47.4 |
1.6 |
| Deviation |
6.7 |
2.5 |
3.8 |
0.3 |
24.5 |
0.2 |
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 |
38.6 ± 0.9 |
9.6 ± 0.1 |
14.8 ± 0.2 |
49.2 ± 0.4 |
4.03 ± 0.13 |
0.78 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
48.5 ± 0.3 |
3.8 ± 0.0 |
6.0 ± 0.1 |
49.9 ± 0.4 |
12.66 ± 0.17 |
0.97 ± 0.01 |
| MX1 |
46.9 ± 0.5 |
1.9 ± 0.0 |
2.9 ± 0.0 |
50.1 ± 0.4 |
25.33 ± 0.43 |
0.94 ± 0.01 |
| MX2 |
47.0 ± 0.4 |
1.6 ± 0.0 |
2.6 ± 0.0 |
50.1 ± 0.4 |
28.61 ± 0.47 |
0.94 ± 0.01 |
| MX3 |
47.3 ± 0.4 |
1.2 ± 0.0 |
1.9 ± 0.0 |
50.1 ± 0.4 |
39.13 ± 0.60 |
0.94 ± 0.01 |
| RH8 |
46.8 ± 0.4 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
1.5 ± 0.0 |
50.1 ± 0.4 |
50.62 ± 0.68 |
0.93 ± 0.01 |
| RH9 |
38.1 ± 0.8 |
1.7 ± 0.0 |
2.6 ± 0.0 |
50.1 ± 0.4 |
23.05 ± 0.37 |
0.76 ± 0.01 |
| RH10 |
39.2 ± 0.7 |
1.4 ± 0.0 |
2.2 ± 0.0 |
50.1 ± 0.4 |
27.90 ± 0.42 |
0.78 ± 0.01 |
| Average |
44.0 |
2.8 |
4.3 |
49.9 |
26.4 |
0.9 |
| Median |
46.9 |
1.7 |
2.6 |
50.1 |
27.9 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
4.6 |
2.9 |
4.4 |
0.3 |
14.4 |
0.1 |
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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