Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20063141002
Observation time: 11/10/2006 314.41873 1002 [UT]
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![Wind spacecraft](../windsm.gif)
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General
Information (About, Top)
Year |
2006 |
Fractional day of year |
314.418733 |
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
36178.5 ± 30.0 |
Shock type |
FR |
Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
213.357 |
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
96.400 |
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
3.020 |
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004 |
Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0140 |
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003
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Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0099 |
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
14.22, 23.56, 35.45 |
Event added to database
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Tue Sep 24 16:32:26 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 17:28:27 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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36.641 ± 2.047
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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] |
-557.0 ± 5.0 |
-593.7 ± 5.4 |
Vy GSE [km/s] |
54.3 ± 12.5 |
18.3 ± 12.7 |
Vz GSE [km/s] |
-1.4 ± 8.4 |
-27.3 ± 16.9 |
Wi [km/s] |
69.2 ± 7.1 |
64.7 ± 1.8 |
We [km/s] |
2188.8 ± 224.9 |
2045.8 ± 55.8 |
Ni [n/cc] |
7.3 ± 0.7 |
4.7 ± 0.3 |
Bx GSE [nT] |
-6.6 ± 1.1 |
-4.5 ± 0.6 |
By GSE [nT] |
0.6 ± 2.6 |
2.1 ± 1.5 |
Bz GSE [nT] |
8.2 ± 1.8 |
3.8 ± 1.4 |
Plasma Beta
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0.650 ± 0.735
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0.985 ± 0.991
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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89.36 ± 9.18
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83.52 ± 2.28
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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87.74 ± 8.34
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65.20 ± 1.97
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
MC |
-0.877 ± 0.492 |
0.470 ± 0.912 |
0.099 ± 0.098 |
5.67 ± 34.87 |
151.80 ± 59.56 |
VC |
-0.663 ± 0.189 |
-0.613 ± 0.199 |
-0.430 ± 0.401 |
-25.47 ± 15.06 |
222.78 ± 15.85 |
MX1 |
-0.983 ± 0.212 |
0.166 ± 1.221 |
-0.072 ± 0.072 |
-4.14 ± 37.94 |
170.39 ± 71.14 |
MX2 |
-0.981 ± 0.209 |
0.186 ± 1.086 |
-0.058 ± 0.058 |
-3.31 ± 35.82 |
169.27 ± 63.42 |
MX3 |
-0.802 ± 0.393 |
-0.435 ± 0.663 |
-0.408 ± 0.384 |
-24.10 ± 26.48 |
208.47 ± 46.87 |
RH08 |
-0.947 ± 0.021 |
0.318 ± 0.063 |
-0.050 ± 0.050 |
-2.88 ± 3.96 |
161.45 ± 3.81 |
RH09 |
-0.974 ± 0.016 |
0.216 ± 0.067 |
-0.073 ± 0.072 |
-4.16 ± 4.03 |
167.47 ± 3.95 |
RH10 |
-0.977 ± 0.015 |
0.199 ± 0.067 |
-0.073 ± 0.072 |
-4.16 ± 4.03 |
168.47 ± 3.95 |
Average |
-0.901 |
0.063 |
-0.133 |
-7.821 |
177.511 |
Median |
-0.947 |
0.199 |
-0.072 |
-4.143 |
169.266 |
Deviation |
0.116 |
0.379 |
0.186 |
10.976 |
24.575 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
MC |
48.9 ± 15.2 |
488.2 ± 8.1 |
0.65 ± 0.10 |
VC |
87.0 ± 5.8 |
233.4 ± 15.9 |
0.65 ± 0.10 |
MX1 |
55.2 ± 12.3 |
501.9 ± 8.8 |
0.65 ± 0.10 |
MX2 |
54.4 ± 12.5 |
505.2 ± 8.6 |
0.65 ± 0.10 |
MX3 |
80.4 ± 6.1 |
324.9 ± 14.7 |
0.65 ± 0.10 |
RH08 |
54.8 ± 13.8 |
504.1 ± 8.6 |
0.65 ± 0.10 |
RH09 |
55.3 ± 12.8 |
507.8 ± 8.8 |
0.65 ± 0.10 |
RH10 |
55.3 ± 12.6 |
506.5 ± 29.1 |
0.65 ± 0.10 |
Average |
61.4 |
446.5 |
0.65 |
Median |
55.3 |
504.1 |
0.65 |
Deviation |
14.0 |
106.3 |
0.00 |
Upstream 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 |
-25.7 ± 9.1 |
43.5 ± 2.4 |
57.7 ± 5.5 |
117.8 ± 5.5 |
-0.60 ± 0.24 |
-0.22 ± 0.08 |
VC |
-102.9 ± 3.5 |
3.3 ± 0.2 |
4.7 ± 0.4 |
125.5 ± 6.0 |
-31.23 ± 0.75 |
-0.82 ± 0.02 |
MX1 |
-55.0 ± 6.5 |
37.1 ± 2.1 |
50.1 ± 4.8 |
120.0 ± 5.6 |
-1.49 ± 0.24 |
-0.46 ± 0.07 |
MX2 |
-51.3 ± 6.6 |
37.9 ± 2.1 |
51.1 ± 4.9 |
119.7 ± 5.6 |
-1.36 ± 0.24 |
-0.43 ± 0.07 |
MX3 |
-99.0 ± 1.3 |
10.4 ± 0.6 |
14.6 ± 1.4 |
125.2 ± 6.0 |
-9.58 ± 0.42 |
-0.79 ± 0.03 |
RH8 |
-40.6 ± 7.9 |
37.5 ± 2.1 |
50.6 ± 4.8 |
119.9 ± 5.6 |
-1.09 ± 0.26 |
-0.34 ± 0.08 |
RH9 |
-46.3 ± 7.0 |
36.9 ± 2.0 |
49.9 ± 4.7 |
120.0 ± 5.6 |
-1.26 ± 0.25 |
-0.39 ± 0.07 |
RH10 |
-48.7 ± 6.8 |
37.0 ± 2.1 |
50.0 ± 4.8 |
120.0 ± 5.6 |
-1.32 ± 0.25 |
-0.41 ± 0.07 |
Average |
-58.7 |
30.4 |
41.1 |
121.0 |
-6.0 |
-0.5 |
Median |
-48.7 |
37.1 |
50.1 |
120.0 |
-1.3 |
-0.4 |
Deviation |
27.6 |
14.9 |
19.8 |
2.8 |
10.6 |
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 |
-38.4 ± 7.8 |
35.9 ± 1.0 |
42.8 ± 1.3 |
99.7 ± 2.6 |
-1.07 ± 0.24 |
-0.39 ± 0.08 |
VC |
-160.5 ± 6.8 |
2.7 ± 0.1 |
3.5 ± 0.1 |
105.9 ± 2.8 |
-58.86 ± 4.00 |
-1.52 ± 0.10 |
MX1 |
-87.0 ± 8.0 |
30.7 ± 0.8 |
37.3 ± 1.1 |
101.4 ± 2.6 |
-2.84 ± 0.33 |
-0.86 ± 0.10 |
MX2 |
-82.1 ± 7.9 |
31.3 ± 0.8 |
38.0 ± 1.1 |
101.2 ± 2.6 |
-2.63 ± 0.32 |
-0.81 ± 0.09 |
MX3 |
-154.7 ± 7.8 |
8.6 ± 0.2 |
10.8 ± 0.3 |
105.6 ± 2.7 |
-18.08 ± 1.38 |
-1.47 ± 0.11 |
RH8 |
-65.2 ± 9.0 |
31.0 ± 0.8 |
37.6 ± 1.1 |
101.3 ± 2.6 |
-2.11 ± 0.34 |
-0.64 ± 0.10 |
RH9 |
-76.1 ± 8.4 |
30.5 ± 0.8 |
37.1 ± 1.1 |
101.5 ± 2.6 |
-2.50 ± 0.34 |
-0.75 ± 0.10 |
RH10 |
-79.3 ± 8.3 |
30.6 ± 0.8 |
37.1 ± 1.1 |
101.5 ± 2.6 |
-2.60 ± 0.33 |
-0.78 ± 0.10 |
Average |
-92.9 |
25.2 |
30.5 |
102.3 |
-11.3 |
-0.9 |
Median |
-79.3 |
30.7 |
37.3 |
101.5 |
-2.6 |
-0.8 |
Deviation |
42.7 |
12.3 |
14.7 |
2.2 |
20.0 |
0.4 |
Survey interval (About, Top)
![Survey of solar wind interval](wi_survey_00444.png)
Selected
data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters
![Survey](wi_selvwnb_00444.png)
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Velocity
![V](wi_selv_00444.png)
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Magnetic Field
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Simple
Methods
(About, Top)
Rankine Chi^2
Contour (About, Top)
Shock
Speed (About, Top)
![Shock Speed](wi_shockspeed_00444.png)
Theta Bn (About, Top)
![Theta Bn](wi_thetabn_00444.png)
Mach Numbers (About, Top)
Page updated Fri Jun 13 11:06:02 2014
Michael L Stevens
(mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)
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