Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20083292229
Observation time: 11/24/2008 329.93689 2229 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2008 |
| Fractional day of year |
329.936892 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
80947.5 ± 40.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
254.684 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
65.090 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
32.469 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0211 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0121 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
23.05, 52.81, 79.11 |
Event added to database
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Wed Sep 25 16:28:55 2013
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Event last processed
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Wed Sep 25 17:23:22 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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71.944 ± 59.177
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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] |
-273.3 ± 2.5 |
-313.3 ± 0.8 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-8.7 ± 0.4 |
-32.4 ± 0.4 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-1.3 ± 1.1 |
-20.4 ± 3.1 |
| Wi [km/s] |
18.2 ± 0.6 |
25.5 ± 0.5 |
| We [km/s] |
574.3 ± 19.8 |
805.8 ± 15.2 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
12.3 ± 0.4 |
29.2 ± 2.4 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
1.5 ± 0.2 |
4.1 ± 0.3 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-3.3 ± 0.2 |
-6.5 ± 0.7 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.6 ± 0.1 |
0.2 ± 0.4 |
Plasma Beta
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0.640 ± 0.638
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0.694 ± 0.615
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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23.45 ± 0.81
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32.90 ± 0.62
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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22.72 ± 0.52
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31.17 ± 3.73
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.665 ± 0.478 |
-0.504 ± 0.526 |
0.551 ± 0.487 |
33.45 ± 41.95 |
217.17 ± 40.18 |
| VC |
-0.795 ± 0.021 |
-0.474 ± 0.022 |
-0.379 ± 0.360 |
-22.26 ± 3.13 |
210.80 ± 1.36 |
| MX1 |
-0.754 ± 0.056 |
-0.549 ± 0.073 |
-0.361 ± 0.344 |
-21.13 ± 3.67 |
216.07 ± 5.46 |
| MX2 |
-0.751 ± 0.053 |
-0.543 ± 0.070 |
-0.377 ± 0.358 |
-22.15 ± 3.32 |
215.88 ± 5.27 |
| MX3 |
-0.747 ± 0.051 |
-0.537 ± 0.068 |
-0.391 ± 0.370 |
-23.01 ± 3.33 |
215.70 ± 5.11 |
| RH08 |
-0.246 ± 0.020 |
-0.219 ± 0.018 |
0.944 ± 0.407 |
70.76 ± 1.54 |
221.62 ± 1.38 |
| RH09 |
-0.246 ± 0.063 |
-0.164 ± 0.060 |
-0.955 ± 0.376 |
-72.81 ± 3.98 |
213.59 ± 10.89 |
| RH10 |
-0.246 ± 0.066 |
-0.164 ± 0.069 |
-0.955 ± 0.376 |
-72.81 ± 3.77 |
213.59 ± 13.84 |
| Average |
-0.556 |
-0.394 |
-0.240 |
-16.244 |
215.552 |
| Median |
-0.665 |
-0.474 |
-0.377 |
-22.146 |
215.875 |
| Deviation |
0.259 |
0.178 |
0.668 |
48.666 |
3.163 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
74.7 ± 2.3 |
231.5 ± 1.0 |
2.44 ± 0.19 |
| VC |
88.5 ± 4.1 |
311.4 ± 1.0 |
2.44 ± 0.19 |
| MX1 |
83.5 ± 4.1 |
300.4 ± 1.0 |
2.44 ± 0.19 |
| MX2 |
83.9 ± 4.1 |
299.5 ± 1.0 |
2.44 ± 0.19 |
| MX3 |
84.2 ± 4.1 |
298.6 ± 1.0 |
2.44 ± 0.19 |
| RH08 |
75.4 ± 1.6 |
62.8 ± 1.1 |
2.44 ± 0.19 |
| RH09 |
83.2 ± 3.2 |
122.3 ± 1.1 |
2.44 ± 0.19 |
| RH10 |
83.2 ± 3.2 |
122.3 ± 4.8 |
2.44 ± 0.19 |
| Average |
82.1 |
218.6 |
2.44 |
| Median |
83.5 |
298.6 |
2.44 |
| Deviation |
4.7 |
100.9 |
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 |
46.2 ± 1.4 |
4.4 ± 0.1 |
6.0 ± 0.1 |
32.4 ± 0.8 |
10.62 ± 0.56 |
1.43 ± 0.08 |
| VC |
89.5 ± 2.4 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
0.6 ± 0.0 |
32.7 ± 0.8 |
208.79 ± 10.20 |
2.74 ± 0.14 |
| MX1 |
89.0 ± 2.3 |
1.9 ± 0.0 |
2.6 ± 0.1 |
32.6 ± 0.8 |
47.99 ± 2.30 |
2.73 ± 0.13 |
| MX2 |
89.1 ± 2.3 |
1.7 ± 0.0 |
2.4 ± 0.1 |
32.6 ± 0.8 |
51.20 ± 2.45 |
2.74 ± 0.13 |
| MX3 |
89.1 ± 2.3 |
1.6 ± 0.0 |
2.3 ± 0.1 |
32.6 ± 0.8 |
54.33 ± 2.60 |
2.73 ± 0.13 |
| RH8 |
-5.2 ± 0.8 |
4.1 ± 0.1 |
5.7 ± 0.1 |
32.4 ± 0.8 |
-1.26 ± 0.19 |
-0.16 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
52.3 ± 1.6 |
1.9 ± 0.0 |
2.7 ± 0.1 |
32.6 ± 0.8 |
27.04 ± 1.36 |
1.60 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
52.3 ± 1.6 |
1.9 ± 0.0 |
2.7 ± 0.1 |
32.6 ± 0.8 |
27.04 ± 1.36 |
1.60 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
62.8 |
2.3 |
3.1 |
32.6 |
53.2 |
1.9 |
| Median |
89.0 |
1.9 |
2.7 |
32.6 |
48.0 |
2.7 |
| Deviation |
33.6 |
1.3 |
1.8 |
0.1 |
65.9 |
1.0 |
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 |
18.2 ± 2.4 |
6.0 ± 0.4 |
8.2 ± 1.0 |
45.0 ± 2.1 |
3.03 ± 0.46 |
0.40 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
39.3 ± 0.5 |
0.6 ± 0.0 |
0.8 ± 0.1 |
45.4 ± 2.1 |
66.50 ± 4.60 |
0.87 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
39.0 ± 0.5 |
2.6 ± 0.2 |
3.5 ± 0.4 |
45.3 ± 2.1 |
15.26 ± 1.06 |
0.86 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
39.1 ± 0.5 |
2.4 ± 0.1 |
3.3 ± 0.4 |
45.3 ± 2.1 |
16.30 ± 1.13 |
0.86 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
39.0 ± 0.5 |
2.3 ± 0.1 |
3.1 ± 0.4 |
45.3 ± 2.1 |
17.28 ± 1.20 |
0.86 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
-2.3 ± 3.2 |
5.7 ± 0.3 |
7.8 ± 0.9 |
45.0 ± 2.1 |
-0.40 ± 0.53 |
-0.05 ± 0.07 |
| RH9 |
20.4 ± 2.7 |
2.7 ± 0.2 |
3.7 ± 0.4 |
45.3 ± 2.1 |
7.64 ± 1.06 |
0.45 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
20.4 ± 2.7 |
2.7 ± 0.2 |
3.7 ± 0.4 |
45.3 ± 2.1 |
7.64 ± 1.06 |
0.45 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
26.6 |
3.1 |
4.3 |
45.2 |
16.7 |
0.6 |
| Median |
39.0 |
2.7 |
3.7 |
45.3 |
15.3 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
15.2 |
1.8 |
2.5 |
0.2 |
21.1 |
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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