Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20100412357
Observation time: 02/10/2010 41.99856 2357 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2010 |
| Fractional day of year |
41.998559 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
86275.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
197.829 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-47.316 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-16.944 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0173 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0149 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
14.35, 25.43, 31.26 |
Event added to database
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Tue Sep 24 16:51:44 2013
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Event last processed
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Wed Sep 25 09:31:06 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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53.746 ± 7.489
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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] |
-287.1 ± 4.9 |
-317.5 ± 2.6 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-6.1 ± 1.2 |
-3.8 ± 3.2 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-3.9 ± 5.7 |
-16.4 ± 2.8 |
| Wi [km/s] |
18.7 ± 1.0 |
23.6 ± 0.3 |
| We [km/s] |
590.5 ± 30.4 |
744.8 ± 9.7 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
4.7 ± 0.4 |
6.8 ± 0.6 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-1.5 ± 0.6 |
1.2 ± 0.8 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-3.3 ± 0.3 |
-6.6 ± 0.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.7 ± 0.7 |
-1.0 ± 0.3 |
Plasma Beta
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0.234 ± 0.232
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0.171 ± 0.185
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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24.11 ± 1.24
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30.41 ± 0.40
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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38.94 ± 3.02
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57.19 ± 3.18
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.671 ± 0.153 |
-0.692 ± 0.148 |
0.266 ± 0.259 |
15.42 ± 8.55 |
225.90 ± 12.43 |
| VC |
-0.919 ± 0.079 |
0.071 ± 0.096 |
-0.388 ± 0.368 |
-22.85 ± 11.62 |
175.55 ± 5.97 |
| MX1 |
-0.752 ± 0.155 |
-0.658 ± 0.177 |
0.049 ± 0.049 |
2.84 ± 12.11 |
221.17 ± 13.51 |
| MX2 |
-0.804 ± 0.100 |
-0.390 ± 0.117 |
-0.449 ± 0.416 |
-26.66 ± 11.93 |
205.89 ± 7.83 |
| MX3 |
-0.765 ± 0.149 |
-0.256 ± 0.140 |
-0.591 ± 0.510 |
-36.21 ± 14.55 |
198.50 ± 9.82 |
| RH08 |
-0.219 ± 0.013 |
-0.509 ± 0.017 |
0.832 ± 0.545 |
56.35 ± 1.19 |
246.69 ± 1.22 |
| RH09 |
-0.178 ± 0.068 |
-0.507 ± 0.059 |
0.844 ± 0.539 |
57.52 ± 3.95 |
250.70 ± 7.39 |
| RH10 |
-0.241 ± 0.068 |
-0.534 ± 0.059 |
0.810 ± 0.554 |
54.10 ± 3.96 |
245.68 ± 6.84 |
| Average |
-0.569 |
-0.434 |
0.172 |
12.562 |
221.261 |
| Median |
-0.671 |
-0.507 |
0.266 |
15.422 |
225.902 |
| Deviation |
0.303 |
0.247 |
0.609 |
39.530 |
26.657 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
20.9 ± 13.1 |
247.2 ± 6.1 |
1.49 ± 0.18 |
| VC |
76.5 ± 4.7 |
368.3 ± 8.0 |
1.49 ± 0.18 |
| MX1 |
27.8 ± 8.0 |
291.0 ± 6.8 |
1.49 ± 0.18 |
| MX2 |
54.7 ± 1.8 |
329.3 ± 7.4 |
1.49 ± 0.18 |
| MX3 |
65.1 ± 2.0 |
321.1 ± 7.1 |
1.49 ± 0.18 |
| RH08 |
46.6 ± 11.2 |
48.4 ± 3.2 |
1.49 ± 0.18 |
| RH09 |
48.0 ± 10.7 |
31.7 ± 3.0 |
1.49 ± 0.18 |
| RH10 |
44.4 ± 11.3 |
57.4 ± 15.6 |
1.49 ± 0.18 |
| Average |
48.0 |
211.8 |
1.49 |
| Median |
48.0 |
291.0 |
1.49 |
| Deviation |
18.1 |
141.8 |
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 |
51.4 ± 5.3 |
21.7 ± 1.0 |
36.4 ± 2.8 |
40.3 ± 2.8 |
2.37 ± 0.30 |
1.29 ± 0.22 |
| VC |
103.5 ± 2.5 |
4.8 ± 0.2 |
9.1 ± 0.7 |
45.6 ± 2.7 |
21.51 ± 1.29 |
2.28 ± 0.19 |
| MX1 |
71.4 ± 4.4 |
20.2 ± 0.9 |
34.5 ± 2.7 |
41.1 ± 2.8 |
3.55 ± 0.32 |
1.75 ± 0.22 |
| MX2 |
94.4 ± 1.8 |
12.3 ± 0.5 |
22.5 ± 1.7 |
44.2 ± 2.7 |
7.70 ± 0.43 |
2.15 ± 0.17 |
| MX3 |
97.6 ± 1.2 |
8.8 ± 0.4 |
16.4 ± 1.3 |
45.0 ± 2.7 |
11.14 ± 0.54 |
2.18 ± 0.15 |
| RH8 |
-14.5 ± 6.3 |
14.9 ± 0.6 |
26.8 ± 2.1 |
43.3 ± 2.7 |
-0.97 ± 0.40 |
-0.33 ± 0.13 |
| RH9 |
-19.0 ± 6.1 |
14.4 ± 0.6 |
26.1 ± 2.0 |
43.5 ± 2.7 |
-1.31 ± 0.40 |
-0.43 ± 0.12 |
| RH10 |
-12.0 ± 6.2 |
15.5 ± 0.7 |
27.8 ± 2.2 |
43.1 ± 2.7 |
-0.77 ± 0.39 |
-0.27 ± 0.13 |
| Average |
46.6 |
14.1 |
24.9 |
43.3 |
5.4 |
1.1 |
| Median |
71.4 |
14.9 |
26.8 |
43.5 |
3.5 |
1.7 |
| Deviation |
53.8 |
5.6 |
9.0 |
1.8 |
7.9 |
1.2 |
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 |
35.9 ± 3.0 |
27.8 ± 0.3 |
53.4 ± 3.0 |
58.5 ± 3.0 |
1.29 ± 0.12 |
0.61 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
70.4 ± 2.2 |
6.3 ± 0.1 |
13.4 ± 0.7 |
64.5 ± 2.7 |
11.16 ± 0.42 |
1.09 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
50.6 ± 3.1 |
25.9 ± 0.3 |
50.6 ± 2.8 |
59.4 ± 3.0 |
1.95 ± 0.13 |
0.85 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
65.1 ± 2.8 |
16.0 ± 0.2 |
33.1 ± 1.8 |
62.8 ± 2.8 |
4.07 ± 0.21 |
1.04 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
67.5 ± 2.6 |
11.5 ± 0.1 |
24.1 ± 1.3 |
63.8 ± 2.7 |
5.88 ± 0.28 |
1.06 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
-9.6 ± 2.5 |
19.3 ± 0.2 |
39.3 ± 2.2 |
61.8 ± 2.8 |
-0.50 ± 0.13 |
-0.16 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
-12.7 ± 2.5 |
18.8 ± 0.2 |
38.3 ± 2.1 |
62.0 ± 2.8 |
-0.68 ± 0.13 |
-0.21 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
-8.0 ± 2.5 |
20.2 ± 0.2 |
40.9 ± 2.3 |
61.6 ± 2.8 |
-0.40 ± 0.13 |
-0.13 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
32.4 |
18.2 |
36.6 |
61.8 |
2.8 |
0.5 |
| Median |
50.6 |
19.3 |
39.3 |
62.0 |
2.0 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
36.9 |
7.0 |
13.2 |
2.0 |
4.1 |
0.6 |
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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