Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20102151705
Observation time: 08/03/2010 215.71182 1705 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2010 |
| Fractional day of year |
215.711823 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
61501.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
205.218 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-65.125 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-13.896 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0251 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0151 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
16.39, 29.82, 46.79 |
Event added to database
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Wed Sep 25 08:46:06 2013
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Event last processed
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Wed Sep 25 09:44:38 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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36.573 ± 2.802
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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] |
-415.1 ± 3.3 |
-498.5 ± 2.1 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-40.6 ± 1.8 |
-61.4 ± 4.7 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
3.6 ± 3.0 |
35.8 ± 1.8 |
| Wi [km/s] |
15.1 ± 1.3 |
31.0 ± 4.8 |
| We [km/s] |
476.2 ± 41.6 |
980.2 ± 152.6 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
4.2 ± 0.5 |
10.3 ± 0.7 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-1.2 ± 0.1 |
-2.6 ± 0.6 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-2.8 ± 0.1 |
-6.8 ± 0.5 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-1.0 ± 0.3 |
-5.7 ± 0.6 |
Plasma Beta
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0.201 ± 0.220
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0.247 ± 0.225
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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19.44 ± 1.70
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40.02 ± 6.23
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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34.45 ± 3.85
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63.28 ± 1.83
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.396 ± 0.230 |
-0.675 ± 0.140 |
0.623 ± 0.526 |
38.52 ± 4.23 |
239.60 ± 19.41 |
| VC |
-0.909 ± 0.019 |
-0.227 ± 0.047 |
0.351 ± 0.335 |
20.52 ± 2.54 |
194.00 ± 2.97 |
| MX1 |
-0.906 ± 0.022 |
-0.143 ± 0.042 |
0.398 ± 0.375 |
23.44 ± 3.02 |
188.97 ± 2.64 |
| MX2 |
-0.895 ± 0.025 |
-0.169 ± 0.033 |
0.413 ± 0.388 |
24.40 ± 3.35 |
190.68 ± 2.07 |
| MX3 |
-0.890 ± 0.026 |
-0.179 ± 0.033 |
0.419 ± 0.393 |
24.77 ± 3.55 |
191.35 ± 2.09 |
| RH08 |
-0.937 ± 0.005 |
-0.074 ± 0.009 |
0.341 ± 0.327 |
19.92 ± 0.76 |
184.51 ± 0.54 |
| RH09 |
-0.128 ± 0.072 |
-0.704 ± 0.035 |
0.698 ± 0.553 |
44.29 ± 2.74 |
259.72 ± 5.86 |
| RH10 |
-0.249 ± 0.068 |
0.753 ± 0.046 |
-0.609 ± 0.519 |
-37.51 ± 4.02 |
108.30 ± 5.06 |
| Average |
-0.664 |
-0.177 |
0.329 |
19.794 |
194.642 |
| Median |
-0.890 |
-0.169 |
0.413 |
24.404 |
191.352 |
| Deviation |
0.344 |
0.448 |
0.401 |
24.769 |
44.519 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
57.1 ± 4.8 |
308.3 ± 1.6 |
2.35 ± 0.21 |
| VC |
64.6 ± 4.4 |
545.9 ± 2.1 |
2.35 ± 0.21 |
| MX1 |
70.1 ± 4.4 |
540.9 ± 2.1 |
2.35 ± 0.21 |
| MX2 |
69.3 ± 4.5 |
537.4 ± 2.1 |
2.35 ± 0.21 |
| MX3 |
69.0 ± 4.5 |
535.9 ± 2.1 |
2.35 ± 0.21 |
| RH08 |
72.0 ± 4.2 |
549.7 ± 2.1 |
2.35 ± 0.21 |
| RH09 |
63.6 ± 4.2 |
164.5 ± 1.2 |
2.35 ± 0.21 |
| RH10 |
68.0 ± 3.0 |
47.3 ± 5.3 |
2.35 ± 0.21 |
| Average |
66.7 |
403.7 |
2.35 |
| Median |
69.0 |
537.4 |
2.35 |
| Deviation |
4.8 |
203.2 |
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 |
114.3 ± 2.0 |
9.4 ± 0.6 |
18.7 ± 2.1 |
38.5 ± 3.0 |
12.18 ± 0.87 |
2.98 ± 0.18 |
| VC |
158.2 ± 2.4 |
7.3 ± 0.4 |
14.8 ± 1.6 |
39.0 ± 3.0 |
21.64 ± 1.11 |
4.08 ± 0.30 |
| MX1 |
157.5 ± 2.3 |
5.8 ± 0.3 |
11.7 ± 1.3 |
39.2 ± 2.9 |
27.32 ± 1.38 |
4.03 ± 0.29 |
| MX2 |
157.5 ± 2.3 |
6.0 ± 0.3 |
12.2 ± 1.4 |
39.2 ± 2.9 |
26.28 ± 1.35 |
4.04 ± 0.29 |
| MX3 |
157.5 ± 2.3 |
6.1 ± 0.3 |
12.4 ± 1.4 |
39.2 ± 2.9 |
25.89 ± 1.34 |
4.04 ± 0.29 |
| RH8 |
156.4 ± 2.5 |
5.2 ± 0.3 |
10.6 ± 1.2 |
39.3 ± 2.9 |
29.93 ± 1.46 |
4.00 ± 0.29 |
| RH9 |
80.4 ± 2.5 |
7.6 ± 0.4 |
15.3 ± 1.7 |
38.9 ± 3.0 |
10.58 ± 0.90 |
2.07 ± 0.09 |
| RH10 |
-23.4 ± 3.0 |
6.4 ± 0.4 |
12.9 ± 1.4 |
39.1 ± 2.9 |
-3.69 ± 0.69 |
-0.60 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
119.8 |
6.7 |
13.6 |
39.1 |
18.8 |
3.1 |
| Median |
157.5 |
6.4 |
12.9 |
39.2 |
25.9 |
4.0 |
| Deviation |
64.5 |
1.3 |
2.6 |
0.3 |
11.5 |
1.7 |
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 |
47.2 ± 3.1 |
18.9 ± 2.1 |
34.4 ± 1.0 |
72.6 ± 2.7 |
2.51 ± 0.15 |
0.65 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
66.5 ± 2.0 |
14.7 ± 1.6 |
27.1 ± 0.8 |
73.6 ± 2.9 |
4.57 ± 0.43 |
0.90 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
66.1 ± 1.7 |
11.6 ± 1.2 |
21.5 ± 0.6 |
74.1 ± 3.0 |
5.77 ± 0.56 |
0.89 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
66.2 ± 1.7 |
12.0 ± 1.3 |
22.4 ± 0.6 |
74.1 ± 3.0 |
5.55 ± 0.53 |
0.89 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
66.1 ± 1.8 |
12.2 ± 1.3 |
22.7 ± 0.7 |
74.0 ± 3.0 |
5.46 ± 0.52 |
0.89 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
65.8 ± 1.7 |
10.5 ± 1.1 |
19.5 ± 0.6 |
74.3 ± 3.0 |
6.33 ± 0.64 |
0.89 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
32.6 ± 3.1 |
15.3 ± 1.6 |
28.2 ± 0.8 |
73.5 ± 2.9 |
2.14 ± 0.11 |
0.44 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
-8.9 ± 3.3 |
12.8 ± 1.4 |
23.7 ± 0.7 |
73.9 ± 2.9 |
-0.68 ± 0.21 |
-0.12 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
50.2 |
13.5 |
24.9 |
73.8 |
4.0 |
0.7 |
| Median |
66.1 |
12.8 |
23.7 |
74.0 |
5.5 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
26.9 |
2.7 |
4.8 |
0.5 |
2.4 |
0.4 |
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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