Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20103532035
Observation time: 12/19/2010 353.85793 2035 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2010 |
| Fractional day of year |
353.857934 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
74125.5 ± 60.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
234.126 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-85.461 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
15.300 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0156 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0125 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
5.40, 11.28, 12.42 |
Event added to database
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Wed Sep 25 09:26:12 2013
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Event last processed
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Wed Sep 25 09:46:41 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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59.838 ± 0.604
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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] |
-350.9 ± 1.0 |
-382.9 ± 0.7 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-7.7 ± 0.7 |
-20.3 ± 2.3 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-5.5 ± 1.2 |
1.8 ± 3.9 |
| Wi [km/s] |
14.0 ± 2.1 |
27.8 ± 1.3 |
| We [km/s] |
442.4 ± 66.8 |
880.4 ± 41.9 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
3.5 ± 0.3 |
8.9 ± 1.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
3.6 ± 0.0 |
3.7 ± 0.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-0.7 ± 0.1 |
-3.5 ± 0.4 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.2 ± 0.0 |
0.8 ± 0.6 |
Plasma Beta
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0.114 ± 0.102
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0.536 ± 0.540
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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18.06 ± 2.73
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35.94 ± 1.71
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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42.41 ± 1.95
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38.16 ± 1.00
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.991 ± 0.007 |
-0.001 ± 0.053 |
0.133 ± 0.133 |
7.66 ± 2.82 |
180.06 ± 3.07 |
| VC |
-0.911 ± 0.030 |
-0.357 ± 0.058 |
0.206 ± 0.203 |
11.90 ± 5.99 |
201.42 ± 3.61 |
| MX1 |
-0.993 ± 0.005 |
-0.008 ± 0.061 |
0.118 ± 0.118 |
6.79 ± 2.29 |
180.48 ± 3.50 |
| MX2 |
-0.994 ± 0.005 |
-0.014 ± 0.066 |
0.106 ± 0.106 |
6.10 ± 2.42 |
180.80 ± 3.78 |
| MX3 |
-0.995 ± 0.005 |
-0.018 ± 0.069 |
0.098 ± 0.097 |
5.61 ± 2.72 |
181.01 ± 3.99 |
| RH08 |
-0.999 ± 0.001 |
-0.044 ± 0.020 |
0.017 ± 0.017 |
0.96 ± 1.82 |
182.51 ± 1.14 |
| RH09 |
-0.999 ± 0.003 |
-0.026 ± 0.068 |
0.028 ± 0.028 |
1.60 ± 4.06 |
181.50 ± 3.91 |
| RH10 |
-0.999 ± 0.003 |
-0.026 ± 0.068 |
0.028 ± 0.028 |
1.60 ± 4.06 |
181.50 ± 3.91 |
| Average |
-0.985 |
-0.062 |
0.092 |
5.277 |
183.661 |
| Median |
-0.994 |
-0.018 |
0.106 |
6.095 |
181.504 |
| Deviation |
0.030 |
0.120 |
0.065 |
3.746 |
7.214 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
11.6 ± 0.6 |
402.9 ± 1.4 |
2.48 ± 0.32 |
| VC |
32.9 ± 0.7 |
381.1 ± 1.3 |
2.48 ± 0.32 |
| MX1 |
11.7 ± 0.7 |
403.8 ± 1.4 |
2.48 ± 0.32 |
| MX2 |
11.8 ± 0.7 |
404.5 ± 1.3 |
2.48 ± 0.32 |
| MX3 |
11.9 ± 0.7 |
405.0 ± 1.3 |
2.48 ± 0.32 |
| RH08 |
13.5 ± 0.8 |
406.5 ± 1.3 |
2.48 ± 0.32 |
| RH09 |
12.4 ± 0.8 |
406.4 ± 1.3 |
2.48 ± 0.32 |
| RH10 |
12.4 ± 0.8 |
406.4 ± 5.7 |
2.48 ± 0.32 |
| Average |
14.8 |
402.1 |
2.48 |
| Median |
12.4 |
405.0 |
2.48 |
| Deviation |
7.4 |
8.6 |
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 |
55.9 ± 0.8 |
17.6 ± 2.6 |
41.6 ± 1.9 |
42.6 ± 1.9 |
3.22 ± 0.40 |
1.31 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
59.8 ± 0.9 |
14.7 ± 2.0 |
35.6 ± 1.6 |
43.8 ± 1.5 |
4.13 ± 0.46 |
1.37 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
56.0 ± 0.9 |
17.6 ± 2.6 |
41.5 ± 1.9 |
42.6 ± 1.9 |
3.23 ± 0.40 |
1.32 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
56.2 ± 0.9 |
17.6 ± 2.6 |
41.5 ± 1.9 |
42.6 ± 1.9 |
3.24 ± 0.40 |
1.32 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
56.3 ± 0.9 |
17.6 ± 2.6 |
41.5 ± 1.9 |
42.6 ± 1.9 |
3.25 ± 0.40 |
1.32 ± 0.08 |
| RH8 |
55.7 ± 1.0 |
17.4 ± 2.6 |
41.2 ± 1.9 |
42.7 ± 1.8 |
3.24 ± 0.39 |
1.31 ± 0.08 |
| RH9 |
55.8 ± 1.0 |
17.5 ± 2.6 |
41.4 ± 1.9 |
42.6 ± 1.9 |
3.22 ± 0.39 |
1.31 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
55.8 ± 1.0 |
17.5 ± 2.6 |
41.4 ± 1.9 |
42.6 ± 1.9 |
3.22 ± 0.39 |
1.31 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
56.4 |
17.2 |
40.7 |
42.8 |
3.3 |
1.3 |
| Median |
56.0 |
17.6 |
41.5 |
42.6 |
3.2 |
1.3 |
| Deviation |
1.4 |
1.0 |
2.1 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
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 |
23.1 ± 1.0 |
32.8 ± 0.7 |
37.4 ± 1.0 |
40.9 ± 0.2 |
0.70 ± 0.03 |
0.56 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
24.6 ± 0.3 |
24.9 ± 0.4 |
32.0 ± 0.8 |
46.2 ± 0.4 |
0.99 ± 0.02 |
0.53 ± 0.01 |
| MX1 |
23.2 ± 0.9 |
32.8 ± 0.7 |
37.4 ± 1.0 |
40.9 ± 0.2 |
0.71 ± 0.03 |
0.57 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
23.3 ± 0.9 |
32.7 ± 0.7 |
37.4 ± 1.0 |
41.0 ± 0.2 |
0.71 ± 0.03 |
0.57 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
23.4 ± 0.8 |
32.7 ± 0.7 |
37.3 ± 1.0 |
41.0 ± 0.2 |
0.72 ± 0.03 |
0.57 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
23.0 ± 0.6 |
32.2 ± 0.6 |
37.1 ± 1.0 |
41.4 ± 0.2 |
0.72 ± 0.02 |
0.56 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
23.2 ± 0.7 |
32.5 ± 0.7 |
37.3 ± 1.0 |
41.1 ± 0.2 |
0.71 ± 0.03 |
0.56 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
23.2 ± 0.7 |
32.5 ± 0.7 |
37.3 ± 1.0 |
41.1 ± 0.2 |
0.71 ± 0.03 |
0.56 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
23.4 |
31.6 |
36.6 |
41.7 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
| Median |
23.2 |
32.7 |
37.3 |
41.1 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
| Deviation |
0.5 |
2.7 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
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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