Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20052360824
Observation time: 08/24/2005 236.35026 0824 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2005 |
| Fractional day of year |
236.350260 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
30262.5 ± 10.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
230.839 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-98.861 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
2.989 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0078 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0091 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
67.12, Infinity, -6547.94 |
Event added to database
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Mon Mar 5 17:47:48 2012
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 09:23:11 2013
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Method selected
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RH10
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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-26.397 ± 842.461
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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] |
-556.3 ± 4.8 |
-600.4 ± 17.4 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-23.8 ± 4.2 |
-71.2 ± 30.2 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
15.6 ± 10.9 |
83.3 ± 31.3 |
| Wi [km/s] |
31.7 ± 0.4 |
70.0 ± 14.3 |
| We [km/s] |
1002.4 ± 13.4 |
2212.3 ± 450.7 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
42.6 ± 4.9 |
19.1 ± 13.0 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
12.7 ± 3.1 |
16.9 ± 1.6 |
| By GSE [nT] |
4.3 ± 3.9 |
47.5 ± 3.9 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
30.1 ± 0.4 |
8.6 ± 3.1 |
Plasma Beta
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0.082 ± 0.081
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0.088 ± 0.071
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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40.92 ± 0.55
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90.32 ± 18.40
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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111.02 ± 1.90
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287.04 ± 98.03
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.421 ± 0.048 |
-0.374 ± 0.046 |
-0.826 ± 0.548 |
-55.70 ± 3.86 |
221.59 ± 3.73 |
| VC |
-0.503 ± 0.137 |
-0.481 ± 0.137 |
0.718 ± 0.557 |
45.87 ± 11.14 |
223.74 ± 11.13 |
| MX1 |
-0.611 ± 0.081 |
-0.312 ± 0.070 |
-0.728 ± 0.559 |
-46.69 ± 6.63 |
207.04 ± 5.44 |
| MX2 |
-0.941 ± 0.392 |
0.192 ± 1.272 |
0.279 ± 0.271 |
16.17 ± 61.57 |
168.44 ± 77.35 |
| MX3 |
-0.690 ± 0.190 |
0.398 ± 0.220 |
0.604 ± 0.517 |
37.16 ± 16.48 |
150.03 ± 16.77 |
| RH08 |
-0.840 ± 0.038 |
-0.111 ± 0.070 |
-0.531 ± 0.474 |
-32.05 ± 4.01 |
187.52 ± 4.78 |
| RH09 |
-0.000 ± 0.035 |
-0.000 ± 0.000 |
-1.000 ± 0.000 |
-90.00 ± 2.00 |
0.00 ± 2.00 |
| RH10 |
0.201 ± 0.068 |
0.885 ± 0.032 |
-0.419 ± 0.393 |
-24.77 ± 3.98 |
77.21 ± 4.37 |
| Average |
-0.476 |
0.025 |
-0.238 |
-18.752 |
154.448 |
| Median |
-0.503 |
-0.000 |
-0.419 |
-24.771 |
187.521 |
| Deviation |
0.397 |
0.456 |
0.673 |
47.745 |
78.562 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
15.6 ± 7.0 |
242.8 ± 12.0 |
0.46 ± 0.32 |
| VC |
66.3 ± 7.6 |
245.7 ± 116.6 |
0.46 ± 0.32 |
| MX1 |
20.2 ± 7.4 |
331.7 ± 9.5 |
0.46 ± 0.32 |
| MX2 |
85.3 ± 3.9 |
496.9 ± 57.5 |
0.46 ± 0.32 |
| MX3 |
70.3 ± 3.0 |
347.8 ± 51.8 |
0.46 ± 0.32 |
| RH08 |
35.1 ± 4.8 |
451.2 ± 17.9 |
0.46 ± 0.32 |
| RH09 |
24.1 ± 6.7 |
37.3 ± 73.3 |
0.46 ± 0.32 |
| RH10 |
78.9 ± 7.5 |
-95.8 ± 308.2 |
0.46 ± 0.32 |
| Average |
49.5 |
257.2 |
0.46 |
| Median |
66.3 |
331.7 |
0.46 |
| Deviation |
28.6 |
200.8 |
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 |
12.3 ± 9.9 |
39.2 ± 0.5 |
106.9 ± 1.8 |
111.6 ± 1.9 |
0.31 ± 0.25 |
0.11 ± 0.09 |
| VC |
-56.9 ± 6.9 |
15.6 ± 0.2 |
44.6 ± 0.8 |
117.3 ± 1.9 |
-3.65 ± 0.43 |
-0.49 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
-4.2 ± 9.9 |
38.1 ± 0.5 |
104.2 ± 1.8 |
112.0 ± 1.9 |
-0.11 ± 0.26 |
-0.04 ± 0.09 |
| MX2 |
-26.4 ± 2.3 |
3.1 ± 0.0 |
9.0 ± 0.2 |
118.3 ± 1.9 |
-8.46 ± 0.72 |
-0.22 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
-36.3 ± 2.7 |
13.0 ± 0.2 |
37.4 ± 0.6 |
117.6 ± 1.9 |
-2.79 ± 0.18 |
-0.31 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
-10.6 ± 9.4 |
32.7 ± 0.4 |
90.8 ± 1.6 |
113.7 ± 1.9 |
-0.32 ± 0.29 |
-0.09 ± 0.08 |
| RH9 |
53.0 ± 10.9 |
36.9 ± 0.5 |
101.3 ± 1.7 |
112.4 ± 1.9 |
1.43 ± 0.29 |
0.47 ± 0.10 |
| RH10 |
43.6 ± 6.7 |
7.4 ± 0.1 |
21.5 ± 0.4 |
118.1 ± 1.9 |
5.87 ± 0.90 |
0.37 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
-3.2 |
23.2 |
64.5 |
115.1 |
-1.0 |
-0.0 |
| Median |
-4.2 |
32.7 |
90.8 |
117.3 |
-0.1 |
-0.0 |
| Deviation |
38.1 |
15.0 |
40.5 |
2.9 |
4.2 |
0.3 |
Downstream 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 |
31.9 ± 21.6 |
86.4 ± 17.3 |
276.5 ± 94.4 |
288.5 ± 97.0 |
0.36 ± 0.20 |
0.11 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
-150.4 ± 40.6 |
34.1 ± 6.2 |
115.4 ± 39.4 |
301.0 ± 90.0 |
-4.36 ± 0.62 |
-0.56 ± 0.30 |
| MX1 |
3.4 ± 20.3 |
83.8 ± 16.7 |
269.4 ± 92.0 |
289.5 ± 96.4 |
0.03 ± 0.22 |
0.00 ± 0.08 |
| MX2 |
-77.6 ± 16.4 |
6.8 ± 1.2 |
23.3 ± 8.0 |
303.1 ± 89.0 |
-11.34 ± 1.30 |
-0.28 ± 0.14 |
| MX3 |
-88.7 ± 17.6 |
28.5 ± 5.1 |
96.6 ± 33.0 |
301.6 ± 89.7 |
-3.11 ± 0.06 |
-0.32 ± 0.13 |
| RH8 |
-16.9 ± 16.9 |
71.8 ± 13.8 |
234.9 ± 80.2 |
293.3 ± 94.0 |
-0.25 ± 0.23 |
-0.07 ± 0.09 |
| RH9 |
120.7 ± 31.3 |
81.1 ± 16.0 |
262.0 ± 89.5 |
290.4 ± 95.8 |
1.48 ± 0.11 |
0.46 ± 0.22 |
| RH10 |
122.8 ± 39.5 |
16.3 ± 2.9 |
55.5 ± 19.0 |
302.7 ± 89.2 |
7.43 ± 1.64 |
0.46 ± 0.27 |
| Average |
-6.9 |
51.1 |
166.7 |
296.2 |
-1.2 |
-0.0 |
| Median |
3.4 |
71.8 |
234.9 |
301.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Deviation |
97.9 |
33.0 |
104.7 |
6.4 |
5.4 |
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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