Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20122471121
Observation time: 09/03/2012 247.47349 1121 [UT]
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![Wind spacecraft](../windsm.gif)
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General
Information (About, Top)
Year |
2012 |
Fractional day of year |
247.473490 |
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
40909.5 ± 20.0 |
Shock type |
FF |
Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
411.636 |
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
226.274 |
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
125.134 |
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003 |
Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0094 |
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0112 |
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
11.08, 27.44, 41.83 |
Event added to database
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Thu Sep 19 16:34:08 2013
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Event last processed
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Mon Oct 7 14:27:55 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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115.644 ± 2.939
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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] |
-306.8 ± 2.2 |
-391.2 ± 6.5 |
Vy GSE [km/s] |
-6.8 ± 3.9 |
-28.7 ± 3.2 |
Vz GSE [km/s] |
-11.4 ± 3.1 |
-50.2 ± 5.7 |
Wi [km/s] |
28.3 ± 0.5 |
55.2 ± 5.7 |
We [km/s] |
894.4 ± 14.5 |
1744.3 ± 178.9 |
Ni [n/cc] |
13.1 ± 1.2 |
37.3 ± 3.3 |
Bx GSE [nT] |
5.9 ± 0.4 |
6.1 ± 0.5 |
By GSE [nT] |
3.0 ± 1.3 |
10.2 ± 1.0 |
Bz GSE [nT] |
-3.6 ± 0.1 |
-14.3 ± 1.0 |
Plasma Beta
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0.381 ± 0.360
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0.722 ± 0.838
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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36.51 ± 0.59
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71.21 ± 7.30
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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46.12 ± 4.27
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66.73 ± 7.02
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
MC |
-0.995 ± 0.016 |
-0.083 ± 0.174 |
-0.047 ± 0.047 |
-2.70 ± 7.63 |
184.77 ± 10.00 |
VC |
-0.884 ± 0.030 |
-0.229 ± 0.038 |
-0.408 ± 0.384 |
-24.09 ± 4.18 |
194.50 ± 2.39 |
MX1 |
-0.935 ± 0.021 |
-0.292 ± 0.058 |
-0.203 ± 0.200 |
-11.70 ± 3.33 |
197.37 ± 3.57 |
MX2 |
-0.914 ± 0.019 |
-0.332 ± 0.037 |
-0.232 ± 0.228 |
-13.41 ± 3.36 |
199.93 ± 2.32 |
MX3 |
-0.906 ± 0.019 |
-0.347 ± 0.035 |
-0.243 ± 0.238 |
-14.07 ± 3.49 |
200.97 ± 2.21 |
RH08 |
-0.914 ± 0.011 |
-0.361 ± 0.027 |
-0.184 ± 0.182 |
-10.62 ± 1.25 |
201.56 ± 1.69 |
RH09 |
-0.908 ± 0.029 |
-0.377 ± 0.065 |
-0.184 ± 0.182 |
-10.62 ± 3.89 |
202.56 ± 4.09 |
RH10 |
-0.908 ± 0.030 |
-0.377 ± 0.065 |
-0.184 ± 0.182 |
-10.62 ± 4.00 |
202.56 ± 4.11 |
Average |
-0.920 |
-0.300 |
-0.211 |
-12.229 |
198.028 |
Median |
-0.908 |
-0.332 |
-0.184 |
-10.624 |
200.971 |
Deviation |
0.033 |
0.101 |
0.100 |
5.906 |
6.031 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
MC |
38.3 ± 4.7 |
443.6 ± 1.9 |
2.91 ± 0.45 |
VC |
54.4 ± 1.8 |
424.2 ± 1.5 |
2.91 ± 0.45 |
MX1 |
42.0 ± 1.9 |
436.3 ± 1.6 |
2.91 ± 0.45 |
MX2 |
43.2 ± 1.8 |
431.1 ± 1.5 |
2.91 ± 0.45 |
MX3 |
43.7 ± 1.9 |
428.6 ± 1.5 |
2.91 ± 0.45 |
RH08 |
40.3 ± 1.9 |
428.5 ± 1.6 |
2.91 ± 0.45 |
RH09 |
40.1 ± 2.0 |
426.3 ± 1.6 |
2.91 ± 0.45 |
RH10 |
40.1 ± 2.0 |
426.3 ± 5.2 |
2.91 ± 0.45 |
Average |
42.8 |
430.6 |
2.91 |
Median |
42.0 |
428.6 |
2.91 |
Deviation |
5.0 |
6.4 |
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 |
137.0 ± 2.6 |
24.7 ± 1.0 |
36.2 ± 3.4 |
53.4 ± 3.6 |
5.54 ± 0.15 |
2.57 ± 0.13 |
VC |
146.9 ± 3.9 |
17.4 ± 0.8 |
26.8 ± 2.5 |
56.2 ± 3.6 |
8.44 ± 0.19 |
2.62 ± 0.11 |
MX1 |
145.2 ± 3.6 |
23.1 ± 1.0 |
34.3 ± 3.2 |
54.1 ± 3.6 |
6.28 ± 0.13 |
2.69 ± 0.12 |
MX2 |
145.6 ± 3.8 |
22.6 ± 1.0 |
33.6 ± 3.1 |
54.3 ± 3.6 |
6.45 ± 0.13 |
2.68 ± 0.11 |
MX3 |
145.6 ± 3.9 |
22.4 ± 1.0 |
33.4 ± 3.1 |
54.4 ± 3.6 |
6.52 ± 0.13 |
2.68 ± 0.11 |
RH8 |
143.5 ± 3.8 |
23.9 ± 1.0 |
35.2 ± 3.3 |
53.8 ± 3.6 |
6.01 ± 0.12 |
2.67 ± 0.11 |
RH9 |
143.1 ± 3.8 |
23.9 ± 1.0 |
35.3 ± 3.3 |
53.8 ± 3.6 |
5.99 ± 0.11 |
2.67 ± 0.11 |
RH10 |
143.1 ± 3.8 |
23.9 ± 1.0 |
35.3 ± 3.3 |
53.8 ± 3.6 |
5.99 ± 0.11 |
2.67 ± 0.11 |
Average |
143.8 |
22.7 |
33.8 |
54.2 |
6.4 |
2.7 |
Median |
145.2 |
23.9 |
35.2 |
54.1 |
6.3 |
2.7 |
Deviation |
3.0 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
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 |
49.4 ± 6.4 |
41.8 ± 2.1 |
52.4 ± 5.5 |
88.5 ± 2.9 |
1.18 ± 0.14 |
0.56 ± 0.07 |
VC |
51.4 ± 4.5 |
29.4 ± 1.4 |
38.8 ± 4.1 |
93.4 ± 3.2 |
1.75 ± 0.12 |
0.55 ± 0.04 |
MX1 |
52.1 ± 5.8 |
39.1 ± 1.9 |
49.6 ± 5.2 |
89.8 ± 3.0 |
1.33 ± 0.13 |
0.58 ± 0.06 |
MX2 |
52.2 ± 5.6 |
38.2 ± 1.9 |
48.7 ± 5.1 |
90.2 ± 3.0 |
1.37 ± 0.12 |
0.58 ± 0.06 |
MX3 |
52.1 ± 5.5 |
37.8 ± 1.9 |
48.3 ± 5.1 |
90.4 ± 3.0 |
1.38 ± 0.12 |
0.58 ± 0.05 |
RH8 |
51.3 ± 5.9 |
40.4 ± 2.0 |
50.9 ± 5.4 |
89.2 ± 2.9 |
1.27 ± 0.13 |
0.57 ± 0.06 |
RH9 |
51.1 ± 5.9 |
40.4 ± 2.0 |
51.0 ± 5.4 |
89.2 ± 2.9 |
1.26 ± 0.13 |
0.57 ± 0.06 |
RH10 |
51.1 ± 5.9 |
40.4 ± 2.0 |
51.0 ± 5.4 |
89.2 ± 2.9 |
1.26 ± 0.13 |
0.57 ± 0.06 |
Average |
51.3 |
38.4 |
48.8 |
90.0 |
1.4 |
0.6 |
Median |
51.4 |
40.4 |
50.9 |
89.8 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
Deviation |
0.9 |
3.9 |
4.3 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
Survey interval (About, Top)
![Survey of solar wind interval](wi_survey_00527.png)
Selected
data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters
![Survey](wi_selvwnb_00527.png)
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Velocity
![V](wi_selv_00527.png)
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Magnetic Field
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Simple
Methods
(About, Top)
Rankine Chi^2
Contour (About, Top)
Shock
Speed (About, Top)
![Shock Speed](wi_shockspeed_00527.png)
Theta Bn (About, Top)
![Theta Bn](wi_thetabn_00527.png)
Mach Numbers (About, Top)
Page updated Fri Jun 13 11:06:02 2014
Michael L Stevens
(mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)
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