Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20111130042
Observation time: 04/23/2011 113.02974 0042 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2011 |
| Fractional day of year |
113.029740 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
2569.5 ± 40.0 |
| Shock type |
BI |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
250.874 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
63.682 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
18.630 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0104 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0094 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
63.26, Infinity,-17091.63 |
Event added to database
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Fri Sep 20 10:21:41 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 10:10:25 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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76.678 ± 10.141
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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] |
-388.8 ± 3.7 |
-404.2 ± 1.3 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-25.6 ± 1.6 |
-20.2 ± 1.6 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
3.1 ± 2.5 |
18.4 ± 1.7 |
| Wi [km/s] |
25.6 ± 3.1 |
16.7 ± 1.5 |
| We [km/s] |
808.7 ± 97.3 |
528.5 ± 46.2 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
1.4 ± 0.4 |
4.0 ± 0.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-2.5 ± 0.1 |
0.1 ± 0.3 |
| By GSE [nT] |
3.5 ± 0.1 |
2.6 ± 0.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.3 ± 0.0 |
-2.7 ± 0.1 |
Plasma Beta
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0.103 ± 0.098
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0.171 ± 0.169
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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33.01 ± 3.97
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21.58 ± 1.89
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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80.40 ± 12.64
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40.58 ± 0.40
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.217 ± 0.035 |
0.812 ± 0.011 |
-0.542 ± 0.482 |
-32.84 ± 0.65 |
104.95 ± 2.45 |
| VC |
-0.684 ± 0.114 |
0.242 ± 0.078 |
0.688 ± 0.551 |
43.49 ± 9.82 |
160.47 ± 5.63 |
| MX1 |
-0.225 ± 0.058 |
0.807 ± 0.033 |
-0.546 ± 0.484 |
-33.12 ± 3.13 |
105.57 ± 4.08 |
| MX2 |
-0.212 ± 0.054 |
0.816 ± 0.018 |
-0.538 ± 0.479 |
-32.56 ± 1.18 |
104.59 ± 3.82 |
| MX3 |
-0.654 ± 0.432 |
0.490 ± 0.563 |
-0.576 ± 0.502 |
-35.16 ± 14.19 |
143.17 ± 48.69 |
| RH08 |
-0.673 ± 0.052 |
-0.537 ± 0.059 |
-0.508 ± 0.459 |
-30.56 ± 4.02 |
218.61 ± 4.69 |
| RH09 |
-0.095 ± 0.022 |
0.115 ± 0.027 |
-0.989 ± 0.212 |
-81.43 ± 2.00 |
129.36 ± 2.00 |
| RH10 |
-0.391 ± 0.064 |
0.241 ± 0.068 |
0.888 ± 0.502 |
62.66 ± 3.90 |
148.41 ± 8.85 |
| Average |
-0.394 |
0.373 |
-0.265 |
-17.439 |
139.390 |
| Median |
-0.225 |
0.490 |
-0.538 |
-32.557 |
143.168 |
| Deviation |
0.243 |
0.466 |
0.671 |
46.934 |
38.651 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
34.8 ± 1.1 |
61.5 ± 0.9 |
3.00 ± 0.93 |
| VC |
56.9 ± 1.0 |
294.7 ± 2.2 |
3.00 ± 0.93 |
| MX1 |
34.7 ± 1.0 |
64.8 ± 0.9 |
3.00 ± 0.93 |
| MX2 |
34.8 ± 1.1 |
59.7 ± 0.9 |
3.00 ± 0.93 |
| MX3 |
35.4 ± 1.4 |
246.0 ± 1.4 |
3.00 ± 0.93 |
| RH08 |
89.2 ± 2.4 |
273.1 ± 1.0 |
3.00 ± 0.93 |
| RH09 |
77.6 ± 0.4 |
11.2 ± 0.9 |
3.00 ± 0.93 |
| RH10 |
68.8 ± 0.3 |
180.8 ± 5.2 |
3.00 ± 0.93 |
| Average |
54.0 |
149.0 |
3.00 |
| Median |
56.9 |
180.8 |
3.00 |
| Deviation |
22.3 |
112.6 |
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 |
-0.3 ± 3.2 |
26.3 ± 3.2 |
66.0 ± 10.4 |
82.9 ± 12.7 |
-0.01 ± 0.13 |
0.00 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
32.9 ± 2.1 |
17.0 ± 2.1 |
43.9 ± 6.9 |
85.3 ± 12.8 |
1.95 ± 0.16 |
0.39 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
-0.2 ± 3.2 |
26.3 ± 3.2 |
66.1 ± 10.4 |
82.9 ± 12.7 |
-0.01 ± 0.13 |
0.00 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
-0.2 ± 3.2 |
26.3 ± 3.2 |
66.1 ± 10.4 |
82.9 ± 12.7 |
-0.01 ± 0.13 |
0.00 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
5.9 ± 4.2 |
26.1 ± 3.2 |
65.5 ± 10.3 |
82.9 ± 12.7 |
0.23 ± 0.17 |
0.08 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
-0.7 ± 2.7 |
0.4 ± 0.1 |
1.1 ± 0.2 |
87.0 ± 12.9 |
-1.69 ± 6.82 |
-0.01 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
-19.5 ± 2.9 |
6.6 ± 0.8 |
17.2 ± 2.7 |
86.7 ± 12.9 |
-2.99 ± 0.42 |
-0.23 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
32.1 ± 1.6 |
11.1 ± 1.4 |
29.1 ± 4.6 |
86.2 ± 12.9 |
2.89 ± 0.20 |
0.38 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
6.2 |
17.5 |
44.4 |
84.6 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
| Median |
-0.2 |
26.1 |
65.5 |
85.3 |
-0.0 |
0.0 |
| Deviation |
17.8 |
10.4 |
25.9 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
0.2 |
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 |
0.3 ± 1.0 |
16.8 ± 1.3 |
33.3 ± 0.3 |
42.8 ± 0.1 |
0.01 ± 0.06 |
0.01 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
10.6 ± 1.9 |
10.7 ± 0.7 |
22.2 ± 0.2 |
44.7 ± 0.4 |
0.99 ± 0.15 |
0.24 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
0.3 ± 1.0 |
16.8 ± 1.3 |
33.4 ± 0.3 |
42.8 ± 0.1 |
0.01 ± 0.06 |
0.01 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
0.3 ± 1.0 |
16.8 ± 1.3 |
33.3 ± 0.3 |
42.8 ± 0.1 |
0.02 ± 0.06 |
0.01 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
2.0 ± 1.4 |
16.6 ± 1.3 |
33.1 ± 0.3 |
42.9 ± 0.1 |
0.12 ± 0.07 |
0.05 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
-0.3 ± 1.7 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
0.6 ± 0.0 |
46.0 ± 0.5 |
-1.27 ± 6.24 |
-0.01 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
-6.5 ± 1.6 |
4.1 ± 0.3 |
8.7 ± 0.1 |
45.8 ± 0.5 |
-1.59 ± 0.42 |
-0.14 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
11.2 ± 2.0 |
7.0 ± 0.5 |
14.7 ± 0.1 |
45.4 ± 0.5 |
1.61 ± 0.28 |
0.25 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
2.2 |
11.1 |
22.4 |
44.1 |
-0.0 |
0.1 |
| Median |
0.3 |
16.6 |
33.1 |
44.7 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Deviation |
5.9 |
6.7 |
13.1 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
0.1 |
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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