Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20112152059
Observation time: 08/03/2011 215.87491 2059 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2011 |
| Fractional day of year |
215.874913 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
75592.5 ± 60.0 |
| Shock type |
NN |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
202.775 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-31.103 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-18.019 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0096 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0099 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
5.90, Infinity,-25641.94 |
Event added to database
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Fri Sep 20 13:27:47 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 10:23:36 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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22.037 ± 10.473
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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] |
-351.1 ± 1.4 |
-388.1 ± 1.2 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-7.9 ± 1.6 |
3.5 ± 0.5 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-11.3 ± 1.9 |
10.8 ± 1.1 |
| Wi [km/s] |
24.7 ± 1.7 |
22.3 ± 0.1 |
| We [km/s] |
781.8 ± 55.3 |
704.7 ± 2.5 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
3.0 ± 0.1 |
3.9 ± 0.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
2.3 ± 0.1 |
-1.3 ± 0.1 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-1.3 ± 0.0 |
-0.3 ± 0.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.4 ± 0.1 |
2.4 ± 0.3 |
Plasma Beta
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0.567 ± 0.636
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0.556 ± 0.513
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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31.92 ± 2.26
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28.77 ± 0.10
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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33.25 ± 2.40
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30.23 ± 3.13
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.371 ± 0.062 |
0.603 ± 0.040 |
-0.706 ± 0.555 |
-44.94 ± 1.28 |
121.62 ± 5.85 |
| VC |
-0.830 ± 0.013 |
0.257 ± 0.022 |
0.495 ± 0.450 |
29.70 ± 1.30 |
162.82 ± 1.48 |
| MX1 |
-0.344 ± 0.070 |
0.642 ± 0.053 |
-0.685 ± 0.550 |
-43.23 ± 3.69 |
118.21 ± 6.00 |
| MX2 |
-0.393 ± 0.082 |
0.574 ± 0.057 |
-0.719 ± 0.558 |
-45.96 ± 1.23 |
124.39 ± 8.12 |
| MX3 |
-0.681 ± 0.306 |
0.267 ± 0.520 |
-0.682 ± 0.549 |
-43.00 ± 20.91 |
158.63 ± 43.09 |
| RH08 |
-0.280 ± 0.066 |
-0.959 ± 0.019 |
-0.028 ± 0.028 |
-1.60 ± 4.06 |
253.70 ± 3.91 |
| RH09 |
-0.185 ± 0.030 |
0.101 ± 0.018 |
-0.978 ± 0.286 |
-77.86 ± 2.00 |
151.42 ± 2.00 |
| RH10 |
-0.490 ± 0.061 |
0.716 ± 0.049 |
0.497 ± 0.451 |
29.82 ± 4.03 |
124.35 ± 4.65 |
| Average |
-0.447 |
0.275 |
-0.351 |
-24.636 |
151.892 |
| Median |
-0.371 |
0.574 |
-0.682 |
-42.997 |
151.421 |
| Deviation |
0.213 |
0.545 |
0.587 |
39.335 |
44.875 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
59.2 ± 1.0 |
157.1 ± 1.3 |
1.27 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
24.4 ± 1.0 |
491.0 ± 8.1 |
1.27 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
59.2 ± 1.0 |
146.8 ± 1.3 |
1.27 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
59.0 ± 1.0 |
165.9 ± 1.4 |
1.27 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
51.8 ± 0.8 |
306.6 ± 2.9 |
1.27 ± 0.07 |
| RH08 |
76.6 ± 1.0 |
102.0 ± 1.2 |
1.27 ± 0.07 |
| RH09 |
86.2 ± 0.8 |
9.1 ± 2.7 |
1.27 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
32.6 ± 0.7 |
336.8 ± 18.4 |
1.27 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
56.1 |
214.4 |
1.27 |
| Median |
59.2 |
165.9 |
1.27 |
| Deviation |
20.5 |
153.5 |
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 |
23.6 ± 0.3 |
12.2 ± 0.1 |
17.0 ± 1.2 |
44.5 ± 0.4 |
1.94 ± 0.03 |
0.53 ± 0.00 |
| VC |
207.3 ± 2.4 |
24.7 ± 0.4 |
30.3 ± 2.2 |
39.0 ± 0.6 |
8.39 ± 0.22 |
5.31 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
23.2 ± 0.3 |
12.1 ± 0.1 |
17.0 ± 1.2 |
44.5 ± 0.4 |
1.91 ± 0.03 |
0.52 ± 0.00 |
| MX2 |
24.5 ± 0.3 |
12.2 ± 0.1 |
17.1 ± 1.2 |
44.5 ± 0.4 |
2.00 ± 0.02 |
0.55 ± 0.00 |
| MX3 |
61.8 ± 0.5 |
15.0 ± 0.1 |
20.5 ± 1.5 |
43.7 ± 0.4 |
4.13 ± 0.03 |
1.42 ± 0.01 |
| RH8 |
-4.4 ± 1.2 |
5.3 ± 0.0 |
7.7 ± 0.6 |
45.9 ± 0.4 |
-0.83 ± 0.24 |
-0.10 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
-66.0 ± 1.5 |
1.5 ± 0.0 |
2.2 ± 0.2 |
46.1 ± 0.4 |
-42.92 ± 1.32 |
-1.43 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
176.2 ± 2.7 |
22.0 ± 0.3 |
28.0 ± 2.0 |
40.6 ± 0.5 |
8.03 ± 0.22 |
4.34 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
55.8 |
13.1 |
17.5 |
43.6 |
-2.2 |
1.4 |
| Median |
24.5 |
12.2 |
17.1 |
44.5 |
2.0 |
0.5 |
| Deviation |
91.8 |
7.7 |
9.4 |
2.5 |
16.8 |
2.3 |
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 |
18.6 ± 0.7 |
11.0 ± 0.5 |
15.5 ± 1.6 |
40.3 ± 2.1 |
1.68 ± 0.07 |
0.46 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
162.7 ± 1.5 |
22.4 ± 1.1 |
27.5 ± 2.8 |
35.2 ± 1.9 |
7.26 ± 0.41 |
4.63 ± 0.29 |
| MX1 |
18.2 ± 0.7 |
11.0 ± 0.5 |
15.5 ± 1.6 |
40.3 ± 2.1 |
1.66 ± 0.07 |
0.45 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
19.3 ± 0.7 |
11.1 ± 0.5 |
15.6 ± 1.6 |
40.3 ± 2.1 |
1.74 ± 0.07 |
0.48 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
48.7 ± 0.8 |
13.6 ± 0.7 |
18.7 ± 1.9 |
39.5 ± 2.1 |
3.59 ± 0.17 |
1.23 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
-3.2 ± 0.1 |
4.8 ± 0.2 |
7.0 ± 0.7 |
41.5 ± 2.2 |
-0.66 ± 0.05 |
-0.08 ± 0.01 |
| RH9 |
-52.4 ± 0.9 |
1.4 ± 0.1 |
2.0 ± 0.2 |
41.7 ± 2.2 |
-37.62 ± 2.57 |
-1.26 ± 0.09 |
| RH10 |
138.9 ± 1.3 |
19.9 ± 1.0 |
25.5 ± 2.6 |
36.7 ± 2.0 |
6.98 ± 0.40 |
3.79 ± 0.24 |
| Average |
43.9 |
11.9 |
15.9 |
39.4 |
-1.9 |
1.2 |
| Median |
19.3 |
11.1 |
15.6 |
40.3 |
1.7 |
0.5 |
| Deviation |
72.3 |
7.0 |
8.5 |
2.3 |
14.7 |
2.0 |
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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