Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20112780646
Observation time: 10/05/2011 278.28207 0646 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2011 |
| Fractional day of year |
278.282066 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
24370.5 ± 20.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
232.708 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
94.375 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
8.346 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0102 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0002
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0056 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
Infinity, -4316.00, -2177.05 |
Event added to database
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Fri Sep 20 13:49:10 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 10:38:21 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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52.103 ± 112.495
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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] |
-390.6 ± 0.9 |
-430.9 ± 4.8 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
15.2 ± 5.8 |
-16.6 ± 10.7 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-20.1 ± 2.3 |
-6.2 ± 9.3 |
| Wi [km/s] |
36.5 ± 0.5 |
41.9 ± 2.2 |
| We [km/s] |
1152.8 ± 17.1 |
1324.2 ± 70.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
5.6 ± 0.2 |
8.7 ± 0.3 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
2.7 ± 0.2 |
2.2 ± 0.4 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-1.2 ± 0.4 |
4.8 ± 0.6 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
3.7 ± 1.0 |
6.6 ± 0.8 |
Plasma Beta
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0.705 ± 0.749
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0.444 ± 0.497
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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47.06 ± 0.70
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54.06 ± 2.86
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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44.46 ± 6.48
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63.07 ± 2.05
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.594 ± 0.103 |
0.293 ± 0.107 |
-0.749 ± 0.561 |
-48.51 ± 7.80 |
153.76 ± 9.31 |
| VC |
-0.766 ± 0.115 |
-0.592 ± 0.146 |
0.253 ± 0.247 |
14.64 ± 7.20 |
217.69 ± 10.83 |
| MX1 |
-0.753 ± 0.423 |
0.332 ± 0.529 |
-0.568 ± 0.497 |
-34.63 ± 39.58 |
156.22 ± 38.44 |
| MX2 |
-0.685 ± 0.136 |
-0.347 ± 0.127 |
0.641 ± 0.534 |
39.86 ± 12.41 |
206.85 ± 9.24 |
| MX3 |
-0.853 ± 0.069 |
-0.269 ± 0.094 |
0.447 ± 0.414 |
26.54 ± 8.38 |
197.52 ± 6.15 |
| RH08 |
-0.080 ± 0.063 |
0.126 ± 0.052 |
-0.989 ± 0.212 |
-81.43 ± 2.50 |
122.34 ± 26.67 |
| RH09 |
0.093 ± 0.070 |
-0.918 ± 0.028 |
-0.385 ± 0.365 |
-22.67 ± 4.03 |
275.77 ± 4.34 |
| RH10 |
0.093 ± 0.070 |
-0.918 ± 0.028 |
-0.385 ± 0.365 |
-22.67 ± 4.03 |
275.77 ± 4.34 |
| Average |
-0.443 |
-0.287 |
-0.217 |
-16.108 |
200.739 |
| Median |
-0.594 |
-0.269 |
-0.385 |
-22.673 |
206.848 |
| Deviation |
0.406 |
0.505 |
0.592 |
40.783 |
55.970 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
6.3 ± 6.0 |
283.7 ± 10.3 |
1.61 ± 0.01 |
| VC |
84.6 ± 2.6 |
436.2 ± 7.9 |
1.61 ± 0.01 |
| MX1 |
16.2 ± 7.9 |
360.5 ± 9.6 |
1.61 ± 0.01 |
| MX2 |
79.3 ± 4.5 |
387.5 ± 8.1 |
1.61 ± 0.01 |
| MX3 |
85.4 ± 4.7 |
458.4 ± 5.9 |
1.61 ± 0.01 |
| RH08 |
33.1 ± 7.2 |
32.0 ± 9.5 |
1.61 ± 0.01 |
| RH09 |
89.9 ± 7.8 |
14.9 ± 7.8 |
1.61 ± 0.01 |
| RH10 |
89.9 ± 7.8 |
14.9 ± 20.5 |
1.61 ± 0.01 |
| Average |
60.6 |
248.5 |
1.61 |
| Median |
84.6 |
360.5 |
1.61 |
| Deviation |
35.7 |
195.8 |
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 |
32.1 ± 1.5 |
41.5 ± 2.8 |
44.2 ± 6.4 |
49.8 ± 3.2 |
0.78 ± 0.05 |
0.65 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
151.2 ± 2.7 |
3.0 ± 0.2 |
4.2 ± 0.6 |
64.8 ± 4.1 |
50.22 ± 3.92 |
2.34 ± 0.18 |
| MX1 |
49.9 ± 1.8 |
38.1 ± 2.5 |
42.7 ± 6.2 |
52.6 ± 3.3 |
1.32 ± 0.06 |
0.95 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
138.2 ± 1.5 |
6.0 ± 0.4 |
8.2 ± 1.2 |
64.6 ± 4.1 |
23.22 ± 1.53 |
2.14 ± 0.14 |
| MX3 |
138.3 ± 1.2 |
2.6 ± 0.2 |
3.6 ± 0.5 |
64.8 ± 4.1 |
53.63 ± 3.46 |
2.14 ± 0.14 |
| RH8 |
-21.0 ± 1.8 |
30.5 ± 2.0 |
37.2 ± 5.4 |
57.3 ± 3.6 |
-0.69 ± 0.05 |
-0.37 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
57.2 ± 6.0 |
0.0 ± 0.0 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
64.9 ± 4.1 |
1158.43 ± 186.98 |
0.89 ± 0.14 |
| RH10 |
57.2 ± 6.0 |
0.0 ± 0.0 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
64.9 ± 4.1 |
1158.43 ± 186.98 |
0.89 ± 0.14 |
| Average |
75.4 |
15.2 |
17.5 |
60.5 |
305.7 |
1.2 |
| Median |
57.2 |
6.0 |
8.2 |
64.8 |
50.2 |
1.0 |
| Deviation |
61.1 |
18.1 |
20.0 |
6.3 |
526.8 |
0.9 |
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 |
27.9 ± 12.9 |
52.8 ± 2.3 |
62.7 ± 2.0 |
64.1 ± 1.5 |
0.52 ± 0.22 |
0.44 ± 0.21 |
| VC |
98.0 ± 5.0 |
3.9 ± 0.1 |
5.9 ± 0.2 |
83.0 ± 0.3 |
25.41 ± 1.73 |
1.18 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
38.1 ± 12.4 |
48.5 ± 1.5 |
60.6 ± 2.0 |
67.5 ± 0.7 |
0.78 ± 0.23 |
0.56 ± 0.19 |
| MX2 |
90.6 ± 6.4 |
7.6 ± 0.1 |
11.7 ± 0.4 |
82.8 ± 0.3 |
11.89 ± 1.04 |
1.09 ± 0.08 |
| MX3 |
89.1 ± 3.0 |
3.3 ± 0.1 |
5.1 ± 0.2 |
83.0 ± 0.3 |
26.98 ± 1.35 |
1.07 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
-6.4 ± 10.9 |
38.9 ± 0.8 |
52.8 ± 1.7 |
73.5 ± 0.1 |
-0.17 ± 0.28 |
-0.09 ± 0.15 |
| RH9 |
37.2 ± 6.6 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
83.1 ± 0.3 |
585.40 ± 114.29 |
0.45 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
37.2 ± 6.6 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
83.1 ± 0.3 |
585.40 ± 114.29 |
0.45 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
51.5 |
19.4 |
24.9 |
77.5 |
154.5 |
0.6 |
| Median |
38.1 |
7.6 |
11.7 |
83.0 |
25.4 |
0.6 |
| Deviation |
37.0 |
23.1 |
28.4 |
8.0 |
266.2 |
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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