Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20113050808
Observation time: 11/01/2011 305.33939 0808 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2011 |
| Fractional day of year |
305.339392 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
29323.5 ± 20.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
256.875 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
29.329 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
22.327 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0002 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0062 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0002
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0061 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
-221.90, -177.76, -148.69 |
Event added to database
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Fri Sep 20 13:57:55 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 10:47:54 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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161.340 ± 56.311
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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] |
-360.2 ± 0.3 |
-406.0 ± 1.7 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
26.9 ± 9.6 |
36.9 ± 8.5 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-8.9 ± 1.5 |
11.3 ± 2.1 |
| Wi [km/s] |
14.3 ± 0.5 |
22.9 ± 3.2 |
| We [km/s] |
450.9 ± 15.2 |
723.4 ± 102.6 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
8.8 ± 1.5 |
16.1 ± 2.6 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-3.2 ± 0.1 |
-4.7 ± 0.6 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-1.8 ± 0.4 |
-4.5 ± 1.8 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-4.0 ± 0.1 |
-7.5 ± 0.1 |
Plasma Beta
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0.130 ± 0.160
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0.186 ± 0.257
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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18.41 ± 0.62
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29.53 ± 4.19
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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40.29 ± 5.36
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55.08 ± 7.75
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.955 ± 0.166 |
0.295 ± 0.536 |
0.023 ± 0.023 |
1.32 ± 26.04 |
162.83 ± 32.17 |
| VC |
-0.901 ± 0.044 |
0.187 ± 0.190 |
0.392 ± 0.371 |
23.08 ± 3.02 |
168.28 ± 12.07 |
| MX1 |
-0.952 ± 0.065 |
0.127 ± 0.118 |
0.279 ± 0.272 |
16.21 ± 13.11 |
172.39 ± 7.06 |
| MX2 |
-0.948 ± 0.061 |
0.108 ± 0.107 |
0.300 ± 0.290 |
17.44 ± 11.59 |
173.52 ± 6.43 |
| MX3 |
-0.944 ± 0.057 |
0.089 ± 0.100 |
0.319 ± 0.308 |
18.60 ± 10.22 |
174.61 ± 6.09 |
| RH08 |
-0.196 ± 0.069 |
-0.415 ± 0.063 |
-0.888 ± 0.502 |
-62.66 ± 3.90 |
244.68 ± 8.85 |
| RH09 |
-0.196 ± 0.020 |
-0.415 ± 0.029 |
-0.888 ± 0.502 |
-62.66 ± 2.00 |
244.68 ± 2.00 |
| RH10 |
-0.189 ± 0.019 |
-0.419 ± 0.029 |
-0.888 ± 0.502 |
-62.66 ± 2.00 |
245.68 ± 2.00 |
| Average |
-0.660 |
-0.055 |
-0.169 |
-13.913 |
198.333 |
| Median |
-0.901 |
0.108 |
0.279 |
16.214 |
174.606 |
| Deviation |
0.386 |
0.305 |
0.605 |
40.842 |
38.829 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
62.8 ± 2.3 |
459.6 ± 22.4 |
1.87 ± 0.60 |
| VC |
79.2 ± 1.4 |
440.0 ± 22.0 |
1.87 ± 0.60 |
| MX1 |
71.3 ± 1.3 |
456.9 ± 21.2 |
1.87 ± 0.60 |
| MX2 |
72.0 ± 1.3 |
454.7 ± 21.0 |
1.87 ± 0.60 |
| MX3 |
72.6 ± 1.2 |
452.3 ± 20.7 |
1.87 ± 0.60 |
| RH08 |
25.4 ± 1.5 |
40.9 ± 8.8 |
1.87 ± 0.60 |
| RH09 |
25.4 ± 1.5 |
40.9 ± 8.8 |
1.87 ± 0.60 |
| RH10 |
25.8 ± 1.5 |
37.3 ± 15.6 |
1.87 ± 0.60 |
| Average |
54.3 |
297.8 |
1.87 |
| Median |
71.3 |
452.3 |
1.87 |
| Deviation |
24.3 |
213.8 |
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 |
107.8 ± 3.1 |
7.7 ± 0.1 |
18.4 ± 2.4 |
43.6 ± 4.7 |
13.91 ± 0.29 |
2.49 ± 0.34 |
| VC |
114.0 ± 2.6 |
3.1 ± 0.0 |
7.6 ± 1.0 |
44.2 ± 4.6 |
36.28 ± 0.66 |
2.60 ± 0.33 |
| MX1 |
113.1 ± 1.9 |
5.4 ± 0.0 |
12.9 ± 1.7 |
44.0 ± 4.7 |
21.00 ± 0.23 |
2.59 ± 0.32 |
| MX2 |
113.0 ± 1.8 |
5.2 ± 0.0 |
12.5 ± 1.7 |
44.0 ± 4.6 |
21.75 ± 0.21 |
2.58 ± 0.31 |
| MX3 |
112.8 ± 1.6 |
5.0 ± 0.0 |
12.0 ± 1.6 |
44.0 ± 4.6 |
22.50 ± 0.19 |
2.58 ± 0.31 |
| RH8 |
-26.6 ± 5.2 |
16.2 ± 0.4 |
36.4 ± 4.8 |
41.2 ± 5.1 |
-1.63 ± 0.28 |
-0.66 ± 0.21 |
| RH9 |
-26.6 ± 5.2 |
16.2 ± 0.4 |
36.4 ± 4.8 |
41.2 ± 5.1 |
-1.63 ± 0.28 |
-0.66 ± 0.21 |
| RH10 |
-27.4 ± 5.3 |
16.2 ± 0.4 |
36.3 ± 4.8 |
41.3 ± 5.1 |
-1.69 ± 0.28 |
-0.68 ± 0.21 |
| Average |
60.0 |
9.4 |
21.6 |
43.0 |
13.8 |
1.4 |
| Median |
112.8 |
7.7 |
18.4 |
44.0 |
21.0 |
2.6 |
| Deviation |
72.0 |
5.8 |
12.6 |
1.4 |
14.2 |
1.7 |
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 |
60.7 ± 4.0 |
12.0 ± 1.0 |
25.2 ± 3.5 |
61.5 ± 5.1 |
5.06 ± 0.09 |
0.99 ± 0.15 |
| VC |
63.0 ± 2.2 |
4.9 ± 0.4 |
10.3 ± 1.5 |
62.5 ± 4.9 |
13.01 ± 0.57 |
1.01 ± 0.11 |
| MX1 |
62.7 ± 2.1 |
8.3 ± 0.7 |
17.6 ± 2.5 |
62.2 ± 5.0 |
7.54 ± 0.36 |
1.01 ± 0.11 |
| MX2 |
62.5 ± 1.8 |
8.0 ± 0.6 |
17.0 ± 2.4 |
62.2 ± 5.0 |
7.80 ± 0.40 |
1.01 ± 0.11 |
| MX3 |
62.3 ± 1.6 |
7.7 ± 0.6 |
16.4 ± 2.3 |
62.2 ± 5.0 |
8.06 ± 0.44 |
1.01 ± 0.11 |
| RH8 |
-13.5 ± 1.3 |
25.7 ± 3.0 |
49.8 ± 7.0 |
57.1 ± 6.7 |
-0.53 ± 0.01 |
-0.24 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
-13.5 ± 1.3 |
25.7 ± 3.0 |
49.8 ± 7.0 |
57.1 ± 6.7 |
-0.53 ± 0.01 |
-0.24 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
-13.9 ± 1.4 |
25.5 ± 3.0 |
49.6 ± 7.0 |
57.1 ± 6.6 |
-0.55 ± 0.01 |
-0.25 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
33.8 |
14.7 |
29.5 |
60.2 |
5.0 |
0.5 |
| Median |
62.3 |
12.0 |
25.2 |
62.2 |
7.5 |
1.0 |
| Deviation |
39.3 |
9.2 |
17.2 |
2.6 |
5.1 |
0.6 |
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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