Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20071270702
Observation time: 05/07/2007 127.29356 0702 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2007 |
| Fractional day of year |
127.293559 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
25363.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
220.530 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
98.777 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
4.666 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0163 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0260 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
16.57, 50.59, 56.90 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 12:16:09 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 11:06:17 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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72.162 ± 1.033
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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] |
-291.8 ± 0.4 |
-322.4 ± 1.2 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-19.0 ± 2.0 |
-42.9 ± 1.4 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-8.1 ± 1.4 |
-2.9 ± 0.9 |
| Wi [km/s] |
18.7 ± 0.3 |
22.5 ± 0.5 |
| We [km/s] |
591.5 ± 8.5 |
710.0 ± 16.3 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
20.3 ± 1.0 |
43.0 ± 2.7 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
1.5 ± 0.3 |
3.8 ± 0.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-3.7 ± 0.2 |
-7.3 ± 0.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-1.0 ± 0.2 |
1.4 ± 1.4 |
Plasma Beta
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0.902 ± 0.814
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0.646 ± 0.657
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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24.15 ± 0.35
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28.99 ± 0.66
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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19.83 ± 1.60
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27.95 ± 0.71
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.914 ± 0.439 |
-0.287 ± 1.151 |
-0.286 ± 0.278 |
-16.60 ± 52.57 |
197.41 ± 71.98 |
| VC |
-0.782 ± 0.027 |
-0.609 ± 0.034 |
0.134 ± 0.133 |
7.72 ± 2.28 |
217.91 ± 2.48 |
| MX1 |
-0.883 ± 0.056 |
-0.429 ± 0.113 |
0.191 ± 0.189 |
11.01 ± 3.24 |
205.91 ± 7.31 |
| MX2 |
-0.862 ± 0.033 |
-0.496 ± 0.057 |
0.106 ± 0.105 |
6.08 ± 3.24 |
209.94 ± 3.79 |
| MX3 |
-0.850 ± 0.028 |
-0.522 ± 0.045 |
0.065 ± 0.065 |
3.73 ± 4.25 |
211.57 ± 3.00 |
| RH08 |
-0.881 ± 0.008 |
-0.460 ± 0.016 |
0.106 ± 0.106 |
6.09 ± 0.63 |
207.58 ± 1.04 |
| RH09 |
-0.467 ± 0.062 |
-0.512 ± 0.059 |
-0.721 ± 0.558 |
-46.11 ± 3.67 |
227.63 ± 5.95 |
| RH10 |
-0.996 ± 0.006 |
0.061 ± 0.068 |
-0.061 ± 0.061 |
-3.52 ± 4.03 |
176.49 ± 3.92 |
| Average |
-0.829 |
-0.407 |
-0.058 |
-3.951 |
206.805 |
| Median |
-0.862 |
-0.460 |
0.106 |
6.078 |
209.936 |
| Deviation |
0.158 |
0.210 |
0.307 |
19.116 |
15.109 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
89.9 ± 2.8 |
337.8 ± 0.6 |
2.04 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
76.4 ± 2.7 |
313.2 ± 0.6 |
2.04 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
88.7 ± 2.7 |
336.8 ± 0.6 |
2.04 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
83.6 ± 2.7 |
333.8 ± 0.6 |
2.04 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
81.4 ± 2.7 |
331.4 ± 0.6 |
2.04 ± 0.06 |
| RH08 |
85.8 ± 2.7 |
338.3 ± 0.6 |
2.04 ± 0.06 |
| RH09 |
62.2 ± 2.9 |
194.8 ± 0.4 |
2.04 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
66.5 ± 2.8 |
344.6 ± 3.5 |
2.04 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
79.3 |
316.3 |
2.04 |
| Median |
83.6 |
336.8 |
2.04 |
| Deviation |
10.2 |
50.0 |
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 |
63.2 ± 1.1 |
0.0 ± 0.0 |
0.0 ± 0.0 |
31.3 ± 1.2 |
3214.01 ± 141.18 |
2.02 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
74.6 ± 1.3 |
3.6 ± 0.2 |
4.7 ± 0.4 |
31.1 ± 1.2 |
20.60 ± 0.78 |
2.40 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
72.5 ± 0.9 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
31.3 ± 1.2 |
202.19 ± 8.57 |
2.32 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
73.7 ± 1.1 |
1.7 ± 0.1 |
2.2 ± 0.2 |
31.2 ± 1.2 |
42.97 ± 1.74 |
2.36 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
73.9 ± 1.1 |
2.3 ± 0.1 |
3.0 ± 0.2 |
31.2 ± 1.2 |
32.25 ± 1.28 |
2.37 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
73.2 ± 1.0 |
1.1 ± 0.1 |
1.4 ± 0.1 |
31.2 ± 1.2 |
65.86 ± 2.72 |
2.34 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
42.9 ± 1.7 |
7.4 ± 0.4 |
9.3 ± 0.7 |
30.4 ± 1.1 |
5.84 ± 0.21 |
1.41 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
54.6 ± 0.5 |
6.2 ± 0.3 |
7.9 ± 0.6 |
30.6 ± 1.2 |
8.80 ± 0.49 |
1.78 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
66.1 |
2.8 |
3.6 |
31.0 |
449.1 |
2.1 |
| Median |
73.2 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
31.2 |
43.0 |
2.3 |
| Deviation |
11.7 |
2.7 |
3.4 |
0.3 |
1119.0 |
0.4 |
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 |
29.9 ± 1.4 |
0.0 ± 0.0 |
0.0 ± 0.0 |
40.3 ± 0.8 |
1157.06 ± 70.69 |
0.74 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
35.5 ± 1.6 |
4.8 ± 0.1 |
6.6 ± 0.2 |
40.0 ± 0.8 |
7.45 ± 0.44 |
0.89 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
34.3 ± 1.5 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
40.3 ± 0.8 |
72.74 ± 4.27 |
0.85 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
35.0 ± 1.5 |
2.3 ± 0.0 |
3.1 ± 0.1 |
40.2 ± 0.8 |
15.51 ± 0.91 |
0.87 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
35.2 ± 1.5 |
3.0 ± 0.1 |
4.2 ± 0.1 |
40.2 ± 0.8 |
11.66 ± 0.68 |
0.88 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
34.7 ± 1.5 |
1.5 ± 0.0 |
2.0 ± 0.1 |
40.2 ± 0.8 |
23.75 ± 1.40 |
0.86 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
20.2 ± 1.3 |
9.7 ± 0.2 |
13.1 ± 0.3 |
39.1 ± 0.8 |
2.09 ± 0.16 |
0.52 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
25.9 ± 1.2 |
8.2 ± 0.2 |
11.1 ± 0.3 |
39.4 ± 0.8 |
3.17 ± 0.20 |
0.66 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
31.3 |
3.7 |
5.1 |
40.0 |
161.7 |
0.8 |
| Median |
34.7 |
3.0 |
4.2 |
40.2 |
15.5 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
5.6 |
3.6 |
4.8 |
0.4 |
402.8 |
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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