Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20071600510
Observation time: 06/09/2007 160.21533 0510 [UT]
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![Wind spacecraft](../windsm.gif)
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General
Information (About, Top)
Year |
2007 |
Fractional day of year |
160.215330 |
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
18604.5 ± 30.0 |
Shock type |
NN |
Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
257.920 |
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
49.634 |
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
22.760 |
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0009 |
Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0295 |
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0139 |
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
4.64, 5.08, 5.61 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 12:19:19 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Oct 8 16:18:33 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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75.034 ± 13.457
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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] |
-365.7 ± 3.1 |
-390.8 ± 1.9 |
Vy GSE [km/s] |
-42.5 ± 0.5 |
-16.9 ± 2.7 |
Vz GSE [km/s] |
-21.9 ± 1.0 |
-20.8 ± 1.2 |
Wi [km/s] |
17.7 ± 0.8 |
34.5 ± 0.6 |
We [km/s] |
559.5 ± 25.9 |
1091.8 ± 19.7 |
Ni [n/cc] |
7.9 ± 0.7 |
13.3 ± 0.3 |
Bx GSE [nT] |
5.6 ± 0.5 |
1.9 ± 0.7 |
By GSE [nT] |
-7.7 ± 0.4 |
3.6 ± 1.1 |
Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.5 ± 0.9 |
-5.4 ± 0.2 |
Plasma Beta
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0.057 ± 0.054
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0.711 ± 0.726
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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22.84 ± 1.06
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44.57 ± 0.80
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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74.82 ± 3.87
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40.98 ± 0.70
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
MC |
-0.667 ± 0.036 |
0.099 ± 0.077 |
0.738 ± 0.560 |
47.59 ± 2.70 |
171.54 ± 6.58 |
VC |
-0.697 ± 0.044 |
0.716 ± 0.043 |
0.031 ± 0.031 |
1.75 ± 2.29 |
134.21 ± 3.50 |
MX1 |
-0.907 ± 0.142 |
-0.384 ± 0.277 |
-0.174 ± 0.172 |
-10.01 ± 29.08 |
202.98 ± 17.38 |
MX2 |
-0.726 ± 0.025 |
0.059 ± 0.087 |
0.685 ± 0.550 |
43.26 ± 1.99 |
175.38 ± 6.89 |
MX3 |
-0.808 ± 0.027 |
-0.005 ± 0.106 |
0.589 ± 0.509 |
36.10 ± 2.58 |
180.37 ± 7.51 |
RH08 |
-0.575 ± 0.012 |
-0.493 ± 0.012 |
-0.654 ± 0.539 |
-40.82 ± 1.09 |
220.61 ± 0.82 |
RH09 |
-0.582 ± 0.023 |
-0.499 ± 0.022 |
-0.642 ± 0.535 |
-39.98 ± 2.27 |
220.61 ± 1.35 |
RH10 |
-0.575 ± 0.029 |
-0.493 ± 0.028 |
-0.654 ± 0.539 |
-40.82 ± 2.86 |
220.61 ± 1.85 |
Average |
-0.692 |
-0.125 |
-0.010 |
-0.363 |
190.790 |
Median |
-0.667 |
-0.005 |
0.031 |
1.753 |
202.980 |
Deviation |
0.120 |
0.428 |
0.616 |
38.678 |
31.017 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
MC |
59.3 ± 6.3 |
273.2 ± 0.7 |
1.83 ± 0.07 |
VC |
10.0 ± 2.6 |
312.6 ± 1.8 |
1.83 ± 0.07 |
MX1 |
77.8 ± 2.8 |
382.8 ± 0.3 |
1.83 ± 0.07 |
MX2 |
59.4 ± 6.3 |
298.5 ± 0.7 |
1.83 ± 0.07 |
MX3 |
60.0 ± 6.1 |
334.1 ± 0.7 |
1.83 ± 0.07 |
RH08 |
84.6 ± 1.8 |
247.4 ± 0.4 |
1.83 ± 0.07 |
RH09 |
84.6 ± 1.7 |
250.2 ± 0.4 |
1.83 ± 0.07 |
RH10 |
84.6 ± 1.8 |
247.4 ± 2.2 |
1.83 ± 0.07 |
Average |
65.0 |
293.3 |
1.83 |
Median |
77.8 |
298.5 |
1.83 |
Deviation |
25.2 |
48.6 |
0.00 |
Upstream 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 |
49.6 ± 2.3 |
11.2 ± 0.5 |
38.1 ± 2.0 |
77.4 ± 3.6 |
4.42 ± 0.36 |
0.64 ± 0.01 |
VC |
88.9 ± 2.3 |
22.5 ± 1.0 |
73.7 ± 3.8 |
74.9 ± 3.9 |
3.97 ± 0.28 |
1.19 ± 0.03 |
MX1 |
31.0 ± 2.7 |
4.6 ± 0.2 |
15.9 ± 0.8 |
78.1 ± 3.5 |
6.72 ± 0.84 |
0.40 ± 0.02 |
MX2 |
50.6 ± 2.5 |
11.2 ± 0.5 |
38.1 ± 2.0 |
77.4 ± 3.6 |
4.52 ± 0.38 |
0.65 ± 0.01 |
MX3 |
51.3 ± 2.7 |
11.0 ± 0.4 |
37.4 ± 1.9 |
77.5 ± 3.6 |
4.67 ± 0.41 |
0.66 ± 0.01 |
RH8 |
2.0 ± 1.7 |
2.0 ± 0.1 |
7.0 ± 0.4 |
78.2 ± 3.5 |
1.00 ± 0.91 |
0.02 ± 0.02 |
RH9 |
2.1 ± 1.8 |
2.0 ± 0.1 |
7.0 ± 0.4 |
78.2 ± 3.5 |
1.07 ± 0.92 |
0.03 ± 0.02 |
RH10 |
2.0 ± 1.7 |
2.0 ± 0.1 |
7.0 ± 0.4 |
78.2 ± 3.5 |
1.00 ± 0.91 |
0.02 ± 0.02 |
Average |
34.7 |
8.3 |
28.0 |
77.5 |
3.4 |
0.5 |
Median |
49.6 |
11.0 |
37.4 |
78.1 |
4.4 |
0.6 |
Deviation |
31.4 |
7.1 |
23.5 |
1.1 |
2.1 |
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 |
29.5 ± 1.8 |
15.9 ± 0.1 |
20.9 ± 0.4 |
58.4 ± 0.5 |
1.85 ± 0.13 |
0.51 ± 0.03 |
VC |
53.0 ± 3.1 |
38.5 ± 0.4 |
40.4 ± 0.7 |
46.8 ± 0.5 |
1.38 ± 0.09 |
1.13 ± 0.07 |
MX1 |
18.3 ± 1.0 |
6.4 ± 0.1 |
8.7 ± 0.1 |
60.2 ± 0.5 |
2.85 ± 0.17 |
0.30 ± 0.02 |
MX2 |
30.1 ± 1.8 |
15.9 ± 0.1 |
20.9 ± 0.4 |
58.4 ± 0.5 |
1.89 ± 0.13 |
0.52 ± 0.03 |
MX3 |
30.6 ± 1.8 |
15.6 ± 0.1 |
20.5 ± 0.4 |
58.5 ± 0.5 |
1.96 ± 0.13 |
0.52 ± 0.03 |
RH8 |
0.9 ± 0.4 |
2.8 ± 0.0 |
3.8 ± 0.1 |
60.5 ± 0.5 |
0.33 ± 0.16 |
0.02 ± 0.01 |
RH9 |
1.0 ± 0.4 |
2.8 ± 0.0 |
3.8 ± 0.1 |
60.5 ± 0.5 |
0.37 ± 0.16 |
0.02 ± 0.01 |
RH10 |
0.9 ± 0.4 |
2.8 ± 0.0 |
3.8 ± 0.1 |
60.5 ± 0.5 |
0.33 ± 0.16 |
0.02 ± 0.01 |
Average |
20.6 |
12.6 |
15.4 |
58.0 |
1.4 |
0.4 |
Median |
29.5 |
15.6 |
20.5 |
60.2 |
1.9 |
0.5 |
Deviation |
18.8 |
12.1 |
12.8 |
4.6 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
Survey interval (About, Top)
![Survey of solar wind interval](wi_survey_00577.png)
Selected
data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters
![Survey](wi_selvwnb_00577.png)
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Velocity
![V](wi_selv_00577.png)
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Magnetic Field
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Simple
Methods
(About, Top)
Rankine Chi^2
Contour (About, Top)
Shock
Speed (About, Top)
![Shock Speed](wi_shockspeed_00577.png)
Theta Bn (About, Top)
![Theta Bn](wi_thetabn_00577.png)
Mach Numbers (About, Top)
Page updated Fri Jun 13 11:06:02 2014
Michael L Stevens
(mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)
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