Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20072340434
Observation time: 08/22/2007 234.19033 0434 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2007 |
| Fractional day of year |
234.190330 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
16444.5 ± 20.0 |
| Shock type |
NN |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
212.300 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-91.119 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-7.629 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0144 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0115 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
14.91, 37.97, 57.59 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 12:28:19 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Oct 8 16:20:31 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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68.185 ± 1.212
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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] |
-318.6 ± 0.7 |
-331.5 ± 1.0 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-6.3 ± 1.3 |
-8.6 ± 1.0 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-23.3 ± 1.5 |
-21.7 ± 0.6 |
| Wi [km/s] |
14.3 ± 0.4 |
16.7 ± 0.2 |
| We [km/s] |
452.5 ± 11.7 |
528.3 ± 7.8 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
8.4 ± 0.4 |
12.9 ± 0.5 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
1.0 ± 0.1 |
0.8 ± 0.1 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-2.0 ± 0.2 |
-2.7 ± 0.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.9 ± 0.1 |
1.0 ± 0.0 |
Plasma Beta
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0.629 ± 0.597
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0.879 ± 0.895
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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18.47 ± 0.48
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21.57 ± 0.32
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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18.14 ± 1.18
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17.85 ± 0.80
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.904 ± 0.103 |
0.318 ± 0.224 |
-0.286 ± 0.278 |
-16.61 ± 14.34 |
160.64 ± 14.11 |
| VC |
-0.978 ± 0.022 |
-0.170 ± 0.101 |
0.120 ± 0.119 |
6.89 ± 6.58 |
189.88 ± 5.90 |
| MX1 |
-0.932 ± 0.080 |
0.349 ± 0.208 |
-0.095 ± 0.095 |
-5.46 ± 11.62 |
159.49 ± 12.78 |
| MX2 |
-0.934 ± 0.078 |
0.350 ± 0.206 |
-0.064 ± 0.064 |
-3.69 ± 10.57 |
159.45 ± 12.64 |
| MX3 |
-0.934 ± 0.070 |
0.345 ± 0.188 |
0.091 ± 0.091 |
5.23 ± 6.25 |
159.73 ± 11.56 |
| RH08 |
-0.986 ± 0.007 |
0.148 ± 0.044 |
-0.073 ± 0.072 |
-4.16 ± 2.64 |
171.48 ± 2.57 |
| RH09 |
-0.915 ± 0.028 |
0.325 ± 0.067 |
-0.240 ± 0.235 |
-13.90 ± 3.98 |
160.45 ± 4.17 |
| RH10 |
-0.917 ± 0.028 |
0.326 ± 0.067 |
-0.229 ± 0.225 |
-13.24 ± 3.97 |
160.45 ± 4.17 |
| Average |
-0.938 |
0.249 |
-0.097 |
-5.618 |
165.195 |
| Median |
-0.932 |
0.326 |
-0.073 |
-4.165 |
160.446 |
| Deviation |
0.030 |
0.182 |
0.150 |
8.682 |
10.757 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
42.6 ± 2.9 |
322.8 ± 0.7 |
1.56 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
77.9 ± 2.3 |
348.0 ± 1.0 |
1.56 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
45.3 ± 2.2 |
328.4 ± 0.7 |
1.56 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
46.0 ± 2.1 |
328.6 ± 0.7 |
1.56 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
50.8 ± 1.6 |
326.1 ± 0.7 |
1.56 ± 0.04 |
| RH08 |
56.7 ± 2.4 |
350.0 ± 0.8 |
1.56 ± 0.04 |
| RH09 |
43.1 ± 2.7 |
325.5 ± 0.7 |
1.56 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
43.3 ± 2.7 |
326.2 ± 2.2 |
1.56 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
50.7 |
332.0 |
1.56 |
| Median |
46.0 |
328.4 |
1.56 |
| Deviation |
12.0 |
10.7 |
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 |
30.1 ± 0.6 |
10.4 ± 0.4 |
13.4 ± 0.9 |
23.7 ± 0.8 |
2.90 ± 0.12 |
1.27 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
38.1 ± 0.7 |
2.7 ± 0.1 |
3.8 ± 0.2 |
25.8 ± 0.9 |
14.05 ± 0.56 |
1.48 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
31.3 ± 0.6 |
9.8 ± 0.4 |
12.8 ± 0.8 |
24.0 ± 0.8 |
3.19 ± 0.16 |
1.31 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
31.6 ± 0.7 |
9.7 ± 0.4 |
12.6 ± 0.8 |
24.0 ± 0.8 |
3.27 ± 0.16 |
1.32 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
32.7 ± 0.8 |
8.7 ± 0.3 |
11.5 ± 0.7 |
24.4 ± 0.8 |
3.78 ± 0.21 |
1.34 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
35.0 ± 0.6 |
7.4 ± 0.3 |
10.0 ± 0.6 |
24.8 ± 0.9 |
4.73 ± 0.20 |
1.41 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
30.5 ± 0.6 |
10.3 ± 0.4 |
13.2 ± 0.9 |
23.8 ± 0.8 |
2.97 ± 0.13 |
1.28 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
30.6 ± 0.6 |
10.2 ± 0.4 |
13.2 ± 0.9 |
23.8 ± 0.8 |
2.99 ± 0.13 |
1.29 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
32.5 |
8.7 |
11.3 |
24.3 |
4.7 |
1.3 |
| Median |
31.6 |
9.8 |
12.8 |
24.0 |
3.3 |
1.3 |
| Deviation |
2.8 |
2.6 |
3.2 |
0.7 |
3.8 |
0.1 |
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 |
19.6 ± 0.7 |
11.0 ± 0.3 |
13.2 ± 0.6 |
25.7 ± 0.5 |
1.78 ± 0.02 |
0.76 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
24.9 ± 1.1 |
2.9 ± 0.1 |
3.7 ± 0.2 |
27.9 ± 0.5 |
8.62 ± 0.14 |
0.89 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
20.2 ± 0.6 |
10.4 ± 0.3 |
12.6 ± 0.6 |
26.0 ± 0.5 |
1.94 ± 0.00 |
0.78 ± 0.01 |
| MX2 |
20.4 ± 0.6 |
10.3 ± 0.3 |
12.4 ± 0.6 |
26.1 ± 0.5 |
1.99 ± 0.00 |
0.78 ± 0.01 |
| MX3 |
21.3 ± 0.5 |
9.2 ± 0.3 |
11.3 ± 0.5 |
26.4 ± 0.5 |
2.32 ± 0.01 |
0.81 ± 0.01 |
| RH8 |
22.7 ± 0.9 |
7.9 ± 0.2 |
9.8 ± 0.4 |
26.9 ± 0.5 |
2.89 ± 0.03 |
0.85 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
19.8 ± 0.7 |
10.9 ± 0.3 |
13.0 ± 0.6 |
25.8 ± 0.5 |
1.82 ± 0.01 |
0.77 ± 0.01 |
| RH10 |
19.9 ± 0.7 |
10.9 ± 0.3 |
13.0 ± 0.6 |
25.8 ± 0.5 |
1.83 ± 0.01 |
0.77 ± 0.01 |
| Average |
21.1 |
9.2 |
11.1 |
26.3 |
2.9 |
0.8 |
| Median |
20.4 |
10.4 |
12.6 |
26.1 |
2.0 |
0.8 |
| Deviation |
1.8 |
2.8 |
3.2 |
0.7 |
2.3 |
0.0 |
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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