Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20072630923
Observation time: 09/20/2007 263.39099 0923 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2007 |
| Fractional day of year |
263.390990 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
33781.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
| X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
199.450 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-10.396 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-19.920 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0231 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0276 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
10.21, 15.33, 18.48 |
Event added to database
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Mon Sep 23 12:31:39 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Sep 24 11:17:35 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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65.975 ± 18.278
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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] |
-322.4 ± 1.0 |
-344.1 ± 2.9 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-19.6 ± 2.2 |
-40.5 ± 1.9 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
8.3 ± 1.7 |
26.1 ± 1.9 |
| Wi [km/s] |
23.8 ± 1.1 |
28.6 ± 1.2 |
| We [km/s] |
753.1 ± 33.5 |
904.2 ± 38.2 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
10.7 ± 0.6 |
18.0 ± 1.4 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-1.9 ± 0.3 |
-2.5 ± 0.5 |
| By GSE [nT] |
3.8 ± 0.5 |
6.8 ± 0.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
2.7 ± 0.4 |
4.5 ± 0.5 |
Plasma Beta
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0.526 ± 0.544
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0.426 ± 0.471
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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30.75 ± 1.37
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36.92 ± 1.56
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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33.64 ± 4.55
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44.10 ± 2.46
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.976 ± 0.101 |
-0.217 ± 0.449 |
-0.029 ± 0.029 |
-1.65 ± 32.67 |
192.53 ± 26.36 |
| VC |
-0.620 ± 0.063 |
-0.597 ± 0.065 |
0.509 ± 0.460 |
30.60 ± 4.78 |
223.93 ± 5.34 |
| MX1 |
-0.658 ± 0.062 |
-0.500 ± 0.079 |
0.563 ± 0.494 |
34.29 ± 2.73 |
217.26 ± 6.72 |
| MX2 |
-0.648 ± 0.058 |
-0.504 ± 0.072 |
0.571 ± 0.499 |
34.80 ± 2.53 |
217.90 ± 6.24 |
| MX3 |
-0.637 ± 0.055 |
-0.509 ± 0.066 |
0.579 ± 0.504 |
35.39 ± 2.49 |
218.63 ± 5.81 |
| RH08 |
-0.764 ± 0.012 |
0.213 ± 0.014 |
-0.609 ± 0.519 |
-37.51 ± 1.07 |
164.46 ± 1.04 |
| RH09 |
0.015 ± 0.074 |
-0.500 ± 0.036 |
0.866 ± 0.524 |
59.99 ± 2.39 |
271.75 ± 8.53 |
| RH10 |
-0.968 ± 0.018 |
-0.145 ± 0.068 |
0.207 ± 0.204 |
11.93 ± 4.00 |
188.52 ± 4.05 |
| Average |
-0.657 |
-0.345 |
0.332 |
20.979 |
211.874 |
| Median |
-0.648 |
-0.500 |
0.563 |
34.286 |
217.897 |
| Deviation |
0.308 |
0.275 |
0.466 |
29.774 |
31.645 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
79.3 ± 4.3 |
381.4 ± 1.5 |
1.67 ± 0.19 |
| VC |
87.1 ± 1.7 |
301.1 ± 1.8 |
1.67 ± 0.19 |
| MX1 |
80.4 ± 1.8 |
311.2 ± 1.7 |
1.67 ± 0.19 |
| MX2 |
80.6 ± 1.7 |
308.2 ± 1.7 |
1.67 ± 0.19 |
| MX3 |
80.8 ± 1.7 |
304.9 ± 1.7 |
1.67 ± 0.19 |
| RH08 |
82.9 ± 4.7 |
242.2 ± 0.7 |
1.67 ± 0.19 |
| RH09 |
85.6 ± 2.3 |
75.0 ± 1.2 |
1.67 ± 0.19 |
| RH10 |
68.8 ± 3.9 |
384.7 ± 10.6 |
1.67 ± 0.19 |
| Average |
80.7 |
288.6 |
1.67 |
| Median |
80.8 |
308.2 |
1.67 |
| Deviation |
5.5 |
97.8 |
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 |
62.7 ± 0.6 |
4.2 ± 0.2 |
6.2 ± 0.8 |
45.5 ± 3.2 |
14.98 ± 0.58 |
1.38 ± 0.08 |
| VC |
85.3 ± 0.6 |
1.1 ± 0.1 |
1.7 ± 0.2 |
45.7 ± 3.2 |
75.69 ± 3.34 |
1.88 ± 0.12 |
| MX1 |
84.7 ± 0.7 |
3.8 ± 0.2 |
5.6 ± 0.8 |
45.5 ± 3.2 |
22.55 ± 0.99 |
1.87 ± 0.12 |
| MX2 |
84.7 ± 0.7 |
3.7 ± 0.2 |
5.5 ± 0.7 |
45.5 ± 3.2 |
22.93 ± 1.01 |
1.87 ± 0.12 |
| MX3 |
84.7 ± 0.7 |
3.6 ± 0.2 |
5.4 ± 0.7 |
45.5 ± 3.2 |
23.40 ± 1.03 |
1.87 ± 0.12 |
| RH8 |
5.0 ± 0.9 |
2.8 ± 0.1 |
4.1 ± 0.6 |
45.6 ± 3.2 |
1.79 ± 0.28 |
0.11 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
63.0 ± 0.9 |
1.7 ± 0.1 |
2.6 ± 0.3 |
45.7 ± 3.2 |
36.81 ± 1.86 |
1.39 ± 0.10 |
| RH10 |
68.2 ± 1.0 |
8.3 ± 0.4 |
12.2 ± 1.6 |
44.9 ± 3.2 |
8.23 ± 0.34 |
1.52 ± 0.09 |
| Average |
67.3 |
3.6 |
5.4 |
45.5 |
25.8 |
1.5 |
| Median |
84.7 |
3.7 |
5.5 |
45.5 |
22.9 |
1.9 |
| Deviation |
27.1 |
2.2 |
3.2 |
0.2 |
22.8 |
0.6 |
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 |
37.6 ± 2.9 |
5.3 ± 0.1 |
8.2 ± 0.5 |
57.3 ± 1.6 |
7.15 ± 0.60 |
0.66 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
50.4 ± 2.3 |
1.4 ± 0.0 |
2.2 ± 0.1 |
57.5 ± 1.6 |
35.60 ± 2.03 |
0.88 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
49.9 ± 2.3 |
4.7 ± 0.1 |
7.3 ± 0.4 |
57.4 ± 1.6 |
10.60 ± 0.61 |
0.87 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
49.9 ± 2.3 |
4.6 ± 0.1 |
7.2 ± 0.4 |
57.4 ± 1.6 |
10.77 ± 0.61 |
0.87 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
50.0 ± 2.3 |
4.5 ± 0.1 |
7.1 ± 0.4 |
57.4 ± 1.6 |
11.00 ± 0.62 |
0.87 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
3.7 ± 2.3 |
3.5 ± 0.1 |
5.4 ± 0.3 |
57.5 ± 1.6 |
1.06 ± 0.64 |
0.06 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
37.5 ± 1.2 |
2.2 ± 0.1 |
3.4 ± 0.2 |
57.5 ± 1.6 |
17.45 ± 0.82 |
0.65 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
40.5 ± 2.9 |
10.4 ± 0.3 |
16.0 ± 0.9 |
56.6 ± 1.6 |
3.90 ± 0.30 |
0.72 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
39.9 |
4.6 |
7.1 |
57.3 |
12.2 |
0.7 |
| Median |
49.9 |
4.6 |
7.2 |
57.4 |
10.8 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
15.7 |
2.7 |
4.2 |
0.3 |
10.7 |
0.3 |
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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