Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20130170106
Observation time: 01/17/2013 17.04641 0106 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
17.046406 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
4009.5 ± 20.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
195.653 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-28.043 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-15.580 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0161 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0114 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
4.58, 15.35, 18.44 |
Event added to database
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Tue Oct 8 14:40:44 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Oct 8 16:35:12 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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46.899 ± 0.630
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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] |
-408.7 ± 1.4 |
-417.8 ± 0.5 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-3.2 ± 1.1 |
3.1 ± 1.7 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
1.8 ± 2.1 |
11.8 ± 2.6 |
| Wi [km/s] |
15.0 ± 0.4 |
17.6 ± 0.4 |
| We [km/s] |
473.1 ± 12.8 |
556.0 ± 13.8 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
23.5 ± 1.6 |
33.4 ± 2.8 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
2.1 ± 0.2 |
2.1 ± 0.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-6.7 ± 0.1 |
-7.8 ± 0.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
3.5 ± 0.3 |
6.2 ± 0.7 |
Plasma Beta
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0.180 ± 0.169
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0.209 ± 0.201
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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19.31 ± 0.52
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22.70 ± 0.56
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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35.39 ± 1.76
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38.76 ± 2.87
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.445 ± 0.168 |
0.835 ± 0.092 |
0.324 ± 0.312 |
18.89 ± 4.64 |
118.08 ± 11.48 |
| VC |
-0.624 ± 0.085 |
0.424 ± 0.095 |
0.656 ± 0.540 |
41.00 ± 6.65 |
145.83 ± 7.74 |
| MX1 |
-0.617 ± 0.096 |
0.732 ± 0.082 |
0.290 ± 0.282 |
16.86 ± 4.17 |
130.12 ± 7.47 |
| MX2 |
-0.639 ± 0.086 |
0.715 ± 0.077 |
0.285 ± 0.277 |
16.56 ± 4.19 |
131.78 ± 6.79 |
| MX3 |
-0.692 ± 0.070 |
0.670 ± 0.072 |
0.270 ± 0.263 |
15.67 ± 4.27 |
135.94 ± 5.88 |
| RH08 |
-1.000 ± 0.001 |
-0.009 ± 0.059 |
-0.006 ± 0.006 |
-0.32 ± 2.11 |
180.50 ± 3.37 |
| RH09 |
-0.988 ± 0.011 |
0.130 ± 0.069 |
0.084 ± 0.084 |
4.81 ± 4.02 |
172.48 ± 3.99 |
| RH10 |
-0.988 ± 0.011 |
0.130 ± 0.069 |
0.084 ± 0.084 |
4.81 ± 4.02 |
172.48 ± 3.99 |
| Average |
-0.749 |
0.453 |
0.248 |
14.784 |
148.401 |
| Median |
-0.639 |
0.670 |
0.285 |
16.562 |
145.833 |
| Deviation |
0.213 |
0.330 |
0.205 |
12.759 |
23.549 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
46.5 ± 1.4 |
230.5 ± 3.8 |
1.47 ± 0.14 |
| VC |
76.2 ± 0.9 |
314.4 ± 4.2 |
1.47 ± 0.14 |
| MX1 |
48.6 ± 0.9 |
303.9 ± 3.7 |
1.47 ± 0.14 |
| MX2 |
49.1 ± 0.8 |
313.0 ± 3.7 |
1.47 ± 0.14 |
| MX3 |
50.4 ± 0.7 |
334.8 ± 3.7 |
1.47 ± 0.14 |
| RH08 |
74.7 ± 1.3 |
441.9 ± 2.0 |
1.47 ± 0.14 |
| RH09 |
70.1 ± 1.0 |
444.3 ± 2.5 |
1.47 ± 0.14 |
| RH10 |
70.1 ± 1.0 |
444.3 ± 9.3 |
1.47 ± 0.14 |
| Average |
60.7 |
353.4 |
1.47 |
| Median |
70.1 |
334.8 |
1.47 |
| Deviation |
13.1 |
80.6 |
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 |
50.5 ± 1.6 |
12.2 ± 0.3 |
24.4 ± 1.2 |
38.4 ± 1.6 |
4.13 ± 0.16 |
1.32 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
59.4 ± 1.9 |
4.1 ± 0.1 |
8.4 ± 0.4 |
40.1 ± 1.6 |
14.66 ± 0.56 |
1.48 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
53.7 ± 1.5 |
11.7 ± 0.3 |
23.4 ± 1.2 |
38.6 ± 1.6 |
4.58 ± 0.16 |
1.39 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
53.8 ± 1.5 |
11.6 ± 0.3 |
23.2 ± 1.2 |
38.6 ± 1.6 |
4.64 ± 0.16 |
1.39 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
53.7 ± 1.5 |
11.2 ± 0.3 |
22.6 ± 1.1 |
38.7 ± 1.6 |
4.77 ± 0.16 |
1.39 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
33.3 ± 1.4 |
4.5 ± 0.1 |
9.4 ± 0.5 |
40.1 ± 1.6 |
7.38 ± 0.24 |
0.83 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
40.8 ± 1.4 |
5.8 ± 0.2 |
12.0 ± 0.6 |
39.9 ± 1.6 |
7.01 ± 0.20 |
1.02 ± 0.01 |
| RH10 |
40.8 ± 1.4 |
5.8 ± 0.2 |
12.0 ± 0.6 |
39.9 ± 1.6 |
7.01 ± 0.20 |
1.02 ± 0.01 |
| Average |
48.2 |
8.4 |
16.9 |
39.3 |
6.8 |
1.2 |
| Median |
53.7 |
11.2 |
22.6 |
39.9 |
7.0 |
1.4 |
| Deviation |
8.9 |
3.6 |
7.0 |
0.8 |
3.4 |
0.2 |
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 |
38.0 ± 2.4 |
14.2 ± 0.3 |
26.7 ± 2.0 |
42.6 ± 2.4 |
2.68 ± 0.21 |
0.89 ± 0.11 |
| VC |
44.4 ± 2.7 |
4.7 ± 0.1 |
9.2 ± 0.7 |
44.7 ± 2.4 |
9.50 ± 0.76 |
1.00 ± 0.12 |
| MX1 |
40.5 ± 2.3 |
13.6 ± 0.3 |
25.6 ± 1.9 |
42.8 ± 2.4 |
2.99 ± 0.21 |
0.95 ± 0.11 |
| MX2 |
40.5 ± 2.2 |
13.4 ± 0.3 |
25.4 ± 1.9 |
42.9 ± 2.4 |
3.02 ± 0.21 |
0.95 ± 0.11 |
| MX3 |
40.4 ± 2.2 |
13.0 ± 0.3 |
24.7 ± 1.8 |
43.0 ± 2.4 |
3.10 ± 0.21 |
0.94 ± 0.11 |
| RH8 |
24.2 ± 0.5 |
5.2 ± 0.1 |
10.3 ± 0.8 |
44.6 ± 2.4 |
4.65 ± 0.18 |
0.54 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
30.1 ± 0.9 |
6.7 ± 0.1 |
13.2 ± 1.0 |
44.4 ± 2.4 |
4.48 ± 0.22 |
0.68 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
30.1 ± 0.9 |
6.7 ± 0.1 |
13.2 ± 1.0 |
44.4 ± 2.4 |
4.48 ± 0.22 |
0.68 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
36.0 |
9.7 |
18.5 |
43.7 |
4.4 |
0.8 |
| Median |
40.4 |
13.0 |
24.7 |
44.4 |
4.5 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
7.0 |
4.2 |
7.7 |
0.9 |
2.2 |
0.2 |
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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