Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20130191900
Observation time: 01/19/2013 19.79182 1900 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
19.791823 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
68413.5 ± 20.0 |
| Shock type |
SF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
195.005 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-17.887 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-16.560 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0236 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0140 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
9.25, 10.30, 11.45 |
Event added to database
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Tue Oct 8 14:43:13 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Oct 8 16:37:17 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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53.688 ± 10.111
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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] |
-423.6 ± 3.5 |
-424.2 ± 2.0 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
37.7 ± 3.8 |
44.4 ± 3.5 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
13.5 ± 4.6 |
6.7 ± 2.0 |
| Wi [km/s] |
39.1 ± 0.4 |
25.4 ± 1.6 |
| We [km/s] |
1235.2 ± 11.4 |
804.3 ± 50.6 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
9.3 ± 0.8 |
7.9 ± 0.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-0.2 ± 0.5 |
-4.5 ± 0.3 |
| By GSE [nT] |
2.9 ± 0.9 |
-0.9 ± 0.8 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-3.6 ± 0.6 |
-4.6 ± 0.2 |
Plasma Beta
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1.373 ± 1.450
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0.251 ± 0.257
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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50.43 ± 0.46
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32.84 ± 2.06
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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33.81 ± 3.84
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50.89 ± 1.01
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.592 ± 0.629 |
0.495 ± 0.682 |
-0.635 ± 0.532 |
-39.45 ± 43.77 |
140.11 ± 58.69 |
| VC |
-0.986 ± 0.152 |
0.094 ± 1.157 |
-0.139 ± 0.138 |
-8.01 ± 43.44 |
174.57 ± 67.25 |
| MX1 |
-0.987 ± 0.197 |
0.137 ± 1.296 |
0.079 ± 0.079 |
4.55 ± 58.49 |
172.10 ± 75.20 |
| MX2 |
-0.826 ± 0.514 |
0.540 ± 0.766 |
-0.162 ± 0.161 |
-9.34 ± 55.61 |
146.84 ± 52.78 |
| MX3 |
-0.877 ± 0.457 |
0.479 ± 0.836 |
-0.027 ± 0.027 |
-1.54 ± 54.29 |
151.36 ± 54.62 |
| RH08 |
-0.642 ± 0.022 |
0.494 ± 0.019 |
0.587 ± 0.508 |
35.92 ± 2.63 |
142.40 ± 0.78 |
| RH09 |
-0.637 ± 0.043 |
0.473 ± 0.039 |
0.609 ± 0.519 |
37.51 ± 4.45 |
143.40 ± 2.38 |
| RH10 |
-0.650 ± 0.045 |
0.483 ± 0.046 |
0.587 ± 0.508 |
35.92 ± 4.33 |
143.40 ± 3.34 |
| Average |
-0.775 |
0.399 |
0.112 |
6.945 |
151.772 |
| Median |
-0.650 |
0.483 |
0.079 |
4.553 |
146.842 |
| Deviation |
0.164 |
0.177 |
0.450 |
27.598 |
13.742 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
35.5 ± 5.9 |
214.4 ± 12.1 |
0.81 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
78.2 ± 6.1 |
405.7 ± 8.1 |
0.81 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
86.3 ± 4.7 |
415.2 ± 9.3 |
0.81 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
60.8 ± 3.8 |
333.2 ± 14.5 |
0.81 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
69.5 ± 3.8 |
362.7 ± 13.9 |
0.81 ± 0.04 |
| RH08 |
83.2 ± 6.7 |
291.3 ± 15.1 |
0.81 ± 0.04 |
| RH09 |
81.5 ± 6.7 |
290.4 ± 14.8 |
0.81 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
82.9 ± 6.6 |
294.6 ± 77.6 |
0.81 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
72.2 |
325.9 |
0.81 |
| Median |
81.5 |
333.2 |
0.81 |
| Deviation |
17.1 |
67.2 |
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 |
-46.7 ± 3.5 |
25.0 ± 2.2 |
27.5 ± 3.1 |
55.4 ± 1.6 |
-1.87 ± 0.15 |
-0.84 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
-13.5 ± 3.7 |
5.8 ± 0.4 |
6.9 ± 0.8 |
60.5 ± 2.3 |
-2.35 ± 0.68 |
-0.22 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
-9.2 ± 3.2 |
1.8 ± 0.1 |
2.2 ± 0.2 |
60.8 ± 2.3 |
-5.10 ± 1.90 |
-0.15 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
-34.8 ± 3.1 |
14.1 ± 1.1 |
16.5 ± 1.9 |
59.1 ± 2.1 |
-2.49 ± 0.27 |
-0.59 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
-26.5 ± 3.0 |
9.9 ± 0.8 |
11.9 ± 1.3 |
60.0 ± 2.2 |
-2.68 ± 0.36 |
-0.44 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
-7.0 ± 3.7 |
3.3 ± 0.3 |
4.0 ± 0.5 |
60.7 ± 2.3 |
-2.16 ± 1.21 |
-0.12 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
-5.3 ± 3.7 |
4.2 ± 0.3 |
5.0 ± 0.6 |
60.6 ± 2.3 |
-1.31 ± 0.95 |
-0.09 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
-6.8 ± 3.7 |
3.5 ± 0.3 |
4.2 ± 0.5 |
60.7 ± 2.3 |
-1.99 ± 1.14 |
-0.11 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
-18.7 |
8.4 |
9.8 |
59.7 |
-2.5 |
-0.3 |
| Median |
-9.2 |
5.8 |
6.9 |
60.6 |
-2.2 |
-0.2 |
| Deviation |
15.5 |
7.8 |
8.6 |
1.8 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
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 |
-54.7 ± 2.8 |
24.5 ± 1.2 |
41.4 ± 0.8 |
55.4 ± 0.8 |
-2.23 ± 0.07 |
-0.99 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
-15.7 ± 2.1 |
5.7 ± 0.2 |
10.4 ± 0.2 |
60.3 ± 1.0 |
-2.76 ± 0.35 |
-0.26 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
-10.2 ± 2.4 |
1.8 ± 0.1 |
3.3 ± 0.1 |
60.6 ± 1.0 |
-5.70 ± 1.34 |
-0.17 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
-40.1 ± 3.2 |
13.8 ± 0.6 |
24.9 ± 0.5 |
59.0 ± 1.0 |
-2.90 ± 0.20 |
-0.68 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
-30.5 ± 3.1 |
9.8 ± 0.4 |
17.8 ± 0.4 |
59.8 ± 1.0 |
-3.11 ± 0.29 |
-0.51 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
-6.7 ± 3.2 |
3.2 ± 0.1 |
6.0 ± 0.1 |
60.5 ± 1.0 |
-2.06 ± 0.98 |
-0.11 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
-4.7 ± 3.1 |
4.1 ± 0.2 |
7.5 ± 0.1 |
60.5 ± 1.0 |
-1.15 ± 0.77 |
-0.08 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
-6.5 ± 3.2 |
3.4 ± 0.1 |
6.3 ± 0.1 |
60.5 ± 1.0 |
-1.88 ± 0.93 |
-0.11 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
-21.1 |
8.3 |
14.7 |
59.6 |
-2.7 |
-0.4 |
| Median |
-10.2 |
5.7 |
10.4 |
60.5 |
-2.2 |
-0.2 |
| Deviation |
18.6 |
7.7 |
12.9 |
1.8 |
1.4 |
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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