Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20130262116
Observation time: 01/26/2013 26.88637 2116 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
26.886372 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
76582.5 ± 40.0 |
| Shock type |
FR |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
194.364 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
8.227 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-17.994 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0185 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0165 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
10.15, 15.84, 17.60 |
Event added to database
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Tue Oct 8 14:46:54 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Oct 8 16:39:21 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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57.018 ± 1.898
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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] |
-441.6 ± 10.6 |
-519.2 ± 5.2 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
28.3 ± 12.6 |
18.7 ± 5.7 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
7.0 ± 13.3 |
-0.2 ± 5.6 |
| Wi [km/s] |
68.4 ± 10.4 |
54.3 ± 1.4 |
| We [km/s] |
2164.1 ± 328.5 |
1718.6 ± 44.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
6.8 ± 1.3 |
3.4 ± 0.3 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
2.1 ± 1.4 |
1.9 ± 0.6 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-5.9 ± 1.1 |
-2.1 ± 1.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-3.4 ± 1.8 |
0.4 ± 0.9 |
Plasma Beta
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1.435 ± 1.434
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2.097 ± 2.088
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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88.35 ± 13.41
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70.16 ± 1.79
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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63.36 ± 14.13
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37.62 ± 2.08
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.727 ± 0.302 |
0.599 ± 0.357 |
-0.335 ± 0.322 |
-19.59 ± 20.36 |
140.51 ± 27.49 |
| VC |
-0.985 ± 0.029 |
-0.131 ± 0.164 |
-0.108 ± 0.107 |
-6.19 ± 10.37 |
187.60 ± 9.53 |
| MX1 |
-0.993 ± 0.019 |
-0.022 ± 0.273 |
-0.118 ± 0.118 |
-6.79 ± 8.53 |
181.24 ± 15.73 |
| MX2 |
-0.999 ± 0.031 |
-0.039 ± 0.772 |
0.020 ± 0.020 |
1.14 ± 25.55 |
182.22 ± 44.27 |
| MX3 |
-0.993 ± 0.025 |
-0.019 ± 0.207 |
-0.113 ± 0.113 |
-6.50 ± 12.42 |
181.12 ± 11.96 |
| RH08 |
-0.996 ± 0.002 |
0.079 ± 0.021 |
0.050 ± 0.050 |
2.88 ± 1.20 |
175.49 ± 1.23 |
| RH09 |
-0.300 ± 0.067 |
0.695 ± 0.050 |
-0.654 ± 0.539 |
-40.82 ± 3.92 |
113.31 ± 5.36 |
| RH10 |
-0.259 ± 0.067 |
0.701 ± 0.050 |
-0.665 ± 0.543 |
-41.67 ± 3.98 |
110.31 ± 5.36 |
| Average |
-0.782 |
0.233 |
-0.240 |
-14.692 |
158.975 |
| Median |
-0.985 |
0.079 |
-0.113 |
-6.502 |
181.116 |
| Deviation |
0.323 |
0.364 |
0.283 |
17.709 |
32.543 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
57.8 ± 7.0 |
287.2 ± 9.0 |
0.51 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
82.8 ± 11.0 |
346.5 ± 11.1 |
0.51 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
77.8 ± 10.4 |
354.4 ± 11.4 |
0.51 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
74.7 ± 11.7 |
357.3 ± 12.1 |
0.51 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
77.6 ± 10.4 |
354.8 ± 11.4 |
0.51 ± 0.07 |
| RH08 |
68.2 ± 11.4 |
362.2 ± 12.5 |
0.51 ± 0.07 |
| RH09 |
69.4 ± 12.8 |
128.6 ± 3.4 |
0.51 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
70.1 ± 13.2 |
115.4 ± 14.9 |
0.51 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
72.3 |
288.3 |
0.51 |
| Median |
74.7 |
354.4 |
0.51 |
| Deviation |
7.7 |
105.4 |
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 |
-48.5 ± 10.4 |
27.4 ± 3.0 |
33.8 ± 7.5 |
106.4 ± 6.5 |
-1.81 ± 0.55 |
-0.45 ± 0.09 |
| VC |
-84.2 ± 7.7 |
6.2 ± 0.6 |
7.9 ± 1.8 |
109.8 ± 6.4 |
-13.68 ± 2.48 |
-0.77 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
-82.5 ± 8.7 |
10.6 ± 1.1 |
13.4 ± 3.0 |
109.4 ± 6.4 |
-7.94 ± 1.56 |
-0.75 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
-82.9 ± 10.4 |
13.2 ± 1.4 |
16.7 ± 3.7 |
109.2 ± 6.4 |
-6.39 ± 1.39 |
-0.76 ± 0.08 |
| MX3 |
-82.5 ± 8.8 |
10.8 ± 1.1 |
13.7 ± 3.0 |
109.4 ± 6.4 |
-7.78 ± 1.54 |
-0.75 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
-80.1 ± 12.0 |
18.7 ± 2.0 |
23.5 ± 5.2 |
108.3 ± 6.5 |
-4.36 ± 1.06 |
-0.74 ± 0.10 |
| RH9 |
-18.7 ± 4.9 |
17.7 ± 1.9 |
22.3 ± 5.0 |
108.5 ± 6.5 |
-1.07 ± 0.32 |
-0.17 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
-14.2 ± 4.8 |
17.1 ± 1.8 |
21.5 ± 4.8 |
108.6 ± 6.4 |
-0.84 ± 0.30 |
-0.13 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
-61.7 |
15.2 |
19.1 |
108.7 |
-5.5 |
-0.6 |
| Median |
-80.1 |
17.1 |
21.5 |
109.2 |
-4.4 |
-0.7 |
| Deviation |
30.3 |
6.5 |
8.0 |
1.1 |
4.4 |
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 |
-101.6 ± 2.0 |
18.2 ± 0.9 |
20.1 ± 1.1 |
77.5 ± 2.2 |
-5.61 ± 0.36 |
-1.31 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
-162.7 ± 5.2 |
4.2 ± 0.2 |
4.7 ± 0.3 |
79.5 ± 2.3 |
-39.17 ± 2.06 |
-2.05 ± 0.09 |
| MX1 |
-160.6 ± 4.6 |
7.0 ± 0.3 |
7.9 ± 0.4 |
79.3 ± 2.3 |
-22.88 ± 1.19 |
-2.03 ± 0.09 |
| MX2 |
-160.7 ± 5.5 |
8.8 ± 0.4 |
9.9 ± 0.5 |
79.1 ± 2.3 |
-18.33 ± 0.98 |
-2.03 ± 0.10 |
| MX3 |
-160.6 ± 4.6 |
7.2 ± 0.3 |
8.1 ± 0.4 |
79.3 ± 2.3 |
-22.43 ± 1.17 |
-2.03 ± 0.09 |
| RH8 |
-156.2 ± 5.0 |
12.5 ± 0.6 |
14.0 ± 0.8 |
78.6 ± 2.3 |
-12.56 ± 0.67 |
-1.99 ± 0.09 |
| RH9 |
-40.1 ± 6.2 |
11.8 ± 0.6 |
13.2 ± 0.7 |
78.7 ± 2.3 |
-3.42 ± 0.64 |
-0.51 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
-32.4 ± 6.4 |
11.4 ± 0.5 |
12.8 ± 0.7 |
78.8 ± 2.3 |
-2.86 ± 0.66 |
-0.41 ± 0.09 |
| Average |
-121.8 |
10.1 |
11.3 |
78.9 |
-15.9 |
-1.5 |
| Median |
-156.2 |
11.4 |
12.8 |
79.1 |
-12.6 |
-2.0 |
| Deviation |
56.6 |
4.3 |
4.7 |
0.6 |
12.4 |
0.7 |
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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