Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20130740433
Observation time: 03/15/2013 74.18991 0433 [UT]
|
|
General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
74.189913 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
16408.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
228.908 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
96.764 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
4.345 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0177 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
|
| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0121 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
7.28, 9.11, 10.62 |
Event added to database
|
Tue Oct 8 15:09:11 2013
|
Event last processed
|
Tue Oct 8 16:47:23 2013
|
Method selected
|
RH08
|
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
|
33.786 ± 4.804
|
Asymptotic
plasma
parameters (About, Top)
|
Parameter
|
Upstream
|
Downstream
|
| Vx GSE [km/s] |
-370.4 ± 2.0 |
-451.9 ± 3.0 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
41.5 ± 4.0 |
17.7 ± 18.9 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
16.5 ± 8.8 |
11.3 ± 21.7 |
| Wi [km/s] |
59.0 ± 1.4 |
70.6 ± 6.2 |
| We [km/s] |
1865.9 ± 45.7 |
2231.2 ± 197.5 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
7.8 ± 0.2 |
13.9 ± 0.4 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-4.3 ± 0.5 |
-0.6 ± 1.0 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-1.2 ± 0.5 |
2.7 ± 5.7 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-4.2 ± 0.6 |
-9.9 ± 3.2 |
Plasma Beta
|
1.526 ± 1.522
|
1.057 ± 1.122
|
Sound Speed [km/s]
|
76.18 ± 1.86
|
91.09 ± 8.06
|
Alfven Speed [km/s]
|
48.26 ± 3.71
|
68.71 ± 1.56
|
Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.801 ± 0.103 |
-0.127 ± 0.175 |
-0.585 ± 0.507 |
-35.81 ± 9.80 |
189.05 ± 12.48 |
| VC |
-0.961 ± 0.053 |
-0.272 ± 0.183 |
-0.046 ± 0.046 |
-2.66 ± 12.57 |
195.82 ± 10.89 |
| MX1 |
-0.779 ± 0.154 |
-0.118 ± 0.148 |
-0.616 ± 0.523 |
-37.99 ± 14.38 |
188.62 ± 10.73 |
| MX2 |
-0.851 ± 0.059 |
-0.069 ± 0.145 |
-0.520 ± 0.467 |
-31.33 ± 6.43 |
184.65 ± 9.72 |
| MX3 |
-0.871 ± 0.052 |
-0.045 ± 0.150 |
-0.489 ± 0.445 |
-29.24 ± 6.05 |
182.98 ± 9.89 |
| RH08 |
-0.769 ± 0.030 |
0.473 ± 0.043 |
-0.430 ± 0.401 |
-25.48 ± 2.63 |
148.41 ± 3.08 |
| RH09 |
-0.769 ± 0.044 |
0.492 ± 0.061 |
-0.408 ± 0.384 |
-24.07 ± 3.98 |
147.41 ± 4.37 |
| RH10 |
-0.773 ± 0.044 |
0.494 ± 0.061 |
-0.397 ± 0.374 |
-23.37 ± 4.03 |
147.41 ± 4.35 |
| Average |
-0.822 |
0.103 |
-0.436 |
-26.243 |
173.043 |
| Median |
-0.779 |
-0.045 |
-0.430 |
-25.478 |
184.651 |
| Deviation |
0.069 |
0.324 |
0.177 |
10.917 |
21.286 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
10.6 ± 5.5 |
432.1 ± 8.4 |
1.79 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
40.9 ± 6.3 |
535.3 ± 4.5 |
1.79 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
9.9 ± 3.9 |
419.4 ± 8.6 |
1.79 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
15.7 ± 6.2 |
462.8 ± 7.3 |
1.79 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
18.1 ± 6.2 |
474.7 ± 6.8 |
1.79 ± 0.07 |
| RH08 |
42.8 ± 4.4 |
422.1 ± 3.0 |
1.79 ± 0.07 |
| RH09 |
44.4 ± 4.5 |
419.8 ± 2.8 |
1.79 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
44.8 ± 4.5 |
422.5 ± 12.3 |
1.79 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
28.4 |
448.6 |
1.79 |
| Median |
40.9 |
432.1 |
1.79 |
| Deviation |
16.1 |
40.9 |
0.00 |
Upstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
|
Method
|
dV
|
Slow
|
Intermediate
|
Fast
|
Slow
Mach
|
Fast
Mach
|
| MC |
150.3 ± 4.4 |
46.9 ± 3.4 |
47.4 ± 3.6 |
77.0 ± 1.6 |
3.22 ± 0.18 |
1.95 ± 0.09 |
| VC |
191.3 ± 2.3 |
33.0 ± 1.8 |
36.5 ± 2.8 |
84.0 ± 0.4 |
5.81 ± 0.38 |
2.28 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
145.8 ± 4.7 |
47.1 ± 3.5 |
47.5 ± 3.7 |
76.9 ± 1.6 |
3.11 ± 0.17 |
1.90 ± 0.10 |
| MX2 |
158.9 ± 4.0 |
45.4 ± 3.2 |
46.5 ± 3.6 |
77.9 ± 1.4 |
3.51 ± 0.19 |
2.04 ± 0.08 |
| MX3 |
161.9 ± 3.8 |
44.5 ± 3.0 |
45.9 ± 3.5 |
78.5 ± 1.2 |
3.65 ± 0.20 |
2.06 ± 0.08 |
| RH8 |
124.7 ± 4.9 |
31.9 ± 1.8 |
35.4 ± 2.7 |
84.4 ± 0.4 |
3.91 ± 0.17 |
1.48 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
121.2 ± 4.8 |
31.0 ± 1.7 |
34.5 ± 2.7 |
84.8 ± 0.4 |
3.92 ± 0.17 |
1.43 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
122.1 ± 4.7 |
30.7 ± 1.7 |
34.2 ± 2.6 |
84.9 ± 0.4 |
3.98 ± 0.17 |
1.44 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
147.0 |
38.8 |
41.0 |
81.1 |
3.9 |
1.8 |
| Median |
150.3 |
44.5 |
45.9 |
84.0 |
3.9 |
2.0 |
| Deviation |
24.3 |
7.7 |
6.3 |
3.7 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
Downstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
|
Method
|
dV
|
Slow
|
Intermediate
|
Fast
|
Slow
Mach
|
Fast
Mach
|
| MC |
79.0 ± 14.3 |
66.1 ± 1.8 |
67.5 ± 1.5 |
93.0 ± 7.7 |
1.19 ± 0.21 |
0.85 ± 0.13 |
| VC |
106.3 ± 5.5 |
45.0 ± 1.8 |
51.9 ± 1.2 |
104.9 ± 7.0 |
2.36 ± 0.11 |
1.02 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
76.3 ± 14.8 |
66.4 ± 1.8 |
67.7 ± 1.5 |
92.8 ± 7.7 |
1.15 ± 0.22 |
0.82 ± 0.14 |
| MX2 |
85.2 ± 11.9 |
63.5 ± 1.9 |
66.2 ± 1.5 |
94.8 ± 7.5 |
1.34 ± 0.17 |
0.90 ± 0.10 |
| MX3 |
87.3 ± 10.8 |
62.1 ± 2.0 |
65.3 ± 1.5 |
95.8 ± 7.4 |
1.41 ± 0.16 |
0.91 ± 0.09 |
| RH8 |
71.1 ± 5.2 |
43.5 ± 1.8 |
50.4 ± 1.1 |
105.5 ± 7.0 |
1.63 ± 0.06 |
0.67 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
68.1 ± 5.3 |
42.1 ± 1.7 |
49.1 ± 1.1 |
106.1 ± 7.0 |
1.62 ± 0.08 |
0.64 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
68.8 ± 5.3 |
41.8 ± 1.7 |
48.8 ± 1.1 |
106.2 ± 7.0 |
1.65 ± 0.08 |
0.65 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
80.3 |
53.8 |
58.4 |
99.9 |
1.5 |
0.8 |
| Median |
79.0 |
62.1 |
65.3 |
104.9 |
1.6 |
0.8 |
| Deviation |
12.7 |
11.6 |
9.0 |
6.3 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
Survey interval (About, Top)
Selected
data (About, Top)
|
Key plasma parameters
|
Velocity
|
Magnetic Field
|
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)
| 
