Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20130760521
Observation time: 03/17/2013 76.22325 0521 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
76.223247 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
19288.5 ± 110.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
231.312 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
95.030 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
5.688 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0265 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0189 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
5.63, 14.60, 15.64 |
Event added to database
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Tue Oct 8 15:10:18 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Oct 8 16:49:37 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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32.995 ± 0.477
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Asymptotic
plasma
parameters (About, Top)
|
Parameter
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Upstream
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Downstream
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| Vx GSE [km/s] |
-425.5 ± 2.5 |
-636.2 ± 23.1 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-22.1 ± 6.0 |
-53.7 ± 24.0 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
10.9 ± 9.3 |
43.2 ± 29.3 |
| Wi [km/s] |
34.6 ± 2.8 |
111.0 ± 29.2 |
| We [km/s] |
1094.6 ± 89.1 |
3511.3 ± 922.9 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
3.3 ± 0.2 |
9.4 ± 2.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-3.4 ± 0.4 |
-1.9 ± 1.3 |
| By GSE [nT] |
1.5 ± 0.6 |
6.4 ± 4.9 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-0.6 ± 0.9 |
1.6 ± 3.5 |
Plasma Beta
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0.564 ± 0.488
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24.276 ± 6.157
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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44.69 ± 3.64
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143.35 ± 37.68
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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47.09 ± 4.87
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54.66 ± 34.60
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.877 ± 0.196 |
0.480 ± 0.357 |
-0.015 ± 0.015 |
-0.87 ± 21.68 |
151.29 ± 23.31 |
| VC |
-0.980 ± 0.022 |
-0.141 ± 0.101 |
0.141 ± 0.140 |
8.09 ± 6.93 |
188.21 ± 5.91 |
| MX1 |
-0.987 ± 0.083 |
-0.104 ± 0.642 |
0.125 ± 0.124 |
7.18 ± 22.62 |
186.01 ± 37.27 |
| MX2 |
-0.926 ± 0.152 |
0.312 ± 0.399 |
0.212 ± 0.209 |
12.23 ± 20.25 |
161.41 ± 24.62 |
| MX3 |
-0.967 ± 0.100 |
0.018 ± 0.294 |
0.254 ± 0.248 |
14.71 ± 22.46 |
178.91 ± 17.42 |
| RH08 |
-0.992 ± 0.002 |
-0.113 ± 0.014 |
0.061 ± 0.061 |
3.52 ± 0.84 |
186.52 ± 0.82 |
| RH09 |
-0.993 ± 0.008 |
-0.113 ± 0.068 |
0.028 ± 0.028 |
1.60 ± 4.06 |
186.52 ± 3.91 |
| RH10 |
-0.993 ± 0.008 |
-0.113 ± 0.068 |
0.028 ± 0.028 |
1.60 ± 4.06 |
186.52 ± 3.91 |
| Average |
-0.964 |
0.028 |
0.104 |
6.007 |
178.173 |
| Median |
-0.980 |
-0.104 |
0.125 |
7.175 |
186.518 |
| Deviation |
0.042 |
0.236 |
0.095 |
5.509 |
14.017 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
13.1 ± 10.9 |
628.1 ± 9.3 |
2.87 ± 0.71 |
| VC |
38.3 ± 6.1 |
769.2 ± 9.7 |
2.87 ± 0.71 |
| MX1 |
36.1 ± 6.1 |
768.7 ± 9.8 |
2.87 ± 0.71 |
| MX2 |
23.7 ± 11.4 |
702.1 ± 9.6 |
2.87 ± 0.71 |
| MX3 |
34.8 ± 7.9 |
757.3 ± 9.8 |
2.87 ± 0.71 |
| RH08 |
35.1 ± 5.8 |
766.6 ± 9.8 |
2.87 ± 0.71 |
| RH09 |
34.5 ± 5.7 |
765.2 ± 9.8 |
2.87 ± 0.71 |
| RH10 |
34.5 ± 5.7 |
765.2 ± 62.6 |
2.87 ± 0.71 |
| Average |
31.2 |
740.3 |
2.87 |
| Median |
34.8 |
765.2 |
2.87 |
| Deviation |
8.5 |
50.6 |
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 |
265.7 ± 1.2 |
39.5 ± 2.4 |
45.9 ± 4.7 |
51.7 ± 3.3 |
6.75 ± 0.43 |
5.16 ± 0.36 |
| VC |
347.6 ± 3.1 |
28.0 ± 1.7 |
36.9 ± 3.8 |
58.7 ± 3.6 |
12.45 ± 0.71 |
5.94 ± 0.36 |
| MX1 |
345.2 ± 2.9 |
29.1 ± 1.8 |
38.0 ± 3.9 |
58.2 ± 3.6 |
11.90 ± 0.68 |
5.95 ± 0.36 |
| MX2 |
312.5 ± 2.5 |
35.0 ± 2.1 |
43.1 ± 4.5 |
54.8 ± 3.4 |
8.96 ± 0.57 |
5.72 ± 0.38 |
| MX3 |
343.5 ± 2.9 |
29.7 ± 1.8 |
38.7 ± 4.0 |
57.9 ± 3.6 |
11.58 ± 0.69 |
5.96 ± 0.37 |
| RH8 |
341.5 ± 3.0 |
29.6 ± 1.8 |
38.5 ± 4.0 |
57.9 ± 3.6 |
11.57 ± 0.65 |
5.91 ± 0.36 |
| RH9 |
339.8 ± 3.1 |
29.9 ± 1.8 |
38.8 ± 4.0 |
57.8 ± 3.6 |
11.39 ± 0.64 |
5.90 ± 0.36 |
| RH10 |
339.8 ± 3.1 |
29.9 ± 1.8 |
38.8 ± 4.0 |
57.8 ± 3.6 |
11.39 ± 0.64 |
5.90 ± 0.36 |
| Average |
329.4 |
31.3 |
39.9 |
56.8 |
10.7 |
5.8 |
| Median |
341.5 |
29.9 |
38.8 |
57.9 |
11.6 |
5.9 |
| Deviation |
28.0 |
3.9 |
3.0 |
2.4 |
1.9 |
0.3 |
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 |
96.6 ± 17.6 |
48.1 ± 25.3 |
53.2 ± 33.7 |
149.0 ± 28.1 |
3.07 ± 2.66 |
0.67 ± 0.18 |
| VC |
132.1 ± 27.4 |
36.9 ± 18.5 |
42.9 ± 27.1 |
153.6 ± 24.1 |
5.42 ± 5.04 |
0.89 ± 0.29 |
| MX1 |
130.0 ± 26.7 |
38.1 ± 19.2 |
44.2 ± 28.0 |
153.2 ± 24.4 |
5.17 ± 4.80 |
0.88 ± 0.28 |
| MX2 |
120.4 ± 23.0 |
44.3 ± 22.9 |
50.1 ± 31.7 |
150.8 ± 26.4 |
4.09 ± 3.57 |
0.83 ± 0.26 |
| MX3 |
132.1 ± 27.6 |
38.8 ± 19.6 |
44.9 ± 28.4 |
152.9 ± 24.6 |
5.11 ± 4.62 |
0.90 ± 0.30 |
| RH8 |
127.0 ± 25.6 |
38.7 ± 19.5 |
44.7 ± 28.3 |
153.0 ± 24.6 |
5.00 ± 4.68 |
0.86 ± 0.27 |
| RH9 |
126.1 ± 24.9 |
39.0 ± 19.7 |
45.1 ± 28.5 |
152.9 ± 24.7 |
4.93 ± 4.63 |
0.85 ± 0.27 |
| RH10 |
126.1 ± 24.9 |
39.0 ± 19.7 |
45.1 ± 28.5 |
152.9 ± 24.7 |
4.93 ± 4.63 |
0.85 ± 0.27 |
| Average |
123.8 |
40.4 |
46.3 |
152.3 |
4.7 |
0.8 |
| Median |
127.0 |
39.0 |
45.1 |
152.9 |
5.0 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
11.6 |
3.8 |
3.5 |
1.6 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
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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