Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20131130329
Observation time: 04/23/2013 113.14557 0329 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
113.145573 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
12577.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
261.122 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-1.543 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
21.751 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0428 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0364 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
11.75, 25.46, 35.18 |
Event added to database
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Tue Oct 8 15:25:01 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Oct 8 16:57:58 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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82.442 ± 3.693
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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] |
-279.3 ± 0.5 |
-292.4 ± 0.7 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
6.4 ± 0.7 |
5.0 ± 1.0 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-5.1 ± 0.4 |
-1.1 ± 1.0 |
| Wi [km/s] |
16.0 ± 0.2 |
18.4 ± 0.5 |
| We [km/s] |
506.9 ± 6.7 |
580.5 ± 15.8 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
21.2 ± 0.4 |
30.7 ± 0.9 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
1.3 ± 0.3 |
0.7 ± 0.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
2.4 ± 0.2 |
4.0 ± 0.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
1.0 ± 0.3 |
0.9 ± 0.2 |
Plasma Beta
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1.379 ± 1.387
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1.286 ± 1.306
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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20.70 ± 0.27
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23.70 ± 0.64
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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13.67 ± 0.52
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16.27 ± 0.91
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.847 ± 0.102 |
-0.329 ± 0.203 |
-0.418 ± 0.392 |
-24.73 ± 9.73 |
201.22 ± 13.64 |
| VC |
-0.953 ± 0.023 |
-0.100 ± 0.082 |
0.287 ± 0.279 |
16.70 ± 4.23 |
186.02 ± 4.93 |
| MX1 |
-0.932 ± 0.065 |
-0.347 ± 0.165 |
0.101 ± 0.101 |
5.81 ± 11.70 |
200.42 ± 10.15 |
| MX2 |
-0.922 ± 0.051 |
-0.319 ± 0.136 |
0.221 ± 0.217 |
12.76 ± 5.19 |
199.09 ± 8.47 |
| MX3 |
-0.898 ± 0.048 |
-0.289 ± 0.113 |
0.332 ± 0.319 |
19.36 ± 5.67 |
197.84 ± 7.17 |
| RH08 |
-0.965 ± 0.005 |
-0.197 ± 0.017 |
0.173 ± 0.171 |
9.97 ± 0.97 |
191.53 ± 1.02 |
| RH09 |
-0.325 ± 0.065 |
-0.155 ± 0.068 |
0.933 ± 0.433 |
68.90 ± 3.97 |
205.57 ± 10.90 |
| RH10 |
-0.905 ± 0.030 |
-0.071 ± 0.069 |
-0.419 ± 0.393 |
-24.77 ± 3.98 |
184.51 ± 4.37 |
| Average |
-0.843 |
-0.226 |
0.151 |
10.502 |
195.776 |
| Median |
-0.905 |
-0.197 |
0.221 |
12.764 |
199.088 |
| Deviation |
0.213 |
0.109 |
0.434 |
29.374 |
7.582 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
38.1 ± 7.5 |
269.5 ± 0.4 |
1.45 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
66.6 ± 3.6 |
309.8 ± 0.6 |
1.45 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
49.0 ± 3.7 |
301.0 ± 0.6 |
1.45 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
54.1 ± 3.0 |
298.6 ± 0.6 |
1.45 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
59.1 ± 2.5 |
292.3 ± 0.6 |
1.45 ± 0.06 |
| RH08 |
58.5 ± 3.9 |
312.8 ± 0.6 |
1.45 ± 0.06 |
| RH09 |
87.0 ± 3.5 |
112.3 ± 0.7 |
1.45 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
53.1 ± 7.7 |
288.0 ± 1.8 |
1.45 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
58.2 |
273.0 |
1.45 |
| Median |
58.5 |
298.6 |
1.45 |
| Deviation |
14.3 |
66.4 |
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 |
33.0 ± 0.4 |
9.8 ± 0.3 |
10.8 ± 0.4 |
22.8 ± 0.4 |
3.38 ± 0.11 |
1.45 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
45.8 ± 0.5 |
4.6 ± 0.1 |
5.4 ± 0.2 |
24.4 ± 0.4 |
9.94 ± 0.26 |
1.88 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
43.3 ± 0.5 |
7.9 ± 0.2 |
9.0 ± 0.3 |
23.5 ± 0.4 |
5.49 ± 0.17 |
1.84 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
44.3 ± 0.5 |
7.0 ± 0.2 |
8.0 ± 0.3 |
23.8 ± 0.4 |
6.36 ± 0.19 |
1.86 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
45.0 ± 0.5 |
6.0 ± 0.2 |
7.0 ± 0.3 |
24.1 ± 0.4 |
7.46 ± 0.22 |
1.87 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
45.4 ± 0.5 |
6.1 ± 0.2 |
7.1 ± 0.3 |
24.0 ± 0.4 |
7.39 ± 0.20 |
1.89 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
27.3 ± 0.5 |
0.6 ± 0.0 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
24.8 ± 0.5 |
46.28 ± 1.42 |
1.10 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
33.5 ± 0.4 |
7.1 ± 0.2 |
8.2 ± 0.3 |
23.8 ± 0.4 |
4.69 ± 0.13 |
1.41 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
39.7 |
6.1 |
7.0 |
23.9 |
11.4 |
1.7 |
| Median |
44.3 |
7.0 |
8.0 |
24.0 |
7.4 |
1.9 |
| Deviation |
7.3 |
2.7 |
3.0 |
0.6 |
14.2 |
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 |
23.1 ± 0.9 |
11.5 ± 0.5 |
12.8 ± 0.7 |
26.4 ± 0.5 |
2.01 ± 0.10 |
0.88 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
32.1 ± 0.7 |
5.4 ± 0.2 |
6.5 ± 0.4 |
28.2 ± 0.5 |
5.92 ± 0.27 |
1.14 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
30.2 ± 0.7 |
9.3 ± 0.4 |
10.7 ± 0.6 |
27.2 ± 0.5 |
3.26 ± 0.16 |
1.11 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
30.9 ± 0.7 |
8.2 ± 0.3 |
9.5 ± 0.5 |
27.6 ± 0.5 |
3.78 ± 0.18 |
1.12 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
31.5 ± 0.7 |
7.1 ± 0.3 |
8.4 ± 0.5 |
27.9 ± 0.5 |
4.44 ± 0.22 |
1.13 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
31.8 ± 0.7 |
7.2 ± 0.3 |
8.5 ± 0.5 |
27.8 ± 0.5 |
4.40 ± 0.20 |
1.14 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
19.1 ± 0.9 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
0.8 ± 0.0 |
28.7 ± 0.6 |
27.64 ± 2.20 |
0.67 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
23.2 ± 0.9 |
8.4 ± 0.3 |
9.8 ± 0.5 |
27.5 ± 0.5 |
2.76 ± 0.11 |
0.84 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
27.7 |
7.2 |
8.4 |
27.7 |
6.8 |
1.0 |
| Median |
30.9 |
8.2 |
9.5 |
27.8 |
4.4 |
1.1 |
| Deviation |
5.1 |
3.2 |
3.6 |
0.7 |
8.5 |
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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