Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20131251511
Observation time: 05/05/2013 125.63321 1511 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
125.633212 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
54709.5 ± 20.0 |
| Shock type |
SF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
258.466 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-43.685 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
21.657 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0212 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0224 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
12.64, Infinity, -4311.66 |
Event added to database
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Tue Oct 8 15:29:08 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Oct 8 17:01:49 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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54.427 ± 9.797
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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] |
-360.4 ± 1.9 |
-395.5 ± 1.6 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-49.8 ± 1.9 |
-9.2 ± 3.2 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
5.4 ± 4.4 |
-9.1 ± 0.4 |
| Wi [km/s] |
22.3 ± 0.4 |
30.9 ± 0.6 |
| We [km/s] |
704.1 ± 13.3 |
978.2 ± 20.5 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
5.2 ± 0.1 |
12.1 ± 1.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
4.4 ± 0.2 |
1.0 ± 0.4 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-3.9 ± 0.6 |
-0.9 ± 0.6 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
3.8 ± 1.1 |
1.5 ± 0.8 |
Plasma Beta
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0.108 ± 0.101
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6.771 ± 8.261
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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28.74 ± 0.54
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39.93 ± 0.84
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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68.07 ± 2.68
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13.40 ± 5.38
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.974 ± 0.230 |
-0.149 ± 1.068 |
0.169 ± 0.168 |
9.74 ± 55.08 |
188.72 ± 62.82 |
| VC |
-0.632 ± 0.035 |
0.730 ± 0.031 |
-0.260 ± 0.254 |
-15.08 ± 3.93 |
130.88 ± 2.55 |
| MX1 |
-0.864 ± 0.643 |
0.474 ± 1.141 |
0.168 ± 0.167 |
9.70 ± 60.03 |
151.28 ± 75.44 |
| MX2 |
-0.906 ± 0.409 |
0.175 ± 0.942 |
0.385 ± 0.365 |
22.66 ± 55.57 |
169.06 ± 59.42 |
| MX3 |
-0.975 ± 0.218 |
-0.050 ± 1.430 |
-0.217 ± 0.213 |
-12.51 ± 54.44 |
182.92 ± 84.05 |
| RH08 |
-0.738 ± 0.047 |
-0.529 ± 0.059 |
0.419 ± 0.393 |
24.77 ± 3.98 |
215.60 ± 4.37 |
| RH09 |
-0.000 ± 0.035 |
-0.000 ± 0.000 |
-1.000 ± 0.000 |
-90.00 ± 2.00 |
0.00 ± 2.00 |
| RH10 |
-0.508 ± 0.061 |
0.834 ± 0.039 |
-0.218 ± 0.214 |
-12.58 ± 3.96 |
121.34 ± 4.17 |
| Average |
-0.700 |
0.186 |
-0.069 |
-7.911 |
144.974 |
| Median |
-0.738 |
0.175 |
0.168 |
9.698 |
169.055 |
| Deviation |
0.328 |
0.465 |
0.464 |
36.757 |
66.264 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
64.5 ± 0.1 |
403.5 ± 1.1 |
2.35 ± 0.23 |
| VC |
18.6 ± 9.8 |
287.2 ± 1.4 |
2.35 ± 0.23 |
| MX1 |
44.4 ± 6.1 |
370.8 ± 1.3 |
2.35 ± 0.23 |
| MX2 |
62.9 ± 4.3 |
377.8 ± 1.1 |
2.35 ± 0.23 |
| MX3 |
46.2 ± 3.1 |
414.0 ± 1.4 |
2.35 ± 0.23 |
| RH08 |
86.5 ± 0.7 |
291.1 ± 0.5 |
2.35 ± 0.23 |
| RH09 |
57.7 ± 8.7 |
20.7 ± 1.1 |
2.35 ± 0.23 |
| RH10 |
25.1 ± 9.8 |
236.1 ± 3.8 |
2.35 ± 0.23 |
| Average |
50.7 |
300.2 |
2.35 |
| Median |
57.7 |
370.8 |
2.35 |
| Deviation |
22.1 |
129.3 |
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 |
44.1 ± 1.3 |
11.5 ± 0.1 |
29.3 ± 1.2 |
73.0 ± 2.3 |
3.82 ± 0.15 |
0.60 ± 0.00 |
| VC |
97.2 ± 1.5 |
27.0 ± 0.5 |
64.5 ± 2.5 |
68.8 ± 2.6 |
3.61 ± 0.11 |
1.41 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
82.0 ± 0.9 |
19.6 ± 0.3 |
48.6 ± 1.9 |
71.2 ± 2.4 |
4.18 ± 0.08 |
1.15 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
57.9 ± 0.6 |
12.2 ± 0.1 |
31.1 ± 1.2 |
72.9 ± 2.3 |
4.73 ± 0.05 |
0.80 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
61.3 ± 2.8 |
19.0 ± 0.2 |
47.1 ± 1.9 |
71.4 ± 2.4 |
3.24 ± 0.19 |
0.86 ± 0.01 |
| RH8 |
-3.5 ± 0.4 |
1.6 ± 0.0 |
4.1 ± 0.2 |
73.9 ± 2.3 |
-2.19 ± 0.27 |
-0.05 ± 0.01 |
| RH9 |
26.2 ± 4.4 |
14.4 ± 0.2 |
36.4 ± 1.4 |
72.5 ± 2.3 |
1.81 ± 0.32 |
0.36 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
95.9 ± 1.2 |
25.6 ± 0.4 |
61.7 ± 2.4 |
69.3 ± 2.6 |
3.75 ± 0.09 |
1.38 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
57.6 |
16.4 |
40.4 |
71.6 |
2.9 |
0.8 |
| Median |
61.3 |
19.0 |
47.1 |
72.5 |
3.8 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
34.9 |
8.2 |
19.6 |
1.8 |
2.2 |
0.5 |
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 |
18.4 ± 1.2 |
5.5 ± 2.0 |
5.8 ± 2.3 |
41.9 ± 2.4 |
3.65 ± 1.12 |
0.44 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
41.6 ± 3.3 |
12.6 ± 5.0 |
12.7 ± 5.1 |
40.2 ± 1.1 |
3.57 ± 1.06 |
1.03 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
34.8 ± 2.8 |
9.2 ± 3.5 |
9.6 ± 3.8 |
41.2 ± 1.8 |
4.07 ± 1.18 |
0.85 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
24.6 ± 1.9 |
5.8 ± 2.1 |
6.1 ± 2.5 |
41.9 ± 2.3 |
4.57 ± 1.34 |
0.59 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
26.0 ± 1.4 |
8.9 ± 3.3 |
9.3 ± 3.7 |
41.3 ± 1.9 |
3.15 ± 0.95 |
0.63 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
-1.9 ± 1.0 |
0.8 ± 0.3 |
0.8 ± 0.3 |
42.3 ± 2.6 |
-2.37 ± 0.55 |
-0.04 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
11.7 ± 0.4 |
6.8 ± 2.5 |
7.2 ± 2.9 |
41.7 ± 2.2 |
1.84 ± 0.51 |
0.28 ± 0.00 |
| RH10 |
41.0 ± 3.4 |
12.0 ± 4.7 |
12.1 ± 4.9 |
40.4 ± 1.3 |
3.71 ± 1.08 |
1.01 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
24.5 |
7.7 |
7.9 |
41.4 |
2.8 |
0.6 |
| Median |
26.0 |
8.9 |
9.3 |
41.7 |
3.6 |
0.6 |
| Deviation |
15.0 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
0.7 |
2.2 |
0.4 |
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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