Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20131251734
Observation time: 05/05/2013 125.73248 1734 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
125.732483 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
63286.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
SF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
258.419 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-43.980 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
21.642 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0294 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0214 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
24.39, 28.76, 41.00 |
Event added to database
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Tue Oct 8 15:30:03 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Oct 8 17:03:48 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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24.951 ± 25.318
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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] |
-402.6 ± 3.3 |
-435.7 ± 0.6 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-6.0 ± 3.0 |
28.1 ± 1.4 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-0.2 ± 3.6 |
-3.0 ± 2.3 |
| Wi [km/s] |
28.3 ± 1.7 |
42.2 ± 0.6 |
| We [km/s] |
896.1 ± 53.9 |
1333.4 ± 18.6 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
5.2 ± 0.1 |
7.6 ± 0.2 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-5.5 ± 0.5 |
1.6 ± 0.1 |
| By GSE [nT] |
4.1 ± 0.6 |
-3.3 ± 0.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.7 ± 0.5 |
1.5 ± 0.3 |
Plasma Beta
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0.182 ± 0.174
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1.780 ± 1.793
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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36.58 ± 2.20
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54.44 ± 0.76
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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66.59 ± 0.89
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31.71 ± 1.54
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.530 ± 0.103 |
-0.417 ± 0.090 |
0.738 ± 0.560 |
47.56 ± 9.51 |
218.18 ± 5.16 |
| VC |
-0.695 ± 0.062 |
0.717 ± 0.060 |
-0.058 ± 0.058 |
-3.35 ± 4.64 |
134.10 ± 4.96 |
| MX1 |
-0.579 ± 0.252 |
-0.405 ± 0.234 |
0.708 ± 0.556 |
45.06 ± 21.71 |
215.00 ± 17.42 |
| MX2 |
-0.530 ± 0.121 |
-0.410 ± 0.102 |
0.742 ± 0.561 |
47.94 ± 11.28 |
217.75 ± 5.22 |
| MX3 |
-0.722 ± 0.298 |
-0.600 ± 0.283 |
0.344 ± 0.330 |
20.12 ± 54.87 |
219.75 ± 15.03 |
| RH08 |
-0.149 ± 0.046 |
-0.007 ± 0.023 |
0.989 ± 0.212 |
81.43 ± 2.65 |
182.51 ± 8.65 |
| RH09 |
-0.149 ± 0.045 |
-0.007 ± 0.027 |
0.989 ± 0.212 |
81.43 ± 2.61 |
182.51 ± 10.35 |
| RH10 |
-0.149 ± 0.043 |
-0.007 ± 0.040 |
0.989 ± 0.212 |
81.43 ± 2.50 |
182.51 ± 15.29 |
| Average |
-0.438 |
-0.142 |
0.680 |
50.201 |
194.038 |
| Median |
-0.530 |
-0.007 |
0.742 |
47.938 |
215.001 |
| Deviation |
0.249 |
0.417 |
0.369 |
31.021 |
29.851 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
76.2 ± 3.9 |
222.8 ± 2.3 |
1.49 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
14.0 ± 2.5 |
421.8 ± 2.0 |
1.49 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
73.6 ± 4.1 |
248.5 ± 2.2 |
1.49 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
75.9 ± 3.9 |
223.2 ± 2.3 |
1.49 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
75.9 ± 5.6 |
301.8 ± 2.3 |
1.49 ± 0.07 |
| RH08 |
78.0 ± 3.7 |
66.1 ± 2.4 |
1.49 ± 0.07 |
| RH09 |
78.0 ± 3.7 |
66.1 ± 2.4 |
1.49 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
78.0 ± 3.7 |
66.1 ± 9.1 |
1.49 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
68.7 |
202.0 |
1.49 |
| Median |
76.2 |
223.2 |
1.49 |
| Deviation |
22.2 |
129.1 |
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 |
6.9 ± 4.0 |
7.7 ± 0.3 |
15.9 ± 0.2 |
75.6 ± 0.9 |
0.89 ± 0.52 |
0.09 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
146.3 ± 1.1 |
35.1 ± 2.0 |
64.6 ± 0.9 |
67.4 ± 0.8 |
4.19 ± 0.27 |
2.17 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
13.2 ± 4.0 |
9.1 ± 0.4 |
18.8 ± 0.3 |
75.5 ± 0.9 |
1.45 ± 0.44 |
0.18 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
7.6 ± 4.0 |
7.8 ± 0.4 |
16.2 ± 0.2 |
75.6 ± 0.9 |
0.97 ± 0.51 |
0.10 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
7.6 ± 4.3 |
7.8 ± 0.4 |
16.2 ± 0.2 |
75.6 ± 0.9 |
0.97 ± 0.55 |
0.10 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
6.3 ± 3.6 |
6.7 ± 0.3 |
13.9 ± 0.2 |
75.7 ± 0.9 |
0.93 ± 0.52 |
0.08 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
6.3 ± 3.6 |
6.7 ± 0.3 |
13.9 ± 0.2 |
75.7 ± 0.9 |
0.93 ± 0.52 |
0.08 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
6.3 ± 3.6 |
6.7 ± 0.3 |
13.9 ± 0.2 |
75.7 ± 0.9 |
0.93 ± 0.52 |
0.08 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
25.0 |
11.0 |
21.7 |
74.6 |
1.4 |
0.4 |
| Median |
7.6 |
7.8 |
16.2 |
75.6 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
| Deviation |
49.1 |
9.8 |
17.4 |
2.9 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
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 |
5.6 ± 1.2 |
6.6 ± 0.2 |
7.6 ± 0.4 |
62.7 ± 0.4 |
0.85 ± 0.18 |
0.09 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
98.8 ± 1.0 |
30.3 ± 1.4 |
30.8 ± 1.5 |
55.2 ± 0.6 |
3.26 ± 0.17 |
1.79 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
9.9 ± 1.1 |
7.8 ± 0.3 |
8.9 ± 0.4 |
62.5 ± 0.4 |
1.27 ± 0.15 |
0.16 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
6.1 ± 1.2 |
6.7 ± 0.2 |
7.7 ± 0.4 |
62.7 ± 0.4 |
0.92 ± 0.18 |
0.10 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
5.2 ± 0.3 |
6.7 ± 0.2 |
7.7 ± 0.4 |
62.7 ± 0.4 |
0.77 ± 0.07 |
0.08 ± 0.01 |
| RH8 |
4.3 ± 2.2 |
5.7 ± 0.2 |
6.6 ± 0.3 |
62.8 ± 0.4 |
0.75 ± 0.39 |
0.07 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
4.3 ± 2.2 |
5.7 ± 0.2 |
6.6 ± 0.3 |
62.8 ± 0.4 |
0.75 ± 0.39 |
0.07 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
4.3 ± 2.2 |
5.7 ± 0.2 |
6.6 ± 0.3 |
62.8 ± 0.4 |
0.75 ± 0.39 |
0.07 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
17.3 |
9.4 |
10.3 |
61.7 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
| Median |
5.6 |
6.7 |
7.7 |
62.7 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
| Deviation |
33.0 |
8.5 |
8.3 |
2.6 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
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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