Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20131441726
Observation time: 05/24/2013 144.72641 1726 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
144.726406 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
62761.5 ± 60.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
240.002 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-89.156 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
15.391 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0184 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0254 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
4.73, 11.35, 11.96 |
Event added to database
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Tue Oct 8 15:35:30 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Oct 8 17:09:56 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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40.786 ± 2.461
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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] |
-447.3 ± 17.2 |
-562.5 ± 25.7 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
6.3 ± 1.8 |
35.7 ± 16.3 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-17.6 ± 29.4 |
-74.4 ± 21.0 |
| Wi [km/s] |
46.1 ± 4.4 |
77.4 ± 8.2 |
| We [km/s] |
1459.4 ± 138.0 |
2446.8 ± 260.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
4.9 ± 0.5 |
13.1 ± 1.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
1.7 ± 2.0 |
1.6 ± 5.8 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-2.5 ± 0.9 |
-6.3 ± 3.6 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-2.8 ± 4.4 |
-5.0 ± 5.7 |
Plasma Beta
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0.637 ± 0.531
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1.327 ± 1.456
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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59.58 ± 5.64
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99.89 ± 10.61
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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59.14 ± 5.49
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69.87 ± 10.15
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.967 ± 0.294 |
0.246 ± 1.140 |
0.065 ± 0.064 |
3.70 ± 41.35 |
165.71 ± 67.53 |
| VC |
-0.869 ± 0.118 |
0.241 ± 0.147 |
-0.433 ± 0.404 |
-25.65 ± 15.28 |
164.52 ± 9.48 |
| MX1 |
-0.880 ± 0.291 |
0.109 ± 0.555 |
-0.462 ± 0.426 |
-27.49 ± 35.41 |
172.94 ± 36.06 |
| MX2 |
-0.809 ± 0.170 |
0.420 ± 0.261 |
-0.411 ± 0.386 |
-24.24 ± 16.69 |
152.57 ± 18.08 |
| MX3 |
-0.812 ± 0.139 |
0.363 ± 0.245 |
-0.458 ± 0.423 |
-27.24 ± 11.93 |
155.93 ± 17.09 |
| RH08 |
-0.945 ± 0.012 |
0.159 ± 0.025 |
-0.285 ± 0.277 |
-16.55 ± 2.35 |
170.47 ± 1.51 |
| RH09 |
-0.983 ± 0.013 |
0.165 ± 0.068 |
-0.084 ± 0.084 |
-4.81 ± 4.02 |
170.47 ± 3.99 |
| RH10 |
-0.984 ± 0.012 |
0.165 ± 0.068 |
-0.073 ± 0.072 |
-4.16 ± 4.03 |
170.47 ± 3.95 |
| Average |
-0.906 |
0.233 |
-0.267 |
-15.804 |
165.386 |
| Median |
-0.880 |
0.241 |
-0.285 |
-16.554 |
170.474 |
| Deviation |
0.073 |
0.108 |
0.208 |
12.379 |
7.457 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
66.2 ± 24.0 |
623.7 ± 7.1 |
2.63 ± 0.38 |
| VC |
81.6 ± 10.5 |
615.0 ± 5.2 |
2.63 ± 0.38 |
| MX1 |
85.4 ± 11.2 |
616.7 ± 5.3 |
2.63 ± 0.38 |
| MX2 |
77.6 ± 10.0 |
579.1 ± 5.0 |
2.63 ± 0.38 |
| MX3 |
80.1 ± 10.8 |
582.5 ± 5.0 |
2.63 ± 0.38 |
| RH08 |
78.7 ± 11.2 |
637.3 ± 6.0 |
2.63 ± 0.38 |
| RH09 |
72.5 ± 17.7 |
644.6 ± 6.8 |
2.63 ± 0.38 |
| RH10 |
72.2 ± 18.1 |
643.6 ± 39.7 |
2.63 ± 0.38 |
| Average |
76.8 |
617.8 |
2.63 |
| Median |
78.7 |
623.7 |
2.63 |
| Deviation |
6.1 |
25.5 |
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 |
190.7 ± 17.5 |
17.2 ± 0.9 |
23.9 ± 2.2 |
82.4 ± 3.7 |
11.08 ± 0.57 |
2.31 ± 0.13 |
| VC |
217.3 ± 14.8 |
6.1 ± 0.3 |
8.6 ± 0.8 |
84.0 ± 3.7 |
35.79 ± 2.50 |
2.59 ± 0.17 |
| MX1 |
214.1 ± 15.5 |
3.4 ± 0.2 |
4.8 ± 0.4 |
84.1 ± 3.8 |
63.50 ± 4.75 |
2.55 ± 0.18 |
| MX2 |
207.2 ± 13.7 |
9.0 ± 0.5 |
12.7 ± 1.2 |
83.7 ± 3.7 |
23.07 ± 1.58 |
2.48 ± 0.16 |
| MX3 |
209.0 ± 14.4 |
7.2 ± 0.4 |
10.1 ± 0.9 |
83.9 ± 3.7 |
29.25 ± 2.18 |
2.49 ± 0.17 |
| RH8 |
208.4 ± 14.8 |
8.2 ± 0.4 |
11.6 ± 1.1 |
83.8 ± 3.7 |
25.42 ± 1.43 |
2.49 ± 0.13 |
| RH9 |
202.5 ± 16.0 |
12.6 ± 0.7 |
17.8 ± 1.6 |
83.2 ± 3.7 |
16.00 ± 0.74 |
2.43 ± 0.11 |
| RH10 |
201.3 ± 16.1 |
12.9 ± 0.7 |
18.1 ± 1.7 |
83.2 ± 3.7 |
15.61 ± 0.72 |
2.42 ± 0.11 |
| Average |
206.3 |
9.6 |
13.4 |
83.5 |
27.5 |
2.5 |
| Median |
208.4 |
9.0 |
12.7 |
83.8 |
25.4 |
2.5 |
| Deviation |
8.3 |
4.4 |
6.1 |
0.6 |
16.6 |
0.1 |
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 |
75.8 ± 24.2 |
23.2 ± 1.9 |
28.2 ± 4.1 |
120.2 ± 7.7 |
3.21 ± 0.81 |
0.63 ± 0.19 |
| VC |
85.6 ± 14.3 |
8.2 ± 0.7 |
10.2 ± 1.5 |
122.2 ± 7.8 |
10.34 ± 1.09 |
0.70 ± 0.10 |
| MX1 |
83.2 ± 14.4 |
4.6 ± 0.4 |
5.7 ± 0.8 |
122.4 ± 7.8 |
18.10 ± 1.99 |
0.68 ± 0.10 |
| MX2 |
78.3 ± 13.7 |
12.2 ± 1.0 |
15.0 ± 2.2 |
121.8 ± 7.8 |
6.40 ± 0.77 |
0.64 ± 0.09 |
| MX3 |
78.9 ± 13.2 |
9.7 ± 0.8 |
12.0 ± 1.7 |
122.1 ± 7.8 |
8.10 ± 0.94 |
0.65 ± 0.09 |
| RH8 |
78.7 ± 18.3 |
11.1 ± 0.9 |
13.7 ± 2.0 |
121.9 ± 7.8 |
7.01 ± 1.15 |
0.64 ± 0.14 |
| RH9 |
79.7 ± 22.5 |
17.1 ± 1.4 |
21.0 ± 3.0 |
121.2 ± 7.8 |
4.59 ± 0.98 |
0.66 ± 0.17 |
| RH10 |
79.1 ± 22.8 |
17.5 ± 1.4 |
21.4 ± 3.1 |
121.2 ± 7.8 |
4.47 ± 0.98 |
0.65 ± 0.17 |
| Average |
79.9 |
13.0 |
15.9 |
121.6 |
7.8 |
0.7 |
| Median |
79.1 |
12.2 |
15.0 |
121.9 |
7.0 |
0.7 |
| Deviation |
3.1 |
6.0 |
7.2 |
0.7 |
4.7 |
0.0 |
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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