Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20131450921
Observation time: 05/25/2013 145.39016 0921 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
145.390156 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
33709.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
239.249 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-90.292 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
15.072 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0199 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0090 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
15.46, 42.00, 51.62 |
Event added to database
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Tue Oct 8 15:36:24 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Oct 8 17:11:56 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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325.280 ± 147.069
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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] |
-512.8 ± 9.0 |
-573.9 ± 8.0 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-17.2 ± 8.1 |
-78.5 ± 2.2 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
9.4 ± 5.6 |
-24.9 ± 5.3 |
| Wi [km/s] |
54.1 ± 2.4 |
72.4 ± 1.0 |
| We [km/s] |
1709.5 ± 76.5 |
2291.0 ± 32.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
4.1 ± 0.2 |
7.6 ± 0.2 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
1.7 ± 0.7 |
5.5 ± 0.1 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-2.8 ± 0.2 |
-4.1 ± 0.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-2.8 ± 0.5 |
-4.8 ± 0.6 |
Plasma Beta
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1.353 ± 1.329
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1.199 ± 1.210
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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69.79 ± 3.12
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93.53 ± 1.31
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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46.96 ± 3.33
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66.40 ± 3.65
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.474 ± 0.179 |
-0.774 ± 0.164 |
-0.419 ± 0.392 |
-24.76 ± 21.21 |
238.52 ± 11.79 |
| VC |
-0.654 ± 0.047 |
-0.661 ± 0.047 |
-0.368 ± 0.350 |
-21.58 ± 3.03 |
225.29 ± 3.92 |
| MX1 |
-0.511 ± 0.100 |
-0.719 ± 0.077 |
-0.471 ± 0.432 |
-28.07 ± 5.26 |
234.60 ± 7.71 |
| MX2 |
-0.512 ± 0.109 |
-0.730 ± 0.079 |
-0.454 ± 0.420 |
-26.97 ± 3.87 |
234.94 ± 8.42 |
| MX3 |
-0.513 ± 0.115 |
-0.737 ± 0.082 |
-0.441 ± 0.410 |
-26.18 ± 3.33 |
235.16 ± 8.89 |
| RH08 |
-0.165 ± 0.016 |
0.649 ± 0.013 |
-0.743 ± 0.561 |
-47.99 ± 0.99 |
104.29 ± 1.36 |
| RH09 |
-0.128 ± 0.071 |
0.704 ± 0.050 |
-0.698 ± 0.553 |
-44.29 ± 4.03 |
100.28 ± 5.69 |
| RH10 |
-0.157 ± 0.069 |
0.663 ± 0.052 |
-0.732 ± 0.560 |
-47.04 ± 3.96 |
103.29 ± 5.90 |
| Average |
-0.389 |
-0.201 |
-0.541 |
-33.360 |
184.545 |
| Median |
-0.474 |
-0.661 |
-0.454 |
-26.972 |
234.599 |
| Deviation |
0.205 |
0.723 |
0.156 |
11.044 |
67.955 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
54.3 ± 9.2 |
456.6 ± 5.0 |
1.82 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
66.0 ± 9.8 |
552.6 ± 5.2 |
1.82 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
55.5 ± 9.8 |
475.2 ± 5.1 |
1.82 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
55.8 ± 9.7 |
476.2 ± 5.1 |
1.82 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
56.1 ± 9.6 |
476.9 ± 5.1 |
1.82 ± 0.04 |
| RH08 |
89.4 ± 6.5 |
55.3 ± 2.9 |
1.82 ± 0.04 |
| RH09 |
86.6 ± 6.2 |
19.7 ± 2.8 |
1.82 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
88.7 ± 6.5 |
46.6 ± 11.8 |
1.82 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
69.0 |
319.9 |
1.82 |
| Median |
66.0 |
475.2 |
1.82 |
| Deviation |
16.3 |
233.3 |
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 |
203.9 ± 12.0 |
23.6 ± 1.1 |
27.4 ± 1.9 |
80.8 ± 2.0 |
8.67 ± 0.83 |
2.52 ± 0.13 |
| VC |
209.2 ± 12.5 |
16.1 ± 0.7 |
19.1 ± 1.4 |
82.6 ± 2.0 |
13.04 ± 1.23 |
2.53 ± 0.14 |
| MX1 |
205.1 ± 12.1 |
22.9 ± 1.1 |
26.6 ± 1.9 |
81.0 ± 2.0 |
8.99 ± 0.86 |
2.53 ± 0.13 |
| MX2 |
205.4 ± 12.1 |
22.7 ± 1.0 |
26.4 ± 1.9 |
81.1 ± 2.0 |
9.08 ± 0.86 |
2.53 ± 0.13 |
| MX3 |
205.5 ± 12.1 |
22.5 ± 1.0 |
26.2 ± 1.9 |
81.1 ± 2.0 |
9.16 ± 0.87 |
2.53 ± 0.13 |
| RH8 |
-11.3 ± 4.5 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
84.2 ± 2.0 |
-29.26 ± 11.42 |
-0.13 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
-27.1 ± 4.6 |
2.3 ± 0.1 |
2.8 ± 0.2 |
84.2 ± 2.0 |
-11.75 ± 2.10 |
-0.32 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
-15.4 ± 4.5 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
1.1 ± 0.1 |
84.2 ± 2.0 |
-17.17 ± 4.98 |
-0.18 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
121.9 |
13.9 |
16.3 |
82.4 |
-1.2 |
1.5 |
| Median |
205.1 |
22.5 |
26.2 |
82.6 |
9.0 |
2.5 |
| Deviation |
115.9 |
10.8 |
12.5 |
1.6 |
15.9 |
1.4 |
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 |
113.2 ± 5.3 |
32.9 ± 1.2 |
38.7 ± 2.1 |
109.9 ± 1.7 |
3.44 ± 0.13 |
1.03 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
116.1 ± 6.5 |
22.4 ± 0.8 |
27.0 ± 1.5 |
112.5 ± 1.8 |
5.18 ± 0.21 |
1.03 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
113.7 ± 5.9 |
31.9 ± 1.2 |
37.6 ± 2.1 |
110.2 ± 1.7 |
3.56 ± 0.14 |
1.03 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
113.8 ± 5.8 |
31.6 ± 1.2 |
37.3 ± 2.1 |
110.3 ± 1.7 |
3.60 ± 0.14 |
1.03 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
113.9 ± 5.8 |
31.4 ± 1.1 |
37.1 ± 2.0 |
110.4 ± 1.7 |
3.63 ± 0.14 |
1.03 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
-7.1 ± 6.1 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
114.7 ± 1.9 |
-13.53 ± 11.96 |
-0.06 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
-15.8 ± 5.6 |
3.2 ± 0.1 |
4.0 ± 0.2 |
114.7 ± 1.9 |
-4.93 ± 1.94 |
-0.14 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
-9.5 ± 6.0 |
1.3 ± 0.0 |
1.5 ± 0.1 |
114.7 ± 1.9 |
-7.67 ± 5.11 |
-0.08 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
67.3 |
19.4 |
23.0 |
112.2 |
-0.8 |
0.6 |
| Median |
113.7 |
31.4 |
37.1 |
112.5 |
3.6 |
1.0 |
| Deviation |
64.7 |
15.1 |
17.7 |
2.3 |
6.9 |
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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