Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20131702214
Observation time: 06/19/2013 170.92682 2214 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
170.926823 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
80077.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
| X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
212.744 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-91.945 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-1.100 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0188 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0240 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
66.81, Infinity,-12776.17 |
Event added to database
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Tue Oct 8 15:43:27 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Oct 8 17:19:42 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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106.325 ± 2376.729
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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] |
-287.3 ± 0.8 |
-304.9 ± 1.0 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-8.1 ± 0.1 |
-6.8 ± 1.7 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-10.7 ± 0.8 |
-15.6 ± 1.0 |
| Wi [km/s] |
18.8 ± 0.4 |
19.8 ± 0.8 |
| We [km/s] |
595.4 ± 11.6 |
627.2 ± 24.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
17.2 ± 0.0 |
24.5 ± 0.9 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
1.3 ± 0.1 |
2.1 ± 0.3 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-4.5 ± 0.1 |
-7.3 ± 0.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-5.2 ± 0.1 |
-5.6 ± 0.0 |
Plasma Beta
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0.260 ± 0.262
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0.230 ± 0.219
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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24.31 ± 0.47
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25.61 ± 0.98
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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36.91 ± 0.17
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41.48 ± 1.32
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.824 ± 0.700 |
0.327 ± 0.941 |
-0.463 ± 0.427 |
-27.57 ± 79.89 |
158.36 ± 63.32 |
| VC |
-0.962 ± 0.020 |
0.065 ± 0.078 |
-0.264 ± 0.258 |
-15.32 ± 4.11 |
176.12 ± 4.62 |
| MX1 |
-0.846 ± 0.030 |
-0.161 ± 0.080 |
-0.507 ± 0.459 |
-30.49 ± 2.93 |
190.80 ± 5.38 |
| MX2 |
-0.877 ± 0.029 |
-0.178 ± 0.083 |
-0.446 ± 0.413 |
-26.46 ± 3.14 |
191.48 ± 5.44 |
| MX3 |
-0.926 ± 0.030 |
-0.210 ± 0.090 |
-0.314 ± 0.303 |
-18.29 ± 4.12 |
192.75 ± 5.58 |
| RH08 |
-0.001 ± 0.074 |
0.210 ± 0.061 |
-0.978 ± 0.286 |
-77.86 ± 3.57 |
90.25 ± 20.06 |
| RH09 |
-0.000 ± 0.035 |
-0.000 ± 0.000 |
-1.000 ± 0.000 |
-90.00 ± 2.00 |
0.00 ± 2.00 |
| RH10 |
-0.208 ± 0.069 |
0.956 ± 0.021 |
0.207 ± 0.204 |
11.93 ± 3.97 |
102.28 ± 4.16 |
| Average |
-0.581 |
0.126 |
-0.471 |
-34.259 |
137.754 |
| Median |
-0.824 |
0.065 |
-0.446 |
-26.462 |
176.116 |
| Deviation |
0.430 |
0.386 |
0.390 |
33.541 |
68.777 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
88.5 ± 0.5 |
298.5 ± 2.4 |
1.42 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
88.2 ± 0.7 |
343.6 ± 2.4 |
1.42 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
71.5 ± 0.7 |
310.6 ± 1.6 |
1.42 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
74.0 ± 0.8 |
319.9 ± 1.7 |
1.42 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
79.1 ± 0.9 |
333.6 ± 1.9 |
1.42 ± 0.05 |
| RH08 |
53.9 ± 0.8 |
25.6 ± 0.9 |
1.42 ± 0.05 |
| RH09 |
42.2 ± 0.7 |
26.7 ± 0.9 |
1.42 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
36.1 ± 0.8 |
61.8 ± 6.4 |
1.42 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
66.7 |
215.0 |
1.42 |
| Median |
74.0 |
310.6 |
1.42 |
| Deviation |
20.2 |
147.6 |
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 |
59.5 ± 0.3 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
44.2 ± 0.2 |
114.20 ± 1.92 |
1.35 ± 0.01 |
| VC |
64.8 ± 0.5 |
0.6 ± 0.0 |
1.1 ± 0.0 |
44.2 ± 0.2 |
102.73 ± 2.01 |
1.47 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
60.7 ± 0.3 |
6.5 ± 0.1 |
11.7 ± 0.1 |
43.7 ± 0.2 |
9.32 ± 0.16 |
1.39 ± 0.01 |
| MX2 |
61.7 ± 0.3 |
5.7 ± 0.1 |
10.2 ± 0.0 |
43.8 ± 0.2 |
10.91 ± 0.19 |
1.41 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
62.5 ± 0.5 |
3.9 ± 0.1 |
7.0 ± 0.0 |
44.0 ± 0.2 |
16.20 ± 0.31 |
1.42 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
16.5 ± 0.8 |
12.5 ± 0.2 |
21.7 ± 0.1 |
42.4 ± 0.2 |
1.32 ± 0.06 |
0.39 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
16.0 ± 0.8 |
16.2 ± 0.2 |
27.3 ± 0.1 |
41.1 ± 0.2 |
0.99 ± 0.05 |
0.39 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
12.0 ± 0.4 |
18.0 ± 0.3 |
29.8 ± 0.1 |
40.4 ± 0.2 |
0.67 ± 0.03 |
0.30 ± 0.01 |
| Average |
44.2 |
8.0 |
13.7 |
43.0 |
32.0 |
1.0 |
| Median |
60.7 |
6.5 |
11.7 |
43.8 |
10.9 |
1.4 |
| Deviation |
24.4 |
6.8 |
11.3 |
1.5 |
47.6 |
0.5 |
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 |
42.4 ± 1.2 |
0.6 ± 0.0 |
1.1 ± 0.0 |
48.8 ± 0.9 |
75.78 ± 0.35 |
0.87 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
46.5 ± 0.9 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
1.3 ± 0.0 |
48.8 ± 0.9 |
68.74 ± 0.39 |
0.95 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
43.5 ± 0.4 |
7.0 ± 0.2 |
13.2 ± 0.4 |
48.3 ± 0.9 |
6.24 ± 0.10 |
0.90 ± 0.01 |
| MX2 |
44.3 ± 0.4 |
6.1 ± 0.1 |
11.5 ± 0.4 |
48.4 ± 0.9 |
7.31 ± 0.12 |
0.92 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
45.0 ± 0.4 |
4.1 ± 0.1 |
7.9 ± 0.3 |
48.6 ± 0.9 |
10.87 ± 0.17 |
0.93 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
11.5 ± 0.9 |
13.3 ± 0.3 |
24.4 ± 0.8 |
46.9 ± 0.9 |
0.86 ± 0.07 |
0.25 ± 0.01 |
| RH9 |
11.2 ± 1.0 |
17.2 ± 0.5 |
30.7 ± 1.0 |
45.6 ± 1.0 |
0.65 ± 0.06 |
0.25 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
8.1 ± 1.9 |
19.1 ± 0.5 |
33.5 ± 1.1 |
44.8 ± 1.0 |
0.42 ± 0.09 |
0.18 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
31.6 |
8.5 |
15.4 |
47.5 |
21.4 |
0.7 |
| Median |
43.5 |
7.0 |
13.2 |
48.4 |
7.3 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
17.7 |
7.2 |
12.7 |
1.5 |
31.7 |
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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