Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20131781351
Observation time: 06/27/2013 178.57731 1351 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
178.577309 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
49879.5 ± 10.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
207.708 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-79.224 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-6.249 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0172 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0123 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
19.92, 46.87, 67.38 |
Event added to database
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Tue Oct 8 15:44:44 2013
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Event last processed
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Tue Oct 8 17:21:45 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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46.424 ± 0.353
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Asymptotic
plasma
parameters (About, Top)
|
Parameter
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Upstream
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Downstream
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| Vx GSE [km/s] |
-388.8 ± 2.8 |
-465.0 ± 2.3 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-21.2 ± 1.7 |
4.5 ± 1.8 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
1.0 ± 1.9 |
10.3 ± 5.7 |
| Wi [km/s] |
29.4 ± 0.7 |
38.2 ± 2.3 |
| We [km/s] |
929.2 ± 21.8 |
1207.1 ± 72.1 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
2.7 ± 0.2 |
6.3 ± 0.4 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-0.7 ± 0.3 |
-2.3 ± 0.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-3.1 ± 0.1 |
-6.6 ± 0.4 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.0 ± 0.3 |
2.3 ± 0.8 |
Plasma Beta
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0.470 ± 0.466
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0.354 ± 0.363
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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37.94 ± 0.89
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49.28 ± 2.94
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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42.86 ± 0.22
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64.26 ± 2.57
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.703 ± 0.646 |
0.565 ± 0.770 |
0.432 ± 0.403 |
25.60 ± 40.79 |
141.21 ± 60.81 |
| VC |
-0.941 ± 0.011 |
0.317 ± 0.026 |
0.117 ± 0.116 |
6.69 ± 3.87 |
161.41 ± 1.56 |
| MX1 |
-0.856 ± 0.047 |
0.504 ± 0.079 |
0.111 ± 0.111 |
6.39 ± 4.05 |
149.52 ± 5.25 |
| MX2 |
-0.880 ± 0.028 |
0.471 ± 0.053 |
0.058 ± 0.058 |
3.33 ± 3.75 |
151.87 ± 3.42 |
| MX3 |
-0.892 ± 0.023 |
0.452 ± 0.045 |
0.027 ± 0.027 |
1.57 ± 4.09 |
153.13 ± 2.88 |
| RH08 |
-0.961 ± 0.006 |
0.267 ± 0.021 |
0.073 ± 0.072 |
4.16 ± 1.05 |
164.46 ± 1.27 |
| RH09 |
-0.459 ± 0.059 |
0.602 ± 0.053 |
0.654 ± 0.539 |
40.82 ± 3.81 |
127.35 ± 4.99 |
| RH10 |
-0.498 ± 0.061 |
0.607 ± 0.056 |
0.620 ± 0.525 |
38.32 ± 4.04 |
129.36 ± 5.15 |
| Average |
-0.774 |
0.473 |
0.261 |
15.861 |
147.289 |
| Median |
-0.856 |
0.504 |
0.117 |
6.695 |
151.870 |
| Deviation |
0.198 |
0.126 |
0.264 |
16.449 |
13.680 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
66.3 ± 4.2 |
385.2 ± 2.1 |
2.42 ± 0.11 |
| VC |
83.6 ± 4.7 |
503.4 ± 2.5 |
2.42 ± 0.11 |
| MX1 |
71.9 ± 4.7 |
462.3 ± 2.4 |
2.42 ± 0.11 |
| MX2 |
74.1 ± 4.8 |
474.2 ± 2.5 |
2.42 ± 0.11 |
| MX3 |
75.3 ± 4.8 |
479.7 ± 2.5 |
2.42 ± 0.11 |
| RH08 |
86.6 ± 4.8 |
512.7 ± 2.6 |
2.42 ± 0.11 |
| RH09 |
60.7 ± 4.0 |
263.6 ± 2.0 |
2.42 ± 0.11 |
| RH10 |
60.9 ± 4.0 |
282.9 ± 8.6 |
2.42 ± 0.11 |
| Average |
72.4 |
420.5 |
2.42 |
| Median |
74.1 |
474.2 |
2.42 |
| Deviation |
9.6 |
98.8 |
0.00 |
Upstream 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 |
123.4 ± 2.7 |
11.7 ± 0.2 |
17.2 ± 0.1 |
56.0 ± 0.7 |
10.58 ± 0.30 |
2.20 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
144.0 ± 3.1 |
3.2 ± 0.0 |
4.7 ± 0.0 |
57.2 ± 0.7 |
45.73 ± 1.20 |
2.52 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
139.9 ± 3.2 |
8.9 ± 0.1 |
13.3 ± 0.1 |
56.5 ± 0.7 |
15.64 ± 0.43 |
2.48 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
141.8 ± 3.2 |
7.8 ± 0.1 |
11.7 ± 0.1 |
56.7 ± 0.7 |
18.07 ± 0.49 |
2.50 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
142.6 ± 3.2 |
7.2 ± 0.1 |
10.8 ± 0.1 |
56.8 ± 0.7 |
19.69 ± 0.53 |
2.51 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
144.7 ± 3.1 |
1.7 ± 0.0 |
2.5 ± 0.0 |
57.2 ± 0.7 |
87.07 ± 2.26 |
2.53 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
97.2 ± 2.1 |
14.3 ± 0.2 |
21.0 ± 0.1 |
55.4 ± 0.6 |
6.78 ± 0.20 |
1.75 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
101.7 ± 2.2 |
14.2 ± 0.2 |
20.8 ± 0.1 |
55.4 ± 0.6 |
7.14 ± 0.21 |
1.83 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
129.4 |
8.6 |
12.8 |
56.4 |
26.3 |
2.3 |
| Median |
141.8 |
8.9 |
13.3 |
56.7 |
18.1 |
2.5 |
| Deviation |
19.7 |
4.7 |
6.8 |
0.7 |
27.5 |
0.3 |
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 |
51.3 ± 2.2 |
16.0 ± 0.7 |
25.9 ± 1.0 |
79.4 ± 3.0 |
3.20 ± 0.13 |
0.65 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
63.1 ± 1.3 |
4.3 ± 0.2 |
7.1 ± 0.3 |
80.9 ± 3.0 |
14.59 ± 0.90 |
0.78 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
60.7 ± 1.1 |
12.3 ± 0.5 |
20.0 ± 0.8 |
80.1 ± 3.0 |
4.94 ± 0.28 |
0.76 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
62.1 ± 1.3 |
10.8 ± 0.5 |
17.6 ± 0.7 |
80.3 ± 3.0 |
5.77 ± 0.35 |
0.78 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
62.8 ± 1.4 |
10.0 ± 0.4 |
16.3 ± 0.7 |
80.4 ± 3.0 |
6.32 ± 0.40 |
0.78 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
63.9 ± 1.6 |
2.3 ± 0.1 |
3.8 ± 0.2 |
81.0 ± 3.0 |
28.02 ± 1.84 |
0.79 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
40.7 ± 3.9 |
19.7 ± 0.9 |
31.4 ± 1.3 |
78.6 ± 2.9 |
2.06 ± 0.14 |
0.52 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
42.4 ± 3.7 |
19.6 ± 0.8 |
31.2 ± 1.3 |
78.6 ± 2.9 |
2.17 ± 0.13 |
0.54 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
55.9 |
11.9 |
19.2 |
79.9 |
8.4 |
0.7 |
| Median |
62.1 |
12.3 |
20.0 |
80.3 |
5.8 |
0.8 |
| Deviation |
9.7 |
6.5 |
10.2 |
0.9 |
8.9 |
0.1 |
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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