Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20132131323
Observation time: 08/01/2013 213.55780 1323 [UT]
|
|
General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
213.557795 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
48193.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
FR |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
197.785 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
36.300 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-22.190 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0161 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006
|
| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0183 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
3.66, 5.92, 6.37 |
Event added to database
|
Tue Jun 10 22:45:32 2014
|
Event last processed
|
Wed Jun 11 02:04:10 2014
|
Method selected
|
RH08
|
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
|
63.120 ± 0.666
|
Asymptotic
plasma
parameters (About, Top)
|
Parameter
|
Upstream
|
Downstream
|
| Vx GSE [km/s] |
-348.8 ± 2.6 |
-364.1 ± 0.8 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-11.4 ± 5.6 |
6.9 ± 1.1 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
2.1 ± 3.0 |
-3.1 ± 1.1 |
| Wi [km/s] |
23.6 ± 0.9 |
20.8 ± 0.6 |
| We [km/s] |
745.1 ± 30.0 |
657.4 ± 19.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
4.5 ± 0.3 |
7.0 ± 0.2 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-2.3 ± 0.2 |
-0.6 ± 0.1 |
| By GSE [nT] |
2.3 ± 0.4 |
0.2 ± 0.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-2.4 ± 0.3 |
-3.1 ± 0.1 |
Plasma Beta
|
0.315 ± 0.300
|
0.637 ± 0.631
|
Sound Speed [km/s]
|
30.42 ± 1.23
|
26.84 ± 0.78
|
Alfven Speed [km/s]
|
42.31 ± 2.48
|
26.08 ± 1.15
|
Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.237 ± 0.066 |
0.087 ± 0.066 |
-0.968 ± 0.332 |
-75.36 ± 3.88 |
159.97 ± 15.02 |
| VC |
-0.639 ± 0.070 |
0.738 ± 0.062 |
-0.215 ± 0.212 |
-12.42 ± 6.81 |
130.87 ± 5.24 |
| MX1 |
-0.244 ± 0.089 |
0.096 ± 0.064 |
-0.965 ± 0.343 |
-74.79 ± 5.55 |
158.52 ± 12.71 |
| MX2 |
-0.235 ± 0.067 |
0.088 ± 0.065 |
-0.968 ± 0.331 |
-75.45 ± 3.98 |
159.43 ± 14.63 |
| MX3 |
-0.258 ± 0.086 |
0.115 ± 0.142 |
-0.959 ± 0.363 |
-73.58 ± 3.93 |
156.07 ± 30.93 |
| RH08 |
-0.789 ± 0.011 |
-0.607 ± 0.014 |
0.095 ± 0.095 |
5.45 ± 3.30 |
217.60 ± 1.00 |
| RH09 |
-0.789 ± 0.028 |
-0.607 ± 0.036 |
0.095 ± 0.095 |
5.45 ± 4.30 |
217.60 ± 2.60 |
| RH10 |
-0.789 ± 0.030 |
-0.607 ± 0.039 |
0.095 ± 0.095 |
5.45 ± 4.27 |
217.60 ± 2.79 |
| Average |
-0.498 |
-0.087 |
-0.474 |
-36.906 |
177.210 |
| Median |
-0.258 |
0.088 |
-0.215 |
-12.419 |
159.967 |
| Deviation |
0.276 |
0.482 |
0.535 |
40.928 |
34.748 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
39.9 ± 7.0 |
108.8 ± 1.1 |
1.58 ± 0.11 |
| VC |
25.1 ± 7.0 |
282.2 ± 1.5 |
1.58 ± 0.11 |
| MX1 |
39.3 ± 7.0 |
111.6 ± 1.1 |
1.58 ± 0.11 |
| MX2 |
39.9 ± 7.0 |
108.0 ± 1.1 |
1.58 ± 0.11 |
| MX3 |
37.9 ± 7.0 |
117.6 ± 1.1 |
1.58 ± 0.11 |
| RH08 |
87.9 ± 1.8 |
283.6 ± 0.6 |
1.58 ± 0.11 |
| RH09 |
87.9 ± 1.8 |
283.6 ± 0.6 |
1.58 ± 0.11 |
| RH10 |
87.9 ± 1.8 |
283.6 ± 3.4 |
1.58 ± 0.11 |
| Average |
55.7 |
197.4 |
1.58 |
| Median |
39.9 |
282.2 |
1.58 |
| Deviation |
27.1 |
91.9 |
0.00 |
Upstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
|
Method
|
dV
|
Slow
|
Intermediate
|
Fast
|
Slow
Mach
|
Fast
Mach
|
| MC |
29.0 ± 3.4 |
20.6 ± 0.4 |
32.4 ± 1.9 |
47.9 ± 1.7 |
1.41 ± 0.18 |
0.60 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
68.2 ± 5.9 |
25.7 ± 0.7 |
38.3 ± 2.2 |
45.4 ± 1.8 |
2.66 ± 0.26 |
1.50 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
29.6 ± 3.5 |
20.8 ± 0.4 |
32.8 ± 1.9 |
47.8 ± 1.7 |
1.42 ± 0.18 |
0.62 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
29.0 ± 3.4 |
20.6 ± 0.4 |
32.4 ± 1.9 |
47.9 ± 1.7 |
1.41 ± 0.18 |
0.60 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
30.8 ± 3.5 |
21.3 ± 0.5 |
33.4 ± 2.0 |
47.6 ± 1.7 |
1.45 ± 0.18 |
0.65 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
1.5 ± 1.9 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
1.5 ± 0.1 |
52.1 ± 1.5 |
1.65 ± 2.13 |
0.03 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
1.5 ± 1.9 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
1.5 ± 0.1 |
52.1 ± 1.5 |
1.65 ± 2.13 |
0.03 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
1.5 ± 1.9 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
1.5 ± 0.1 |
52.1 ± 1.5 |
1.65 ± 2.13 |
0.03 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
23.9 |
13.9 |
21.7 |
49.1 |
1.7 |
0.5 |
| Median |
29.0 |
20.6 |
32.4 |
47.9 |
1.7 |
0.6 |
| Deviation |
22.7 |
10.9 |
16.8 |
2.6 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
Downstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
|
Method
|
dV
|
Slow
|
Intermediate
|
Fast
|
Slow
Mach
|
Fast
Mach
|
| MC |
18.7 ± 1.3 |
15.8 ± 0.6 |
20.0 ± 0.9 |
33.9 ± 1.2 |
1.18 ± 0.09 |
0.55 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
43.8 ± 1.4 |
20.1 ± 0.7 |
23.6 ± 1.0 |
31.6 ± 1.1 |
2.18 ± 0.10 |
1.39 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
19.1 ± 1.3 |
16.0 ± 0.6 |
20.2 ± 0.9 |
33.8 ± 1.2 |
1.19 ± 0.09 |
0.56 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
18.7 ± 1.3 |
15.8 ± 0.6 |
20.0 ± 0.9 |
33.9 ± 1.2 |
1.18 ± 0.09 |
0.55 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
19.7 ± 1.3 |
16.4 ± 0.6 |
20.6 ± 0.9 |
33.6 ± 1.2 |
1.20 ± 0.09 |
0.59 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
1.0 ± 0.2 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
37.4 ± 1.3 |
1.50 ± 0.25 |
0.03 ± 0.00 |
| RH9 |
1.0 ± 0.2 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
37.4 ± 1.3 |
1.50 ± 0.25 |
0.03 ± 0.00 |
| RH10 |
1.0 ± 0.2 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
37.4 ± 1.3 |
1.50 ± 0.25 |
0.03 ± 0.00 |
| Average |
15.4 |
10.8 |
13.4 |
34.9 |
1.4 |
0.5 |
| Median |
18.7 |
15.8 |
20.0 |
33.9 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
| Deviation |
14.5 |
8.5 |
10.4 |
2.2 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
Survey interval (About, Top)
Selected
data (About, Top)
|
Key plasma parameters
|
Velocity
|
Magnetic Field
|
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)
| 
