Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20132381756
Observation time: 08/26/2013 238.74755 1756 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
238.747552 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
64588.5 ± 10.0 |
| Shock type |
BI |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
214.173 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
95.316 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-6.744 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0211 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0120 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
6.40, 6.96, 7.79 |
Event added to database
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Tue Jun 10 23:00:13 2014
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Event last processed
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Wed Jun 11 02:08:25 2014
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Method selected
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RH08
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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81.371 ± 44.597
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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] |
-321.7 ± 1.4 |
-351.4 ± 2.8 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-7.9 ± 3.8 |
-28.7 ± 0.5 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-7.1 ± 2.0 |
-17.9 ± 2.6 |
| Wi [km/s] |
17.8 ± 0.8 |
20.2 ± 1.7 |
| We [km/s] |
562.3 ± 24.8 |
639.6 ± 55.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
4.0 ± 0.2 |
3.7 ± 0.6 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-3.8 ± 0.5 |
-0.8 ± 0.6 |
| By GSE [nT] |
1.4 ± 0.6 |
4.2 ± 0.5 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-1.6 ± 0.5 |
-0.7 ± 0.7 |
Plasma Beta
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0.138 ± 0.138
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0.164 ± 0.183
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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22.96 ± 1.01
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26.11 ± 2.24
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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47.94 ± 2.55
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50.46 ± 2.36
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.618 ± 0.061 |
0.726 ± 0.054 |
-0.301 ± 0.291 |
-17.51 ± 4.98 |
130.38 ± 4.66 |
| VC |
0.788 ± 0.044 |
0.547 ± 0.060 |
0.284 ± 0.276 |
16.48 ± 4.06 |
34.79 ± 4.30 |
| MX1 |
-0.610 ± 0.071 |
0.734 ± 0.061 |
-0.299 ± 0.289 |
-17.38 ± 5.66 |
129.71 ± 5.36 |
| MX2 |
-0.713 ± 0.441 |
0.645 ± 0.487 |
-0.276 ± 0.269 |
-16.04 ± 11.59 |
137.87 ± 38.99 |
| MX3 |
-0.921 ± 0.336 |
0.204 ± 1.206 |
0.331 ± 0.319 |
19.35 ± 36.36 |
167.53 ± 74.95 |
| RH08 |
-0.356 ± 0.014 |
0.053 ± 0.021 |
0.933 ± 0.433 |
68.90 ± 0.82 |
171.48 ± 3.44 |
| RH09 |
-0.356 ± 0.030 |
0.053 ± 0.046 |
0.933 ± 0.433 |
68.90 ± 1.83 |
171.48 ± 7.36 |
| RH10 |
-0.356 ± 0.046 |
0.053 ± 0.064 |
0.933 ± 0.433 |
68.90 ± 2.80 |
171.48 ± 10.24 |
| Average |
-0.393 |
0.377 |
0.317 |
23.950 |
139.338 |
| Median |
-0.356 |
0.547 |
0.331 |
19.347 |
167.526 |
| Deviation |
0.518 |
0.315 |
0.567 |
39.937 |
46.290 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
28.6 ± 9.6 |
166.8 ± 46.0 |
0.91 ± 0.16 |
| VC |
52.2 ± 10.6 |
-133.1 ± 265.2 |
0.91 ± 0.16 |
| MX1 |
29.2 ± 9.6 |
166.4 ± 43.1 |
0.91 ± 0.16 |
| MX2 |
22.5 ± 8.9 |
185.3 ± 74.6 |
0.91 ± 0.16 |
| MX3 |
42.8 ± 4.7 |
228.8 ± 133.2 |
0.91 ± 0.16 |
| RH08 |
88.9 ± 5.3 |
103.3 ± 16.2 |
0.91 ± 0.16 |
| RH09 |
88.9 ± 5.3 |
103.3 ± 16.2 |
0.91 ± 0.16 |
| RH10 |
88.9 ± 5.3 |
103.3 ± 84.4 |
0.91 ± 0.16 |
| Average |
55.3 |
115.5 |
0.91 |
| Median |
52.2 |
166.4 |
0.91 |
| Deviation |
29.3 |
110.3 |
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 |
-28.4 ± 1.9 |
19.6 ± 0.8 |
42.1 ± 2.2 |
49.4 ± 2.5 |
-1.45 ± 0.14 |
-0.58 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
126.5 ± 3.4 |
13.1 ± 0.6 |
29.4 ± 1.6 |
51.5 ± 2.5 |
9.69 ± 0.36 |
2.46 ± 0.08 |
| MX1 |
-26.0 ± 1.9 |
19.4 ± 0.8 |
41.9 ± 2.2 |
49.5 ± 2.5 |
-1.34 ± 0.13 |
-0.53 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
-40.8 ± 1.5 |
20.8 ± 0.9 |
44.3 ± 2.4 |
48.9 ± 2.5 |
-1.97 ± 0.13 |
-0.84 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
-63.6 ± 0.9 |
15.9 ± 0.7 |
35.2 ± 1.9 |
50.7 ± 2.5 |
-4.00 ± 0.19 |
-1.26 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
-4.2 ± 1.9 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
53.2 ± 2.6 |
-10.74 ± 5.16 |
-0.08 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
-4.2 ± 1.9 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
53.2 ± 2.6 |
-10.74 ± 5.16 |
-0.08 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
-4.2 ± 1.9 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
53.2 ± 2.6 |
-10.74 ± 5.16 |
-0.08 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
-5.6 |
11.2 |
24.4 |
51.2 |
-3.9 |
-0.1 |
| Median |
-4.2 |
15.9 |
35.2 |
51.5 |
-2.0 |
-0.1 |
| Deviation |
57.3 |
9.3 |
20.0 |
1.8 |
7.0 |
1.1 |
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 |
-34.9 ± 2.5 |
22.1 ± 1.7 |
44.3 ± 2.1 |
52.4 ± 1.9 |
-1.59 ± 0.25 |
-0.67 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
164.4 ± 2.5 |
14.7 ± 1.0 |
30.9 ± 1.4 |
54.9 ± 1.6 |
11.26 ± 0.98 |
2.99 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
-32.1 ± 2.5 |
21.9 ± 1.7 |
44.1 ± 2.1 |
52.4 ± 1.9 |
-1.48 ± 0.24 |
-0.61 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
-51.6 ± 2.7 |
23.5 ± 1.9 |
46.6 ± 2.2 |
51.7 ± 2.1 |
-2.21 ± 0.31 |
-1.00 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
-83.1 ± 2.4 |
17.9 ± 1.3 |
37.0 ± 1.7 |
54.0 ± 1.7 |
-4.67 ± 0.47 |
-1.54 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
-3.6 ± 2.1 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
1.0 ± 0.0 |
56.9 ± 1.4 |
-8.17 ± 4.70 |
-0.06 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
-3.6 ± 2.1 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
1.0 ± 0.0 |
56.9 ± 1.4 |
-8.17 ± 4.70 |
-0.06 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
-3.6 ± 2.1 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
1.0 ± 0.0 |
56.9 ± 1.4 |
-8.17 ± 4.70 |
-0.06 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
-6.0 |
12.7 |
25.7 |
54.5 |
-2.9 |
-0.1 |
| Median |
-3.6 |
17.9 |
37.0 |
54.9 |
-2.2 |
-0.1 |
| Deviation |
74.3 |
10.5 |
21.1 |
2.2 |
6.4 |
1.4 |
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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