Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20132682022
Observation time: 09/25/2013 268.84908 2022 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
268.849080 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
73360.5 ± 10.0 |
| Shock type |
SF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
246.611 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
73.938 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
12.098 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0165 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0112 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
11.20, 16.23, 21.05 |
Event added to database
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Tue Jun 10 23:20:52 2014
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Event last processed
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Wed Jun 11 02:15:01 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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77.926 ± 23.920
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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] |
-369.5 ± 2.2 |
-382.6 ± 0.7 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
8.4 ± 3.2 |
5.7 ± 1.0 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-14.1 ± 1.9 |
1.1 ± 0.9 |
| Wi [km/s] |
27.7 ± 1.1 |
17.1 ± 0.2 |
| We [km/s] |
874.4 ± 34.5 |
540.0 ± 6.1 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
4.9 ± 0.3 |
3.2 ± 0.0 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
0.9 ± 0.3 |
-2.6 ± 0.1 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-1.7 ± 0.3 |
-0.8 ± 0.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
1.1 ± 0.6 |
2.9 ± 0.1 |
Plasma Beta
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1.569 ± 1.450
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0.126 ± 0.124
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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35.70 ± 1.41
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22.05 ± 0.25
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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22.90 ± 3.33
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48.18 ± 0.93
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.134 ± 0.066 |
0.726 ± 0.090 |
-0.675 ± 0.547 |
-42.43 ± 7.67 |
100.49 ± 5.03 |
| VC |
-0.655 ± 0.057 |
-0.116 ± 0.130 |
0.746 ± 0.561 |
48.28 ± 4.08 |
190.00 ± 11.31 |
| MX1 |
-0.136 ± 0.055 |
0.722 ± 0.097 |
-0.678 ± 0.548 |
-42.68 ± 8.26 |
100.70 ± 4.12 |
| MX2 |
-0.828 ± 0.549 |
-0.466 ± 0.952 |
-0.312 ± 0.301 |
-18.17 ± 27.05 |
209.35 ± 65.70 |
| MX3 |
-0.232 ± 0.187 |
0.639 ± 0.205 |
-0.733 ± 0.560 |
-47.16 ± 16.19 |
109.93 ± 15.56 |
| RH08 |
-0.487 ± 0.033 |
-0.265 ± 0.039 |
-0.832 ± 0.545 |
-56.35 ± 2.07 |
208.58 ± 4.21 |
| RH09 |
-0.495 ± 0.055 |
-0.342 ± 0.059 |
-0.799 ± 0.557 |
-53.02 ± 3.67 |
214.60 ± 6.00 |
| RH10 |
-0.495 ± 0.060 |
-0.342 ± 0.064 |
-0.799 ± 0.557 |
-53.02 ± 3.93 |
214.60 ± 6.52 |
| Average |
-0.433 |
0.070 |
-0.510 |
-33.071 |
168.530 |
| Median |
-0.487 |
-0.116 |
-0.678 |
-42.684 |
208.579 |
| Deviation |
0.249 |
0.528 |
0.534 |
34.962 |
54.301 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
21.8 ± 12.8 |
83.1 ± 2.2 |
0.67 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
78.8 ± 16.6 |
194.1 ± 1.9 |
0.67 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
21.8 ± 12.9 |
83.9 ± 2.2 |
0.67 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
82.7 ± 4.4 |
296.1 ± 2.0 |
0.67 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
20.8 ± 14.2 |
117.5 ± 1.9 |
0.67 ± 0.04 |
| RH08 |
66.7 ± 9.1 |
200.5 ± 0.8 |
0.67 ± 0.04 |
| RH09 |
71.0 ± 8.7 |
201.7 ± 1.0 |
0.67 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
71.0 ± 8.7 |
201.7 ± 3.7 |
0.67 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
54.3 |
172.3 |
0.67 |
| Median |
71.0 |
200.5 |
0.67 |
| Deviation |
27.7 |
72.8 |
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 |
17.9 ± 3.1 |
20.3 ± 2.6 |
21.3 ± 3.1 |
37.3 ± 1.0 |
0.88 ± 0.07 |
0.48 ± 0.09 |
| VC |
-36.6 ± 3.0 |
3.7 ± 0.4 |
4.5 ± 0.6 |
42.4 ± 1.3 |
-9.82 ± 0.58 |
-0.86 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
17.9 ± 3.1 |
20.3 ± 2.6 |
21.3 ± 3.1 |
37.3 ± 1.0 |
0.88 ± 0.07 |
0.48 ± 0.09 |
| MX2 |
-10.4 ± 2.7 |
2.4 ± 0.3 |
2.9 ± 0.4 |
42.4 ± 1.3 |
-4.23 ± 0.84 |
-0.24 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
16.2 ± 2.8 |
20.5 ± 2.7 |
21.4 ± 3.1 |
37.2 ± 1.0 |
0.79 ± 0.06 |
0.44 ± 0.08 |
| RH8 |
11.1 ± 1.1 |
7.7 ± 0.8 |
9.1 ± 1.3 |
41.8 ± 1.2 |
1.46 ± 0.27 |
0.27 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
10.3 ± 1.3 |
6.3 ± 0.7 |
7.4 ± 1.1 |
42.0 ± 1.3 |
1.67 ± 0.36 |
0.25 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
10.3 ± 1.3 |
6.3 ± 0.7 |
7.4 ± 1.1 |
42.0 ± 1.3 |
1.67 ± 0.36 |
0.25 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
4.6 |
11.0 |
11.9 |
40.3 |
-0.8 |
0.1 |
| Median |
11.1 |
7.7 |
9.1 |
42.0 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
| Deviation |
19.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
2.5 |
4.1 |
0.5 |
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 |
28.3 ± 1.4 |
20.1 ± 0.2 |
44.7 ± 0.9 |
49.0 ± 0.9 |
1.41 ± 0.06 |
0.58 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
-56.8 ± 0.4 |
3.9 ± 0.0 |
9.4 ± 0.2 |
52.8 ± 0.8 |
-14.52 ± 0.14 |
-1.08 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
28.3 ± 1.4 |
20.1 ± 0.2 |
44.8 ± 0.9 |
49.0 ± 0.9 |
1.41 ± 0.06 |
0.58 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
-17.8 ± 0.4 |
2.5 ± 0.0 |
6.1 ± 0.1 |
52.9 ± 0.8 |
-6.98 ± 0.18 |
-0.34 ± 0.01 |
| MX3 |
26.0 ± 1.4 |
20.3 ± 0.2 |
45.0 ± 0.9 |
48.9 ± 0.9 |
1.28 ± 0.06 |
0.53 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
16.7 ± 0.9 |
8.0 ± 0.1 |
19.0 ± 0.4 |
52.4 ± 0.8 |
2.08 ± 0.10 |
0.32 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
15.0 ± 0.8 |
6.6 ± 0.0 |
15.7 ± 0.3 |
52.6 ± 0.8 |
2.29 ± 0.11 |
0.29 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
15.0 ± 0.8 |
6.6 ± 0.0 |
15.7 ± 0.3 |
52.6 ± 0.8 |
2.29 ± 0.11 |
0.29 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
6.8 |
11.0 |
25.1 |
51.3 |
-1.3 |
0.1 |
| Median |
16.7 |
8.0 |
19.0 |
52.6 |
1.4 |
0.3 |
| Deviation |
29.7 |
7.8 |
16.9 |
1.9 |
6.2 |
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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