Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20132701319
Observation time: 09/27/2013 270.55550 1319 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
270.555503 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
47995.5 ± 30.0 |
| Shock type |
SF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
248.411 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
69.901 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
12.979 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0123 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0160 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
7.27, 8.72, 10.66 |
Event added to database
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Tue Jun 10 23:22:51 2014
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Event last processed
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Wed Jun 11 02:17:05 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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87.879 ± 18.063
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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] |
-298.3 ± 0.7 |
-307.0 ± 1.3 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
1.9 ± 0.9 |
-0.8 ± 0.8 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-12.7 ± 0.4 |
-10.9 ± 1.1 |
| Wi [km/s] |
26.1 ± 0.2 |
24.2 ± 0.7 |
| We [km/s] |
824.5 ± 6.6 |
765.0 ± 23.1 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
5.2 ± 0.0 |
4.8 ± 0.2 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
0.4 ± 0.4 |
1.9 ± 0.1 |
| By GSE [nT] |
0.3 ± 0.1 |
1.2 ± 0.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.4 ± 0.4 |
-0.4 ± 0.2 |
Plasma Beta
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12.508 ± 14.534
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1.167 ± 1.143
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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33.66 ± 0.27
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31.23 ± 0.94
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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7.82 ± 1.86
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22.54 ± 1.19
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.654 ± 0.447 |
-0.383 ± 0.563 |
-0.652 ± 0.539 |
-40.73 ± 32.78 |
210.34 ± 46.47 |
| VC |
-0.934 ± 0.042 |
-0.304 ± 0.117 |
0.188 ± 0.186 |
10.83 ± 5.73 |
198.05 ± 7.14 |
| MX1 |
-0.627 ± 0.512 |
-0.459 ± 0.540 |
-0.629 ± 0.529 |
-38.99 ± 43.58 |
216.18 ± 42.01 |
| MX2 |
-0.659 ± 0.554 |
0.747 ± 0.489 |
0.088 ± 0.088 |
5.05 ± 32.54 |
131.43 ± 42.42 |
| MX3 |
-0.807 ± 0.314 |
0.226 ± 0.531 |
-0.545 ± 0.483 |
-33.03 ± 30.23 |
164.37 ± 37.28 |
| RH08 |
-0.604 ± 0.036 |
0.500 ± 0.035 |
-0.620 ± 0.525 |
-38.32 ± 3.38 |
140.39 ± 2.50 |
| RH09 |
-0.596 ± 0.051 |
0.511 ± 0.053 |
-0.620 ± 0.525 |
-38.32 ± 4.08 |
139.39 ± 4.31 |
| RH10 |
-0.583 ± 0.055 |
0.483 ± 0.060 |
-0.654 ± 0.539 |
-40.82 ± 3.94 |
140.39 ± 5.14 |
| Average |
-0.683 |
0.165 |
-0.431 |
-26.792 |
167.567 |
| Median |
-0.627 |
0.483 |
-0.620 |
-38.324 |
164.373 |
| Deviation |
0.123 |
0.476 |
0.354 |
21.627 |
35.272 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
31.6 ± 16.4 |
152.0 ± 11.4 |
0.92 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
56.2 ± 36.7 |
190.3 ± 20.1 |
0.92 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
30.8 ± 17.1 |
143.8 ± 11.6 |
0.92 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
87.8 ± 19.9 |
162.0 ± 7.7 |
0.92 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
53.3 ± 7.0 |
197.0 ± 10.4 |
0.92 ± 0.03 |
| RH08 |
64.1 ± 9.3 |
161.5 ± 4.6 |
0.92 ± 0.03 |
| RH09 |
64.7 ± 9.4 |
159.7 ± 4.4 |
0.92 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
63.0 ± 10.4 |
157.4 ± 18.4 |
0.92 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
56.4 |
165.5 |
0.92 |
| Median |
63.0 |
161.5 |
0.92 |
| Deviation |
18.7 |
18.5 |
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 |
-50.7 ± 0.6 |
6.6 ± 1.5 |
6.7 ± 1.6 |
33.9 ± 0.3 |
-7.97 ± 1.75 |
-1.49 ± 0.01 |
| VC |
-85.3 ± 0.9 |
4.3 ± 1.0 |
4.4 ± 1.0 |
34.3 ± 0.4 |
-20.75 ± 4.37 |
-2.49 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
-50.5 ± 0.6 |
6.7 ± 1.6 |
6.7 ± 1.6 |
33.9 ± 0.3 |
-7.88 ± 1.73 |
-1.49 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
-35.0 ± 0.6 |
0.3 ± 0.1 |
0.3 ± 0.1 |
34.6 ± 0.5 |
-122.37 ± 25.07 |
-1.01 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
-51.3 ± 0.3 |
4.6 ± 1.0 |
4.7 ± 1.1 |
34.3 ± 0.4 |
-11.60 ± 2.47 |
-1.50 ± 0.01 |
| RH8 |
-27.7 ± 0.4 |
3.3 ± 0.8 |
3.4 ± 0.8 |
34.4 ± 0.4 |
-8.62 ± 1.84 |
-0.80 ± 0.01 |
| RH9 |
-26.8 ± 0.4 |
3.3 ± 0.7 |
3.3 ± 0.8 |
34.4 ± 0.4 |
-8.51 ± 1.81 |
-0.78 ± 0.01 |
| RH10 |
-25.8 ± 0.4 |
3.5 ± 0.8 |
3.6 ± 0.8 |
34.4 ± 0.4 |
-7.71 ± 1.65 |
-0.75 ± 0.01 |
| Average |
-44.1 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
34.3 |
-24.4 |
-1.3 |
| Median |
-35.0 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
34.4 |
-8.5 |
-1.0 |
| Deviation |
20.1 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
0.2 |
39.8 |
0.6 |
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 |
-56.2 ± 0.6 |
17.4 ± 0.6 |
19.2 ± 1.0 |
34.4 ± 0.5 |
-3.23 ± 0.12 |
-1.64 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
-94.5 ± 1.2 |
10.6 ± 0.3 |
12.5 ± 0.7 |
37.1 ± 0.3 |
-8.96 ± 0.29 |
-2.55 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
-56.0 ± 0.6 |
17.6 ± 0.6 |
19.4 ± 1.0 |
34.3 ± 0.5 |
-3.18 ± 0.13 |
-1.64 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
-38.7 ± 1.4 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
38.5 ± 0.3 |
-54.52 ± 2.00 |
-1.01 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
-56.6 ± 0.8 |
11.4 ± 0.3 |
13.5 ± 0.7 |
36.8 ± 0.3 |
-4.96 ± 0.14 |
-1.54 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
-30.4 ± 0.7 |
8.1 ± 0.2 |
9.8 ± 0.5 |
37.7 ± 0.3 |
-3.73 ± 0.09 |
-0.81 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
-29.4 ± 0.7 |
8.0 ± 0.2 |
9.7 ± 0.5 |
37.7 ± 0.3 |
-3.68 ± 0.08 |
-0.78 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
-28.3 ± 0.6 |
8.5 ± 0.2 |
10.2 ± 0.5 |
37.6 ± 0.3 |
-3.33 ± 0.08 |
-0.75 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
-48.8 |
10.3 |
11.9 |
36.8 |
-10.7 |
-1.3 |
| Median |
-38.7 |
10.6 |
12.5 |
37.6 |
-3.7 |
-1.0 |
| Deviation |
22.4 |
5.5 |
5.9 |
1.6 |
17.8 |
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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