Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20133131523
Observation time: 11/09/2013 313.64161 1523 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2013 |
| Fractional day of year |
313.641615 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
55435.5 ± 20.0 |
| Shock type |
FR |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
247.752 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-64.067 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
19.124 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0246 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0241 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
8.78, 12.15, 12.85 |
Event added to database
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Tue Jun 10 23:49:43 2014
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Event last processed
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Wed Jun 11 02:30:40 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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59.224 ± 1.410
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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] |
-550.2 ± 7.4 |
-617.9 ± 7.4 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
10.1 ± 15.7 |
-12.3 ± 3.2 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
52.5 ± 5.0 |
15.8 ± 4.0 |
| Wi [km/s] |
70.3 ± 7.8 |
59.9 ± 3.5 |
| We [km/s] |
2221.6 ± 245.3 |
1895.5 ± 109.2 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
4.3 ± 0.4 |
2.5 ± 0.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-4.2 ± 0.8 |
-1.5 ± 0.8 |
| By GSE [nT] |
4.7 ± 3.8 |
3.2 ± 0.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
2.0 ± 1.4 |
-1.0 ± 0.4 |
Plasma Beta
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0.814 ± 0.855
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1.368 ± 1.337
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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90.70 ± 10.01
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77.38 ± 4.46
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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79.91 ± 14.16
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51.67 ± 3.13
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.978 ± 0.195 |
0.163 ± 1.022 |
-0.127 ± 0.126 |
-7.28 ± 43.31 |
170.52 ± 59.86 |
| VC |
-0.848 ± 0.068 |
-0.268 ± 0.158 |
-0.457 ± 0.423 |
-27.22 ± 6.15 |
197.55 ± 10.64 |
| MX1 |
-0.921 ± 0.214 |
-0.097 ± 0.711 |
-0.378 ± 0.359 |
-22.22 ± 30.58 |
186.02 ± 44.24 |
| MX2 |
-0.908 ± 0.081 |
0.026 ± 0.529 |
-0.419 ± 0.392 |
-24.76 ± 10.88 |
178.35 ± 33.38 |
| MX3 |
-0.775 ± 0.125 |
-0.198 ± 0.170 |
-0.600 ± 0.515 |
-36.87 ± 11.53 |
194.33 ± 12.37 |
| RH08 |
-0.984 ± 0.004 |
-0.078 ± 0.026 |
-0.162 ± 0.161 |
-9.32 ± 1.30 |
184.51 ± 1.51 |
| RH09 |
-0.917 ± 0.027 |
0.400 ± 0.063 |
0.006 ± 0.006 |
0.32 ± 4.05 |
156.43 ± 3.94 |
| RH10 |
-0.923 ± 0.026 |
0.384 ± 0.063 |
0.017 ± 0.017 |
0.96 ± 4.05 |
157.44 ± 3.91 |
| Average |
-0.907 |
0.042 |
-0.265 |
-15.801 |
178.143 |
| Median |
-0.917 |
0.026 |
-0.162 |
-9.324 |
184.513 |
| Deviation |
0.068 |
0.253 |
0.229 |
13.895 |
15.580 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
49.6 ± 13.6 |
442.8 ± 4.4 |
0.59 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
76.8 ± 14.9 |
331.0 ± 4.3 |
0.59 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
66.9 ± 13.6 |
374.3 ± 4.4 |
0.59 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
63.8 ± 11.6 |
370.4 ± 4.4 |
0.59 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
79.4 ± 12.0 |
284.2 ± 4.2 |
0.59 ± 0.06 |
| RH08 |
59.5 ± 16.3 |
427.5 ± 4.3 |
0.59 ± 0.06 |
| RH09 |
38.8 ± 12.4 |
439.1 ± 4.4 |
0.59 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
39.0 ± 12.5 |
442.1 ± 32.6 |
0.59 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
59.2 |
388.9 |
0.59 |
| Median |
63.8 |
427.5 |
0.59 |
| Deviation |
15.6 |
59.3 |
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 |
-90.5 ± 7.2 |
40.9 ± 5.2 |
51.7 ± 9.2 |
114.1 ± 13.8 |
-2.25 ± 0.41 |
-0.81 ± 0.14 |
| VC |
-108.8 ± 6.7 |
13.7 ± 1.7 |
18.3 ± 3.2 |
120.4 ± 14.6 |
-8.06 ± 1.32 |
-0.92 ± 0.15 |
| MX1 |
-111.4 ± 5.9 |
23.8 ± 3.0 |
31.3 ± 5.6 |
118.8 ± 14.4 |
-4.76 ± 0.78 |
-0.95 ± 0.16 |
| MX2 |
-107.3 ± 5.5 |
27.0 ± 3.4 |
35.3 ± 6.3 |
118.2 ± 14.3 |
-4.05 ± 0.68 |
-0.92 ± 0.16 |
| MX3 |
-108.8 ± 5.4 |
11.0 ± 1.4 |
14.7 ± 2.6 |
120.7 ± 14.6 |
-10.05 ± 1.64 |
-0.92 ± 0.15 |
| RH8 |
-104.4 ± 6.9 |
31.2 ± 3.9 |
40.5 ± 7.2 |
117.1 ± 14.1 |
-3.40 ± 0.57 |
-0.91 ± 0.15 |
| RH9 |
-69.6 ± 9.1 |
51.1 ± 6.5 |
62.3 ± 11.0 |
109.9 ± 13.2 |
-1.39 ± 0.30 |
-0.64 ± 0.13 |
| RH10 |
-70.7 ± 9.0 |
51.0 ± 6.5 |
62.1 ± 11.0 |
109.9 ± 13.2 |
-1.41 ± 0.30 |
-0.65 ± 0.13 |
| Average |
-96.4 |
31.2 |
39.5 |
116.1 |
-4.4 |
-0.8 |
| Median |
-104.4 |
31.2 |
40.5 |
118.2 |
-3.4 |
-0.9 |
| Deviation |
17.5 |
15.4 |
18.2 |
4.4 |
3.1 |
0.1 |
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 |
-157.7 ± 6.8 |
29.2 ± 1.2 |
33.5 ± 2.0 |
88.4 ± 3.5 |
-5.40 ± 0.32 |
-1.78 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
-188.9 ± 7.0 |
9.9 ± 0.4 |
11.8 ± 0.7 |
92.6 ± 3.5 |
-19.16 ± 0.85 |
-2.04 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
-189.8 ± 7.0 |
17.1 ± 0.7 |
20.3 ± 1.2 |
91.5 ± 3.5 |
-11.11 ± 0.53 |
-2.07 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
-183.5 ± 6.6 |
19.4 ± 0.7 |
22.8 ± 1.4 |
91.1 ± 3.5 |
-9.49 ± 0.45 |
-2.02 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
-187.6 ± 6.5 |
7.9 ± 0.3 |
9.5 ± 0.6 |
92.8 ± 3.5 |
-23.70 ± 0.96 |
-2.02 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
-178.7 ± 7.4 |
22.4 ± 0.9 |
26.2 ± 1.6 |
90.4 ± 3.5 |
-8.00 ± 0.43 |
-1.98 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
-122.5 ± 6.0 |
36.3 ± 1.5 |
40.3 ± 2.4 |
85.8 ± 3.6 |
-3.38 ± 0.24 |
-1.43 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
-124.0 ± 6.1 |
36.2 ± 1.5 |
40.2 ± 2.4 |
85.8 ± 3.6 |
-3.43 ± 0.24 |
-1.45 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
-166.6 |
22.3 |
25.6 |
89.8 |
-10.5 |
-1.8 |
| Median |
-178.7 |
22.4 |
26.2 |
91.1 |
-8.0 |
-2.0 |
| Deviation |
28.7 |
10.9 |
11.8 |
2.8 |
7.4 |
0.3 |
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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