Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20140071434
Observation time: 01/07/2014 7.60755 1434 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2014 |
| Fractional day of year |
7.607552 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
52492.5 ± 20.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
195.214 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-27.765 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-13.985 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0238 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0204 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
12.20, 27.57, 38.28 |
Event added to database
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Wed Jun 11 00:16:48 2014
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Event last processed
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Wed Jun 11 02:40:09 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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36.278 ± 4.001
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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] |
-348.2 ± 3.6 |
-402.0 ± 4.4 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-9.9 ± 5.5 |
-40.3 ± 2.4 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
13.5 ± 3.1 |
51.7 ± 3.3 |
| Wi [km/s] |
29.5 ± 2.0 |
38.4 ± 0.7 |
| We [km/s] |
932.2 ± 62.9 |
1214.8 ± 22.3 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
5.1 ± 0.2 |
10.3 ± 0.5 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-2.2 ± 0.3 |
-4.5 ± 0.4 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-1.1 ± 0.5 |
-0.4 ± 0.8 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-2.1 ± 0.7 |
-5.4 ± 0.2 |
Plasma Beta
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0.893 ± 1.006
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0.635 ± 0.640
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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38.06 ± 2.57
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49.59 ± 0.91
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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32.12 ± 5.34
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48.23 ± 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 |
-0.677 ± 0.581 |
-0.734 ± 0.536 |
0.056 ± 0.056 |
3.20 ± 18.61 |
227.32 ± 45.34 |
| VC |
-0.741 ± 0.047 |
-0.417 ± 0.061 |
0.526 ± 0.471 |
31.74 ± 4.15 |
209.35 ± 4.51 |
| MX1 |
-0.781 ± 0.063 |
-0.426 ± 0.072 |
0.456 ± 0.421 |
27.13 ± 7.31 |
208.62 ± 4.86 |
| MX2 |
-0.782 ± 0.057 |
-0.422 ± 0.065 |
0.459 ± 0.423 |
27.30 ± 6.61 |
208.33 ± 4.41 |
| MX3 |
-0.783 ± 0.055 |
-0.419 ± 0.067 |
0.459 ± 0.424 |
27.35 ± 6.17 |
208.15 ± 4.58 |
| RH08 |
-0.804 ± 0.006 |
-0.385 ± 0.008 |
0.453 ± 0.419 |
26.91 ± 0.64 |
205.57 ± 0.55 |
| RH09 |
-0.126 ± 0.064 |
-0.989 ± 0.009 |
-0.073 ± 0.072 |
-4.16 ± 3.62 |
262.73 ± 3.71 |
| RH10 |
-0.004 ± 0.070 |
-0.989 ± 0.011 |
-0.151 ± 0.150 |
-8.68 ± 4.03 |
269.75 ± 4.07 |
| Average |
-0.587 |
-0.598 |
0.273 |
16.349 |
224.977 |
| Median |
-0.741 |
-0.422 |
0.456 |
27.135 |
209.351 |
| Deviation |
0.326 |
0.266 |
0.279 |
16.586 |
26.415 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
48.1 ± 6.6 |
361.5 ± 1.2 |
2.05 ± 0.17 |
| VC |
72.3 ± 7.9 |
410.6 ± 1.3 |
2.05 ± 0.17 |
| MX1 |
67.7 ± 8.0 |
422.7 ± 1.3 |
2.05 ± 0.17 |
| MX2 |
67.9 ± 8.0 |
423.1 ± 1.3 |
2.05 ± 0.17 |
| MX3 |
67.9 ± 8.0 |
423.4 ± 1.3 |
2.05 ± 0.17 |
| RH08 |
67.5 ± 8.2 |
430.1 ± 1.3 |
2.05 ± 0.17 |
| RH09 |
62.1 ± 8.0 |
120.3 ± 1.0 |
2.05 ± 0.17 |
| RH10 |
64.1 ± 8.8 |
58.3 ± 6.9 |
2.05 ± 0.17 |
| Average |
64.7 |
331.2 |
2.05 |
| Median |
67.7 |
422.7 |
2.05 |
| Deviation |
7.3 |
151.8 |
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 |
117.8 ± 5.6 |
17.3 ± 1.5 |
21.4 ± 3.6 |
46.9 ± 3.9 |
6.86 ± 0.71 |
2.53 ± 0.27 |
| VC |
141.3 ± 4.9 |
7.5 ± 0.7 |
9.8 ± 1.6 |
49.4 ± 4.1 |
19.02 ± 1.94 |
2.88 ± 0.29 |
| MX1 |
140.3 ± 5.0 |
9.4 ± 0.8 |
12.2 ± 2.0 |
49.1 ± 4.1 |
15.06 ± 1.54 |
2.88 ± 0.29 |
| MX2 |
140.3 ± 5.0 |
9.3 ± 0.8 |
12.1 ± 2.0 |
49.1 ± 4.1 |
15.18 ± 1.55 |
2.88 ± 0.29 |
| MX3 |
140.4 ± 5.0 |
9.3 ± 0.8 |
12.1 ± 2.0 |
49.1 ± 4.1 |
15.21 ± 1.56 |
2.88 ± 0.29 |
| RH8 |
140.1 ± 4.9 |
9.5 ± 0.8 |
12.3 ± 2.0 |
49.0 ± 4.1 |
14.88 ± 1.52 |
2.88 ± 0.29 |
| RH9 |
67.5 ± 5.7 |
11.7 ± 1.0 |
15.0 ± 2.5 |
48.6 ± 4.1 |
5.80 ± 0.69 |
1.40 ± 0.17 |
| RH10 |
49.0 ± 5.5 |
10.9 ± 1.0 |
14.0 ± 2.3 |
48.8 ± 4.1 |
4.54 ± 0.63 |
1.01 ± 0.15 |
| Average |
117.1 |
10.6 |
13.6 |
48.7 |
12.1 |
2.4 |
| Median |
140.3 |
9.5 |
12.3 |
49.1 |
15.1 |
2.9 |
| Deviation |
37.5 |
3.0 |
3.5 |
0.8 |
5.4 |
0.8 |
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 |
56.9 ± 3.7 |
24.7 ± 0.5 |
32.2 ± 0.8 |
64.6 ± 1.2 |
2.30 ± 0.13 |
0.88 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
68.6 ± 2.5 |
10.6 ± 0.2 |
14.7 ± 0.4 |
68.4 ± 1.2 |
6.44 ± 0.22 |
1.00 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
67.8 ± 2.8 |
13.4 ± 0.2 |
18.3 ± 0.5 |
67.9 ± 1.2 |
5.08 ± 0.20 |
1.00 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
67.9 ± 2.8 |
13.3 ± 0.2 |
18.2 ± 0.4 |
67.9 ± 1.2 |
5.12 ± 0.20 |
1.00 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
67.9 ± 2.8 |
13.2 ± 0.2 |
18.1 ± 0.4 |
67.9 ± 1.2 |
5.13 ± 0.20 |
1.00 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
67.8 ± 2.9 |
13.5 ± 0.2 |
18.5 ± 0.5 |
67.9 ± 1.2 |
5.02 ± 0.20 |
1.00 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
33.4 ± 2.7 |
16.7 ± 0.3 |
22.6 ± 0.6 |
67.1 ± 1.2 |
2.00 ± 0.14 |
0.50 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
24.5 ± 2.7 |
15.5 ± 0.3 |
21.0 ± 0.5 |
67.4 ± 1.2 |
1.58 ± 0.15 |
0.36 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
56.8 |
15.1 |
20.4 |
67.4 |
4.1 |
0.8 |
| Median |
67.8 |
13.5 |
18.5 |
67.9 |
5.1 |
1.0 |
| Deviation |
17.8 |
4.3 |
5.3 |
1.2 |
1.8 |
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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