Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20140110800
Observation time: 01/11/2014 11.33359 0800 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2014 |
| Fractional day of year |
11.333594 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
28822.5 ± 60.0 |
| Shock type |
BI |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
194.329 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-14.048 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-15.292 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0142 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0125 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
0.84, 0.96, 1.12 |
Event added to database
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Wed Jun 11 00:22:37 2014
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Event last processed
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Wed Jun 11 02:42:10 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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28.942 ± 913.810
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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] |
-395.1 ± 2.5 |
-435.6 ± 1.3 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
0.8 ± 2.4 |
17.6 ± 2.2 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-48.6 ± 2.4 |
-29.8 ± 1.2 |
| Wi [km/s] |
46.3 ± 3.5 |
40.4 ± 0.7 |
| We [km/s] |
1465.4 ± 109.5 |
1276.3 ± 21.3 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
3.2 ± 0.2 |
3.4 ± 0.0 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-0.8 ± 0.3 |
4.5 ± 0.1 |
| By GSE [nT] |
0.0 ± 0.2 |
-2.4 ± 0.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
3.8 ± 0.5 |
1.3 ± 0.2 |
Plasma Beta
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0.959 ± 1.062
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0.414 ± 0.429
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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59.82 ± 4.47
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52.10 ± 0.87
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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47.68 ± 5.49
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62.73 ± 0.79
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.313 ± 0.060 |
0.255 ± 0.054 |
-0.915 ± 0.467 |
-66.17 ± 4.37 |
140.82 ± 5.71 |
| VC |
-0.848 ± 0.030 |
0.350 ± 0.045 |
0.397 ± 0.375 |
23.38 ± 3.64 |
157.58 ± 2.98 |
| MX1 |
-0.327 ± 0.065 |
0.229 ± 0.056 |
-0.917 ± 0.463 |
-66.45 ± 4.52 |
145.02 ± 6.63 |
| MX2 |
-0.289 ± 0.058 |
0.301 ± 0.059 |
-0.909 ± 0.476 |
-65.31 ± 3.96 |
133.81 ± 7.36 |
| MX3 |
-0.745 ± 0.493 |
0.307 ± 0.888 |
-0.592 ± 0.510 |
-36.28 ± 35.08 |
157.63 ± 67.45 |
| RH08 |
-0.412 ± 0.028 |
-0.911 ± 0.013 |
-0.017 ± 0.017 |
-0.96 ± 4.34 |
245.68 ± 1.74 |
| RH09 |
-0.412 ± 0.028 |
-0.911 ± 0.013 |
-0.017 ± 0.017 |
-0.96 ± 4.34 |
245.68 ± 1.74 |
| RH10 |
-0.412 ± 0.025 |
-0.911 ± 0.011 |
-0.017 ± 0.017 |
-0.96 ± 4.18 |
245.68 ± 1.59 |
| Average |
-0.470 |
-0.161 |
-0.373 |
-26.713 |
183.989 |
| Median |
-0.412 |
0.255 |
-0.017 |
-0.960 |
157.628 |
| Deviation |
0.209 |
0.622 |
0.521 |
36.284 |
51.700 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
35.0 ± 5.1 |
167.8 ± 649.3 |
1.08 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
54.6 ± 5.1 |
841.3 ± ****** |
1.08 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
35.1 ± 5.2 |
174.3 ± 681.2 |
1.08 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
35.2 ± 5.0 |
157.5 ± 628.4 |
1.08 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
65.9 ± 5.2 |
552.4 ± ****** |
1.08 ± 0.06 |
| RH08 |
86.5 ± 2.2 |
178.9 ± 168.4 |
1.08 ± 0.06 |
| RH09 |
86.5 ± 2.2 |
178.9 ± 168.4 |
1.08 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
86.5 ± 2.2 |
178.9 ± 652.1 |
1.08 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
60.7 |
303.7 |
1.08 |
| Median |
65.9 |
178.9 |
1.08 |
| Deviation |
24.0 |
254.7 |
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 |
-0.7 ± 3.2 |
34.0 ± 3.3 |
39.1 ± 4.5 |
68.6 ± 5.5 |
-0.02 ± 0.09 |
-0.01 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
525.1 ± 2.3 |
22.5 ± 2.1 |
27.6 ± 3.2 |
73.2 ± 6.0 |
23.43 ± 2.04 |
7.21 ± 0.56 |
| MX1 |
0.1 ± 3.2 |
34.0 ± 3.3 |
39.0 ± 4.5 |
68.6 ± 5.5 |
-0.00 ± 0.09 |
0.00 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
-1.2 ± 3.3 |
34.0 ± 3.3 |
39.0 ± 4.5 |
68.6 ± 5.5 |
-0.04 ± 0.10 |
-0.02 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
228.8 ± 3.4 |
15.5 ± 1.5 |
19.5 ± 2.2 |
75.0 ± 6.2 |
14.83 ± 1.18 |
3.07 ± 0.22 |
| RH8 |
16.1 ± 1.8 |
2.3 ± 0.2 |
2.9 ± 0.3 |
76.5 ± 6.4 |
7.25 ± 1.31 |
0.21 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
16.1 ± 1.8 |
2.3 ± 0.2 |
2.9 ± 0.3 |
76.5 ± 6.4 |
7.25 ± 1.31 |
0.21 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
16.1 ± 1.8 |
2.3 ± 0.2 |
2.9 ± 0.3 |
76.5 ± 6.4 |
7.25 ± 1.31 |
0.21 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
100.1 |
18.4 |
21.6 |
72.9 |
7.5 |
1.4 |
| Median |
16.1 |
22.5 |
27.6 |
75.0 |
7.3 |
0.2 |
| Deviation |
188.5 |
14.8 |
16.9 |
3.8 |
8.3 |
2.6 |
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 |
-0.4 ± 1.6 |
36.8 ± 0.3 |
51.4 ± 0.6 |
72.8 ± 0.3 |
-0.01 ± 0.04 |
-0.00 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
477.4 ± 1.6 |
24.3 ± 0.2 |
36.3 ± 0.5 |
77.8 ± 0.3 |
19.65 ± 0.12 |
6.13 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
0.4 ± 1.6 |
36.7 ± 0.3 |
51.3 ± 0.6 |
72.8 ± 0.3 |
0.01 ± 0.04 |
0.00 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
-0.8 ± 1.7 |
36.7 ± 0.3 |
51.3 ± 0.6 |
72.8 ± 0.3 |
-0.02 ± 0.05 |
-0.01 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
204.7 ± 1.7 |
16.7 ± 0.1 |
25.6 ± 0.3 |
79.8 ± 0.3 |
12.25 ± 0.06 |
2.56 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
15.1 ± 1.7 |
2.4 ± 0.0 |
3.8 ± 0.0 |
81.5 ± 0.3 |
6.22 ± 0.76 |
0.19 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
15.1 ± 1.7 |
2.4 ± 0.0 |
3.8 ± 0.0 |
81.5 ± 0.3 |
6.22 ± 0.76 |
0.19 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
15.1 ± 1.7 |
2.4 ± 0.0 |
3.8 ± 0.0 |
81.5 ± 0.3 |
6.22 ± 0.76 |
0.19 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
90.8 |
19.8 |
28.4 |
77.6 |
6.3 |
1.2 |
| Median |
15.1 |
24.3 |
36.3 |
79.8 |
6.2 |
0.2 |
| Deviation |
170.9 |
16.0 |
22.2 |
4.1 |
6.9 |
2.2 |
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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