Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20140381616
Observation time: 02/07/2014 38.67780 1616 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2014 |
| Fractional day of year |
38.677795 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
58561.5 ± 10.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
200.904 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
77.851 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-12.247 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0111 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0079 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
24.31, Infinity, -559.24 |
Event added to database
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Wed Jun 11 01:22:33 2014
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Event last processed
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Wed Jun 11 02:50:19 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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44.405 ± 1.742
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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] |
-325.8 ± 7.7 |
-404.4 ± 3.6 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-4.4 ± 5.4 |
-39.2 ± 11.3 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-46.9 ± 2.1 |
-65.4 ± 13.3 |
| Wi [km/s] |
15.8 ± 0.6 |
27.1 ± 2.7 |
| We [km/s] |
501.2 ± 18.5 |
857.5 ± 85.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
3.8 ± 0.3 |
8.8 ± 1.4 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-1.4 ± 0.4 |
-4.6 ± 0.5 |
| By GSE [nT] |
2.2 ± 0.2 |
7.6 ± 3.0 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
3.4 ± 0.6 |
4.9 ± 4.8 |
Plasma Beta
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0.109 ± 0.109
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0.118 ± 0.142
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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20.46 ± 0.76
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35.01 ± 3.47
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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48.08 ± 3.60
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82.15 ± 12.38
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.892 ± 0.409 |
0.213 ± 0.847 |
-0.399 ± 0.377 |
-23.55 ± 52.48 |
166.60 ± 54.16 |
| VC |
-0.894 ± 0.061 |
-0.398 ± 0.126 |
-0.208 ± 0.205 |
-12.00 ± 7.53 |
203.98 ± 8.02 |
| MX1 |
-0.963 ± 0.067 |
-0.265 ± 0.229 |
-0.045 ± 0.045 |
-2.60 ± 29.08 |
195.40 ± 13.60 |
| MX2 |
-0.898 ± 0.053 |
-0.369 ± 0.101 |
-0.239 ± 0.234 |
-13.80 ± 8.86 |
202.36 ± 6.39 |
| MX3 |
-0.890 ± 0.052 |
-0.379 ± 0.103 |
-0.253 ± 0.248 |
-14.68 ± 6.78 |
203.07 ± 6.58 |
| RH08 |
-0.985 ± 0.012 |
-0.078 ± 0.070 |
-0.151 ± 0.150 |
-8.68 ± 4.03 |
184.51 ± 4.07 |
| RH09 |
-0.000 ± 0.035 |
-0.000 ± 0.000 |
-1.000 ± 0.000 |
-90.00 ± 2.00 |
0.00 ± 2.00 |
| RH10 |
-0.244 ± 0.068 |
0.960 ± 0.020 |
-0.140 ± 0.139 |
-8.03 ± 4.02 |
104.29 ± 4.07 |
| Average |
-0.721 |
-0.040 |
-0.304 |
-21.665 |
157.527 |
| Median |
-0.892 |
-0.078 |
-0.208 |
-11.995 |
195.400 |
| Deviation |
0.377 |
0.458 |
0.299 |
28.273 |
71.849 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
85.4 ± 9.4 |
429.3 ± 4.9 |
2.30 ± 0.39 |
| VC |
85.6 ± 5.9 |
461.5 ± 8.0 |
2.30 ± 0.39 |
| MX1 |
81.9 ± 6.0 |
474.0 ± 8.2 |
2.30 ± 0.39 |
| MX2 |
85.1 ± 6.2 |
465.2 ± 7.7 |
2.30 ± 0.39 |
| MX3 |
84.0 ± 6.2 |
463.1 ± 7.6 |
2.30 ± 0.39 |
| RH08 |
80.8 ± 7.5 |
477.8 ± 6.7 |
2.30 ± 0.39 |
| RH09 |
37.3 ± 9.2 |
85.9 ± 6.6 |
2.30 ± 0.39 |
| RH10 |
62.9 ± 7.1 |
65.9 ± 25.3 |
2.30 ± 0.39 |
| Average |
75.4 |
365.3 |
2.30 |
| Median |
84.0 |
463.1 |
2.30 |
| Deviation |
17.1 |
179.3 |
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 |
120.9 ± 8.8 |
1.5 ± 0.1 |
3.8 ± 0.3 |
52.2 ± 3.6 |
80.56 ± 9.46 |
2.33 ± 0.34 |
| VC |
158.8 ± 5.1 |
1.5 ± 0.1 |
3.7 ± 0.3 |
52.2 ± 3.6 |
109.39 ± 8.35 |
3.05 ± 0.32 |
| MX1 |
156.9 ± 6.0 |
2.7 ± 0.1 |
6.8 ± 0.5 |
52.2 ± 3.6 |
59.26 ± 4.90 |
3.02 ± 0.33 |
| MX2 |
159.7 ± 5.4 |
1.6 ± 0.1 |
4.1 ± 0.3 |
52.2 ± 3.6 |
98.93 ± 7.69 |
3.07 ± 0.32 |
| MX3 |
159.5 ± 5.3 |
2.0 ± 0.1 |
5.1 ± 0.4 |
52.2 ± 3.6 |
80.70 ± 6.23 |
3.07 ± 0.32 |
| RH8 |
149.3 ± 7.4 |
3.0 ± 0.1 |
7.7 ± 0.6 |
52.2 ± 3.6 |
49.68 ± 4.68 |
2.88 ± 0.35 |
| RH9 |
39.0 ± 2.1 |
15.7 ± 0.6 |
38.2 ± 2.9 |
49.8 ± 3.6 |
2.49 ± 0.24 |
0.79 ± 0.10 |
| RH10 |
-16.1 ± 7.4 |
8.7 ± 0.4 |
21.9 ± 1.6 |
51.5 ± 3.6 |
-1.83 ± 0.79 |
-0.31 ± 0.13 |
| Average |
116.0 |
4.6 |
11.4 |
51.8 |
59.9 |
2.2 |
| Median |
156.9 |
2.7 |
6.8 |
52.2 |
80.6 |
3.0 |
| Deviation |
67.4 |
5.1 |
12.4 |
0.8 |
41.5 |
1.3 |
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 |
50.8 ± 10.4 |
2.6 ± 0.2 |
6.6 ± 1.0 |
89.5 ± 10.3 |
20.13 ± 5.63 |
0.56 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
70.9 ± 1.5 |
2.5 ± 0.2 |
6.3 ± 1.0 |
89.5 ± 10.3 |
28.80 ± 2.56 |
0.80 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
71.2 ± 1.0 |
4.5 ± 0.3 |
11.6 ± 1.7 |
89.4 ± 10.3 |
15.85 ± 1.32 |
0.80 ± 0.08 |
| MX2 |
71.9 ± 2.1 |
2.7 ± 0.2 |
7.1 ± 1.1 |
89.5 ± 10.3 |
26.27 ± 2.60 |
0.81 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
71.7 ± 2.2 |
3.4 ± 0.2 |
8.6 ± 1.3 |
89.5 ± 10.3 |
21.41 ± 2.14 |
0.81 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
66.4 ± 4.4 |
5.1 ± 0.3 |
13.1 ± 2.0 |
89.4 ± 10.3 |
13.05 ± 1.81 |
0.75 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
20.5 ± 13.3 |
26.7 ± 2.2 |
65.3 ± 9.8 |
85.3 ± 11.3 |
0.80 ± 0.59 |
0.23 ± 0.12 |
| RH10 |
-4.5 ± 13.3 |
14.8 ± 1.1 |
37.4 ± 5.6 |
88.3 ± 10.5 |
-0.26 ± 0.91 |
-0.06 ± 0.15 |
| Average |
52.4 |
7.8 |
19.5 |
88.8 |
15.8 |
0.6 |
| Median |
70.9 |
4.5 |
11.6 |
89.5 |
20.1 |
0.8 |
| Deviation |
29.0 |
8.7 |
21.2 |
1.5 |
10.8 |
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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