Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20141581612
Observation time: 06/07/2014 158.67491 1611 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2014 |
| Fractional day of year |
158.674913 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
58312.5 ± 60.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
214.356 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-94.810 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
1.395 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0260 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0266 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
22.94, 35.81, 46.04 |
Event added to database
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Fri Sep 5 11:56:30 2014
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Event last processed
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Mon Sep 8 15:08:52 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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-1927.363 ± 32068.813
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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] |
-346.7 ± 4.0 |
-405.7 ± 1.4 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-9.6 ± 2.6 |
-15.9 ± 6.5 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
4.8 ± 4.6 |
81.1 ± 5.5 |
| Wi [km/s] |
26.7 ± 1.4 |
35.2 ± 2.3 |
| We [km/s] |
842.8 ± 43.4 |
1114.6 ± 73.6 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
6.7 ± 0.6 |
13.9 ± 0.7 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
1.7 ± 0.5 |
9.0 ± 0.6 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-5.0 ± 0.3 |
-7.7 ± 1.4 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.9 ± 0.4 |
9.1 ± 1.0 |
Plasma Beta
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0.346 ± 0.343
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0.161 ± 0.157
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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34.41 ± 1.77
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45.50 ± 3.00
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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45.71 ± 2.88
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88.14 ± 2.20
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.987 ± 0.195 |
0.132 ± 1.448 |
0.092 ± 0.091 |
5.26 ± 17.87 |
172.40 ± 84.06 |
| VC |
-0.614 ± 0.043 |
-0.065 ± 0.069 |
0.787 ± 0.559 |
51.87 ± 3.13 |
186.04 ± 6.38 |
| MX1 |
-0.696 ± 0.068 |
0.257 ± 0.152 |
0.670 ± 0.545 |
42.09 ± 3.56 |
159.73 ± 12.46 |
| MX2 |
-0.745 ± 0.032 |
0.034 ± 0.082 |
0.666 ± 0.544 |
41.77 ± 2.72 |
177.40 ± 6.32 |
| MX3 |
-0.753 ± 0.033 |
-0.024 ± 0.072 |
0.657 ± 0.541 |
41.10 ± 2.83 |
181.84 ± 5.49 |
| RH08 |
0.028 ± 0.032 |
0.922 ± 0.013 |
0.385 ± 0.365 |
22.67 ± 2.00 |
88.25 ± 2.00 |
| RH09 |
-0.141 ± 0.069 |
0.863 ± 0.031 |
0.486 ± 0.444 |
29.08 ± 3.51 |
99.28 ± 4.57 |
| RH10 |
-0.036 ± 0.069 |
0.907 ± 0.029 |
0.419 ± 0.393 |
24.77 ± 3.98 |
92.26 ± 4.37 |
| Average |
-0.493 |
0.378 |
0.520 |
32.327 |
144.646 |
| Median |
-0.614 |
0.257 |
0.657 |
41.105 |
172.395 |
| Deviation |
0.385 |
0.441 |
0.223 |
14.817 |
43.343 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
65.0 ± 6.2 |
461.9 ± 2.0 |
2.09 ± 0.16 |
| VC |
89.7 ± 6.1 |
397.9 ± 2.9 |
2.09 ± 0.16 |
| MX1 |
69.4 ± 6.1 |
412.5 ± 2.8 |
2.09 ± 0.16 |
| MX2 |
80.8 ± 6.3 |
438.3 ± 2.8 |
2.09 ± 0.16 |
| MX3 |
83.7 ± 6.4 |
442.0 ± 2.8 |
2.09 ± 0.16 |
| RH08 |
38.4 ± 2.4 |
25.0 ± 1.8 |
2.09 ± 0.16 |
| RH09 |
40.1 ± 2.8 |
117.0 ± 2.0 |
2.09 ± 0.16 |
| RH10 |
38.3 ± 2.4 |
58.6 ± 15.1 |
2.09 ± 0.16 |
| Average |
63.2 |
294.2 |
2.09 |
| Median |
69.4 |
412.5 |
2.09 |
| Deviation |
21.5 |
190.8 |
0.00 |
Upstream 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 |
120.5 ± 4.1 |
11.9 ± 0.4 |
19.3 ± 1.2 |
56.0 ± 2.2 |
10.17 ± 0.45 |
2.16 ± 0.13 |
| VC |
180.6 ± 5.1 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
57.3 ± 2.2 |
1085.05 ± 56.38 |
3.16 ± 0.20 |
| MX1 |
170.3 ± 5.1 |
9.8 ± 0.3 |
16.1 ± 1.0 |
56.4 ± 2.2 |
17.43 ± 0.92 |
3.02 ± 0.20 |
| MX2 |
177.1 ± 5.0 |
4.4 ± 0.2 |
7.3 ± 0.5 |
57.1 ± 2.2 |
40.34 ± 2.05 |
3.11 ± 0.19 |
| MX3 |
177.5 ± 5.0 |
3.0 ± 0.1 |
5.0 ± 0.3 |
57.2 ± 2.2 |
58.93 ± 2.95 |
3.11 ± 0.19 |
| RH8 |
41.8 ± 3.5 |
23.6 ± 0.9 |
35.8 ± 2.3 |
52.2 ± 2.2 |
1.78 ± 0.20 |
0.80 ± 0.10 |
| RH9 |
74.1 ± 3.9 |
22.9 ± 0.8 |
35.0 ± 2.2 |
52.5 ± 2.2 |
3.24 ± 0.26 |
1.42 ± 0.13 |
| RH10 |
52.9 ± 3.6 |
23.6 ± 0.9 |
35.9 ± 2.3 |
52.2 ± 2.2 |
2.25 ± 0.22 |
1.02 ± 0.11 |
| Average |
124.3 |
12.4 |
19.3 |
55.1 |
152.4 |
2.2 |
| Median |
170.3 |
11.9 |
19.3 |
56.4 |
17.4 |
3.0 |
| Deviation |
60.2 |
9.8 |
14.7 |
2.4 |
377.4 |
1.0 |
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 |
56.1 ± 1.5 |
17.4 ± 0.9 |
37.3 ± 0.9 |
97.7 ± 2.1 |
3.24 ± 0.14 |
0.57 ± 0.01 |
| VC |
83.9 ± 3.5 |
0.2 ± 0.0 |
0.5 ± 0.0 |
99.2 ± 2.2 |
342.71 ± 22.62 |
0.85 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
79.7 ± 4.4 |
14.3 ± 0.7 |
31.0 ± 0.8 |
98.2 ± 2.1 |
5.57 ± 0.35 |
0.81 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
82.6 ± 3.2 |
6.5 ± 0.3 |
14.1 ± 0.4 |
99.0 ± 2.2 |
12.79 ± 0.76 |
0.83 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
82.7 ± 2.9 |
4.4 ± 0.2 |
9.7 ± 0.2 |
99.1 ± 2.2 |
18.68 ± 1.11 |
0.83 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
19.9 ± 7.5 |
33.6 ± 1.9 |
69.0 ± 1.7 |
93.3 ± 2.0 |
0.59 ± 0.20 |
0.21 ± 0.08 |
| RH9 |
34.2 ± 7.5 |
32.8 ± 1.8 |
67.5 ± 1.7 |
93.7 ± 2.0 |
1.04 ± 0.20 |
0.36 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
24.6 ± 7.5 |
33.7 ± 1.9 |
69.1 ± 1.7 |
93.3 ± 2.0 |
0.73 ± 0.20 |
0.26 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
58.0 |
17.9 |
37.3 |
96.7 |
48.2 |
0.6 |
| Median |
79.7 |
17.4 |
37.3 |
98.2 |
5.6 |
0.8 |
| Deviation |
28.0 |
13.9 |
28.3 |
2.7 |
119.2 |
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 Wed Jan 22 21:47:00 2020
Michael L Stevens
(mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)
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