Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20150990106
Observation time: 04/09/2015 99.04606 0106 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2015 |
| Fractional day of year |
99.046059 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
3979.5 ± 190.0 |
| Shock type |
NN |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
259.742 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-21.731 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
18.165 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0211 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0145 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
7.84, 10.90, 11.56 |
Event added to database
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Thu Jan 28 14:18:46 2016
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Event last processed
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Tue May 17 16:39:44 2016
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Method selected
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RH08
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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69.177 ± 0.681
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Asymptotic
plasma
parameters (About, Top)
|
Parameter
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Upstream
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Downstream
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| Vx GSE [km/s] |
-323.4 ± 4.7 |
-361.7 ± 1.7 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
4.7 ± 2.8 |
21.1 ± 1.3 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
10.2 ± 8.9 |
16.9 ± 3.6 |
| Wi [km/s] |
28.4 ± 4.0 |
30.3 ± 2.0 |
| We [km/s] |
898.3 ± 127.4 |
957.6 ± 62.8 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
4.1 ± 0.3 |
9.1 ± 0.4 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-3.7 ± 0.2 |
-3.4 ± 0.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-0.3 ± 0.4 |
-5.4 ± 0.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-1.0 ± 0.4 |
-2.6 ± 0.5 |
Plasma Beta
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0.462 ± 0.458
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0.371 ± 0.369
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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36.67 ± 5.20
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39.09 ± 2.57
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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41.89 ± 2.67
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49.93 ± 1.17
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.973 ± 0.032 |
0.001 ± 0.043 |
-0.230 ± 0.226 |
-13.28 ± 8.06 |
179.93 ± 2.55 |
| VC |
-0.905 ± 0.045 |
0.391 ± 0.072 |
0.167 ± 0.165 |
9.60 ± 12.40 |
156.67 ± 4.44 |
| MX1 |
-0.981 ± 0.031 |
-0.012 ± 0.044 |
-0.193 ± 0.191 |
-11.13 ± 9.07 |
180.71 ± 2.58 |
| MX2 |
-0.997 ± 0.007 |
-0.058 ± 0.055 |
-0.042 ± 0.042 |
-2.41 ± 9.11 |
183.34 ± 3.14 |
| MX3 |
-0.996 ± 0.008 |
-0.082 ± 0.069 |
0.032 ± 0.032 |
1.84 ± 10.76 |
184.69 ± 3.96 |
| RH08 |
-0.995 ± 0.002 |
-0.079 ± 0.018 |
0.061 ± 0.061 |
3.52 ± 1.20 |
184.51 ± 1.05 |
| RH09 |
-0.994 ± 0.007 |
-0.078 ± 0.064 |
0.073 ± 0.072 |
4.16 ± 3.96 |
184.51 ± 3.70 |
| RH10 |
-0.994 ± 0.007 |
-0.078 ± 0.066 |
0.073 ± 0.072 |
4.16 ± 4.00 |
184.51 ± 3.82 |
| Average |
-0.980 |
0.001 |
-0.007 |
-0.441 |
179.860 |
| Median |
-0.994 |
-0.058 |
0.061 |
3.523 |
184.513 |
| Deviation |
0.031 |
0.161 |
0.139 |
7.993 |
9.555 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
8.5 ± 6.2 |
375.7 ± 1.1 |
2.35 ± 0.25 |
| VC |
38.5 ± 4.4 |
372.8 ± 1.1 |
2.35 ± 0.25 |
| MX1 |
8.9 ± 6.2 |
379.9 ± 1.1 |
2.35 ± 0.25 |
| MX2 |
15.0 ± 4.8 |
388.5 ± 1.1 |
2.35 ± 0.25 |
| MX3 |
18.6 ± 5.1 |
389.4 ± 1.1 |
2.35 ± 0.25 |
| RH08 |
20.2 ± 5.2 |
389.8 ± 1.1 |
2.35 ± 0.25 |
| RH09 |
20.8 ± 5.2 |
389.7 ± 1.1 |
2.35 ± 0.25 |
| RH10 |
20.8 ± 5.2 |
389.7 ± 5.8 |
2.35 ± 0.25 |
| Average |
18.9 |
384.5 |
2.35 |
| Median |
20.2 |
389.4 |
2.35 |
| Deviation |
9.4 |
7.2 |
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 |
63.3 ± 6.3 |
35.0 ± 4.2 |
41.4 ± 2.6 |
43.3 ± 3.4 |
1.81 ± 0.08 |
1.46 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
76.4 ± 3.5 |
23.8 ± 2.5 |
32.8 ± 2.1 |
50.4 ± 4.6 |
3.23 ± 0.19 |
1.52 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
64.6 ± 6.0 |
34.9 ± 4.1 |
41.4 ± 2.6 |
43.4 ± 3.5 |
1.86 ± 0.08 |
1.49 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
66.7 ± 5.0 |
33.0 ± 3.7 |
40.5 ± 2.6 |
44.9 ± 3.8 |
2.03 ± 0.09 |
1.49 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
67.3 ± 4.5 |
31.7 ± 3.5 |
39.7 ± 2.5 |
45.8 ± 3.9 |
2.13 ± 0.10 |
1.47 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
67.8 ± 4.3 |
31.1 ± 3.4 |
39.3 ± 2.5 |
46.2 ± 4.0 |
2.19 ± 0.11 |
1.47 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
67.8 ± 4.2 |
30.9 ± 3.4 |
39.2 ± 2.5 |
46.4 ± 4.0 |
2.20 ± 0.11 |
1.46 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
67.8 ± 4.2 |
30.9 ± 3.4 |
39.2 ± 2.5 |
46.4 ± 4.0 |
2.20 ± 0.11 |
1.46 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
67.7 |
31.4 |
39.2 |
45.9 |
2.2 |
1.5 |
| Median |
67.8 |
31.7 |
39.7 |
46.2 |
2.2 |
1.5 |
| Deviation |
3.9 |
3.5 |
2.8 |
2.2 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
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 |
27.5 ± 2.0 |
38.0 ± 2.2 |
49.4 ± 1.2 |
50.8 ± 0.9 |
0.72 ± 0.03 |
0.54 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
34.3 ± 1.2 |
26.4 ± 1.0 |
39.1 ± 0.9 |
57.7 ± 0.9 |
1.30 ± 0.05 |
0.59 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
28.6 ± 2.0 |
37.9 ± 2.2 |
49.3 ± 1.2 |
50.9 ± 0.9 |
0.75 ± 0.03 |
0.56 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
29.7 ± 1.8 |
36.1 ± 1.8 |
48.2 ± 1.1 |
52.1 ± 0.8 |
0.82 ± 0.04 |
0.57 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
30.4 ± 1.8 |
34.9 ± 1.6 |
47.3 ± 1.1 |
53.0 ± 0.7 |
0.87 ± 0.05 |
0.57 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
30.6 ± 1.8 |
34.3 ± 1.6 |
46.9 ± 1.1 |
53.4 ± 0.7 |
0.89 ± 0.05 |
0.57 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
30.5 ± 1.8 |
34.1 ± 1.5 |
46.7 ± 1.1 |
53.5 ± 0.7 |
0.90 ± 0.05 |
0.57 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
30.5 ± 1.8 |
34.1 ± 1.5 |
46.7 ± 1.1 |
53.5 ± 0.7 |
0.90 ± 0.05 |
0.57 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
30.3 |
34.5 |
46.7 |
53.1 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
| Median |
30.5 |
34.9 |
47.3 |
53.4 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
| Deviation |
2.0 |
3.6 |
3.3 |
2.2 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
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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