Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20151330957
Observation time: 05/13/2015 133.41462 0957 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2015 |
| Fractional day of year |
133.414617 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
35822.9 ± 60.0 |
| Shock type |
NN |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
230.120 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-100.119 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
10.453 |
| 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 |
0260 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
12.71, 19.19, 20.36 |
Event added to database
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Thu Jan 28 16:55:58 2016
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Event last processed
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Tue May 17 16:53:30 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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21.145 ± 5.296
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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] |
-548.4 ± 11.0 |
-644.0 ± 3.1 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
46.4 ± 16.7 |
26.8 ± 2.9 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-22.0 ± 6.8 |
5.3 ± 17.5 |
| Wi [km/s] |
64.0 ± 5.5 |
56.5 ± 3.6 |
| We [km/s] |
2025.3 ± 172.7 |
1786.5 ± 115.2 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
4.2 ± 0.6 |
2.3 ± 0.1 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
8.1 ± 1.0 |
4.3 ± 0.3 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-7.8 ± 2.7 |
0.7 ± 0.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
3.8 ± 1.5 |
0.9 ± 1.8 |
Plasma Beta
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0.262 ± 0.216
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0.679 ± 0.738
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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82.68 ± 7.05
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72.93 ± 4.70
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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130.73 ± 17.29
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69.17 ± 3.25
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.902 ± 0.118 |
-0.412 ± 0.243 |
-0.131 ± 0.130 |
-7.54 ± 19.75 |
204.54 ± 15.40 |
| VC |
-0.944 ± 0.057 |
-0.203 ± 0.173 |
0.261 ± 0.255 |
15.13 ± 9.70 |
192.15 ± 10.50 |
| MX1 |
-0.879 ± 0.083 |
-0.339 ± 0.168 |
0.336 ± 0.322 |
19.61 ± 9.48 |
201.08 ± 10.87 |
| MX2 |
-0.928 ± 0.217 |
-0.212 ± 0.431 |
0.306 ± 0.296 |
17.82 ± 37.30 |
192.86 ± 26.44 |
| MX3 |
-0.885 ± 0.075 |
-0.342 ± 0.165 |
0.315 ± 0.304 |
18.37 ± 7.75 |
201.13 ± 10.65 |
| RH08 |
-0.240 ± 0.015 |
-0.365 ± 0.013 |
-0.899 ± 0.489 |
-64.08 ± 0.74 |
236.66 ± 2.10 |
| RH09 |
-0.916 ± 0.027 |
-0.400 ± 0.063 |
-0.017 ± 0.017 |
-0.96 ± 4.05 |
203.57 ± 3.91 |
| RH10 |
-0.923 ± 0.026 |
-0.384 ± 0.063 |
0.006 ± 0.006 |
0.32 ± 4.05 |
202.56 ± 3.94 |
| Average |
-0.827 |
-0.332 |
0.022 |
-0.167 |
204.318 |
| Median |
-0.902 |
-0.342 |
0.261 |
15.129 |
202.563 |
| Deviation |
0.238 |
0.081 |
0.413 |
27.860 |
13.885 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
66.6 ± 12.9 |
367.1 ± 5.6 |
0.55 ± 0.10 |
| VC |
64.6 ± 9.2 |
371.0 ± 7.2 |
0.55 ± 0.10 |
| MX1 |
74.0 ± 9.3 |
331.7 ± 6.6 |
0.55 ± 0.10 |
| MX2 |
66.5 ± 8.9 |
361.7 ± 7.2 |
0.55 ± 0.10 |
| MX3 |
73.5 ± 9.5 |
335.9 ± 6.5 |
0.55 ± 0.10 |
| RH08 |
77.4 ± 11.5 |
130.5 ± 3.6 |
0.55 ± 0.10 |
| RH09 |
67.8 ± 12.1 |
367.4 ± 5.9 |
0.55 ± 0.10 |
| RH10 |
67.3 ± 12.0 |
369.2 ± 48.1 |
0.55 ± 0.10 |
| Average |
69.7 |
329.3 |
0.55 |
| Median |
67.8 |
367.1 |
0.55 |
| Deviation |
4.6 |
81.8 |
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 |
-111.3 ± 4.7 |
27.9 ± 0.9 |
52.0 ± 6.9 |
152.8 ± 11.6 |
-3.99 ± 0.10 |
-0.73 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
-131.5 ± 8.8 |
30.2 ± 1.0 |
56.2 ± 7.4 |
152.3 ± 11.7 |
-4.34 ± 0.22 |
-0.87 ± 0.12 |
| MX1 |
-127.2 ± 6.9 |
19.2 ± 0.6 |
36.1 ± 4.8 |
154.1 ± 11.5 |
-6.62 ± 0.27 |
-0.83 ± 0.09 |
| MX2 |
-130.8 ± 8.8 |
28.0 ± 0.9 |
52.1 ± 6.9 |
152.7 ± 11.6 |
-4.67 ± 0.24 |
-0.86 ± 0.11 |
| MX3 |
-126.8 ± 6.9 |
19.8 ± 0.6 |
37.2 ± 4.9 |
154.0 ± 11.5 |
-6.40 ± 0.25 |
-0.83 ± 0.09 |
| RH8 |
-4.1 ± 8.9 |
15.1 ± 0.5 |
28.5 ± 3.8 |
154.6 ± 11.5 |
-0.28 ± 0.58 |
-0.02 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
-117.0 ± 5.2 |
26.5 ± 0.8 |
49.4 ± 6.5 |
153.0 ± 11.6 |
-4.42 ± 0.12 |
-0.77 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
-119.3 ± 5.5 |
27.0 ± 0.9 |
50.4 ± 6.7 |
152.9 ± 11.6 |
-4.41 ± 0.13 |
-0.78 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
-108.5 |
24.2 |
45.2 |
153.3 |
-4.4 |
-0.7 |
| Median |
-119.3 |
27.0 |
50.4 |
153.0 |
-4.4 |
-0.8 |
| Deviation |
42.8 |
5.4 |
9.9 |
0.8 |
1.9 |
0.3 |
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 |
-201.9 ± 4.6 |
20.3 ± 0.3 |
27.5 ± 1.3 |
98.6 ± 2.0 |
-9.95 ± 0.20 |
-2.05 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
-232.7 ± 4.0 |
22.0 ± 0.4 |
29.7 ± 1.4 |
98.2 ± 2.0 |
-10.58 ± 0.31 |
-2.37 ± 0.08 |
| MX1 |
-227.0 ± 4.9 |
13.9 ± 0.2 |
19.1 ± 0.9 |
99.7 ± 2.0 |
-16.29 ± 0.57 |
-2.28 ± 0.09 |
| MX2 |
-232.0 ± 4.6 |
20.4 ± 0.3 |
27.6 ± 1.3 |
98.6 ± 2.0 |
-11.40 ± 0.37 |
-2.35 ± 0.09 |
| MX3 |
-226.7 ± 4.6 |
14.4 ± 0.2 |
19.7 ± 0.9 |
99.6 ± 2.0 |
-15.76 ± 0.53 |
-2.28 ± 0.09 |
| RH8 |
-9.7 ± 16.4 |
11.0 ± 0.2 |
15.1 ± 0.7 |
100.0 ± 2.0 |
-0.87 ± 1.47 |
-0.09 ± 0.16 |
| RH9 |
-211.9 ± 3.1 |
19.2 ± 0.3 |
26.1 ± 1.2 |
98.8 ± 2.0 |
-11.02 ± 0.20 |
-2.15 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
-215.2 ± 2.9 |
19.6 ± 0.3 |
26.7 ± 1.3 |
98.7 ± 2.0 |
-10.96 ± 0.20 |
-2.18 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
-194.6 |
17.6 |
23.9 |
99.0 |
-10.9 |
-2.0 |
| Median |
-215.2 |
19.6 |
26.7 |
98.8 |
-11.0 |
-2.2 |
| Deviation |
75.5 |
3.9 |
5.2 |
0.7 |
4.7 |
0.8 |
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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