Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20151631231
Observation time: 06/12/2015 163.52204 1231 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2015 |
| Fractional day of year |
163.522037 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
45104.0 ± 60.0 |
| Shock type |
NN |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
205.739 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-67.297 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-6.179 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0137 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0143 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
16.95, 45.74, 53.40 |
Event added to database
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Thu Jan 28 17:01:19 2016
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Event last processed
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Tue May 17 16:59:58 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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50.756 ± 21.671
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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] |
-447.0 ± 1.1 |
-482.4 ± 0.1 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-24.6 ± 1.4 |
-40.4 ± 2.4 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-16.1 ± 1.4 |
-36.1 ± 2.2 |
| Wi [km/s] |
29.3 ± 0.6 |
40.2 ± 1.2 |
| We [km/s] |
927.3 ± 18.3 |
1271.1 ± 38.8 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
5.9 ± 0.3 |
11.8 ± 0.7 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-2.2 ± 0.2 |
-2.9 ± 0.4 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-0.8 ± 0.3 |
2.0 ± 0.5 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-1.9 ± 0.2 |
-1.9 ± 0.3 |
Plasma Beta
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1.148 ± 1.194
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2.579 ± 2.614
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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37.86 ± 0.75
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51.89 ± 1.59
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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27.44 ± 1.33
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25.24 ± 1.85
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.762 ± 0.053 |
-0.174 ± 0.127 |
-0.624 ± 0.527 |
-38.64 ± 4.23 |
192.85 ± 9.52 |
| VC |
-0.813 ± 0.028 |
-0.362 ± 0.050 |
-0.457 ± 0.422 |
-27.16 ± 2.40 |
204.03 ± 3.45 |
| MX1 |
-0.876 ± 0.222 |
-0.205 ± 0.163 |
-0.436 ± 0.406 |
-25.84 ± 29.62 |
193.14 ± 10.14 |
| MX2 |
-0.849 ± 0.044 |
-0.200 ± 0.132 |
-0.488 ± 0.445 |
-29.23 ± 3.68 |
193.25 ± 8.90 |
| MX3 |
-0.861 ± 0.040 |
-0.204 ± 0.134 |
-0.465 ± 0.428 |
-27.71 ± 3.16 |
193.33 ± 8.89 |
| RH08 |
-0.400 ± 0.031 |
-0.104 ± 0.016 |
0.911 ± 0.473 |
65.59 ± 2.02 |
194.54 ± 1.98 |
| RH09 |
-0.993 ± 0.008 |
-0.114 ± 0.068 |
-0.017 ± 0.017 |
-0.96 ± 4.05 |
186.52 ± 3.94 |
| RH10 |
-0.993 ± 0.008 |
-0.114 ± 0.068 |
-0.017 ± 0.017 |
-0.96 ± 4.05 |
186.52 ± 3.94 |
| Average |
-0.819 |
-0.184 |
-0.199 |
-10.613 |
193.022 |
| Median |
-0.849 |
-0.174 |
-0.436 |
-25.840 |
193.248 |
| Deviation |
0.187 |
0.084 |
0.501 |
33.643 |
5.454 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
7.6 ± 5.2 |
440.8 ± 1.7 |
2.00 ± 0.14 |
| VC |
14.4 ± 1.3 |
469.3 ± 1.6 |
2.00 ± 0.14 |
| MX1 |
14.9 ± 6.2 |
491.9 ± 1.6 |
2.00 ± 0.14 |
| MX2 |
11.9 ± 6.5 |
480.4 ± 1.7 |
2.00 ± 0.14 |
| MX3 |
13.2 ± 6.3 |
485.6 ± 1.6 |
2.00 ± 0.14 |
| RH08 |
75.4 ± 4.4 |
163.7 ± 0.9 |
2.00 ± 0.14 |
| RH09 |
40.0 ± 6.3 |
522.5 ± 1.4 |
2.00 ± 0.14 |
| RH10 |
40.0 ± 6.3 |
522.5 ± 5.6 |
2.00 ± 0.14 |
| Average |
27.2 |
447.1 |
2.00 |
| Median |
14.9 |
485.6 |
2.00 |
| Deviation |
23.2 |
117.6 |
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 |
86.0 ± 1.5 |
26.9 ± 1.3 |
27.2 ± 1.3 |
38.2 ± 0.7 |
3.20 ± 0.15 |
2.25 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
89.8 ± 1.5 |
25.8 ± 1.1 |
26.6 ± 1.3 |
39.0 ± 0.7 |
3.49 ± 0.15 |
2.30 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
88.0 ± 1.4 |
25.7 ± 1.1 |
26.5 ± 1.3 |
39.1 ± 0.7 |
3.43 ± 0.15 |
2.25 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
87.9 ± 1.4 |
26.3 ± 1.2 |
26.8 ± 1.3 |
38.7 ± 0.7 |
3.35 ± 0.15 |
2.27 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
88.0 ± 1.4 |
26.0 ± 1.1 |
26.7 ± 1.3 |
38.8 ± 0.7 |
3.39 ± 0.15 |
2.27 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
-3.0 ± 1.1 |
5.6 ± 0.2 |
6.9 ± 0.3 |
46.4 ± 1.0 |
-0.52 ± 0.18 |
-0.06 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
75.4 ± 1.1 |
18.5 ± 0.7 |
21.0 ± 1.0 |
42.9 ± 0.8 |
4.08 ± 0.18 |
1.76 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
75.4 ± 1.1 |
18.5 ± 0.7 |
21.0 ± 1.0 |
42.9 ± 0.8 |
4.08 ± 0.18 |
1.76 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
73.4 |
21.7 |
22.8 |
40.8 |
3.1 |
1.8 |
| Median |
87.9 |
25.8 |
26.6 |
39.1 |
3.4 |
2.3 |
| Deviation |
31.4 |
7.4 |
6.9 |
3.0 |
1.5 |
0.8 |
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 |
43.8 ± 1.6 |
24.9 ± 1.8 |
25.0 ± 1.8 |
52.0 ± 1.6 |
1.76 ± 0.14 |
0.84 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
46.2 ± 1.6 |
24.2 ± 1.7 |
24.4 ± 1.8 |
52.4 ± 1.5 |
1.91 ± 0.14 |
0.88 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
45.1 ± 1.3 |
24.1 ± 1.7 |
24.4 ± 1.8 |
52.4 ± 1.5 |
1.87 ± 0.14 |
0.86 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
44.9 ± 1.4 |
24.5 ± 1.8 |
24.7 ± 1.8 |
52.2 ± 1.5 |
1.84 ± 0.14 |
0.86 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
45.0 ± 1.3 |
24.4 ± 1.7 |
24.6 ± 1.8 |
52.3 ± 1.5 |
1.85 ± 0.14 |
0.86 ± 0.02 |
| RH8 |
-0.6 ± 1.9 |
5.7 ± 0.3 |
6.4 ± 0.5 |
57.4 ± 1.1 |
-0.10 ± 0.34 |
-0.01 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
38.1 ± 0.3 |
18.3 ± 1.1 |
19.3 ± 1.4 |
54.7 ± 1.2 |
2.09 ± 0.12 |
0.70 ± 0.01 |
| RH10 |
38.1 ± 0.3 |
18.3 ± 1.1 |
19.3 ± 1.4 |
54.7 ± 1.2 |
2.09 ± 0.12 |
0.70 ± 0.01 |
| Average |
37.6 |
20.6 |
21.0 |
53.5 |
1.7 |
0.7 |
| Median |
44.9 |
24.2 |
24.4 |
52.4 |
1.9 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
15.7 |
6.6 |
6.4 |
1.9 |
0.7 |
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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