Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20153070704
Observation time: 11/03/2015 307.29474 0704 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2015 |
| Fractional day of year |
307.294739 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
25465.5 ± 60.0 |
| Shock type |
NN |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
233.569 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-92.394 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
12.665 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0261 |
| 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 |
1.84, 3.72, 4.02 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 1 16:00:02 2016
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Event last processed
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Tue May 17 17:20:16 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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58.962 ± 1.432
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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] |
-397.3 ± 1.6 |
-444.7 ± 11.1 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-13.8 ± 4.7 |
25.4 ± 24.3 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-12.0 ± 5.6 |
9.9 ± 11.8 |
| Wi [km/s] |
37.0 ± 1.1 |
80.7 ± 14.3 |
| We [km/s] |
1171.5 ± 33.3 |
2552.3 ± 451.5 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
158.8 ± 32.5 |
16.2 ± 4.6 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
2.8 ± 5.0 |
-0.0 ± 5.7 |
| By GSE [nT] |
15.5 ± 6.0 |
10.6 ± 12.5 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-7.3 ± 5.7 |
-10.2 ± 5.5 |
Plasma Beta
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2.454 ± 1.196
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0.991 ± 0.569
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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47.83 ± 1.36
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104.20 ± 18.43
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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33.24 ± 15.31
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104.29 ± 24.82
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.965 ± 0.213 |
-0.161 ± 0.945 |
0.209 ± 0.206 |
12.06 ± 39.97 |
189.47 ± 56.13 |
| VC |
-0.767 ± 0.157 |
0.549 ± 0.211 |
0.333 ± 0.320 |
19.45 ± 10.96 |
144.41 ± 15.52 |
| MX1 |
-0.951 ± 0.133 |
0.049 ± 0.798 |
0.304 ± 0.294 |
17.70 ± 23.93 |
177.03 ± 48.03 |
| MX2 |
-0.832 ± 0.304 |
-0.198 ± 0.706 |
0.518 ± 0.466 |
31.17 ± 28.85 |
193.38 ± 48.45 |
| MX3 |
-0.960 ± 0.168 |
0.154 ± 0.665 |
0.234 ± 0.229 |
13.50 ± 32.22 |
170.87 ± 39.69 |
| RH08 |
-0.991 ± 0.005 |
-0.131 ± 0.039 |
0.028 ± 0.028 |
1.60 ± 2.03 |
187.52 ± 2.27 |
| RH09 |
-0.993 ± 0.008 |
-0.113 ± 0.068 |
0.039 ± 0.039 |
2.24 ± 4.06 |
186.52 ± 3.91 |
| RH10 |
-0.993 ± 0.008 |
-0.113 ± 0.068 |
0.028 ± 0.028 |
1.60 ± 4.06 |
186.52 ± 3.91 |
| Average |
-0.932 |
0.004 |
0.212 |
12.416 |
179.464 |
| Median |
-0.960 |
-0.113 |
0.234 |
13.504 |
186.518 |
| Deviation |
0.085 |
0.249 |
0.175 |
10.475 |
15.888 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
63.9 ± 15.8 |
378.1 ± 0.6 |
0.11 ± 0.01 |
| VC |
80.2 ± 11.0 |
286.4 ± 0.8 |
0.11 ± 0.01 |
| MX1 |
73.2 ± 14.0 |
367.5 ± 0.7 |
0.11 ± 0.01 |
| MX2 |
56.6 ± 11.8 |
322.5 ± 0.9 |
0.11 ± 0.01 |
| MX3 |
80.0 ± 14.6 |
370.4 ± 0.6 |
0.11 ± 0.01 |
| RH08 |
69.2 ± 17.7 |
390.6 ± 0.5 |
0.11 ± 0.01 |
| RH09 |
69.9 ± 17.5 |
390.7 ± 0.5 |
0.11 ± 0.01 |
| RH10 |
70.1 ± 17.7 |
391.0 ± 3.0 |
0.11 ± 0.01 |
| Average |
70.4 |
362.1 |
0.11 |
| Median |
70.1 |
378.1 |
0.11 |
| Deviation |
7.8 |
38.0 |
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 |
-4.9 ± 2.7 |
11.6 ± 4.0 |
14.6 ± 6.7 |
58.2 ± 7.4 |
-0.49 ± 0.32 |
-0.08 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
-6.7 ± 1.4 |
4.4 ± 1.5 |
5.7 ± 2.6 |
59.2 ± 7.9 |
-1.60 ± 0.41 |
-0.11 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
-6.2 ± 2.1 |
7.5 ± 2.6 |
9.6 ± 4.4 |
58.9 ± 7.7 |
-0.94 ± 0.46 |
-0.11 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
-4.8 ± 4.0 |
14.7 ± 5.1 |
18.3 ± 8.4 |
57.5 ± 7.0 |
-0.39 ± 0.33 |
-0.09 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
-6.1 ± 1.5 |
4.5 ± 1.5 |
5.8 ± 2.7 |
59.2 ± 7.9 |
-1.50 ± 0.60 |
-0.10 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
-4.6 ± 2.1 |
9.2 ± 3.2 |
11.8 ± 5.4 |
58.7 ± 7.6 |
-0.57 ± 0.34 |
-0.08 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
-4.9 ± 2.0 |
9.0 ± 3.1 |
11.4 ± 5.3 |
58.7 ± 7.6 |
-0.62 ± 0.35 |
-0.08 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
-4.8 ± 2.0 |
8.9 ± 3.0 |
11.3 ± 5.2 |
58.7 ± 7.6 |
-0.62 ± 0.35 |
-0.08 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
-5.4 |
8.7 |
11.1 |
58.7 |
-0.8 |
-0.1 |
| Median |
-4.9 |
9.0 |
11.4 |
58.7 |
-0.6 |
-0.1 |
| Deviation |
0.8 |
3.4 |
4.2 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
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 |
-48.8 ± 8.9 |
31.6 ± 5.6 |
45.8 ± 10.9 |
146.4 ± 11.4 |
-1.63 ± 0.62 |
-0.34 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
-71.8 ± 21.6 |
12.1 ± 2.1 |
17.8 ± 4.2 |
149.3 ± 12.0 |
-6.32 ± 2.75 |
-0.49 ± 0.17 |
| MX1 |
-59.9 ± 12.5 |
20.5 ± 3.6 |
30.1 ± 7.2 |
148.4 ± 11.8 |
-3.09 ± 1.20 |
-0.41 ± 0.10 |
| MX2 |
-47.8 ± 8.8 |
40.2 ± 7.2 |
57.4 ± 13.6 |
144.2 ± 10.9 |
-1.25 ± 0.47 |
-0.33 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
-62.7 ± 14.2 |
12.3 ± 2.1 |
18.2 ± 4.3 |
149.3 ± 12.0 |
-5.41 ± 2.15 |
-0.43 ± 0.12 |
| RH8 |
-47.1 ± 9.3 |
25.3 ± 4.5 |
37.0 ± 8.8 |
147.6 ± 11.6 |
-1.97 ± 0.77 |
-0.32 ± 0.08 |
| RH9 |
-48.3 ± 9.5 |
24.5 ± 4.3 |
35.9 ± 8.5 |
147.8 ± 11.6 |
-2.09 ± 0.82 |
-0.33 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
-48.1 ± 9.5 |
24.2 ± 4.3 |
35.5 ± 8.4 |
147.8 ± 11.7 |
-2.10 ± 0.82 |
-0.33 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
-54.3 |
23.8 |
34.7 |
147.6 |
-3.0 |
-0.4 |
| Median |
-48.3 |
24.5 |
35.9 |
147.8 |
-2.1 |
-0.3 |
| Deviation |
9.3 |
9.4 |
13.2 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
0.1 |
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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