Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20153071116
Observation time: 11/03/2015 307.46957 1116 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2015 |
| Fractional day of year |
307.469571 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
40570.9 ± 60.0 |
| Shock type |
NN |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
233.368 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-92.636 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
12.603 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0236 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0259 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
8.20, 12.63, 13.34 |
Event added to database
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Mon Feb 1 16:00:29 2016
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Event last processed
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Tue May 17 17:22:45 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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86.668 ± 19.859
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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] |
-489.7 ± 12.7 |
-666.1 ± 12.5 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
85.1 ± 22.5 |
50.7 ± 23.3 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-0.3 ± 15.7 |
31.5 ± 12.9 |
| Wi [km/s] |
135.4 ± 13.1 |
68.5 ± 5.6 |
| We [km/s] |
4280.3 ± 415.3 |
2167.0 ± 176.9 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
14.6 ± 1.5 |
5.5 ± 0.3 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-7.7 ± 3.2 |
-6.1 ± 1.7 |
| By GSE [nT] |
6.4 ± 4.2 |
2.2 ± 3.0 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.4 ± 4.7 |
-3.9 ± 1.2 |
Plasma Beta
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5.843 ± 4.694
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0.786 ± 0.788
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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174.74 ± 16.95
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88.47 ± 7.22
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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67.58 ± 18.60
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77.56 ± 4.58
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.849 ± 0.215 |
0.317 ± 0.488 |
-0.422 ± 0.395 |
-24.99 ± 16.80 |
159.54 ± 32.78 |
| VC |
-0.969 ± 0.033 |
-0.180 ± 0.155 |
0.170 ± 0.169 |
9.81 ± 5.79 |
190.52 ± 9.14 |
| MX1 |
-1.000 ± 0.024 |
-0.030 ± 0.789 |
0.003 ± 0.003 |
0.14 ± 26.95 |
181.74 ± 45.20 |
| MX2 |
-0.925 ± 0.238 |
0.265 ± 0.645 |
-0.274 ± 0.267 |
-15.88 ± 32.82 |
164.03 ± 39.89 |
| MX3 |
-0.983 ± 0.085 |
-0.184 ± 0.456 |
-0.006 ± 0.006 |
-0.35 ± 22.38 |
190.61 ± 26.55 |
| RH08 |
-0.253 ± 0.023 |
0.723 ± 0.021 |
-0.642 ± 0.535 |
-39.98 ± 1.81 |
109.30 ± 1.77 |
| RH09 |
-0.991 ± 0.010 |
-0.043 ± 0.070 |
0.128 ± 0.128 |
7.38 ± 4.01 |
182.51 ± 4.07 |
| RH10 |
-0.991 ± 0.010 |
-0.043 ± 0.070 |
0.128 ± 0.128 |
7.38 ± 4.01 |
182.51 ± 4.07 |
| Average |
-0.870 |
0.103 |
-0.114 |
-7.058 |
170.095 |
| Median |
-0.969 |
-0.030 |
0.003 |
0.144 |
182.507 |
| Deviation |
0.254 |
0.312 |
0.298 |
18.053 |
27.060 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
38.5 ± 23.5 |
373.1 ± 3.8 |
0.38 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
55.6 ± 14.5 |
355.2 ± 4.9 |
0.38 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
47.7 ± 17.0 |
386.8 ± 4.7 |
0.38 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
37.0 ± 21.7 |
398.3 ± 4.0 |
0.38 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
54.6 ± 17.2 |
364.2 ± 4.9 |
0.38 ± 0.05 |
| RH08 |
55.9 ± 16.6 |
184.1 ± 3.4 |
0.38 ± 0.05 |
| RH09 |
49.2 ± 15.0 |
379.1 ± 4.6 |
0.38 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
49.2 ± 15.0 |
379.1 ± 36.9 |
0.38 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
48.5 |
352.5 |
0.38 |
| Median |
49.2 |
379.1 |
0.38 |
| Deviation |
7.3 |
69.3 |
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 |
-69.8 ± 15.1 |
50.7 ± 12.9 |
52.9 ± 14.6 |
181.1 ± 13.5 |
-1.50 ± 0.60 |
-0.39 ± 0.09 |
| VC |
-104.0 ± 12.0 |
35.7 ± 8.8 |
38.1 ± 10.5 |
184.9 ± 11.9 |
-3.16 ± 1.21 |
-0.56 ± 0.08 |
| MX1 |
-100.1 ± 12.7 |
43.0 ± 10.7 |
45.5 ± 12.5 |
183.2 ± 12.6 |
-2.53 ± 0.97 |
-0.55 ± 0.09 |
| MX2 |
-77.2 ± 14.5 |
51.9 ± 13.3 |
54.0 ± 14.9 |
180.7 ± 13.7 |
-1.62 ± 0.65 |
-0.43 ± 0.09 |
| MX3 |
-101.4 ± 13.0 |
36.7 ± 9.0 |
39.2 ± 10.8 |
184.7 ± 12.0 |
-2.99 ± 1.11 |
-0.55 ± 0.09 |
| RH8 |
-1.7 ± 16.8 |
35.5 ± 8.7 |
37.9 ± 10.4 |
185.0 ± 11.9 |
-0.05 ± 0.55 |
-0.01 ± 0.09 |
| RH9 |
-102.4 ± 12.1 |
41.6 ± 10.4 |
44.2 ± 12.2 |
183.6 ± 12.5 |
-2.67 ± 1.04 |
-0.56 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
-102.4 ± 12.1 |
41.6 ± 10.4 |
44.2 ± 12.2 |
183.6 ± 12.5 |
-2.67 ± 1.04 |
-0.56 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
-82.4 |
42.1 |
44.5 |
183.3 |
-2.1 |
-0.5 |
| Median |
-100.1 |
41.6 |
44.2 |
183.6 |
-2.5 |
-0.5 |
| Deviation |
35.1 |
6.4 |
6.3 |
1.7 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
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 |
-195.3 ± 5.4 |
50.4 ± 2.9 |
60.7 ± 3.6 |
106.4 ± 7.0 |
-3.89 ± 0.31 |
-1.84 ± 0.16 |
| VC |
-286.4 ± 17.3 |
34.4 ± 2.0 |
43.8 ± 2.6 |
112.6 ± 7.2 |
-8.36 ± 0.64 |
-2.55 ± 0.19 |
| MX1 |
-277.4 ± 13.1 |
41.9 ± 2.4 |
52.2 ± 3.1 |
110.0 ± 7.1 |
-6.64 ± 0.48 |
-2.53 ± 0.19 |
| MX2 |
-222.4 ± 5.6 |
51.8 ± 3.0 |
62.0 ± 3.7 |
105.7 ± 6.9 |
-4.31 ± 0.31 |
-2.11 ± 0.16 |
| MX3 |
-280.9 ± 16.1 |
35.4 ± 2.0 |
44.9 ± 2.7 |
112.3 ± 7.2 |
-7.96 ± 0.63 |
-2.51 ± 0.20 |
| RH8 |
-1.0 ± 19.6 |
34.1 ± 2.0 |
43.5 ± 2.6 |
112.7 ± 7.2 |
-0.04 ± 0.57 |
-0.01 ± 0.17 |
| RH9 |
-282.7 ± 14.4 |
40.5 ± 2.3 |
50.7 ± 3.0 |
110.5 ± 7.1 |
-7.00 ± 0.50 |
-2.57 ± 0.18 |
| RH10 |
-282.7 ± 14.4 |
40.5 ± 2.3 |
50.7 ± 3.0 |
110.5 ± 7.1 |
-7.00 ± 0.50 |
-2.57 ± 0.18 |
| Average |
-228.6 |
41.1 |
51.1 |
110.1 |
-5.6 |
-2.1 |
| Median |
-277.4 |
40.5 |
50.7 |
110.5 |
-6.6 |
-2.5 |
| Deviation |
98.0 |
6.9 |
7.2 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
0.9 |
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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