Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20160441506
Observation time: 02/13/2016 44.62943 1506 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2016 |
| Fractional day of year |
44.629427 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
54382.5 ± 10.0 |
| Shock type |
FR |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
225.858 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
98.205 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-0.000 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0200 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0210 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
13.18, 17.99, 18.82 |
Event added to database
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Thu Apr 28 09:59:34 2016
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Event last processed
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Tue May 17 17:31:20 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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77.634 ± 4.244
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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] |
-387.8 ± 1.5 |
-418.0 ± 1.5 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-8.8 ± 3.1 |
-23.0 ± 1.3 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-17.1 ± 2.6 |
-2.9 ± 1.8 |
| Wi [km/s] |
41.4 ± 0.9 |
34.5 ± 1.0 |
| We [km/s] |
1309.1 ± 27.4 |
1091.9 ± 31.2 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
8.4 ± 0.2 |
5.3 ± 0.4 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-2.8 ± 0.5 |
-2.8 ± 0.2 |
| By GSE [nT] |
8.0 ± 0.4 |
5.2 ± 0.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
2.0 ± 1.0 |
-0.1 ± 0.4 |
Plasma Beta
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0.395 ± 0.387
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0.376 ± 0.368
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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53.45 ± 1.12
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44.58 ± 1.27
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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65.92 ± 0.63
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56.40 ± 1.47
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.713 ± 0.164 |
0.465 ± 0.230 |
-0.525 ± 0.470 |
-31.66 ± 9.68 |
146.90 ± 18.04 |
| VC |
-0.835 ± 0.038 |
-0.388 ± 0.061 |
0.389 ± 0.368 |
22.92 ± 4.20 |
204.90 ± 4.08 |
| MX1 |
-0.863 ± 0.075 |
-0.319 ± 0.186 |
0.391 ± 0.370 |
23.03 ± 4.56 |
200.30 ± 12.30 |
| MX2 |
-0.866 ± 0.089 |
-0.325 ± 0.228 |
0.379 ± 0.360 |
22.28 ± 3.96 |
200.59 ± 15.06 |
| MX3 |
-0.853 ± 0.070 |
-0.321 ± 0.151 |
0.411 ± 0.386 |
24.29 ± 6.24 |
200.63 ± 10.11 |
| RH08 |
-0.964 ± 0.005 |
-0.110 ± 0.013 |
0.240 ± 0.235 |
13.90 ± 1.02 |
186.52 ± 0.80 |
| RH09 |
-0.975 ± 0.015 |
-0.077 ± 0.071 |
0.207 ± 0.204 |
11.93 ± 3.97 |
184.51 ± 4.16 |
| RH10 |
-0.978 ± 0.015 |
-0.077 ± 0.071 |
0.196 ± 0.193 |
11.28 ± 3.96 |
184.51 ± 4.16 |
| Average |
-0.881 |
-0.144 |
0.211 |
12.245 |
188.609 |
| Median |
-0.863 |
-0.110 |
0.379 |
22.277 |
200.304 |
| Deviation |
0.090 |
0.277 |
0.311 |
18.545 |
18.777 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
57.7 ± 5.4 |
267.2 ± 1.1 |
0.65 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
89.9 ± 4.3 |
256.2 ± 2.0 |
0.65 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
85.8 ± 4.2 |
266.3 ± 1.9 |
0.65 ± 0.02 |
| MX2 |
86.2 ± 4.2 |
267.8 ± 1.9 |
0.65 ± 0.02 |
| MX3 |
85.8 ± 4.3 |
262.0 ± 1.9 |
0.65 ± 0.02 |
| RH08 |
74.8 ± 3.8 |
309.2 ± 1.8 |
0.65 ± 0.02 |
| RH09 |
73.2 ± 3.7 |
314.5 ± 1.7 |
0.65 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
73.3 ± 3.7 |
315.7 ± 11.1 |
0.65 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
78.3 |
282.4 |
0.65 |
| Median |
85.8 |
267.8 |
0.65 |
| Deviation |
10.7 |
25.8 |
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 |
-14.2 ± 2.3 |
23.1 ± 0.3 |
35.3 ± 0.3 |
81.7 ± 0.9 |
-0.61 ± 0.09 |
-0.17 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
-64.4 ± 2.6 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
84.9 ± 0.9 |
******* ± 53.56 |
-0.76 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
-64.5 ± 2.4 |
3.0 ± 0.0 |
4.8 ± 0.0 |
84.8 ± 0.9 |
-21.19 ± 0.98 |
-0.76 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
-64.5 ± 2.4 |
2.7 ± 0.0 |
4.4 ± 0.0 |
84.8 ± 0.9 |
-23.54 ± 1.08 |
-0.76 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
-64.5 ± 2.4 |
3.0 ± 0.0 |
4.8 ± 0.0 |
84.8 ± 0.9 |
-21.28 ± 0.99 |
-0.76 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
-61.6 ± 1.7 |
11.0 ± 0.2 |
17.3 ± 0.2 |
84.2 ± 0.9 |
-5.61 ± 0.20 |
-0.73 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
-60.8 ± 1.6 |
12.1 ± 0.2 |
19.0 ± 0.2 |
84.0 ± 0.9 |
-5.02 ± 0.17 |
-0.72 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
-60.7 ± 1.6 |
12.0 ± 0.2 |
18.9 ± 0.2 |
84.0 ± 0.9 |
-5.05 ± 0.17 |
-0.72 ± 0.02 |
| Average |
-56.9 |
8.4 |
13.1 |
84.1 |
-147.9 |
-0.7 |
| Median |
-61.6 |
11.0 |
17.3 |
84.8 |
-5.6 |
-0.7 |
| Deviation |
17.4 |
7.6 |
11.7 |
1.1 |
385.1 |
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 |
-21.7 ± 0.9 |
19.4 ± 0.4 |
30.2 ± 0.8 |
69.2 ± 1.3 |
-1.12 ± 0.06 |
-0.31 ± 0.02 |
| VC |
-100.7 ± 1.8 |
0.0 ± 0.0 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
71.9 ± 1.4 |
******* ± 43.74 |
-1.40 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
-100.7 ± 1.8 |
2.6 ± 0.0 |
4.1 ± 0.1 |
71.9 ± 1.4 |
-39.27 ± 0.82 |
-1.40 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
-100.7 ± 1.8 |
2.3 ± 0.0 |
3.7 ± 0.1 |
71.9 ± 1.4 |
-43.63 ± 0.92 |
-1.40 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
-100.7 ± 1.8 |
2.6 ± 0.0 |
4.1 ± 0.1 |
71.9 ± 1.4 |
-39.43 ± 0.82 |
-1.40 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
-95.8 ± 1.6 |
9.3 ± 0.2 |
14.8 ± 0.4 |
71.3 ± 1.4 |
-10.35 ± 0.22 |
-1.34 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
-94.4 ± 1.6 |
10.2 ± 0.2 |
16.3 ± 0.4 |
71.2 ± 1.4 |
-9.26 ± 0.20 |
-1.33 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
-94.2 ± 1.6 |
10.1 ± 0.2 |
16.2 ± 0.4 |
71.2 ± 1.4 |
-9.30 ± 0.21 |
-1.32 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
-88.6 |
7.1 |
11.2 |
71.3 |
-274.4 |
-1.2 |
| Median |
-95.8 |
9.3 |
14.8 |
71.9 |
-10.4 |
-1.3 |
| Deviation |
27.2 |
6.4 |
10.0 |
0.9 |
714.9 |
0.4 |
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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