Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20160710429
Observation time: 03/11/2016 71.18696 0429 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2016 |
| Fractional day of year |
71.186962 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
16153.5 ± 10.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
256.128 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
41.588 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
11.807 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0120 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0161 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
9.51, 14.57, 16.14 |
Event added to database
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Thu Apr 28 10:01:55 2016
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Event last processed
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Tue May 17 17:33:25 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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73.455 ± 0.589
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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] |
-304.9 ± 3.8 |
-337.3 ± 4.0 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-17.9 ± 1.6 |
-2.2 ± 2.9 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-3.8 ± 4.2 |
12.1 ± 2.8 |
| Wi [km/s] |
25.9 ± 0.8 |
33.1 ± 1.3 |
| We [km/s] |
818.2 ± 26.1 |
1045.5 ± 40.4 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
15.6 ± 1.4 |
34.4 ± 1.0 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
2.8 ± 0.2 |
2.0 ± 0.9 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-4.7 ± 0.3 |
-6.4 ± 1.0 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
0.9 ± 1.6 |
7.1 ± 1.3 |
Plasma Beta
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0.684 ± 0.674
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0.814 ± 0.814
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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33.40 ± 1.07
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42.68 ± 1.65
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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31.39 ± 2.03
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36.77 ± 1.44
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.607 ± 0.159 |
0.782 ± 0.124 |
0.139 ± 0.138 |
7.99 ± 9.29 |
127.81 ± 11.62 |
| VC |
-0.826 ± 0.039 |
0.399 ± 0.057 |
0.398 ± 0.375 |
23.43 ± 4.65 |
154.19 ± 3.82 |
| MX1 |
-0.691 ± 0.140 |
0.714 ± 0.135 |
0.116 ± 0.116 |
6.69 ± 7.95 |
134.06 ± 11.20 |
| MX2 |
-0.808 ± 0.051 |
0.585 ± 0.070 |
0.077 ± 0.077 |
4.43 ± 8.65 |
144.09 ± 4.92 |
| MX3 |
-0.852 ± 0.035 |
0.520 ± 0.056 |
0.059 ± 0.059 |
3.36 ± 8.95 |
148.62 ± 3.78 |
| RH08 |
-0.991 ± 0.004 |
0.131 ± 0.028 |
-0.028 ± 0.028 |
-1.60 ± 1.61 |
172.48 ± 1.61 |
| RH09 |
-0.986 ± 0.011 |
0.165 ± 0.067 |
-0.017 ± 0.017 |
-0.96 ± 4.05 |
170.47 ± 3.91 |
| RH10 |
-0.986 ± 0.011 |
0.165 ± 0.067 |
-0.017 ± 0.017 |
-0.96 ± 4.05 |
170.47 ± 3.91 |
| Average |
-0.843 |
0.433 |
0.091 |
5.296 |
152.776 |
| Median |
-0.826 |
0.520 |
0.077 |
4.426 |
154.192 |
| Deviation |
0.143 |
0.258 |
0.139 |
8.179 |
17.249 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
18.3 ± 13.9 |
235.5 ± 2.0 |
2.20 ± 0.15 |
| VC |
46.2 ± 11.7 |
318.4 ± 2.3 |
2.20 ± 0.15 |
| MX1 |
21.3 ± 12.4 |
264.4 ± 2.1 |
2.20 ± 0.15 |
| MX2 |
28.3 ± 9.6 |
305.7 ± 2.1 |
2.20 ± 0.15 |
| MX3 |
31.9 ± 8.4 |
321.3 ± 2.1 |
2.20 ± 0.15 |
| RH08 |
53.1 ± 4.2 |
363.1 ± 1.9 |
2.20 ± 0.15 |
| RH09 |
51.3 ± 4.5 |
362.2 ± 2.0 |
2.20 ± 0.15 |
| RH10 |
51.3 ± 4.5 |
362.2 ± 8.5 |
2.20 ± 0.15 |
| Average |
37.7 |
316.6 |
2.20 |
| Median |
46.2 |
321.3 |
2.20 |
| Deviation |
14.4 |
47.5 |
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 |
64.9 ± 4.0 |
26.7 ± 1.3 |
29.8 ± 1.9 |
37.3 ± 1.5 |
2.44 ± 0.23 |
1.74 ± 0.15 |
| VC |
75.2 ± 5.1 |
17.1 ± 0.8 |
21.7 ± 1.4 |
42.6 ± 1.8 |
4.42 ± 0.45 |
1.77 ± 0.17 |
| MX1 |
67.1 ± 4.1 |
25.7 ± 1.2 |
29.3 ± 1.9 |
37.9 ± 1.5 |
2.61 ± 0.25 |
1.77 ± 0.15 |
| MX2 |
70.3 ± 4.2 |
23.4 ± 1.1 |
27.7 ± 1.8 |
39.4 ± 1.6 |
3.01 ± 0.28 |
1.79 ± 0.15 |
| MX3 |
71.0 ± 4.2 |
22.2 ± 1.0 |
26.7 ± 1.7 |
40.1 ± 1.6 |
3.21 ± 0.29 |
1.77 ± 0.15 |
| RH8 |
63.2 ± 3.9 |
14.5 ± 0.7 |
18.9 ± 1.2 |
43.5 ± 1.8 |
4.38 ± 0.40 |
1.46 ± 0.13 |
| RH9 |
64.5 ± 4.0 |
15.2 ± 0.7 |
19.6 ± 1.3 |
43.3 ± 1.8 |
4.27 ± 0.39 |
1.49 ± 0.13 |
| RH10 |
64.5 ± 4.0 |
15.2 ± 0.7 |
19.6 ± 1.3 |
43.3 ± 1.8 |
4.27 ± 0.39 |
1.49 ± 0.13 |
| Average |
67.6 |
20.0 |
24.2 |
40.9 |
3.6 |
1.7 |
| Median |
67.1 |
22.2 |
26.7 |
42.6 |
4.3 |
1.8 |
| Deviation |
4.2 |
5.1 |
4.6 |
2.5 |
0.8 |
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 |
30.7 ± 4.3 |
32.2 ± 0.8 |
34.9 ± 1.4 |
46.3 ± 1.0 |
0.96 ± 0.15 |
0.66 ± 0.09 |
| VC |
35.8 ± 4.8 |
20.7 ± 0.4 |
25.5 ± 1.0 |
52.4 ± 1.0 |
1.73 ± 0.26 |
0.68 ± 0.09 |
| MX1 |
31.6 ± 4.4 |
31.1 ± 0.7 |
34.3 ± 1.3 |
47.0 ± 1.0 |
1.02 ± 0.16 |
0.67 ± 0.09 |
| MX2 |
33.7 ± 4.4 |
28.4 ± 0.6 |
32.4 ± 1.3 |
48.7 ± 1.0 |
1.19 ± 0.17 |
0.69 ± 0.09 |
| MX3 |
34.3 ± 4.4 |
26.9 ± 0.6 |
31.2 ± 1.2 |
49.5 ± 1.0 |
1.28 ± 0.18 |
0.69 ± 0.09 |
| RH8 |
29.5 ± 4.1 |
17.6 ± 0.4 |
22.1 ± 0.9 |
53.5 ± 1.1 |
1.68 ± 0.26 |
0.55 ± 0.08 |
| RH9 |
30.2 ± 4.1 |
18.4 ± 0.4 |
23.0 ± 0.9 |
53.3 ± 1.1 |
1.64 ± 0.25 |
0.57 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
30.2 ± 4.1 |
18.4 ± 0.4 |
23.0 ± 0.9 |
53.3 ± 1.1 |
1.64 ± 0.25 |
0.57 ± 0.08 |
| Average |
32.0 |
24.2 |
28.3 |
50.5 |
1.4 |
0.6 |
| Median |
31.6 |
26.9 |
31.2 |
52.4 |
1.6 |
0.7 |
| Deviation |
2.3 |
6.1 |
5.4 |
3.0 |
0.3 |
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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