Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20162161221
Observation time: 08/03/2016 216.51526 1221 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2016 |
| Fractional day of year |
216.515260 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
44518.5 ± 50.0 |
| Shock type |
FR |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
223.439 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
102.051 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-4.133 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0003 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0096 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0200 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
22.52, 70.02, 81.72 |
Event added to database
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Wed Nov 2 16:18:17 2016
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Event last processed
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Fri Jan 13 16:08:55 2017
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Method selected
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RH08
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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65.290 ± 0.637
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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] |
-458.5 ± 1.5 |
-556.4 ± 8.2 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-11.8 ± 8.5 |
-33.9 ± 1.5 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-15.0 ± 4.2 |
-16.4 ± 4.4 |
| Wi [km/s] |
58.3 ± 2.3 |
40.1 ± 1.6 |
| We [km/s] |
1844.9 ± 74.1 |
1267.1 ± 49.8 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
8.4 ± 0.4 |
3.9 ± 0.2 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-2.6 ± 1.3 |
-1.5 ± 0.7 |
| By GSE [nT] |
9.9 ± 1.4 |
6.1 ± 0.2 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-7.2 ± 1.0 |
-0.7 ± 0.3 |
Plasma Beta
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0.385 ± 0.366
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0.332 ± 0.348
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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75.32 ± 3.03
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51.73 ± 2.03
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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94.63 ± 5.78
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69.88 ± 2.55
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.780 ± 0.630 |
0.534 ± 0.910 |
0.328 ± 0.315 |
19.13 ± 22.75 |
145.62 ± 66.62 |
| VC |
-0.975 ± 0.017 |
-0.221 ± 0.073 |
-0.015 ± 0.015 |
-0.88 ± 3.13 |
192.76 ± 4.28 |
| MX1 |
-0.965 ± 0.050 |
-0.261 ± 0.186 |
0.027 ± 0.027 |
1.55 ± 6.20 |
195.12 ± 11.04 |
| MX2 |
-0.946 ± 0.097 |
-0.324 ± 0.283 |
-0.000 ± 0.000 |
-0.01 ± 3.58 |
198.90 ± 17.13 |
| MX3 |
-0.972 ± 0.034 |
-0.234 ± 0.140 |
0.037 ± 0.037 |
2.11 ± 7.90 |
193.52 ± 8.25 |
| RH08 |
-0.996 ± 0.001 |
-0.079 ± 0.016 |
-0.039 ± 0.039 |
-2.24 ± 0.83 |
184.51 ± 0.92 |
| RH09 |
-0.993 ± 0.008 |
0.096 ± 0.068 |
0.061 ± 0.061 |
3.52 ± 4.03 |
174.48 ± 3.95 |
| RH10 |
-0.998 ± 0.005 |
0.061 ± 0.068 |
0.028 ± 0.028 |
1.60 ± 4.06 |
176.49 ± 3.91 |
| Average |
-0.953 |
-0.053 |
0.053 |
3.098 |
182.675 |
| Median |
-0.972 |
-0.079 |
0.028 |
1.601 |
192.762 |
| Deviation |
0.072 |
0.282 |
0.115 |
6.728 |
17.400 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
66.8 ± 0.5 |
291.6 ± 2.4 |
0.46 ± 0.01 |
| VC |
87.6 ± 7.2 |
365.3 ± 3.3 |
0.46 ± 0.01 |
| MX1 |
89.1 ± 7.1 |
360.0 ± 3.2 |
0.46 ± 0.01 |
| MX2 |
86.9 ± 7.5 |
353.1 ± 3.3 |
0.46 ± 0.01 |
| MX3 |
89.9 ± 6.9 |
362.8 ± 3.2 |
0.46 ± 0.01 |
| RH08 |
80.1 ± 6.8 |
372.0 ± 3.2 |
0.46 ± 0.01 |
| RH09 |
75.5 ± 5.5 |
370.0 ± 2.9 |
0.46 ± 0.01 |
| RH10 |
76.0 ± 5.8 |
372.0 ± 12.3 |
0.46 ± 0.01 |
| Average |
81.5 |
355.9 |
0.46 |
| Median |
86.9 |
365.3 |
0.46 |
| Deviation |
8.3 |
26.8 |
0.00 |
Upstream 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 |
-54.7 ± 5.3 |
23.6 ± 0.6 |
37.2 ± 2.3 |
118.7 ± 3.8 |
-2.32 ± 0.19 |
-0.46 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
-84.6 ± 0.7 |
2.5 ± 0.1 |
4.0 ± 0.2 |
121.0 ± 3.9 |
-34.44 ± 1.14 |
-0.70 ± 0.03 |
| MX1 |
-85.1 ± 0.9 |
0.9 ± 0.0 |
1.5 ± 0.1 |
121.0 ± 3.9 |
-90.29 ± 3.13 |
-0.70 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
-84.5 ± 1.5 |
3.2 ± 0.1 |
5.1 ± 0.3 |
121.0 ± 3.9 |
-26.64 ± 1.07 |
-0.70 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
-84.9 ± 0.7 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
121.0 ± 3.9 |
******* ± 45.22 |
-0.70 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
-86.2 ± 1.0 |
10.1 ± 0.3 |
16.2 ± 1.0 |
120.6 ± 3.9 |
-8.52 ± 0.24 |
-0.72 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
-83.4 ± 2.2 |
14.8 ± 0.4 |
23.6 ± 1.4 |
120.1 ± 3.9 |
-5.64 ± 0.15 |
-0.69 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
-84.3 ± 2.0 |
14.4 ± 0.4 |
23.0 ± 1.4 |
120.2 ± 3.9 |
-5.86 ± 0.15 |
-0.70 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
-81.0 |
8.7 |
13.8 |
120.4 |
-195.4 |
-0.7 |
| Median |
-84.5 |
10.1 |
16.2 |
121.0 |
-8.5 |
-0.7 |
| Deviation |
10.7 |
8.4 |
13.3 |
0.8 |
483.4 |
0.1 |
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 |
-118.7 ± 6.9 |
16.6 ± 0.2 |
27.5 ± 1.0 |
85.4 ± 1.0 |
-7.14 ± 0.48 |
-1.39 ± 0.08 |
| VC |
-185.0 ± 8.2 |
1.7 ± 0.0 |
2.9 ± 0.1 |
87.0 ± 1.0 |
-106.67 ± 5.57 |
-2.13 ± 0.10 |
| MX1 |
-185.3 ± 8.2 |
0.7 ± 0.0 |
1.1 ± 0.0 |
87.0 ± 1.0 |
-278.55 ± 14.55 |
-2.13 ± 0.10 |
| MX2 |
-184.3 ± 8.0 |
2.2 ± 0.0 |
3.8 ± 0.1 |
87.0 ± 1.0 |
-82.31 ± 4.25 |
-2.12 ± 0.10 |
| MX3 |
-185.2 ± 8.2 |
0.0 ± 0.0 |
0.1 ± 0.0 |
87.0 ± 1.0 |
******* ± 225.78 |
-2.13 ± 0.10 |
| RH8 |
-185.5 ± 8.2 |
7.1 ± 0.1 |
12.0 ± 0.4 |
86.7 ± 1.0 |
-25.98 ± 1.36 |
-2.14 ± 0.10 |
| RH9 |
-178.5 ± 8.2 |
10.4 ± 0.1 |
17.4 ± 0.6 |
86.4 ± 1.0 |
-17.10 ± 0.93 |
-2.07 ± 0.10 |
| RH10 |
-180.6 ± 8.2 |
10.1 ± 0.1 |
17.0 ± 0.6 |
86.4 ± 1.0 |
-17.81 ± 0.96 |
-2.09 ± 0.10 |
| Average |
-175.4 |
6.1 |
10.2 |
86.6 |
-603.6 |
-2.0 |
| Median |
-184.3 |
7.1 |
12.0 |
87.0 |
-26.0 |
-2.1 |
| Deviation |
23.0 |
5.9 |
9.9 |
0.6 |
1493.6 |
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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