Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20231582225
Observation time: 06/07/2023 158.93470 2225 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2023 |
| Fractional day of year |
158.934705 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
80758.5 ± 20.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
236.131 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
97.065 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
6.018 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0009 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0304 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0119 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
13.56, 24.05, 39.47 |
Event added to database
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Wed Oct 11 16:43:41 2023
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Event last processed
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Thu Oct 12 10:34:07 2023
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Method selected
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RH10
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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50.258 ± 5.918
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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] |
-326.2 ± 3.1 |
-360.9 ± 1.4 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-17.6 ± 1.8 |
-19.6 ± 1.6 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-8.1 ± 1.6 |
22.2 ± 1.2 |
| Wi [km/s] |
23.1 ± 1.1 |
29.2 ± 1.1 |
| We [km/s] |
730.5 ± 35.8 |
922.8 ± 34.4 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
5.4 ± 0.4 |
9.6 ± 0.5 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-1.0 ± 0.6 |
0.3 ± 0.6 |
| By GSE [nT] |
4.9 ± 0.3 |
8.7 ± 0.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
1.3 ± 0.3 |
1.4 ± 0.3 |
Plasma Beta
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0.227 ± 0.217
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0.223 ± 0.214
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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29.82 ± 1.46
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37.68 ± 1.40
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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48.80 ± 2.64
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61.93 ± 1.55
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.775 ± 0.171 |
0.330 ± 0.124 |
0.539 ± 0.479 |
32.60 ± 19.16 |
156.91 ± 7.51 |
| VC |
-0.751 ± 0.033 |
-0.045 ± 0.047 |
0.658 ± 0.541 |
41.18 ± 2.85 |
183.44 ± 3.62 |
| MX1 |
-0.720 ± 0.064 |
0.256 ± 0.091 |
0.645 ± 0.536 |
40.15 ± 5.28 |
160.47 ± 7.09 |
| MX2 |
-0.702 ± 0.044 |
0.245 ± 0.084 |
0.669 ± 0.545 |
42.00 ± 3.04 |
160.76 ± 6.82 |
| MX3 |
-0.682 ± 0.044 |
0.233 ± 0.079 |
0.693 ± 0.552 |
43.87 ± 3.03 |
161.11 ± 6.59 |
| RH08 |
-0.703 ± 0.010 |
0.222 ± 0.008 |
-0.676 ± 0.547 |
-42.53 ± 0.90 |
162.45 ± 0.63 |
| RH09 |
-0.132 ± 0.044 |
0.069 ± 0.042 |
0.989 ± 0.212 |
81.43 ± 2.56 |
152.42 ± 15.84 |
| RH10 |
-0.880 ± 0.033 |
0.330 ± 0.066 |
0.341 ± 0.327 |
19.92 ± 4.02 |
159.44 ± 4.29 |
| Average |
-0.668 |
0.205 |
0.482 |
32.328 |
162.126 |
| Median |
-0.703 |
0.245 |
0.658 |
41.176 |
160.761 |
| Deviation |
0.225 |
0.130 |
0.501 |
34.918 |
9.171 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
53.0 ± 4.6 |
339.1 ± 1.6 |
1.87 ± 0.23 |
| VC |
74.1 ± 3.9 |
345.8 ± 1.9 |
1.87 ± 0.23 |
| MX1 |
56.8 ± 3.8 |
325.0 ± 1.8 |
1.87 ± 0.23 |
| MX2 |
57.3 ± 3.6 |
319.2 ± 1.8 |
1.87 ± 0.23 |
| MX3 |
57.9 ± 3.4 |
313.2 ± 1.8 |
1.87 ± 0.23 |
| RH08 |
80.0 ± 6.2 |
238.5 ± 0.6 |
1.87 ± 0.23 |
| RH09 |
69.9 ± 2.1 |
112.5 ± 1.6 |
1.87 ± 0.23 |
| RH10 |
55.1 ± 5.9 |
370.0 ± 8.9 |
1.87 ± 0.23 |
| Average |
63.0 |
295.4 |
1.87 |
| Median |
57.9 |
325.0 |
1.87 |
| Deviation |
10.1 |
83.2 |
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 |
96.5 ± 2.7 |
15.9 ± 0.6 |
29.4 ± 1.6 |
55.0 ± 2.3 |
6.07 ± 0.27 |
1.76 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
105.3 ± 2.8 |
7.0 ± 0.3 |
13.4 ± 0.7 |
56.8 ± 2.3 |
15.04 ± 0.60 |
1.86 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
99.7 ± 2.6 |
14.4 ± 0.5 |
26.7 ± 1.4 |
55.4 ± 2.3 |
6.95 ± 0.30 |
1.80 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
100.1 ± 2.6 |
14.2 ± 0.5 |
26.3 ± 1.4 |
55.4 ± 2.3 |
7.08 ± 0.30 |
1.81 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
100.4 ± 2.6 |
13.9 ± 0.5 |
25.9 ± 1.4 |
55.5 ± 2.3 |
7.23 ± 0.31 |
1.81 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
7.7 ± 2.1 |
4.4 ± 0.2 |
8.5 ± 0.5 |
57.0 ± 2.3 |
1.74 ± 0.49 |
0.14 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
78.7 ± 1.8 |
8.8 ± 0.3 |
16.8 ± 0.9 |
56.5 ± 2.3 |
8.90 ± 0.33 |
1.39 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
91.5 ± 2.8 |
15.1 ± 0.6 |
27.9 ± 1.5 |
55.2 ± 2.3 |
6.07 ± 0.29 |
1.66 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
85.0 |
11.7 |
21.9 |
55.9 |
7.4 |
1.5 |
| Median |
99.7 |
14.2 |
26.3 |
55.5 |
7.1 |
1.8 |
| Deviation |
32.3 |
4.3 |
7.8 |
0.8 |
3.7 |
0.6 |
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 |
53.9 ± 1.7 |
20.1 ± 0.5 |
37.3 ± 0.9 |
69.7 ± 1.0 |
2.68 ± 0.03 |
0.77 ± 0.03 |
| VC |
59.2 ± 1.2 |
8.9 ± 0.2 |
17.0 ± 0.4 |
72.0 ± 0.9 |
6.67 ± 0.03 |
0.82 ± 0.02 |
| MX1 |
55.8 ± 1.6 |
18.2 ± 0.4 |
33.9 ± 0.8 |
70.2 ± 0.9 |
3.07 ± 0.03 |
0.79 ± 0.03 |
| MX2 |
56.0 ± 1.6 |
17.9 ± 0.4 |
33.4 ± 0.8 |
70.3 ± 0.9 |
3.13 ± 0.02 |
0.80 ± 0.03 |
| MX3 |
56.2 ± 1.6 |
17.6 ± 0.4 |
32.9 ± 0.8 |
70.3 ± 0.9 |
3.19 ± 0.02 |
0.80 ± 0.03 |
| RH8 |
4.3 ± 1.5 |
5.6 ± 0.1 |
10.8 ± 0.3 |
72.3 ± 0.9 |
0.77 ± 0.26 |
0.06 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
44.3 ± 1.2 |
11.2 ± 0.3 |
21.3 ± 0.5 |
71.6 ± 0.9 |
3.95 ± 0.07 |
0.62 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
51.3 ± 1.8 |
19.1 ± 0.5 |
35.5 ± 0.9 |
70.0 ± 1.0 |
2.69 ± 0.05 |
0.73 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
47.6 |
14.8 |
27.7 |
70.8 |
3.3 |
0.7 |
| Median |
55.8 |
17.9 |
33.4 |
70.3 |
3.1 |
0.8 |
| Deviation |
18.1 |
5.5 |
9.9 |
1.0 |
1.6 |
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 Thu Oct 12 13:23:39 2023
Michael L Stevens
(mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)
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