Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20233090827
Observation time: 11/05/2023 309.35234 0827 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2023 |
| Fractional day of year |
309.352344 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
30442.5 ± 50.0 |
| Shock type |
SF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
201.324 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
78.761 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-5.743 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0159 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0165 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
17.68, 30.80, 37.10 |
Event added to database
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Wed Aug 28 15:42:16 2024
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Event last processed
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Wed Aug 28 21:09:38 2024
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Method selected
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RH08
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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74.671 ± 8.472
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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] |
-304.6 ± 3.6 |
-391.1 ± 4.0 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-1.4 ± 1.8 |
-5.2 ± 13.5 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
8.9 ± 1.8 |
-52.7 ± 7.9 |
| Wi [km/s] |
37.5 ± 4.2 |
54.4 ± 7.0 |
| We [km/s] |
1185.4 ± 132.6 |
1721.0 ± 221.0 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
13.8 ± 0.7 |
25.8 ± 3.7 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
8.4 ± 0.9 |
8.9 ± 0.4 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-8.4 ± 0.6 |
-14.7 ± 1.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-3.4 ± 0.5 |
-17.4 ± 1.8 |
Plasma Beta
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0.272 ± 0.242
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0.276 ± 0.252
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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48.39 ± 5.41
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70.26 ± 9.02
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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72.66 ± 2.83
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105.89 ± 8.53
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.799 ± 0.066 |
0.540 ± 0.095 |
-0.266 ± 0.259 |
-15.41 ± 4.86 |
145.93 ± 6.72 |
| VC |
-0.817 ± 0.034 |
-0.039 ± 0.118 |
-0.575 ± 0.501 |
-35.10 ± 3.35 |
182.71 ± 8.28 |
| MX1 |
-0.910 ± 0.039 |
0.368 ± 0.095 |
-0.192 ± 0.189 |
-11.05 ± 2.87 |
158.01 ± 5.96 |
| MX2 |
-0.947 ± 0.028 |
0.281 ± 0.090 |
-0.154 ± 0.153 |
-8.87 ± 2.76 |
163.48 ± 5.42 |
| MX3 |
-0.971 ± 0.020 |
0.207 ± 0.092 |
-0.121 ± 0.121 |
-6.97 ± 2.69 |
167.98 ± 5.44 |
| RH08 |
-0.488 ± 0.028 |
-0.771 ± 0.018 |
0.408 ± 0.384 |
24.07 ± 0.36 |
237.66 ± 2.10 |
| RH09 |
-0.663 ± 0.053 |
-0.655 ± 0.054 |
0.363 ± 0.346 |
21.29 ± 3.32 |
224.62 ± 4.49 |
| RH10 |
-0.993 ± 0.008 |
0.043 ± 0.070 |
0.106 ± 0.106 |
6.09 ± 3.98 |
177.49 ± 4.04 |
| Average |
-0.824 |
-0.003 |
-0.054 |
-3.244 |
182.236 |
| Median |
-0.817 |
0.207 |
-0.121 |
-6.970 |
177.493 |
| Deviation |
0.174 |
0.474 |
0.330 |
19.656 |
32.406 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
33.4 ± 3.8 |
407.9 ± 13.1 |
1.79 ± 0.20 |
| VC |
68.2 ± 5.0 |
465.9 ± 12.5 |
1.79 ± 0.20 |
| MX1 |
35.4 ± 5.0 |
457.4 ± 12.3 |
1.79 ± 0.20 |
| MX2 |
37.6 ± 5.2 |
473.2 ± 11.8 |
1.79 ± 0.20 |
| MX3 |
39.8 ± 5.3 |
482.5 ± 11.2 |
1.79 ± 0.20 |
| RH08 |
85.6 ± 3.2 |
201.7 ± 5.4 |
1.79 ± 0.20 |
| RH09 |
83.8 ± 3.7 |
295.4 ± 3.5 |
1.79 ± 0.20 |
| RH10 |
42.7 ± 5.1 |
470.6 ± 36.6 |
1.79 ± 0.20 |
| Average |
53.3 |
406.8 |
1.79 |
| Median |
42.7 |
465.9 |
1.79 |
| Deviation |
22.2 |
103.3 |
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 |
167.8 ± 3.0 |
37.0 ± 2.9 |
60.7 ± 2.4 |
79.2 ± 2.1 |
4.56 ± 0.39 |
2.12 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
222.1 ± 2.7 |
15.1 ± 1.0 |
26.9 ± 1.1 |
86.1 ± 2.6 |
14.76 ± 1.00 |
2.58 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
182.4 ± 3.3 |
35.9 ± 2.8 |
59.2 ± 2.3 |
79.7 ± 2.1 |
5.11 ± 0.43 |
2.29 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
186.3 ± 3.4 |
34.6 ± 2.7 |
57.6 ± 2.2 |
80.3 ± 2.2 |
5.40 ± 0.44 |
2.32 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
188.1 ± 3.5 |
33.3 ± 2.5 |
55.8 ± 2.2 |
80.8 ± 2.2 |
5.67 ± 0.46 |
2.33 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
48.2 ± 2.1 |
3.1 ± 0.2 |
5.6 ± 0.2 |
87.4 ± 2.7 |
15.72 ± 1.06 |
0.55 ± 0.02 |
| RH9 |
89.2 ± 2.6 |
4.4 ± 0.3 |
7.9 ± 0.3 |
87.3 ± 2.6 |
20.48 ± 1.38 |
1.02 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
167.1 ± 3.6 |
31.6 ± 2.3 |
53.4 ± 2.1 |
81.5 ± 2.2 |
5.30 ± 0.43 |
2.05 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
156.4 |
24.4 |
40.9 |
82.8 |
9.6 |
1.9 |
| Median |
182.4 |
33.3 |
55.8 |
81.5 |
5.7 |
2.3 |
| Deviation |
57.8 |
14.5 |
23.7 |
3.5 |
6.3 |
0.7 |
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 |
84.4 ± 11.0 |
53.5 ± 4.9 |
88.4 ± 7.1 |
115.6 ± 6.5 |
1.58 ± 0.20 |
0.74 ± 0.13 |
| VC |
115.8 ± 5.5 |
21.9 ± 1.7 |
39.3 ± 3.2 |
125.5 ± 6.2 |
5.32 ± 0.37 |
0.93 ± 0.08 |
| MX1 |
93.3 ± 8.5 |
51.9 ± 4.7 |
86.3 ± 7.0 |
116.3 ± 6.4 |
1.80 ± 0.18 |
0.81 ± 0.11 |
| MX2 |
96.0 ± 7.3 |
50.1 ± 4.5 |
83.9 ± 6.8 |
117.1 ± 6.4 |
1.92 ± 0.17 |
0.82 ± 0.10 |
| MX3 |
97.4 ± 6.3 |
48.2 ± 4.2 |
81.3 ± 6.5 |
117.9 ± 6.3 |
2.03 ± 0.17 |
0.83 ± 0.09 |
| RH8 |
28.1 ± 12.7 |
4.5 ± 0.3 |
8.1 ± 0.7 |
127.4 ± 6.2 |
6.36 ± 2.89 |
0.22 ± 0.09 |
| RH9 |
51.7 ± 10.7 |
6.3 ± 0.5 |
11.5 ± 0.9 |
127.3 ± 6.2 |
8.22 ± 1.80 |
0.40 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
87.9 ± 4.1 |
45.8 ± 4.0 |
77.9 ± 6.3 |
118.9 ± 6.3 |
1.93 ± 0.15 |
0.74 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
81.8 |
35.3 |
59.6 |
120.7 |
3.6 |
0.7 |
| Median |
93.3 |
48.2 |
81.3 |
118.9 |
2.0 |
0.8 |
| Deviation |
28.2 |
21.0 |
34.5 |
5.1 |
2.6 |
0.2 |
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 Aug 28 21:49:31 2024
Michael L Stevens
(mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)
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