Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20233342326
Observation time: 11/30/2023 334.97665 2326 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2023 |
| Fractional day of year |
334.976649 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
84382.5 ± 40.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
225.222 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
98.542 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
4.728 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0006 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0262 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0146 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
8.77, 33.70, 39.70 |
Event added to database
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Wed Aug 28 16:02:50 2024
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Event last processed
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Wed Aug 28 21:11:38 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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45.502 ± 0.497
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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] |
-331.5 ± 2.9 |
-443.5 ± 7.8 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-2.2 ± 2.4 |
-21.8 ± 9.4 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
24.7 ± 4.8 |
34.3 ± 7.3 |
| Wi [km/s] |
24.9 ± 1.4 |
40.0 ± 5.6 |
| We [km/s] |
786.1 ± 44.0 |
1263.4 ± 175.6 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
4.7 ± 0.2 |
10.9 ± 1.9 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-3.2 ± 0.6 |
-2.1 ± 1.6 |
| By GSE [nT] |
0.0 ± 0.4 |
3.1 ± 3.7 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-3.8 ± 0.5 |
-11.8 ± 0.4 |
Plasma Beta
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0.240 ± 0.252
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0.234 ± 0.248
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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32.09 ± 1.80
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51.58 ± 7.17
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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50.87 ± 1.10
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85.84 ± 11.15
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.896 ± 0.096 |
-0.275 ± 0.304 |
-0.347 ± 0.333 |
-20.32 ± 4.10 |
197.06 ± 19.41 |
| VC |
-0.981 ± 0.015 |
-0.175 ± 0.080 |
0.082 ± 0.081 |
4.68 ± 3.86 |
190.12 ± 4.67 |
| MX1 |
-0.966 ± 0.026 |
-0.135 ± 0.089 |
-0.219 ± 0.216 |
-12.67 ± 6.07 |
187.93 ± 5.26 |
| MX2 |
-0.973 ± 0.021 |
-0.125 ± 0.075 |
-0.192 ± 0.190 |
-11.08 ± 5.70 |
187.34 ± 4.44 |
| MX3 |
-0.976 ± 0.021 |
-0.122 ± 0.093 |
-0.180 ± 0.178 |
-10.34 ± 5.51 |
187.10 ± 5.47 |
| RH08 |
-0.993 ± 0.002 |
-0.096 ± 0.018 |
0.061 ± 0.061 |
3.52 ± 1.28 |
185.52 ± 1.06 |
| RH09 |
-0.747 ± 0.045 |
0.664 ± 0.051 |
-0.039 ± 0.039 |
-2.24 ± 4.06 |
138.38 ± 3.91 |
| RH10 |
-0.815 ± 0.041 |
0.562 ± 0.058 |
-0.140 ± 0.139 |
-8.03 ± 4.02 |
145.40 ± 4.07 |
| Average |
-0.919 |
0.037 |
-0.122 |
-7.061 |
177.357 |
| Median |
-0.966 |
-0.122 |
-0.140 |
-8.028 |
187.344 |
| Deviation |
0.092 |
0.360 |
0.147 |
8.521 |
22.245 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
33.2 ± 7.1 |
479.6 ± 5.1 |
2.25 ± 0.34 |
| VC |
55.4 ± 8.3 |
537.9 ± 4.5 |
2.25 ± 0.34 |
| MX1 |
38.1 ± 8.2 |
515.5 ± 4.8 |
2.25 ± 0.34 |
| MX2 |
39.5 ± 8.3 |
519.9 ± 4.7 |
2.25 ± 0.34 |
| MX3 |
40.2 ± 8.3 |
521.8 ± 4.7 |
2.25 ± 0.34 |
| RH08 |
53.8 ± 8.5 |
539.7 ± 4.4 |
2.25 ± 0.34 |
| RH09 |
59.1 ± 6.6 |
369.4 ± 2.9 |
2.25 ± 0.34 |
| RH10 |
50.7 ± 6.9 |
411.2 ± 14.7 |
2.25 ± 0.34 |
| Average |
46.3 |
486.9 |
2.25 |
| Median |
50.7 |
519.9 |
2.25 |
| Deviation |
9.6 |
63.4 |
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 |
190.4 ± 1.7 |
24.9 ± 1.1 |
42.6 ± 0.9 |
54.7 ± 0.9 |
7.65 ± 0.35 |
3.48 ± 0.07 |
| VC |
210.2 ± 3.3 |
15.9 ± 0.6 |
28.8 ± 0.6 |
58.0 ± 0.9 |
13.20 ± 0.64 |
3.62 ± 0.10 |
| MX1 |
200.2 ± 2.0 |
23.1 ± 1.0 |
40.0 ± 0.9 |
55.5 ± 0.9 |
8.67 ± 0.40 |
3.61 ± 0.08 |
| MX2 |
201.7 ± 2.1 |
22.6 ± 1.0 |
39.2 ± 0.8 |
55.8 ± 0.9 |
8.96 ± 0.42 |
3.62 ± 0.09 |
| MX3 |
202.4 ± 2.2 |
22.3 ± 1.0 |
38.8 ± 0.8 |
55.9 ± 0.9 |
9.09 ± 0.43 |
3.62 ± 0.09 |
| RH8 |
208.6 ± 3.2 |
16.7 ± 0.7 |
30.1 ± 0.7 |
57.8 ± 0.9 |
12.52 ± 0.61 |
3.61 ± 0.10 |
| RH9 |
124.2 ± 2.3 |
14.3 ± 0.6 |
26.1 ± 0.6 |
58.4 ± 1.0 |
8.67 ± 0.42 |
2.13 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
145.7 ± 2.0 |
18.0 ± 0.7 |
32.2 ± 0.7 |
57.4 ± 0.9 |
8.11 ± 0.37 |
2.54 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
185.4 |
19.7 |
34.7 |
56.7 |
9.6 |
3.3 |
| Median |
201.7 |
22.3 |
38.8 |
57.4 |
9.0 |
3.6 |
| Deviation |
32.2 |
3.9 |
6.1 |
1.4 |
2.1 |
0.6 |
Downstream 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 |
87.9 ± 3.4 |
40.0 ± 4.5 |
71.8 ± 9.3 |
92.1 ± 9.2 |
2.21 ± 0.23 |
0.96 ± 0.09 |
| VC |
96.1 ± 6.9 |
25.7 ± 2.7 |
48.7 ± 6.3 |
97.2 ± 8.7 |
3.77 ± 0.39 |
0.99 ± 0.05 |
| MX1 |
91.5 ± 5.3 |
37.1 ± 4.1 |
67.6 ± 8.8 |
93.3 ± 9.1 |
2.48 ± 0.28 |
0.98 ± 0.07 |
| MX2 |
92.1 ± 5.6 |
36.2 ± 4.0 |
66.2 ± 8.6 |
93.7 ± 9.0 |
2.56 ± 0.28 |
0.99 ± 0.07 |
| MX3 |
92.4 ± 5.7 |
35.8 ± 3.9 |
65.5 ± 8.5 |
93.8 ± 9.0 |
2.60 ± 0.29 |
0.99 ± 0.07 |
| RH8 |
94.9 ± 7.4 |
26.8 ± 2.8 |
50.8 ± 6.6 |
96.8 ± 8.8 |
3.56 ± 0.39 |
0.98 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
53.9 ± 11.4 |
23.1 ± 2.4 |
44.1 ± 5.7 |
97.8 ± 8.7 |
2.35 ± 0.56 |
0.55 ± 0.08 |
| RH10 |
66.8 ± 10.4 |
28.9 ± 3.0 |
54.4 ± 7.1 |
96.2 ± 8.8 |
2.33 ± 0.45 |
0.69 ± 0.07 |
| Average |
84.4 |
31.7 |
58.6 |
95.1 |
2.7 |
0.9 |
| Median |
92.1 |
35.8 |
65.5 |
96.2 |
2.6 |
1.0 |
| Deviation |
15.5 |
6.3 |
10.3 |
2.1 |
0.6 |
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 21:49:21 2024
Michael L Stevens
(mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)
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