Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20233350851
Observation time: 12/01/2023 335.36880 0851 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2023 |
| Fractional day of year |
335.368802 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
31864.5 ± 40.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
225.751 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
98.155 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
4.882 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0162 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0129 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
11.43, 22.76, 27.87 |
Event added to database
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Wed Aug 28 16:04:36 2024
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Event last processed
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Wed Aug 28 21:12:07 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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39.128 ± 12.178
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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] |
-432.6 ± 3.1 |
-513.8 ± 6.0 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-14.0 ± 4.2 |
-38.3 ± 3.6 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-41.0 ± 7.3 |
-3.7 ± 3.7 |
| Wi [km/s] |
38.2 ± 2.4 |
48.1 ± 4.9 |
| We [km/s] |
1208.8 ± 75.8 |
1521.4 ± 154.4 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
6.8 ± 0.9 |
10.1 ± 0.7 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
-4.3 ± 0.4 |
-0.6 ± 0.3 |
| By GSE [nT] |
13.5 ± 1.2 |
23.9 ± 0.4 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
6.3 ± 1.9 |
4.6 ± 1.7 |
Plasma Beta
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0.088 ± 0.086
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0.083 ± 0.088
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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49.35 ± 3.10
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62.11 ± 6.30
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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131.48 ± 11.27
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167.40 ± 7.38
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.680 ± 0.160 |
0.411 ± 0.151 |
0.607 ± 0.518 |
37.38 ± 15.61 |
148.89 ± 10.53 |
| VC |
-0.878 ± 0.032 |
-0.261 ± 0.042 |
0.402 ± 0.379 |
23.71 ± 4.36 |
196.57 ± 2.65 |
| MX1 |
-0.762 ± 0.074 |
0.381 ± 0.100 |
0.524 ± 0.470 |
31.60 ± 6.96 |
153.42 ± 7.20 |
| MX2 |
-0.802 ± 0.046 |
0.369 ± 0.080 |
0.469 ± 0.431 |
27.99 ± 3.85 |
155.31 ± 5.63 |
| MX3 |
-0.852 ± 0.045 |
0.352 ± 0.071 |
0.388 ± 0.367 |
22.82 ± 5.44 |
157.57 ± 4.69 |
| RH08 |
-0.610 ± 0.027 |
0.158 ± 0.015 |
-0.777 ± 0.560 |
-50.94 ± 2.06 |
165.46 ± 1.20 |
| RH09 |
-0.703 ± 0.050 |
0.222 ± 0.062 |
-0.676 ± 0.547 |
-42.53 ± 4.06 |
162.45 ± 4.93 |
| RH10 |
-0.596 ± 0.056 |
0.155 ± 0.069 |
-0.788 ± 0.559 |
-51.97 ± 3.96 |
165.46 ± 6.48 |
| Average |
-0.735 |
0.223 |
0.019 |
-0.243 |
163.141 |
| Median |
-0.703 |
0.352 |
0.402 |
23.714 |
162.451 |
| Deviation |
0.106 |
0.221 |
0.638 |
40.298 |
14.729 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
37.9 ± 4.2 |
474.2 ± 22.3 |
1.48 ± 0.17 |
| VC |
79.6 ± 3.1 |
659.3 ± 29.8 |
1.48 ± 0.17 |
| MX1 |
41.2 ± 3.0 |
525.6 ± 23.2 |
1.48 ± 0.17 |
| MX2 |
43.1 ± 2.3 |
550.0 ± 23.4 |
1.48 ± 0.17 |
| MX3 |
45.9 ± 1.4 |
578.7 ± 23.4 |
1.48 ± 0.17 |
| RH08 |
89.6 ± 7.0 |
346.4 ± 3.7 |
1.48 ± 0.17 |
| RH09 |
83.4 ± 6.6 |
407.4 ± 5.3 |
1.48 ± 0.17 |
| RH10 |
88.9 ± 7.1 |
336.3 ± 15.7 |
1.48 ± 0.17 |
| Average |
63.7 |
484.7 |
1.48 |
| Median |
79.6 |
525.6 |
1.48 |
| Deviation |
23.5 |
115.0 |
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 |
210.5 ± 3.7 |
37.8 ± 2.0 |
103.8 ± 8.9 |
135.3 ± 10.4 |
5.58 ± 0.21 |
1.56 ± 0.15 |
| VC |
292.6 ± 4.9 |
8.3 ± 0.4 |
23.8 ± 2.0 |
140.3 ± 9.5 |
35.09 ± 1.25 |
2.09 ± 0.17 |
| MX1 |
223.0 ± 3.3 |
35.9 ± 1.9 |
98.9 ± 8.5 |
135.9 ± 10.3 |
6.22 ± 0.25 |
1.65 ± 0.15 |
| MX2 |
227.3 ± 3.0 |
34.8 ± 1.8 |
96.0 ± 8.2 |
136.1 ± 10.2 |
6.55 ± 0.27 |
1.68 ± 0.14 |
| MX3 |
231.0 ± 2.7 |
33.0 ± 1.7 |
91.6 ± 7.9 |
136.6 ± 10.1 |
7.00 ± 0.30 |
1.70 ± 0.14 |
| RH8 |
52.9 ± 6.3 |
0.3 ± 0.0 |
0.9 ± 0.1 |
140.6 ± 9.4 |
164.63 ± 25.93 |
0.38 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
78.9 ± 5.8 |
5.3 ± 0.2 |
15.1 ± 1.3 |
140.5 ± 9.5 |
14.92 ± 1.68 |
0.56 ± 0.02 |
| RH10 |
48.2 ± 6.4 |
0.8 ± 0.0 |
2.4 ± 0.2 |
140.6 ± 9.4 |
57.20 ± 9.73 |
0.34 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
170.5 |
19.5 |
54.1 |
138.2 |
37.1 |
1.2 |
| Median |
223.0 |
33.0 |
91.6 |
140.3 |
14.9 |
1.7 |
| Deviation |
95.1 |
17.2 |
47.2 |
2.4 |
54.7 |
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 |
142.6 ± 4.2 |
47.7 ± 4.7 |
132.1 ± 5.8 |
172.1 ± 8.0 |
3.01 ± 0.26 |
0.83 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
199.9 ± 6.4 |
10.5 ± 1.0 |
30.3 ± 1.3 |
178.3 ± 8.7 |
19.09 ± 1.91 |
1.12 ± 0.07 |
| MX1 |
150.8 ± 4.4 |
45.3 ± 4.4 |
125.9 ± 5.6 |
172.7 ± 8.1 |
3.35 ± 0.31 |
0.87 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
153.6 ± 4.5 |
43.9 ± 4.3 |
122.3 ± 5.4 |
173.1 ± 8.1 |
3.52 ± 0.33 |
0.89 ± 0.05 |
| MX3 |
155.9 ± 4.7 |
41.7 ± 4.0 |
116.6 ± 5.1 |
173.6 ± 8.2 |
3.76 ± 0.36 |
0.90 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
36.2 ± 3.9 |
0.4 ± 0.0 |
1.2 ± 0.1 |
178.6 ± 8.8 |
89.86 ± 16.33 |
0.20 ± 0.03 |
| RH9 |
52.5 ± 4.0 |
6.7 ± 0.6 |
19.3 ± 0.8 |
178.5 ± 8.8 |
7.91 ± 1.18 |
0.30 ± 0.03 |
| RH10 |
33.0 ± 3.9 |
1.1 ± 0.1 |
3.1 ± 0.1 |
178.6 ± 8.8 |
31.19 ± 5.97 |
0.19 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
115.6 |
24.7 |
68.8 |
175.7 |
20.2 |
0.7 |
| Median |
150.8 |
41.7 |
116.6 |
178.3 |
7.9 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
64.7 |
21.6 |
60.1 |
3.0 |
29.9 |
0.4 |
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 21:49:18 2024
Michael L Stevens
(mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)
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