Database: Wind Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20233472128
Observation time: 12/13/2023 347.89467 2128 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2023 |
| Fractional day of year |
347.894670 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
77299.5 ± 60.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
242.701 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
79.207 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
9.179 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0422 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0004
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0880 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
11.06, 18.08, 22.06 |
Event added to database
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Wed Aug 28 16:13:54 2024
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Event last processed
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Wed Aug 28 21:12:36 2024
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Method selected
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MX3
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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57.117 ± 8.407
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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] |
-313.0 ± 31.9 |
-373.6 ± 0.8 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-7.1 ± 30.1 |
-12.0 ± 5.8 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
8.8 ± 10.4 |
15.6 ± 6.4 |
| Wi [km/s] |
24.2 ± 5.3 |
32.0 ± 2.9 |
| We [km/s] |
766.0 ± 166.0 |
1011.9 ± 93.1 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
4.0 ± 2.4 |
7.3 ± 0.7 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
0.8 ± 0.8 |
-4.2 ± 0.6 |
| By GSE [nT] |
6.1 ± 0.3 |
10.5 ± 0.3 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-4.7 ± 0.3 |
-6.8 ± 0.5 |
Plasma Beta
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0.098 ± 0.109
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0.091 ± 0.094
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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31.27 ± 6.78
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41.31 ± 3.80
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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124.36 ± 98.65
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107.07 ± 4.87
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.669 ± 0.105 |
-0.493 ± 0.124 |
0.556 ± 0.490 |
33.80 ± 8.05 |
216.42 ± 9.84 |
| VC |
-0.973 ± 0.079 |
-0.220 ± 0.345 |
0.074 ± 0.074 |
4.24 ± 7.20 |
192.77 ± 20.34 |
| MX1 |
-0.706 ± 0.089 |
-0.602 ± 0.098 |
0.373 ± 0.354 |
21.87 ± 9.13 |
220.44 ± 7.29 |
| MX2 |
-0.715 ± 0.113 |
-0.608 ± 0.122 |
0.344 ± 0.330 |
20.11 ± 14.15 |
220.37 ± 8.74 |
| MX3 |
-0.734 ± 0.163 |
-0.590 ± 0.180 |
0.336 ± 0.323 |
19.64 ± 21.11 |
218.76 ± 12.71 |
| RH08 |
-0.142 ± 0.041 |
0.331 ± 0.027 |
0.933 ± 0.433 |
68.90 ± 1.38 |
113.31 ± 6.99 |
| RH09 |
-0.142 ± 0.068 |
0.331 ± 0.055 |
0.933 ± 0.433 |
68.90 ± 3.20 |
113.31 ± 11.27 |
| RH10 |
-0.186 ± 0.067 |
0.272 ± 0.061 |
0.944 ± 0.407 |
70.76 ± 3.32 |
124.35 ± 12.54 |
| Average |
-0.534 |
-0.198 |
0.562 |
38.528 |
177.468 |
| Median |
-0.669 |
-0.220 |
0.556 |
33.799 |
216.419 |
| Deviation |
0.325 |
0.440 |
0.337 |
26.873 |
50.987 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
37.4 ± 4.9 |
353.6 ± 21.2 |
5.15 ± 7.37 |
| VC |
71.4 ± 5.8 |
470.0 ± 24.9 |
5.15 ± 7.37 |
| MX1 |
39.4 ± 5.9 |
370.8 ± 23.6 |
5.15 ± 7.37 |
| MX2 |
40.4 ± 6.0 |
375.2 ± 23.9 |
5.15 ± 7.37 |
| MX3 |
41.9 ± 6.0 |
383.2 ± 24.1 |
5.15 ± 7.37 |
| RH08 |
71.3 ± 2.2 |
69.0 ± 5.6 |
5.15 ± 7.37 |
| RH09 |
71.3 ± 2.2 |
69.0 ± 5.6 |
5.15 ± 7.37 |
| RH10 |
67.8 ± 2.0 |
90.2 ± 20.3 |
5.15 ± 7.37 |
| Average |
55.1 |
272.6 |
5.15 |
| Median |
67.8 |
370.8 |
5.15 |
| Deviation |
16.5 |
166.5 |
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 |
135.9 ± 12.2 |
23.9 ± 4.6 |
98.8 ± 78.4 |
126.9 ± 97.1 |
5.92 ± 1.79 |
1.39 ± 0.55 |
| VC |
163.4 ± 25.1 |
9.2 ± 1.6 |
39.6 ± 31.4 |
129.8 ± 95.6 |
18.41 ± 6.35 |
1.56 ± 0.55 |
| MX1 |
142.1 ± 8.3 |
23.2 ± 4.4 |
96.1 ± 76.2 |
127.1 ± 97.0 |
6.35 ± 1.69 |
1.46 ± 0.60 |
| MX2 |
143.9 ± 8.1 |
22.8 ± 4.3 |
94.7 ± 75.1 |
127.2 ± 97.0 |
6.53 ± 1.72 |
1.48 ± 0.61 |
| MX3 |
146.2 ± 9.2 |
22.3 ± 4.2 |
92.5 ± 73.4 |
127.4 ± 96.9 |
6.81 ± 1.83 |
1.49 ± 0.61 |
| RH8 |
18.5 ± 24.2 |
9.3 ± 1.6 |
40.0 ± 31.7 |
129.8 ± 95.6 |
2.35 ± 3.43 |
0.11 ± 0.06 |
| RH9 |
18.5 ± 24.2 |
9.3 ± 1.6 |
40.0 ± 31.7 |
129.8 ± 95.6 |
2.35 ± 3.43 |
0.11 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
25.6 ± 23.9 |
11.0 ± 1.9 |
47.1 ± 37.3 |
129.6 ± 95.7 |
2.66 ± 3.00 |
0.18 ± 0.03 |
| Average |
99.3 |
16.4 |
68.6 |
128.4 |
6.4 |
1.0 |
| Median |
142.1 |
22.3 |
92.5 |
129.6 |
6.4 |
1.5 |
| Deviation |
65.4 |
7.2 |
28.9 |
1.4 |
5.2 |
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 |
89.2 ± 2.7 |
31.8 ± 2.6 |
85.1 ± 3.9 |
110.3 ± 4.1 |
2.82 ± 0.20 |
0.81 ± 0.05 |
| VC |
102.9 ± 1.6 |
12.3 ± 0.9 |
34.1 ± 1.6 |
114.2 ± 3.3 |
8.37 ± 0.50 |
0.90 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
93.9 ± 2.8 |
30.9 ± 2.5 |
82.7 ± 3.8 |
110.6 ± 4.0 |
3.05 ± 0.17 |
0.85 ± 0.05 |
| MX2 |
95.2 ± 2.8 |
30.4 ± 2.5 |
81.5 ± 3.7 |
110.7 ± 4.0 |
3.14 ± 0.17 |
0.86 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
96.6 ± 2.8 |
29.6 ± 2.4 |
79.7 ± 3.6 |
110.9 ± 3.9 |
3.27 ± 0.18 |
0.87 ± 0.05 |
| RH8 |
5.2 ± 7.5 |
12.4 ± 0.9 |
34.4 ± 1.6 |
114.2 ± 3.3 |
0.43 ± 0.63 |
0.04 ± 0.07 |
| RH9 |
5.2 ± 7.5 |
12.4 ± 0.9 |
34.4 ± 1.6 |
114.2 ± 3.3 |
0.43 ± 0.63 |
0.04 ± 0.07 |
| RH10 |
9.3 ± 7.3 |
14.7 ± 1.1 |
40.5 ± 1.8 |
113.9 ± 3.4 |
0.65 ± 0.53 |
0.08 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
62.2 |
21.8 |
59.1 |
112.4 |
2.8 |
0.6 |
| Median |
93.9 |
29.6 |
79.7 |
113.9 |
3.1 |
0.9 |
| Deviation |
46.2 |
9.5 |
24.9 |
1.9 |
2.6 |
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 21:49:16 2024
Michael L Stevens
(mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)
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