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Plasma Group Interplanetary Shock Analysis Pages Database: Wind Shock Analysis Event ID: 20043141825 11/09/2004 314.76804 1825 [UT] |
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General Information (About, Top)
Year | 2004 |
Fractional day of year | 314.768042 |
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] | 66358.9 ± 60.0 |
Shock type | FF |
Electron data availability | 0 | X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] | 199.808 |
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] | 60.870 |
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] | -8.100 |
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis | 0007 |
Upstream field points selected for analysis | 0007 |
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis | 0007 |
Downstream field points selected for analysis | 0007 |
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 | 9.03, 12.24, 12.57 |
Event added to database |
Sun Mar 13 01:36:01 2005 |
Event last processed |
Sun Mar 13 11:56:21 2005 |
Method selected |
RH08 |
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes] |
23.637 ± 0.761 |
Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)
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Vx GSE [km/s] | -635.9 ± 1.5 | -777.4 ± 6.2 |
Vy GSE [km/s] | -7.9 ± 2.8 | -69.7 ± 6.4 |
Vz GSE [km/s] | -33.4 ± 4.8 | -59.8 ± 15.8 |
Wi [km/s] | 66.1 ± 2.6 | 108.8 ± 4.1 |
We [km/s] | 2091.4 ± 83.1 | 3440.1 ± 128.2 |
Ni [n/cc] | 9.4 ± 0.3 | 30.3 ± 1.7 |
Bx GSE [nT] | -6.3 ± 0.6 | -2.7 ± 2.5 |
By GSE [nT] | 2.1 ± 0.9 | 16.3 ± 1.4 |
Bz GSE [nT] | -3.2 ± 0.6 | -2.8 ± 4.8 |
Plasma Beta |
1.567 ± 1.527 |
2.489 ± 2.391 |
Sound Speed [km/s] |
85.38 ± 3.39 |
140.44 ± 5.23 |
Alfven Speed [km/s] |
52.88 ± 0.76 |
69.43 ± 4.09 |
Best values of shock front normal for each method (About, Top)
Method | Nx | Ny | Nz | Theta [degrees] | Phi [degrees] |
MC | -0.888 ± 0.061 | 0.222 ± 0.180 | -0.402 ± 0.379 | -23.73 ± 6.09 | 165.99 ± 11.62 |
VC | -0.904 ± 0.022 | -0.394 ± 0.037 | -0.167 ± 0.166 | -9.63 ± 5.53 | 203.56 ± 2.30 |
MX1 | -0.889 ± 0.061 | 0.230 ± 0.199 | -0.396 ± 0.374 | -23.34 ± 4.84 | 165.51 ± 12.79 |
MX2 | -0.952 ± 0.041 | 0.200 ± 0.161 | -0.232 ± 0.228 | -13.43 ± 5.66 | 168.12 ± 9.67 |
MX3 | -0.967 ± 0.037 | 0.190 ± 0.155 | -0.168 ± 0.166 | -9.66 ± 7.63 | 168.89 ± 9.16 |
RH08 | -0.926 ± 0.008 | 0.329 ± 0.013 | 0.184 ± 0.182 | 10.62 ± 2.22 | 160.45 ± 0.79 |
RH09 | -0.994 ± 0.008 | -0.061 ± 0.069 | -0.095 ± 0.095 | -5.45 ± 4.02 | 183.51 ± 3.97 |
RH10 | -0.994 ± 0.008 | -0.061 ± 0.069 | -0.095 ± 0.095 | -5.45 ± 4.02 | 183.51 ± 3.99 |
Average | -0.939 | 0.082 | -0.171 | -10.007 | 174.943 |
Median | -0.926 | 0.200 | -0.167 | -9.626 | 168.893 |
Deviation | 0.044 | 0.238 | 0.187 | 10.987 | 14.284 |
Key shock parameters (About, Top)
Method | ThetaBn | Shock Speed | Compression |
MC | 8.9 ± 4.3 | 754.6 ± 12.7 | 3.22 ± 0.13 |
VC | 43.0 ± 8.4 | 811.7 ± 9.5 | 3.22 ± 0.13 |
MX1 | 8.9 ± 4.1 | 753.8 ± 12.6 | 3.22 ± 0.13 |
MX2 | 15.4 ± 5.4 | 796.1 ± 10.0 | 3.22 ± 0.13 |
MX3 | 18.5 ± 6.2 | 805.7 ± 9.0 | 3.22 ± 0.13 |
RH08 | 36.9 ± 4.3 | 733.1 ± 6.4 | 3.22 ± 0.13 |
RH09 | 29.2 ± 9.0 | 846.3 ± 8.2 | 3.22 ± 0.13 |
RH10 | 29.2 ± 9.0 | 846.3 ± 8.2 | 3.22 ± 0.13 |
Average | 23.8 | 793.5 | 3.22 |
Median | 29.2 | 805.7 | 3.22 |
Deviation | 12.8 | 42.8 | 0.00 |
Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)
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MC | 178.1 ± 1.9 | 51.9 ± 0.7 | 52.2 ± 0.8 | 86.0 ± 3.3 | 3.43 ± 0.05 | 2.07 ± 0.07 |
VC | 228.4 ± 1.8 | 35.0 ± 0.5 | 38.6 ± 0.6 | 94.1 ± 3.0 | 6.52 ± 0.10 | 2.43 ± 0.08 |
MX1 | 177.1 ± 1.8 | 51.9 ± 0.7 | 52.2 ± 0.8 | 86.0 ± 3.3 | 3.42 ± 0.05 | 2.06 ± 0.07 |
MX2 | 184.7 ± 1.2 | 50.0 ± 0.7 | 51.0 ± 0.7 | 87.1 ± 3.3 | 3.70 ± 0.04 | 2.12 ± 0.07 |
MX3 | 186.5 ± 1.1 | 48.7 ± 0.7 | 50.1 ± 0.7 | 87.8 ± 3.2 | 3.83 ± 0.04 | 2.13 ± 0.08 |
RH8 | 153.0 ± 1.4 | 39.0 ± 0.5 | 42.3 ± 0.6 | 92.6 ± 3.0 | 3.92 ± 0.06 | 1.65 ± 0.06 |
RH9 | 210.9 ± 1.4 | 43.5 ± 0.6 | 46.2 ± 0.7 | 90.5 ± 3.1 | 4.84 ± 0.06 | 2.33 ± 0.08 |
RH10 | 210.9 ± 1.4 | 43.5 ± 0.6 | 46.2 ± 0.7 | 90.5 ± 3.1 | 4.84 ± 0.06 | 2.33 ± 0.08 |
Average | 191.2 | 45.4 | 47.4 | 89.3 | 4.3 | 2.1 |
Median | 186.5 | 48.7 | 50.1 | 90.5 | 3.9 | 2.1 |
Deviation | 24.1 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)
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MC | 55.4 ± 9.4 | 68.3 ± 4.0 | 68.6 ± 4.0 | 141.0 ± 5.2 | 0.81 ± 0.14 | 0.39 ± 0.06 |
VC | 71.7 ± 6.8 | 47.7 ± 2.4 | 50.7 ± 3.0 | 149.3 ± 4.6 | 1.51 ± 0.16 | 0.48 ± 0.05 |
MX1 | 55.0 ± 9.3 | 68.3 ± 4.0 | 68.6 ± 4.0 | 141.0 ± 5.2 | 0.81 ± 0.14 | 0.39 ± 0.06 |
MX2 | 56.2 ± 7.7 | 66.2 ± 3.8 | 66.9 ± 3.9 | 142.0 ± 5.1 | 0.85 ± 0.12 | 0.40 ± 0.05 |
MX3 | 56.9 ± 7.1 | 64.8 ± 3.7 | 65.8 ± 3.9 | 142.7 ± 5.0 | 0.88 ± 0.12 | 0.40 ± 0.05 |
RH8 | 47.0 ± 6.0 | 52.8 ± 2.8 | 55.5 ± 3.3 | 147.5 ± 4.6 | 0.89 ± 0.14 | 0.32 ± 0.04 |
RH9 | 63.9 ± 6.5 | 58.5 ± 3.2 | 60.6 ± 3.6 | 145.4 ± 4.8 | 1.10 ± 0.13 | 0.44 ± 0.05 |
RH10 | 63.9 ± 6.5 | 58.5 ± 3.2 | 60.6 ± 3.6 | 145.4 ± 4.8 | 1.10 ± 0.13 | 0.44 ± 0.05 |
Average | 58.8 | 60.7 | 62.2 | 144.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
Median | 56.9 | 64.8 | 65.8 | 145.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
Deviation | 7.5 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
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