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Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20052580828
Observation time: 09/15/2005 258.35347 0828 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2005
Fractional day of year 258.353471
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 30539.9 ± 60.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 227.452
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 35.969
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -12.913
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0012
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0735
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0617
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 5.88, 18.28, 18.82
Event added to database
Fri Oct 10 16:35:36 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 11:49:19 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
38.644 ± 2.936

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -546.5 ± 9.0 -635.9 ± 10.4
Vy GSE [km/s] -12.3 ± 4.8 -83.0 ± 6.1
Vz GSE [km/s] 0.2 ± 6.9 12.8 ± 16.1
Wi [km/s] 22.0 ± 2.5 81.5 ± 4.5
We [km/s] 697.3 ± 80.1 2578.7 ± 141.7
Ni [n/cc] 2.8 ± 0.5 6.1 ± 0.9
Bx GSE [nT] 1.1 ± 1.2 2.2 ± 1.4
By GSE [nT] 0.5 ± 0.8 -0.8 ± 0.9
Bz GSE [nT] -0.7 ± 1.4 -8.1 ± 0.6
Plasma Beta
1.063 ± 0.505
1.216 ± 1.142
Sound Speed [km/s]
28.47 ± 3.27
105.27 ± 5.78
Alfven Speed [km/s]
29.34 ± 8.44
76.54 ± 10.54

Best values of shock front normal for each method (About, Top)

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.933 ± 0.190 -0.354 ± 0.500 -0.068 ± 0.068 -3.90 ± 15.51 200.76 ± 30.68
VC -0.777 ± 0.053 -0.620 ± 0.066 0.105 ± 0.105 6.05 ± 7.89 218.60 ± 4.82
MX1 -0.768 ± 0.169 -0.640 ± 0.203 -0.018 ± 0.018 -1.02 ± 11.99 219.78 ± 15.15
MX2 -0.757 ± 0.086 -0.654 ± 0.100 0.004 ± 0.004 0.21 ± 11.46 220.83 ± 7.56
MX3 -0.751 ± 0.091 -0.660 ± 0.104 0.007 ± 0.007 0.43 ± 11.33 221.29 ± 7.94
RH08 -0.592 ± 0.008 0.776 ± 0.006 -0.218 ± 0.214 -12.58 ± 0.38 127.35 ± 0.58
RH09 -0.536 ± 0.060 0.815 ± 0.041 -0.218 ± 0.214 -12.58 ± 3.97 123.34 ± 4.16
RH10 -0.995 ± 0.007 -0.096 ± 0.068 -0.006 ± 0.006 -0.32 ± 4.05 185.52 ± 3.94
Average -0.764 -0.179 -0.051 -2.964 189.684
Median -0.757 -0.354 -0.006 -0.320 218.595
Deviation 0.153 0.633 0.113 6.542 41.640

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 45.9 ± 31.6 715.0 ± 3.7 2.30 ± 0.50
VC 56.2 ± 35.2 648.0 ± 3.8 2.30 ± 0.50
MX1 47.4 ± 29.3 643.3 ± 3.8 2.30 ± 0.50
MX2 48.1 ± 28.6 637.2 ± 3.8 2.30 ± 0.50
MX3 48.3 ± 28.4 634.3 ± 3.8 2.30 ± 0.50
RH08 88.5 ± 11.0 307.5 ± 1.4 2.30 ± 0.50
RH09 89.7 ± 9.5 261.1 ± 1.4 2.30 ± 0.50
RH10 59.8 ± 34.7 721.7 ± 37.5 2.30 ± 0.50
Average 60.5 571.0 2.30
Median 56.2 643.3 2.30
Deviation 18.3 180.7 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 200.8 ± 8.1 14.8 ± 3.5 20.4 ± 5.9 38.5 ± 5.8 14.99 ± 7.07 5.31 ± 0.75
VC 215.6 ± 6.3 11.5 ± 2.7 16.3 ± 4.7 39.7 ± 6.1 20.70 ± 9.81 5.55 ± 0.89
MX1 215.5 ± 6.5 14.3 ± 3.4 19.8 ± 5.7 38.7 ± 5.9 16.67 ± 8.11 5.68 ± 0.87
MX2 215.6 ± 6.4 14.1 ± 3.3 19.6 ± 5.6 38.8 ± 5.9 16.93 ± 8.23 5.67 ± 0.88
MX3 215.6 ± 6.3 14.0 ± 3.3 19.5 ± 5.6 38.8 ± 5.9 17.00 ± 8.26 5.67 ± 0.88
RH8 -6.6 ± 8.0 0.5 ± 0.1 0.8 ± 0.2 41.3 ± 6.5 -18.93 ± 31.67 -0.19 ± 0.25
RH9 -22.1 ± 7.7 0.1 ± 0.0 0.1 ± 0.0 41.3 ± 6.5 -265.56 ± 234.77 -0.57 ± 0.30
RH10 176.5 ± 8.8 10.3 ± 2.4 14.8 ± 4.2 40.0 ± 6.2 18.74 ± 8.23 4.50 ± 0.64
Average 151.4 10.0 13.9 39.6 -22.4 4.0
Median 215.5 14.0 19.5 39.7 16.9 5.6
Deviation 103.2 6.2 8.5 1.1 99.1 2.7

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 93.3 ± 10.4 45.6 ± 4.6 53.2 ± 7.3 122.3 ± 5.4 2.05 ± 0.14 0.76 ± 0.07
VC 100.9 ± 11.2 35.5 ± 3.5 42.6 ± 5.9 125.6 ± 5.9 2.84 ± 0.19 0.80 ± 0.07
MX1 101.8 ± 10.2 44.2 ± 4.4 51.8 ± 7.1 122.8 ± 5.5 2.31 ± 0.14 0.83 ± 0.07
MX2 101.7 ± 10.3 43.5 ± 4.3 51.1 ± 7.0 123.0 ± 5.5 2.34 ± 0.15 0.83 ± 0.07
MX3 101.7 ± 10.3 43.4 ± 4.3 50.9 ± 7.0 123.1 ± 5.5 2.35 ± 0.15 0.83 ± 0.07
RH8 -1.9 ± 6.8 1.6 ± 0.1 2.0 ± 0.3 130.5 ± 6.5 -1.23 ± 4.16 -0.01 ± 0.05
RH9 -9.6 ± 6.7 0.3 ± 0.0 0.4 ± 0.1 130.5 ± 6.5 -31.02 ± 21.21 -0.07 ± 0.05
RH10 80.9 ± 10.6 31.9 ± 3.1 38.5 ± 5.3 126.5 ± 6.0 2.53 ± 0.21 0.64 ± 0.07
Average 71.1 30.7 36.3 125.5 -2.2 0.6
Median 100.9 43.4 50.9 125.6 2.3 0.8
Deviation 48.0 19.0 22.3 3.4 11.7 0.4

Survey interval (About, Top)
Survey of solar wind interval
Selected data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters
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Velocity
V

Magnetic Field
B


Simple Methods (About, Top)
Simple methods
Rankine Chi^2 Contour (About, Top)

Chisq


Shock Speed (About, Top)
Shock Speed

Theta Bn (About, Top)
Theta Bn

Mach Numbers (About, Top)

Upstream wave speeds
Upstream Mach numbers
Downsteam wave speeds
Downstream mach numbers
Page updated Mon Apr 13 08:55:21 2009
Michael L Stevens (mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)

   
 

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