CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19993011126
Observation time: 10/28/1999 301.47688 1126 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1999
Fractional day of year 301.476875
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 41202.0 ± 16.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.035
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.003
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.002
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0039
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0023
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 9.31, 12.10, 12.41
Event added to database
Sat Apr 30 21:44:54 2005
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 15:27:44 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.008 ± 0.000

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -374.7 ± 2.9 -411.9 ± 2.5
Vy GSE [km/s] 14.9 ± 6.6 -2.5 ± 3.0
Vz GSE [km/s] -17.8 ± 2.5 -0.9 ± 3.8
Wi [km/s] 29.7 ± 1.4 42.3 ± 1.9
We [km/s] 940.0 ± 44.8 1338.3 ± 60.2
Ni [n/cc] 5.7 ± 0.4 9.7 ± 1.4
Bx GSE [nT] -2.6 ± 0.5 -3.6 ± 0.4
By GSE [nT] -1.5 ± 1.1 -0.3 ± 2.2
Bz GSE [nT] 5.8 ± 0.5 8.9 ± 0.4
Plasma Beta
0.251 ± 0.265
0.416 ± 0.454
Sound Speed [km/s]
38.75 ± 1.83
54.77 ± 2.49
Alfven Speed [km/s]
60.21 ± 2.78
66.27 ± 4.08

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.773 ± 0.498 -0.510 ± 0.737 0.377 ± 0.358 22.16 ± 21.82 213.39 ± 54.28
VC -0.842 ± 0.069 -0.386 ± 0.132 0.376 ± 0.357 22.07 ± 5.57 204.64 ± 8.91
MX1 -0.911 ± 0.058 -0.411 ± 0.126 -0.042 ± 0.042 -2.41 ± 18.01 204.29 ± 7.89
MX2 -0.893 ± 0.076 -0.448 ± 0.151 0.032 ± 0.032 1.85 ± 15.80 206.65 ± 9.66
MX3 -0.875 ± 0.122 -0.475 ± 0.222 0.090 ± 0.089 5.15 ± 14.93 208.49 ± 14.51
RH08 -0.995 ± 0.002 -0.096 ± 0.019 -0.028 ± 0.028 -1.60 ± 1.45 185.52 ± 1.07
RH09 -0.995 ± 0.007 -0.079 ± 0.069 -0.061 ± 0.061 -3.52 ± 4.03 184.51 ± 3.95
RH10 -0.995 ± 0.007 -0.079 ± 0.069 -0.061 ± 0.061 -3.52 ± 4.03 184.51 ± 3.95
Average -0.910 -0.310 0.085 5.022 199.000
Median -0.893 -0.386 0.032 1.854 204.638
Deviation 0.081 0.191 0.187 10.950 12.054

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 41.9 ± 8.6 379.4 ± 4.7 1.76 ± 0.35
VC 42.5 ± 7.8 408.0 ± 4.7 1.76 ± 0.35
MX1 66.5 ± 7.8 431.4 ± 4.1 1.76 ± 0.35
MX2 62.2 ± 7.9 425.7 ± 4.3 1.76 ± 0.35
MX3 58.8 ± 8.1 419.8 ± 4.4 1.76 ± 0.35
RH08 68.6 ± 6.9 461.0 ± 3.8 1.76 ± 0.35
RH09 70.6 ± 6.9 459.8 ± 3.7 1.76 ± 0.35
RH10 70.6 ± 6.9 459.8 ± 27.2 1.76 ± 0.35
Average 60.2 430.6 1.76
Median 66.5 431.4 1.76
Deviation 11.8 29.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 102.9 ± 4.3 26.0 ± 0.9 44.8 ± 2.1 66.8 ± 2.2 3.97 ± 0.22 1.54 ± 0.11
VC 103.7 ± 3.9 25.7 ± 0.9 44.4 ± 2.0 66.9 ± 2.2 4.04 ± 0.21 1.55 ± 0.10
MX1 94.7 ± 4.6 13.2 ± 0.4 24.0 ± 1.1 70.4 ± 2.1 7.19 ± 0.43 1.35 ± 0.09
MX2 97.3 ± 4.6 15.6 ± 0.5 28.1 ± 1.3 69.9 ± 2.1 6.26 ± 0.38 1.39 ± 0.10
MX3 99.5 ± 4.7 17.4 ± 0.6 31.2 ± 1.4 69.5 ± 2.1 5.74 ± 0.34 1.43 ± 0.10
RH8 88.2 ± 3.6 12.1 ± 0.4 22.0 ± 1.0 70.6 ± 2.1 7.32 ± 0.37 1.25 ± 0.08
RH9 86.1 ± 3.6 10.9 ± 0.4 20.0 ± 0.9 70.8 ± 2.1 7.90 ± 0.40 1.22 ± 0.08
RH10 86.1 ± 3.6 10.9 ± 0.4 20.0 ± 0.9 70.8 ± 2.1 7.90 ± 0.40 1.22 ± 0.08
Average 94.8 16.5 29.3 69.5 6.3 1.4
Median 97.3 15.6 28.1 70.4 7.2 1.4
Deviation 7.2 6.2 10.2 1.7 1.6 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 59.3 ± 2.8 34.1 ± 0.8 49.3 ± 3.0 79.0 ± 2.7 1.74 ± 0.12 0.75 ± 0.06
VC 59.7 ± 2.7 33.7 ± 0.8 48.8 ± 3.0 79.2 ± 2.7 1.77 ± 0.12 0.76 ± 0.06
MX1 54.9 ± 1.9 17.1 ± 0.4 26.4 ± 1.6 84.3 ± 2.7 3.21 ± 0.16 0.65 ± 0.04
MX2 56.2 ± 2.0 20.2 ± 0.5 31.0 ± 1.9 83.6 ± 2.7 2.78 ± 0.14 0.67 ± 0.04
MX3 57.6 ± 2.1 22.6 ± 0.6 34.3 ± 2.1 83.0 ± 2.7 2.55 ± 0.14 0.70 ± 0.04
RH8 50.6 ± 2.4 15.6 ± 0.4 24.2 ± 1.5 84.6 ± 2.7 3.24 ± 0.17 0.60 ± 0.04
RH9 49.4 ± 2.4 14.2 ± 0.4 22.0 ± 1.4 84.9 ± 2.7 3.50 ± 0.18 0.58 ± 0.04
RH10 49.4 ± 2.4 14.2 ± 0.4 22.0 ± 1.4 84.9 ± 2.7 3.50 ± 0.18 0.58 ± 0.04
Average 54.7 21.5 32.2 82.9 2.8 0.7
Median 56.2 20.2 31.0 84.3 3.2 0.7
Deviation 4.3 8.2 11.2 2.5 0.7 0.1

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