CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19993232358
Observation time: 11/19/1999 323.99906 2358 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1999
Fractional day of year 323.999062
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 86319.0 ± 16.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.034
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.002
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.003
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0031
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0034
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 11.60, 13.25, 13.54
Event added to database
Sat Apr 30 21:45:01 2005
Event last processed
Tue May 3 13:09:47 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.007 ± 0.000

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -444.3 ± 1.9 -477.9 ± 2.6
Vy GSE [km/s] -3.7 ± 2.6 -11.2 ± 2.6
Vz GSE [km/s] -15.6 ± 1.5 -6.6 ± 2.8
Wi [km/s] 37.1 ± 2.0 40.1 ± 2.0
We [km/s] 1174.5 ± 61.9 1268.6 ± 63.2
Ni [n/cc] 4.6 ± 0.3 6.9 ± 0.4
Bx GSE [nT] -1.0 ± 0.5 -3.1 ± 0.7
By GSE [nT] -3.5 ± 0.6 -5.3 ± 1.9
Bz GSE [nT] -5.4 ± 0.2 -7.7 ± 0.8
Plasma Beta
0.320 ± 0.289
0.230 ± 0.255
Sound Speed [km/s]
47.95 ± 2.53
51.79 ± 2.58
Alfven Speed [km/s]
66.64 ± 4.96
83.99 ± 4.02

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.828 ± 0.403 0.338 ± 0.717 0.448 ± 0.415 26.62 ± 38.81 157.80 ± 49.01
VC -0.944 ± 0.031 -0.212 ± 0.092 0.254 ± 0.248 14.70 ± 5.41 192.64 ± 5.59
MX1 -0.773 ± 0.069 0.085 ± 0.122 0.629 ± 0.529 38.98 ± 6.24 173.73 ± 9.02
MX2 -0.800 ± 0.070 0.039 ± 0.119 0.599 ± 0.514 36.82 ± 6.68 177.19 ± 8.52
MX3 -0.838 ± 0.083 -0.016 ± 0.207 0.546 ± 0.484 33.08 ± 8.75 181.08 ± 14.19
RH08 -0.998 ± 0.001 0.009 ± 0.022 0.061 ± 0.061 3.52 ± 1.04 179.50 ± 1.24
RH09 -0.998 ± 0.004 0.026 ± 0.068 0.050 ± 0.050 2.88 ± 4.06 178.50 ± 3.91
RH10 -0.998 ± 0.004 0.026 ± 0.068 0.050 ± 0.050 2.88 ± 4.06 178.50 ± 3.91
Average -0.897 0.037 0.330 19.935 177.367
Median -0.838 0.026 0.448 26.618 178.496
Deviation 0.097 0.150 0.255 15.782 9.637

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 65.1 ± 4.9 453.5 ± 16.8 1.49 ± 0.17
VC 86.9 ± 4.2 528.6 ± 19.4 1.49 ± 0.17
MX1 63.8 ± 4.3 430.9 ± 17.6 1.49 ± 0.17
MX2 67.1 ± 4.3 446.5 ± 18.0 1.49 ± 0.17
MX3 72.0 ± 4.2 468.5 ± 18.4 1.49 ± 0.17
RH08 84.2 ± 4.7 549.8 ± 18.6 1.49 ± 0.17
RH09 84.2 ± 4.7 549.5 ± 18.4 1.49 ± 0.17
RH10 84.2 ± 4.7 549.5 ± 18.4 1.49 ± 0.17
Average 75.9 497.1 1.49
Median 84.2 528.6 1.49
Deviation 9.9 52.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 93.9 ± 2.3 16.7 ± 0.3 28.1 ± 2.1 80.5 ± 3.0 5.64 ± 0.24 1.17 ± 0.06
VC 112.4 ± 1.6 2.1 ± 0.0 3.6 ± 0.3 82.2 ± 2.9 54.40 ± 1.64 1.37 ± 0.05
MX1 97.7 ± 1.8 17.5 ± 0.4 29.5 ± 2.2 80.3 ± 3.0 5.57 ± 0.20 1.22 ± 0.06
MX2 100.7 ± 1.8 15.3 ± 0.3 25.9 ± 1.9 80.8 ± 3.0 6.57 ± 0.23 1.25 ± 0.06
MX3 104.7 ± 1.7 12.1 ± 0.2 20.6 ± 1.5 81.3 ± 3.0 8.65 ± 0.29 1.29 ± 0.06
RH8 107.3 ± 1.9 3.9 ± 0.1 6.8 ± 0.5 82.1 ± 2.9 27.24 ± 0.96 1.31 ± 0.05
RH9 106.8 ± 2.0 3.9 ± 0.1 6.8 ± 0.5 82.1 ± 2.9 27.15 ± 0.97 1.30 ± 0.05
RH10 106.8 ± 2.0 3.9 ± 0.1 6.8 ± 0.5 82.1 ± 2.9 27.15 ± 0.97 1.30 ± 0.05
Average 103.8 9.4 16.0 81.4 20.3 1.3
Median 106.8 12.1 20.6 82.1 27.2 1.3
Deviation 6.0 6.6 11.1 0.8 17.2 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 64.6 ± 2.3 18.9 ± 0.7 35.4 ± 1.7 96.9 ± 3.3 3.43 ± 0.22 0.67 ± 0.03
VC 76.8 ± 2.4 2.3 ± 0.1 4.5 ± 0.2 98.7 ± 3.3 32.77 ± 1.80 0.78 ± 0.03
MX1 66.7 ± 2.2 19.9 ± 0.7 37.1 ± 1.8 96.7 ± 3.3 3.36 ± 0.20 0.69 ± 0.03
MX2 68.8 ± 2.1 17.4 ± 0.6 32.7 ± 1.6 97.2 ± 3.3 3.96 ± 0.23 0.71 ± 0.03
MX3 71.6 ± 2.1 13.7 ± 0.5 26.0 ± 1.2 97.8 ± 3.3 5.22 ± 0.29 0.73 ± 0.03
RH8 73.3 ± 2.5 4.5 ± 0.2 8.5 ± 0.4 98.6 ± 3.3 16.40 ± 0.98 0.74 ± 0.03
RH9 73.0 ± 2.5 4.5 ± 0.2 8.5 ± 0.4 98.6 ± 3.3 16.36 ± 0.98 0.74 ± 0.03
RH10 73.0 ± 2.5 4.5 ± 0.2 8.5 ± 0.4 98.6 ± 3.3 16.36 ± 0.98 0.74 ± 0.03
Average 71.0 10.7 20.1 97.9 12.2 0.7
Median 73.0 13.7 26.0 98.6 16.4 0.7
Deviation 4.0 7.5 13.9 0.9 10.3 0.0

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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