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Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 19993451202
Observation time: 12/11/1999 345.50145 1202 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 1999
Fractional day of year 345.501447
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 43325.0 ± 16.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.035
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.006
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.002
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0012
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0046
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0040
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 5.02, 7.42, 7.60
Event added to database
Sat Apr 30 21:45:15 2005
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 15:38:04 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.009 ± 0.001

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -440.2 ± 3.4 -473.8 ± 3.0
Vy GSE [km/s] -0.7 ± 3.0 10.3 ± 5.7
Vz GSE [km/s] -3.3 ± 3.2 -51.4 ± 3.3
Wi [km/s] 36.4 ± 1.0 47.0 ± 2.3
We [km/s] 1149.8 ± 30.1 1485.1 ± 71.7
Ni [n/cc] 3.2 ± 0.3 4.5 ± 0.2
Bx GSE [nT] 0.2 ± 0.5 3.3 ± 0.4
By GSE [nT] -0.0 ± 0.4 -5.0 ± 0.3
Bz GSE [nT] -3.6 ± 0.2 -2.0 ± 0.5
Plasma Beta
0.714 ± 0.740
0.544 ± 0.562
Sound Speed [km/s]
46.97 ± 1.26
60.74 ± 2.96
Alfven Speed [km/s]
43.67 ± 4.24
64.21 ± 3.16

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC 0.122 ± 0.566 -0.572 ± 0.688 -0.811 ± 0.553 -54.19 ± 48.98 282.05 ± 54.83
VC -0.569 ± 0.062 0.179 ± 0.092 -0.803 ± 0.556 -53.40 ± 4.13 162.55 ± 9.14
MX1 -0.696 ± 0.907 -0.693 ± 0.911 0.186 ± 0.184 10.74 ± 66.70 224.86 ± 73.93
MX2 -0.141 ± 0.071 -0.391 ± 0.071 -0.910 ± 0.475 -65.44 ± 4.49 250.16 ± 9.81
MX3 -0.317 ± 0.081 -0.466 ± 0.080 -0.826 ± 0.548 -55.72 ± 5.53 235.81 ± 8.26
RH08 -0.803 ± 0.020 -0.401 ± 0.029 0.441 ± 0.410 26.19 ± 2.00 206.57 ± 2.00
RH09 -0.804 ± 0.035 -0.385 ± 0.047 0.453 ± 0.419 26.91 ± 3.92 205.57 ± 3.18
RH10 -0.804 ± 0.035 -0.385 ± 0.047 0.453 ± 0.419 26.91 ± 3.88 205.57 ± 3.21
Average -0.502 -0.389 -0.227 -17.252 221.643
Median -0.569 -0.391 0.186 10.738 224.865
Deviation 0.352 0.255 0.659 43.166 35.673

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 34.9 ± 6.0 54.2 ± 40.0 1.38 ± 0.11
VC 40.9 ± 7.6 477.4 ± 63.2 1.38 ± 0.11
MX1 77.3 ± 7.7 328.2 ± 16.6 1.38 ± 0.11
MX2 26.0 ± 7.1 229.0 ± 52.6 1.38 ± 0.11
MX3 36.3 ± 7.4 310.3 ± 52.2 1.38 ± 0.11
RH08 61.0 ± 8.2 356.3 ± 14.6 1.38 ± 0.11
RH09 60.2 ± 8.2 356.3 ± 14.7 1.38 ± 0.11
RH10 60.2 ± 8.2 356.3 ± 14.7 1.38 ± 0.11
Average 49.6 308.5 1.38
Median 60.2 356.3 1.38
Deviation 17.5 123.5 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 104.9 ± 2.0 29.4 ± 1.4 35.8 ± 3.5 57.1 ± 2.3 3.58 ± 0.23 1.84 ± 0.10
VC 225.0 ± 3.3 26.4 ± 1.3 33.0 ± 3.2 58.5 ± 2.4 8.53 ± 0.48 3.85 ± 0.19
MX1 21.1 ± 4.0 7.1 ± 0.3 9.6 ± 0.9 63.8 ± 2.7 3.01 ± 0.59 0.33 ± 0.06
MX2 163.8 ± 2.5 33.6 ± 1.7 39.2 ± 3.8 54.7 ± 2.2 4.89 ± 0.30 3.00 ± 0.15
MX3 168.0 ± 2.7 28.7 ± 1.4 35.2 ± 3.4 57.5 ± 2.4 5.87 ± 0.35 2.93 ± 0.15
RH8 3.6 ± 3.9 16.0 ± 0.7 21.2 ± 2.1 62.2 ± 2.6 0.23 ± 0.24 0.06 ± 0.06
RH9 2.9 ± 3.9 16.4 ± 0.8 21.7 ± 2.1 62.1 ± 2.6 0.18 ± 0.23 0.05 ± 0.06
RH10 2.9 ± 3.9 16.4 ± 0.8 21.7 ± 2.1 62.1 ± 2.6 0.18 ± 0.23 0.05 ± 0.06
Average 86.5 21.7 27.2 59.8 3.3 1.5
Median 104.9 26.4 33.0 62.1 3.6 1.8
Deviation 90.4 9.1 10.2 3.2 3.1 1.6

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 76.2 ± 3.9 40.6 ± 1.0 52.6 ± 2.6 78.6 ± 1.8 1.88 ± 0.11 0.97 ± 0.05
VC 165.1 ± 4.2 36.5 ± 0.9 48.6 ± 2.4 80.5 ± 1.9 4.52 ± 0.15 2.05 ± 0.08
MX1 14.6 ± 2.7 9.7 ± 0.2 14.1 ± 0.7 87.9 ± 2.0 1.49 ± 0.27 0.17 ± 0.03
MX2 119.5 ± 3.1 46.5 ± 1.2 57.7 ± 2.8 75.3 ± 1.8 2.57 ± 0.09 1.59 ± 0.06
MX3 122.6 ± 2.9 39.7 ± 1.0 51.8 ± 2.5 79.0 ± 1.8 3.09 ± 0.10 1.55 ± 0.05
RH8 2.5 ± 1.9 22.1 ± 0.5 31.2 ± 1.5 85.7 ± 2.0 0.11 ± 0.09 0.03 ± 0.02
RH9 2.1 ± 1.9 22.6 ± 0.5 31.9 ± 1.6 85.5 ± 2.0 0.09 ± 0.08 0.02 ± 0.02
RH10 2.1 ± 1.9 22.6 ± 0.5 31.9 ± 1.6 85.5 ± 2.0 0.09 ± 0.08 0.02 ± 0.02
Average 63.1 30.1 40.0 82.3 1.7 0.8
Median 76.2 36.5 48.6 85.5 1.9 1.0
Deviation 66.3 12.6 14.9 4.5 1.6 0.8

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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