CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20000301844
Observation time: 01/30/2000 30.78120 1844 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2000
Fractional day of year 30.781204
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 67496.0 ± 16.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.038
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.001
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.003
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0041
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0037
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 *********,*********,*********
Event added to database
Sat Apr 30 21:45:40 2005
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 15:52:25 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
-0.003 ± 0.018

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -609.9 ± 3.4 -671.5 ± 18.3
Vy GSE [km/s] 30.3 ± 7.7 8.4 ± 7.4
Vz GSE [km/s] 17.5 ± 6.3 5.7 ± 22.2
Wi [km/s] 44.5 ± 1.4 65.6 ± 8.4
We [km/s] 1405.7 ± 43.9 2075.2 ± 265.9
Ni [n/cc] 3.8 ± 0.3 5.2 ± 0.9
Bx GSE [nT] -4.5 ± 0.6 -1.7 ± 2.0
By GSE [nT] 0.7 ± 1.2 6.3 ± 1.1
Bz GSE [nT] -2.3 ± 0.8 1.0 ± 2.3
Plasma Beta
0.623 ± 0.627
1.080 ± 1.029
Sound Speed [km/s]
58.56 ± 2.91
84.46 ± 10.83
Alfven Speed [km/s]
57.56 ± 1.69
67.35 ± 11.37

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.803 ± 0.111 0.529 ± 0.157 -0.274 ± 0.267 -15.88 ± 11.10 146.64 ± 11.00
VC -0.924 ± 0.084 -0.352 ± 0.184 -0.148 ± 0.147 -8.50 ± 19.37 200.83 ± 11.32
MX1 -0.734 ± 0.360 0.531 ± 0.458 -0.423 ± 0.396 -25.03 ± 27.85 144.13 ± 34.45
MX2 -0.895 ± 0.082 0.447 ± 0.165 0.018 ± 0.018 1.01 ± 7.38 153.47 ± 10.55
MX3 -0.899 ± 0.093 0.334 ± 0.182 0.283 ± 0.275 16.44 ± 13.88 159.63 ± 11.47
RH08 0.030 ± 0.008 0.171 ± 0.034 0.985 ± 303.050 ******* ± 2.00 ******* ± 2.00
RH09 0.030 ± 0.008 0.171 ± 0.034 0.985 ± 303.050 ******* ± 2.00 ******* ± 2.00
RH10 0.030 ± 0.008 0.171 ± 0.034 0.985 ± 303.050 ******* ± 2.00 ******* ± 2.00
Average -0.521 0.250 0.301 ******* *******
Median -0.734 0.334 0.283 -15.881 146.642
Deviation 0.460 0.289 0.602 ******* *******

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 27.8 ± 10.9 642.9 ± 1463.1 1.40 ± 0.25
VC 33.8 ± 10.3 776.7 ± 2124.0 1.40 ± 0.25
MX1 27.4 ± 10.5 582.5 ± 1291.7 1.40 ± 0.25
MX2 34.2 ± 10.0 716.2 ± 1737.6 1.40 ± 0.25
MX3 45.2 ± 10.4 712.6 ± 1834.5 1.40 ± 0.25
RH08 64.5 ± 11.2 -55.7 ± 19.6 1.40 ± 0.25
RH09 64.5 ± 11.2 -55.7 ± 19.6 1.40 ± 0.25
RH10 64.5 ± 11.2 -55.7 ± 175.5 1.40 ± 0.25
Average 45.2 408.0 1.40
Median 45.2 642.9 1.40
Deviation 16.8 388.1 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 141.2 ± 3.9 42.3 ± 1.3 50.9 ± 1.5 70.4 ± 2.4 3.34 ± 0.17 2.01 ± 0.11
VC 225.9 ± 4.3 38.6 ± 1.2 47.8 ± 1.4 72.5 ± 2.5 5.85 ± 0.24 3.12 ± 0.13
MX1 125.2 ± 4.4 42.6 ± 1.3 51.1 ± 1.5 70.2 ± 2.4 2.95 ± 0.16 1.79 ± 0.10
MX2 156.7 ± 3.5 38.4 ± 1.2 47.6 ± 1.4 72.6 ± 2.5 4.09 ± 0.20 2.16 ± 0.11
MX3 149.5 ± 4.3 31.2 ± 1.0 40.6 ± 1.2 76.0 ± 2.6 4.79 ± 0.25 1.97 ± 0.10
RH8 -58.1 ± 6.5 18.1 ± 0.6 24.8 ± 0.7 80.1 ± 2.7 -3.21 ± 0.36 -0.73 ± 0.08
RH9 -58.1 ± 6.5 18.1 ± 0.6 24.8 ± 0.7 80.1 ± 2.7 -3.21 ± 0.36 -0.73 ± 0.08
RH10 -58.1 ± 6.5 18.1 ± 0.6 24.8 ± 0.7 80.1 ± 2.7 -3.21 ± 0.36 -0.73 ± 0.08
Average 78.0 30.9 39.1 75.2 1.4 1.1
Median 141.2 38.4 47.6 76.0 3.3 2.0
Deviation 116.5 11.2 12.2 4.4 3.9 1.6

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 100.8 ± 18.7 52.1 ± 5.5 59.6 ± 10.1 95.4 ± 7.4 1.95 ± 0.42 1.07 ± 0.27
VC 159.0 ± 18.5 47.8 ± 4.9 56.0 ± 9.4 97.6 ± 7.3 3.36 ± 0.51 1.65 ± 0.29
MX1 87.4 ± 20.1 52.3 ± 5.5 59.8 ± 10.1 95.2 ± 7.4 1.69 ± 0.44 0.93 ± 0.28
MX2 112.1 ± 16.4 47.5 ± 4.8 55.7 ± 9.4 97.8 ± 7.3 2.38 ± 0.41 1.16 ± 0.23
MX3 105.0 ± 14.9 38.9 ± 3.8 47.4 ± 8.0 101.5 ± 7.3 2.71 ± 0.42 1.04 ± 0.19
RH8 -41.2 ± 21.5 22.7 ± 2.1 29.0 ± 4.9 106.4 ± 7.5 -1.85 ± 1.05 -0.40 ± 0.23
RH9 -41.2 ± 21.5 22.7 ± 2.1 29.0 ± 4.9 106.4 ± 7.5 -1.85 ± 1.05 -0.40 ± 0.23
RH10 -41.2 ± 21.5 22.7 ± 2.1 29.0 ± 4.9 106.4 ± 7.5 -1.85 ± 1.05 -0.40 ± 0.23
Average 55.1 38.4 45.7 100.8 0.8 0.6
Median 100.8 47.5 55.7 101.5 2.0 1.0
Deviation 82.4 13.6 14.3 5.0 2.3 0.8

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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