CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20001561423
Observation time: 06/04/2000 156.59936 1423 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2000
Fractional day of year 156.599363
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 51785.0 ± 16.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.036
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.006
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.002
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0033
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0039
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 5.69, 16.52, 20.17
Event added to database
Sat Apr 30 21:46:20 2005
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 16:07:45 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.006 ± 0.000

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -407.1 ± 2.8 -521.2 ± 2.6
Vy GSE [km/s] 19.7 ± 5.8 11.8 ± 19.8
Vz GSE [km/s] -2.3 ± 3.5 16.9 ± 5.5
Wi [km/s] 31.1 ± 2.1 55.3 ± 9.0
We [km/s] 982.1 ± 67.7 1747.5 ± 284.6
Ni [n/cc] 2.6 ± 0.2 4.9 ± 0.5
Bx GSE [nT] 2.8 ± 0.1 2.6 ± 0.4
By GSE [nT] -0.1 ± 0.4 -2.4 ± 1.8
Bz GSE [nT] 4.1 ± 0.2 9.9 ± 0.7
Plasma Beta
0.214 ± 0.217
0.300 ± 0.360
Sound Speed [km/s]
40.09 ± 2.76
71.37 ± 11.60
Alfven Speed [km/s]
67.41 ± 1.90
104.41 ± 8.52

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.905 ± 0.118 -0.336 ± 0.296 -0.261 ± 0.255 -15.14 ± 9.81 200.39 ± 18.74
VC -0.983 ± 0.016 -0.076 ± 0.170 0.165 ± 0.163 9.48 ± 2.97 184.44 ± 9.93
MX1 -0.993 ± 0.011 -0.054 ± 0.151 -0.104 ± 0.104 -5.98 ± 3.72 183.08 ± 8.70
MX2 -0.997 ± 0.004 -0.007 ± 0.121 -0.073 ± 0.073 -4.20 ± 2.88 180.40 ± 6.97
MX3 -0.998 ± 0.004 0.024 ± 0.105 -0.053 ± 0.053 -3.05 ± 2.76 178.63 ± 6.00
RH08 -0.996 ± 0.001 -0.061 ± 0.009 0.061 ± 0.061 3.52 ± 0.84 183.51 ± 0.54
RH09 -0.651 ± 0.055 -0.689 ± 0.052 -0.318 ± 0.307 -18.57 ± 2.79 226.63 ± 4.50
RH10 -0.698 ± 0.050 -0.642 ± 0.054 -0.318 ± 0.307 -18.57 ± 3.99 222.62 ± 4.26
Average -0.903 -0.230 -0.113 -6.564 194.963
Median -0.983 -0.061 -0.073 -4.205 184.444
Deviation 0.145 0.290 0.177 10.276 19.489

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 44.6 ± 2.3 579.0 ± 2.9 1.88 ± 0.33
VC 65.8 ± 2.3 645.0 ± 3.7 1.88 ± 0.33
MX1 50.4 ± 2.4 639.5 ± 3.8 1.88 ± 0.33
MX2 52.0 ± 2.5 643.6 ± 4.0 1.88 ± 0.33
MX3 53.1 ± 2.6 645.2 ± 4.1 1.88 ± 0.33
RH08 59.8 ± 2.3 648.8 ± 3.8 1.88 ± 0.33
RH09 52.3 ± 4.0 412.6 ± 2.5 1.88 ± 0.33
RH10 50.3 ± 3.8 442.0 ± 21.3 1.88 ± 0.33
Average 53.5 582.0 1.88
Median 52.3 643.6 1.88
Deviation 6.5 98.5 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 216.6 ± 2.3 26.0 ± 1.4 48.0 ± 1.4 74.0 ± 1.7 8.36 ± 0.45 2.93 ± 0.08
VC 246.6 ± 2.7 14.3 ± 0.7 27.6 ± 0.8 77.2 ± 1.7 17.24 ± 0.82 3.20 ± 0.07
MX1 236.1 ± 2.5 22.9 ± 1.2 43.0 ± 1.2 75.0 ± 1.7 10.32 ± 0.52 3.15 ± 0.08
MX2 237.7 ± 2.7 22.1 ± 1.1 41.5 ± 1.2 75.3 ± 1.7 10.79 ± 0.54 3.16 ± 0.08
MX3 238.3 ± 2.8 21.5 ± 1.1 40.4 ± 1.1 75.5 ± 1.7 11.12 ± 0.55 3.16 ± 0.08
RH8 244.6 ± 2.7 17.7 ± 0.9 33.9 ± 1.0 76.4 ± 1.7 13.82 ± 0.67 3.20 ± 0.07
RH9 160.3 ± 3.7 21.9 ± 1.1 41.2 ± 1.2 75.3 ± 1.7 7.33 ± 0.44 2.13 ± 0.08
RH10 169.9 ± 3.4 23.0 ± 1.2 43.0 ± 1.2 75.0 ± 1.7 7.41 ± 0.44 2.27 ± 0.08
Average 218.8 21.2 39.8 75.5 10.8 2.9
Median 237.7 22.1 41.5 75.3 10.8 3.2
Deviation 34.4 3.6 6.3 0.9 3.4 0.4

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 115.8 ± 5.7 44.2 ± 5.4 74.4 ± 6.1 119.1 ± 5.1 2.67 ± 0.47 0.97 ± 0.05
VC 130.8 ± 2.7 24.2 ± 2.7 42.8 ± 3.5 124.8 ± 4.8 5.48 ± 0.78 1.05 ± 0.05
MX1 124.6 ± 2.2 38.9 ± 4.6 66.6 ± 5.4 120.9 ± 5.0 3.25 ± 0.44 1.03 ± 0.05
MX2 125.5 ± 2.4 37.4 ± 4.4 64.3 ± 5.2 121.4 ± 4.9 3.40 ± 0.44 1.04 ± 0.06
MX3 125.9 ± 2.7 36.4 ± 4.3 62.7 ± 5.1 121.7 ± 4.9 3.50 ± 0.45 1.04 ± 0.06
RH8 129.5 ± 2.4 30.0 ± 3.4 52.4 ± 4.3 123.5 ± 4.8 4.37 ± 0.61 1.05 ± 0.05
RH9 86.4 ± 12.7 37.2 ± 4.4 63.9 ± 5.2 121.5 ± 4.9 2.38 ± 0.63 0.71 ± 0.10
RH10 91.0 ± 11.7 39.0 ± 4.6 66.7 ± 5.4 120.9 ± 5.0 2.39 ± 0.59 0.75 ± 0.09
Average 116.2 35.9 61.7 121.7 3.4 1.0
Median 125.5 37.4 64.3 121.5 3.4 1.0
Deviation 17.6 6.1 9.7 1.7 1.1 0.1

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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