CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20002081754
Observation time: 07/26/2000 208.74652 1754 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2000
Fractional day of year 208.746516
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 64499.0 ± 16.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.039
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.001
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 0006
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0028
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 11.33, 15.91, 16.37
Event added to database
Sat Apr 30 21:47:02 2005
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 16:35:19 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.010 ± 0.000

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -356.4 ± 1.3 -390.1 ± 1.2
Vy GSE [km/s] 3.2 ± 0.9 9.4 ± 2.4
Vz GSE [km/s] -9.5 ± 1.0 -4.0 ± 2.2
Wi [km/s] 25.4 ± 0.8 28.1 ± 0.7
We [km/s] 801.7 ± 25.3 887.6 ± 21.4
Ni [n/cc] 11.4 ± 0.6 23.3 ± 0.8
Bx GSE [nT] -1.3 ± 0.3 -0.1 ± 0.3
By GSE [nT] 3.8 ± 0.3 4.2 ± 0.5
Bz GSE [nT] -2.5 ± 0.4 -8.0 ± 0.3
Plasma Beta
0.722 ± 0.715
0.508 ± 0.501
Sound Speed [km/s]
32.73 ± 1.03
36.24 ± 0.89
Alfven Speed [km/s]
29.91 ± 1.09
39.48 ± 1.06

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.479 ± 0.103 0.877 ± 0.056 -0.027 ± 0.027 -1.56 ± 6.17 118.66 ± 6.73
VC -0.973 ± 0.016 0.173 ± 0.066 0.155 ± 0.154 8.93 ± 3.96 169.89 ± 3.89
MX1 -0.842 ± 0.067 0.519 ± 0.108 -0.146 ± 0.145 -8.38 ± 4.52 148.35 ± 7.30
MX2 -0.922 ± 0.025 0.343 ± 0.057 -0.179 ± 0.177 -10.30 ± 4.72 159.61 ± 3.51
MX3 -0.954 ± 0.021 0.227 ± 0.061 -0.197 ± 0.195 -11.37 ± 4.66 166.63 ± 3.68
RH08 -0.989 ± 0.002 0.043 ± 0.017 -0.140 ± 0.139 -8.03 ± 0.82 177.49 ± 0.97
RH09 -0.974 ± 0.015 -0.060 ± 0.070 -0.218 ± 0.214 -12.58 ± 3.90 183.51 ± 4.14
RH10 -0.974 ± 0.016 -0.060 ± 0.071 -0.218 ± 0.214 -12.58 ± 3.96 183.51 ± 4.15
Average -0.888 0.258 -0.121 -6.984 163.457
Median -0.954 0.227 -0.146 -8.377 169.893
Deviation 0.172 0.320 0.128 7.356 21.720

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 32.4 ± 5.2 217.0 ± 0.8 2.03 ± 0.08
VC 70.9 ± 3.8 414.2 ± 0.7 2.03 ± 0.08
MX1 43.5 ± 3.7 365.0 ± 0.8 2.03 ± 0.08
MX2 51.3 ± 3.7 395.7 ± 0.8 2.03 ± 0.08
MX3 56.4 ± 3.7 407.4 ± 0.8 2.03 ± 0.08
RH08 67.2 ± 3.7 419.8 ± 0.8 2.03 ± 0.08
RH09 69.9 ± 3.8 411.9 ± 0.7 2.03 ± 0.08
RH10 69.9 ± 3.8 411.9 ± 5.0 2.03 ± 0.08
Average 57.7 380.4 2.03
Median 67.2 411.9 2.03
Deviation 14.4 68.2 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 43.3 ± 0.7 21.2 ± 0.4 25.2 ± 0.9 39.0 ± 0.8 2.04 ± 0.06 1.11 ± 0.03
VC 68.6 ± 1.0 7.3 ± 0.1 9.8 ± 0.4 43.7 ± 0.8 9.39 ± 0.24 1.57 ± 0.04
MX1 61.9 ± 1.1 17.4 ± 0.4 21.7 ± 0.8 40.8 ± 0.8 3.56 ± 0.11 1.52 ± 0.04
MX2 64.2 ± 1.2 14.6 ± 0.3 18.7 ± 0.7 41.9 ± 0.8 4.40 ± 0.13 1.53 ± 0.05
MX3 64.8 ± 1.3 12.7 ± 0.3 16.5 ± 0.6 42.5 ± 0.8 5.10 ± 0.16 1.53 ± 0.05
RH8 65.7 ± 1.3 8.7 ± 0.2 11.6 ± 0.4 43.5 ± 0.8 7.56 ± 0.23 1.51 ± 0.05
RH9 62.7 ± 1.4 7.7 ± 0.2 10.3 ± 0.4 43.7 ± 0.8 8.16 ± 0.26 1.44 ± 0.05
RH10 62.7 ± 1.4 7.7 ± 0.2 10.3 ± 0.4 43.7 ± 0.8 8.16 ± 0.26 1.44 ± 0.05
Average 61.8 12.2 15.5 42.3 6.0 1.5
Median 64.2 12.7 16.5 43.5 7.6 1.5
Deviation 7.8 5.2 5.9 1.7 2.6 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 22.0 ± 2.5 25.6 ± 0.2 33.3 ± 0.9 47.1 ± 0.5 0.86 ± 0.10 0.47 ± 0.05
VC 33.9 ± 1.2 8.8 ± 0.1 12.9 ± 0.3 52.9 ± 0.6 3.84 ± 0.13 0.64 ± 0.02
MX1 31.2 ± 2.2 21.0 ± 0.2 28.6 ± 0.8 49.3 ± 0.5 1.48 ± 0.10 0.63 ± 0.04
MX2 32.0 ± 1.9 17.7 ± 0.2 24.7 ± 0.7 50.6 ± 0.5 1.81 ± 0.11 0.63 ± 0.04
MX3 32.3 ± 1.8 15.4 ± 0.1 21.8 ± 0.6 51.3 ± 0.6 2.10 ± 0.11 0.63 ± 0.04
RH8 32.9 ± 1.4 10.5 ± 0.1 15.3 ± 0.4 52.6 ± 0.6 3.12 ± 0.13 0.63 ± 0.03
RH9 31.4 ± 1.4 9.3 ± 0.1 13.6 ± 0.4 52.8 ± 0.6 3.38 ± 0.14 0.60 ± 0.03
RH10 31.4 ± 1.4 9.3 ± 0.1 13.6 ± 0.4 52.8 ± 0.6 3.38 ± 0.14 0.60 ± 0.03
Average 30.9 14.7 20.5 51.2 2.5 0.6
Median 32.0 15.4 21.8 52.6 3.1 0.6
Deviation 3.7 6.3 7.9 2.1 1.1 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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