CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20002741038
Observation time: 09/30/2000 274.44326 1038 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2000
Fractional day of year 274.443264
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 38298.0 ± 16.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.036
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.005
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.001
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0044
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0029
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 9.65, 15.93, 16.38
Event added to database
Sat Apr 30 21:47:46 2005
Event last processed
Tue May 3 13:34:36 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.008 ± 0.002

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -395.8 ± 2.7 -416.9 ± 1.1
Vy GSE [km/s] -25.2 ± 1.5 -16.6 ± 1.5
Vz GSE [km/s] -15.1 ± 2.1 -10.4 ± 1.6
Wi [km/s] 17.5 ± 1.2 21.4 ± 3.0
We [km/s] 553.4 ± 37.5 676.7 ± 94.5
Ni [n/cc] 8.8 ± 0.5 11.4 ± 1.6
Bx GSE [nT] 2.4 ± 0.3 2.9 ± 1.1
By GSE [nT] 11.1 ± 0.2 14.7 ± 0.2
Bz GSE [nT] -5.3 ± 0.3 -6.5 ± 1.2
Plasma Beta
0.036 ± 0.035
0.043 ± 0.033
Sound Speed [km/s]
22.59 ± 1.53
27.63 ± 3.86
Alfven Speed [km/s]
92.08 ± 3.28
106.99 ± 9.31

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.924 ± 0.274 0.097 ± 0.470 -0.371 ± 0.353 -21.78 ± 41.85 174.01 ± 29.10
VC -0.905 ± 0.040 0.374 ± 0.084 0.202 ± 0.199 11.63 ± 5.98 157.58 ± 5.29
MX1 -0.938 ± 0.053 0.217 ± 0.189 0.271 ± 0.264 15.71 ± 6.64 166.94 ± 11.52
MX2 -0.935 ± 0.053 0.221 ± 0.184 0.276 ± 0.269 16.05 ± 6.51 166.74 ± 11.29
MX3 -0.929 ± 0.054 0.229 ± 0.173 0.292 ± 0.283 16.95 ± 6.75 166.12 ± 10.66
RH08 -0.997 ± 0.001 -0.079 ± 0.009 0.017 ± 0.017 0.96 ± 0.77 184.51 ± 0.54
RH09 -0.989 ± 0.010 -0.148 ± 0.068 0.006 ± 0.006 0.32 ± 4.05 188.52 ± 3.94
RH10 -0.989 ± 0.010 -0.148 ± 0.068 0.017 ± 0.017 0.96 ± 4.05 188.52 ± 3.91
Average -0.951 0.095 0.089 5.100 174.119
Median -0.935 0.217 0.202 11.627 174.009
Deviation 0.035 0.198 0.224 13.067 11.750

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 86.4 ± 1.5 458.4 ± 90.5 1.26 ± 0.20
VC 86.1 ± 1.7 457.3 ± 116.2 1.26 ± 0.20
MX1 83.9 ± 1.7 472.1 ± 114.4 1.26 ± 0.20
MX2 83.9 ± 1.7 470.9 ± 114.4 1.26 ± 0.20
MX3 84.1 ± 1.7 467.7 ± 114.6 1.26 ± 0.20
RH08 74.2 ± 1.6 499.1 ± 100.2 1.26 ± 0.20
RH09 70.9 ± 1.6 494.5 ± 96.0 1.26 ± 0.20
RH10 70.6 ± 1.6 494.4 ± 96.3 1.26 ± 0.20
Average 80.0 476.8 1.26
Median 83.9 472.1 1.26
Deviation 6.9 16.8 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 89.6 ± 2.4 1.4 ± 0.1 5.8 ± 0.2 94.8 ± 3.3 65.50 ± 3.76 0.95 ± 0.04
VC 111.4 ± 2.7 1.5 ± 0.1 6.2 ± 0.2 94.8 ± 3.3 75.50 ± 5.08 1.18 ± 0.05
MX1 110.5 ± 2.8 2.3 ± 0.1 9.8 ± 0.3 94.8 ± 3.3 47.60 ± 3.25 1.17 ± 0.05
MX2 110.4 ± 2.8 2.3 ± 0.1 9.7 ± 0.3 94.8 ± 3.3 47.91 ± 3.27 1.17 ± 0.05
MX3 110.3 ± 2.8 2.3 ± 0.1 9.4 ± 0.3 94.8 ± 3.3 49.17 ± 3.37 1.16 ± 0.05
RH8 102.8 ± 2.7 6.0 ± 0.4 25.0 ± 0.9 94.6 ± 3.3 17.29 ± 1.11 1.09 ± 0.04
RH9 99.4 ± 2.7 7.2 ± 0.5 30.1 ± 1.1 94.5 ± 3.3 13.87 ± 0.89 1.05 ± 0.04
RH10 99.5 ± 2.7 7.3 ± 0.5 30.5 ± 1.1 94.5 ± 3.3 13.69 ± 0.88 1.05 ± 0.04
Average 104.2 3.8 15.8 94.7 41.3 1.1
Median 110.3 2.3 9.8 94.8 47.9 1.2
Deviation 7.8 2.6 10.8 0.1 23.9 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 71.1 ± 1.3 1.7 ± 0.2 6.7 ± 0.6 110.6 ± 8.0 43.23 ± 5.69 0.65 ± 0.05
VC 88.1 ± 1.1 1.8 ± 0.2 7.2 ± 0.6 110.6 ± 8.0 49.67 ± 6.54 0.80 ± 0.05
MX1 87.5 ± 1.0 2.8 ± 0.4 11.4 ± 1.0 110.6 ± 8.0 31.37 ± 4.11 0.79 ± 0.05
MX2 87.4 ± 1.0 2.8 ± 0.3 11.3 ± 1.0 110.6 ± 8.0 31.56 ± 4.13 0.79 ± 0.05
MX3 87.3 ± 1.0 2.7 ± 0.3 11.0 ± 1.0 110.6 ± 8.0 32.39 ± 4.24 0.79 ± 0.05
RH8 82.4 ± 1.1 7.3 ± 0.9 29.1 ± 2.5 110.4 ± 8.1 11.52 ± 1.50 0.75 ± 0.05
RH9 79.7 ± 1.1 8.7 ± 1.1 35.0 ± 3.0 110.3 ± 8.1 9.26 ± 1.21 0.73 ± 0.05
RH10 79.8 ± 1.1 8.9 ± 1.1 35.5 ± 3.1 110.3 ± 8.1 9.13 ± 1.19 0.73 ± 0.05
Average 82.9 4.6 18.4 110.5 27.3 0.8
Median 87.3 2.8 11.4 110.6 31.6 0.8
Deviation 5.9 3.1 12.5 0.2 15.7 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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