CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20002770008
Observation time: 10/03/2000 277.00584 0008 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2000
Fractional day of year 277.005845
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 505.0 ± 16.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.035
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.005
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.001
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0028
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0027
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 1.81, 3.93, 4.11
Event added to database
Sat Apr 30 21:47:54 2005
Event last processed
Tue May 3 13:35:20 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.008 ± 0.000

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -387.0 ± 1.5 -435.4 ± 1.6
Vy GSE [km/s] -6.9 ± 1.0 -24.3 ± 5.3
Vz GSE [km/s] -3.8 ± 4.5 -12.1 ± 6.2
Wi [km/s] 42.2 ± 1.4 51.4 ± 0.7
We [km/s] 1334.1 ± 44.3 1625.6 ± 20.9
Ni [n/cc] 6.5 ± 0.3 15.6 ± 0.8
Bx GSE [nT] -4.7 ± 0.2 -4.9 ± 0.9
By GSE [nT] 2.3 ± 0.3 5.1 ± 0.7
Bz GSE [nT] -0.9 ± 0.8 -2.9 ± 2.2
Plasma Beta
0.845 ± 0.852
1.368 ± 1.443
Sound Speed [km/s]
54.47 ± 1.81
66.36 ± 0.85
Alfven Speed [km/s]
45.95 ± 1.13
44.09 ± 2.30

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.993 ± 0.033 0.079 ± 0.259 -0.089 ± 0.089 -5.10 ± 17.00 175.44 ± 14.92
VC -0.931 ± 0.038 -0.332 ± 0.091 -0.154 ± 0.153 -8.87 ± 7.65 199.61 ± 5.59
MX1 -0.980 ± 0.031 -0.085 ± 0.229 -0.181 ± 0.179 -10.44 ± 7.55 184.98 ± 13.38
MX2 -0.952 ± 0.031 -0.184 ± 0.106 -0.246 ± 0.241 -14.23 ± 5.60 190.97 ± 6.37
MX3 -0.932 ± 0.037 -0.232 ± 0.094 -0.278 ± 0.270 -16.12 ± 6.15 193.96 ± 5.75
RH08 -0.970 ± 0.006 -0.128 ± 0.023 -0.207 ± 0.204 -11.93 ± 1.42 187.52 ± 1.33
RH09 -0.967 ± 0.018 -0.162 ± 0.070 -0.196 ± 0.193 -11.28 ± 3.96 189.53 ± 4.16
RH10 -0.967 ± 0.018 -0.162 ± 0.070 -0.196 ± 0.193 -11.28 ± 3.96 189.53 ± 4.16
Average -0.961 -0.151 -0.193 -11.155 188.942
Median -0.967 -0.162 -0.196 -11.276 189.526
Deviation 0.022 0.119 0.057 3.318 7.009

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 22.6 ± 4.7 464.7 ± 3.8 2.41 ± 0.10
VC 45.3 ± 3.7 451.6 ± 3.3 2.41 ± 0.10
MX1 31.2 ± 3.9 466.7 ± 3.4 2.41 ± 0.10
MX2 36.9 ± 3.7 458.1 ± 3.6 2.41 ± 0.10
MX3 39.9 ± 3.6 451.6 ± 3.8 2.41 ± 0.10
RH08 33.6 ± 3.8 463.9 ± 3.5 2.41 ± 0.10
RH09 35.5 ± 3.7 463.6 ± 3.4 2.41 ± 0.10
RH10 35.5 ± 3.7 463.6 ± 3.4 2.41 ± 0.10
Average 35.1 460.5 2.41
Median 35.5 463.6 2.41
Deviation 6.6 6.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 80.6 ± 1.7 38.5 ± 0.8 42.4 ± 1.0 60.0 ± 1.4 2.09 ± 0.04 1.35 ± 0.05
VC 88.6 ± 2.0 26.6 ± 0.5 32.3 ± 0.8 66.1 ± 1.4 3.33 ± 0.09 1.34 ± 0.05
MX1 86.3 ± 2.0 34.3 ± 0.7 39.3 ± 1.0 62.5 ± 1.4 2.52 ± 0.06 1.38 ± 0.05
MX2 87.6 ± 2.3 31.2 ± 0.6 36.7 ± 0.9 64.1 ± 1.4 2.81 ± 0.08 1.37 ± 0.05
MX3 88.1 ± 2.4 29.6 ± 0.6 35.3 ± 0.9 64.8 ± 1.4 2.98 ± 0.09 1.36 ± 0.05
RH8 86.9 ± 2.1 33.0 ± 0.6 38.3 ± 0.9 63.2 ± 1.4 2.63 ± 0.07 1.38 ± 0.05
RH9 87.4 ± 2.1 32.0 ± 0.6 37.4 ± 0.9 63.7 ± 1.4 2.73 ± 0.07 1.37 ± 0.05
RH10 87.4 ± 2.1 32.0 ± 0.6 37.4 ± 0.9 63.7 ± 1.4 2.73 ± 0.07 1.37 ± 0.05
Average 86.6 32.1 37.4 63.5 2.7 1.4
Median 87.4 32.0 37.4 63.7 2.7 1.4
Deviation 2.5 3.5 2.9 1.8 0.4 0.0

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 33.3 ± 2.0 38.8 ± 1.8 40.7 ± 2.1 69.6 ± 1.0 0.86 ± 0.07 0.48 ± 0.03
VC 36.5 ± 2.3 27.5 ± 1.1 31.0 ± 1.6 74.8 ± 1.3 1.33 ± 0.08 0.49 ± 0.03
MX1 35.9 ± 2.2 35.0 ± 1.5 37.7 ± 2.0 71.6 ± 1.1 1.03 ± 0.07 0.50 ± 0.03
MX2 36.4 ± 2.5 32.0 ± 1.3 35.2 ± 1.8 73.0 ± 1.2 1.14 ± 0.08 0.50 ± 0.03
MX3 36.7 ± 2.7 30.5 ± 1.3 33.8 ± 1.8 73.6 ± 1.3 1.20 ± 0.08 0.50 ± 0.03
RH8 36.0 ± 2.3 33.8 ± 1.4 36.7 ± 1.9 72.2 ± 1.2 1.07 ± 0.07 0.50 ± 0.03
RH9 36.2 ± 2.2 32.8 ± 1.4 35.9 ± 1.9 72.6 ± 1.2 1.11 ± 0.07 0.50 ± 0.03
RH10 36.2 ± 2.2 32.8 ± 1.4 35.9 ± 1.9 72.6 ± 1.2 1.11 ± 0.07 0.50 ± 0.03
Average 35.9 32.9 35.9 72.5 1.1 0.5
Median 36.2 32.8 35.9 72.6 1.1 0.5
Deviation 1.1 3.3 2.8 1.5 0.1 0.0

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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