CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20003051630
Observation time: 10/31/2000 305.68765 1630 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2000
Fractional day of year 305.687650
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 59413.0 ± 32.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.035
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.001
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.004
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0012
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0046
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0038
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 4.26, 5.99, 6.07
Event added to database
Sat Apr 30 21:48:06 2005
Event last processed
Tue May 3 13:37:44 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] -349.7 ± 3.0 -437.4 ± 16.5
Vy GSE [km/s] 28.1 ± 4.7 3.9 ± 17.0
Vz GSE [km/s] 4.8 ± 5.2 56.9 ± 14.5
Wi [km/s] 37.5 ± 3.3 53.1 ± 14.9
We [km/s] 1184.8 ± 104.7 1680.1 ± 472.4
Ni [n/cc] 7.1 ± 0.6 20.7 ± 2.5
Bx GSE [nT] -4.9 ± 0.4 -3.6 ± 4.6
By GSE [nT] -2.1 ± 0.9 1.6 ± 8.4
Bz GSE [nT] -1.9 ± 1.1 -5.3 ± 4.8
Plasma Beta
0.611 ± 0.581
0.948 ± 0.971
Sound Speed [km/s]
48.37 ± 4.27
68.59 ± 19.29
Alfven Speed [km/s]
48.13 ± 1.73
57.76 ± 5.87

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.971 ± 0.116 -0.204 ± 0.482 -0.125 ± 0.124 -7.16 ± 26.34 191.85 ± 28.41
VC -0.839 ± 0.087 -0.221 ± 0.145 0.497 ± 0.451 29.81 ± 9.32 194.74 ± 9.77
MX1 -0.952 ± 0.181 -0.271 ± 0.502 0.143 ± 0.142 8.22 ± 46.31 195.92 ± 30.17
MX2 -0.955 ± 0.117 -0.178 ± 0.314 0.238 ± 0.234 13.79 ± 24.88 190.55 ± 18.78
MX3 -0.931 ± 0.146 -0.179 ± 0.341 0.319 ± 0.308 18.60 ± 23.97 190.88 ± 20.94
RH08 -0.994 ± 0.002 0.009 ± 0.018 0.106 ± 0.106 6.09 ± 0.81 179.50 ± 1.04
RH09 -0.998 ± 0.004 0.061 ± 0.069 -0.006 ± 0.006 -0.32 ± 4.05 176.49 ± 3.94
RH10 -0.998 ± 0.004 0.061 ± 0.069 -0.006 ± 0.006 -0.32 ± 4.05 176.49 ± 3.94
Average -0.955 -0.115 0.146 8.589 187.053
Median -0.955 -0.178 0.143 8.221 190.881
Deviation 0.053 0.136 0.201 11.896 8.175

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 19.8 ± 8.0 459.8 ± 26.3 2.89 ± 0.42
VC 50.0 ± 11.2 450.2 ± 22.3 2.89 ± 0.42
MX1 29.6 ± 10.4 475.6 ± 25.0 2.89 ± 0.42
MX2 36.1 ± 10.3 485.9 ± 24.3 2.89 ± 0.42
MX3 40.3 ± 10.6 480.5 ± 23.7 2.89 ± 0.42
RH08 35.6 ± 9.2 489.8 ± 24.8 2.89 ± 0.42
RH09 33.7 ± 8.9 480.5 ± 25.2 2.89 ± 0.42
RH10 33.7 ± 8.9 480.5 ± 25.2 2.89 ± 0.42
Average 34.8 475.3 2.89
Median 35.6 480.5 2.89
Deviation 8.6 13.5 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 126.5 ± 2.3 39.0 ± 2.0 45.3 ± 1.6 56.0 ± 3.0 3.25 ± 0.14 2.26 ± 0.10
VC 160.5 ± 4.6 23.3 ± 1.2 31.0 ± 1.1 64.2 ± 3.4 6.91 ± 0.29 2.50 ± 0.11
MX1 149.7 ± 3.3 34.2 ± 1.8 41.9 ± 1.5 59.1 ± 3.1 4.39 ± 0.19 2.54 ± 0.11
MX2 155.8 ± 3.6 30.8 ± 1.6 38.9 ± 1.4 61.0 ± 3.2 5.07 ± 0.20 2.56 ± 0.10
MX3 158.5 ± 3.9 28.6 ± 1.5 36.7 ± 1.3 62.0 ± 3.3 5.56 ± 0.22 2.56 ± 0.10
RH8 141.3 ± 3.3 31.1 ± 1.6 39.1 ± 1.4 60.8 ± 3.2 4.55 ± 0.16 2.33 ± 0.08
RH9 129.7 ± 3.1 32.1 ± 1.7 40.1 ± 1.4 60.3 ± 3.2 4.05 ± 0.14 2.15 ± 0.07
RH10 129.7 ± 3.1 32.1 ± 1.7 40.1 ± 1.4 60.3 ± 3.2 4.05 ± 0.14 2.15 ± 0.07
Average 144.0 31.4 39.1 60.5 4.7 2.4
Median 149.7 32.1 40.1 60.8 4.6 2.5
Deviation 14.0 4.5 4.1 2.3 1.1 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 42.9 ± 17.9 46.8 ± 11.7 54.4 ± 5.5 77.7 ± 7.4 1.01 ± 0.60 0.55 ± 0.21
VC 55.6 ± 15.7 28.6 ± 6.8 37.1 ± 3.8 86.4 ± 9.6 2.17 ± 1.28 0.65 ± 0.18
MX1 52.2 ± 17.5 41.5 ± 10.2 50.2 ± 5.1 80.8 ± 8.1 1.40 ± 0.81 0.64 ± 0.19
MX2 55.4 ± 16.6 37.6 ± 9.1 46.6 ± 4.7 82.8 ± 8.6 1.65 ± 0.98 0.67 ± 0.19
MX3 55.9 ± 16.3 35.0 ± 8.4 44.0 ± 4.5 84.0 ± 8.9 1.79 ± 1.06 0.67 ± 0.18
RH8 48.8 ± 16.1 37.9 ± 9.2 47.0 ± 4.8 82.6 ± 8.6 1.45 ± 0.92 0.59 ± 0.18
RH9 43.9 ± 16.2 39.1 ± 9.5 48.1 ± 4.9 82.0 ± 8.4 1.27 ± 0.82 0.54 ± 0.18
RH10 43.9 ± 16.2 39.1 ± 9.5 48.1 ± 4.9 82.0 ± 8.4 1.27 ± 0.82 0.54 ± 0.18
Average 49.8 38.2 46.9 82.3 1.5 0.6
Median 52.2 39.1 48.1 82.6 1.4 0.6
Deviation 5.7 5.2 5.0 2.5 0.4 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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