CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20003110914
Observation time: 11/06/2000 311.38524 0914 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2000
Fractional day of year 311.385243
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 33285.0 ± 16.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.034
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.002
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 0047
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 6.02, 9.81, 10.13
Event added to database
Sat Apr 30 21:48:14 2005
Event last processed
Tue May 3 13:39:19 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.005 ± 0.000

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -472.6 ± 6.8 -597.0 ± 20.4
Vy GSE [km/s] -19.7 ± 18.6 3.6 ± 22.4
Vz GSE [km/s] 20.8 ± 15.4 20.1 ± 12.3
Wi [km/s] 36.6 ± 2.9 61.2 ± 6.5
We [km/s] 1156.5 ± 92.7 1936.5 ± 204.7
Ni [n/cc] 2.1 ± 0.1 5.1 ± 0.4
Bx GSE [nT] -1.8 ± 0.6 1.2 ± 2.4
By GSE [nT] 3.2 ± 0.8 7.0 ± 1.8
Bz GSE [nT] -3.2 ± 1.3 -7.3 ± 1.4
Plasma Beta
0.230 ± 0.232
0.369 ± 0.366
Sound Speed [km/s]
47.21 ± 3.78
79.06 ± 8.36
Alfven Speed [km/s]
76.84 ± 3.18
103.04 ± 8.51

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.821 ± 0.251 0.416 ± 0.413 -0.392 ± 0.370 -23.06 ± 23.57 153.10 ± 28.38
VC -0.983 ± 0.043 0.183 ± 0.232 -0.010 ± 0.010 -0.55 ± 8.17 169.43 ± 13.51
MX1 -0.853 ± 0.146 0.445 ± 0.240 -0.272 ± 0.265 -15.76 ± 18.47 152.42 ± 15.90
MX2 -0.860 ± 0.119 0.446 ± 0.198 -0.250 ± 0.245 -14.47 ± 16.11 152.60 ± 12.99
MX3 -0.862 ± 0.111 0.452 ± 0.187 -0.228 ± 0.224 -13.20 ± 15.22 152.33 ± 12.27
RH08 -0.951 ± 0.006 0.282 ± 0.018 -0.128 ± 0.128 -7.38 ± 0.86 163.45 ± 1.09
RH09 -0.828 ± 0.040 0.470 ± 0.062 -0.307 ± 0.297 -17.89 ± 4.01 150.42 ± 4.24
RH10 -0.836 ± 0.039 0.455 ± 0.063 -0.307 ± 0.297 -17.89 ± 4.00 151.42 ± 4.24
Average -0.874 0.394 -0.237 -13.777 155.648
Median -0.853 0.446 -0.250 -14.471 152.604
Deviation 0.060 0.104 0.119 6.976 6.900

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 36.4 ± 8.0 560.6 ± 33.4 2.40 ± 0.24
VC 61.4 ± 8.8 674.4 ± 38.2 2.40 ± 0.24
MX1 40.4 ± 8.6 586.3 ± 34.5 2.40 ± 0.24
MX2 41.3 ± 8.7 591.2 ± 34.7 2.40 ± 0.24
MX3 42.0 ± 8.9 593.4 ± 34.8 2.40 ± 0.24
RH08 52.9 ± 8.5 650.9 ± 37.3 2.40 ± 0.24
RH09 37.8 ± 8.5 568.9 ± 33.7 2.40 ± 0.24
RH10 38.4 ± 8.4 573.9 ± 33.9 2.40 ± 0.24
Average 43.8 599.9 2.40
Median 41.3 591.2 2.40
Deviation 8.7 40.8 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 189.2 ± 6.7 35.1 ± 2.2 61.9 ± 2.6 83.2 ± 2.6 5.41 ± 0.39 2.28 ± 0.12
VC 213.7 ± 8.7 19.7 ± 1.1 36.8 ± 1.5 88.1 ± 2.6 10.90 ± 0.76 2.43 ± 0.14
MX1 197.5 ± 8.6 32.8 ± 2.0 58.5 ± 2.4 84.1 ± 2.6 6.04 ± 0.44 2.35 ± 0.14
MX2 198.9 ± 8.9 32.3 ± 1.9 57.7 ± 2.4 84.3 ± 2.6 6.18 ± 0.45 2.36 ± 0.14
MX3 199.6 ± 9.3 31.9 ± 1.9 57.1 ± 2.4 84.4 ± 2.6 6.28 ± 0.46 2.37 ± 0.15
RH8 209.9 ± 8.4 25.2 ± 1.4 46.4 ± 1.9 86.7 ± 2.6 8.34 ± 0.58 2.42 ± 0.14
RH9 193.4 ± 8.4 34.3 ± 2.1 60.7 ± 2.5 83.5 ± 2.6 5.66 ± 0.41 2.32 ± 0.14
RH10 194.3 ± 8.2 33.9 ± 2.1 60.2 ± 2.5 83.6 ± 2.6 5.74 ± 0.42 2.33 ± 0.14
Average 199.6 30.6 54.9 84.7 6.8 2.4
Median 198.9 32.8 58.5 84.3 6.2 2.4
Deviation 8.3 5.4 8.8 1.7 1.9 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 77.2 ± 16.6 55.4 ± 3.2 83.0 ± 6.9 117.8 ± 6.1 1.40 ± 0.32 0.66 ± 0.15
VC 87.1 ± 19.1 30.6 ± 1.6 49.3 ± 4.1 126.6 ± 6.1 2.86 ± 0.66 0.69 ± 0.16
MX1 80.9 ± 17.0 51.6 ± 2.9 78.5 ± 6.5 119.5 ± 6.0 1.57 ± 0.35 0.68 ± 0.15
MX2 81.4 ± 17.1 50.7 ± 2.9 77.4 ± 6.4 119.9 ± 6.0 1.61 ± 0.36 0.68 ± 0.15
MX3 81.6 ± 17.2 50.1 ± 2.8 76.5 ± 6.3 120.2 ± 6.0 1.64 ± 0.36 0.68 ± 0.15
RH8 84.9 ± 18.6 39.4 ± 2.1 62.2 ± 5.1 124.1 ± 6.0 2.16 ± 0.50 0.69 ± 0.16
RH9 79.3 ± 16.6 54.1 ± 3.1 81.4 ± 6.7 118.5 ± 6.1 1.47 ± 0.33 0.67 ± 0.15
RH10 79.6 ± 16.8 53.5 ± 3.1 80.7 ± 6.7 118.7 ± 6.1 1.49 ± 0.33 0.67 ± 0.15
Average 81.5 48.2 73.6 120.7 1.8 0.7
Median 81.4 51.6 78.5 119.9 1.6 0.7
Deviation 3.2 8.6 11.8 3.1 0.5 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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