CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20003131320
Observation time: 11/08/2000 313.55579 1320 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2000
Fractional day of year 313.555787
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 48020.0 ± 30.0
Shock type FR
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.034
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.003
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.004
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0012
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0048
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0040
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 15.40, 17.07, 17.34
Event added to database
Sat Apr 30 21:48:18 2005
Event last processed
Tue May 3 13:40:07 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.009 ± 0.000

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -473.5 ± 1.9 -510.7 ± 0.8
Vy GSE [km/s] 3.6 ± 4.3 -5.6 ± 1.3
Vz GSE [km/s] -56.0 ± 1.8 -22.5 ± 1.3
Wi [km/s] 44.3 ± 2.2 23.8 ± 1.0
We [km/s] 1399.7 ± 69.9 752.8 ± 32.1
Ni [n/cc] 9.9 ± 0.4 5.0 ± 0.2
Bx GSE [nT] 5.1 ± 0.2 3.1 ± 0.1
By GSE [nT] -2.0 ± 0.4 0.4 ± 0.1
Bz GSE [nT] 2.9 ± 0.2 -0.2 ± 0.1
Plasma Beta
1.090 ± 1.186
0.618 ± 0.627
Sound Speed [km/s]
57.14 ± 2.85
30.73 ± 1.31
Alfven Speed [km/s]
42.70 ± 2.07
30.35 ± 1.05

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.891 ± 0.013 -0.336 ± 0.025 0.305 ± 0.296 17.78 ± 1.70 200.66 ± 1.59
VC -0.734 ± 0.034 -0.182 ± 0.087 0.655 ± 0.540 40.91 ± 2.33 193.91 ± 6.74
MX1 -0.870 ± 0.017 -0.086 ± 0.067 0.486 ± 0.444 29.08 ± 1.86 185.64 ± 4.40
MX2 -0.886 ± 0.018 -0.171 ± 0.054 0.430 ± 0.402 25.49 ± 2.08 190.90 ± 3.48
MX3 -0.861 ± 0.017 -0.053 ± 0.073 0.506 ± 0.458 30.41 ± 1.90 183.49 ± 4.87
RH08 -0.908 ± 0.006 -0.359 ± 0.013 0.218 ± 0.214 12.58 ± 0.63 201.56 ± 0.82
RH09 -0.906 ± 0.024 -0.376 ± 0.053 0.196 ± 0.193 11.28 ± 3.14 202.56 ± 3.35
RH10 -0.906 ± 0.025 -0.376 ± 0.055 0.196 ± 0.193 11.28 ± 3.28 202.56 ± 3.47
Average -0.870 -0.242 0.374 22.351 195.161
Median -0.886 -0.182 0.430 25.492 200.662
Deviation 0.058 0.135 0.171 10.863 7.813

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 61.3 ± 1.6 356.5 ± 5.4 0.50 ± 0.03
VC 76.2 ± 1.1 258.0 ± 6.8 0.50 ± 0.03
MX1 62.6 ± 1.1 334.4 ± 7.3 0.50 ± 0.03
MX2 61.9 ± 1.2 345.3 ± 6.7 0.50 ± 0.03
MX3 63.0 ± 1.0 329.0 ± 7.6 0.50 ± 0.03
RH08 58.2 ± 1.8 371.1 ± 5.1 0.50 ± 0.03
RH09 58.0 ± 1.8 372.0 ± 4.9 0.50 ± 0.03
RH10 58.0 ± 1.8 372.0 ± 4.9 0.50 ± 0.03
Average 62.4 342.3 0.50
Median 61.9 356.5 0.50
Deviation 6.0 38.1 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -47.1 ± 1.3 16.9 ± 0.4 20.5 ± 1.0 69.4 ± 1.6 -2.79 ± 0.08 -0.68 ± 0.02
VC -52.1 ± 1.6 8.2 ± 0.2 10.2 ± 0.5 70.9 ± 1.6 -6.38 ± 0.16 -0.73 ± 0.03
MX1 -49.9 ± 1.8 16.1 ± 0.3 19.6 ± 0.9 69.6 ± 1.6 -3.10 ± 0.09 -0.72 ± 0.03
MX2 -49.7 ± 1.6 16.5 ± 0.4 20.1 ± 1.0 69.5 ± 1.6 -3.01 ± 0.08 -0.72 ± 0.03
MX3 -50.1 ± 2.0 15.9 ± 0.3 19.4 ± 0.9 69.6 ± 1.6 -3.16 ± 0.10 -0.72 ± 0.03
RH8 -45.2 ± 1.3 18.6 ± 0.4 22.5 ± 1.1 68.9 ± 1.6 -2.43 ± 0.07 -0.66 ± 0.02
RH9 -44.5 ± 1.3 18.8 ± 0.4 22.6 ± 1.1 68.9 ± 1.6 -2.37 ± 0.08 -0.65 ± 0.02
RH10 -44.5 ± 1.3 18.8 ± 0.4 22.6 ± 1.1 68.9 ± 1.6 -2.37 ± 0.08 -0.65 ± 0.02
Average -47.9 16.2 19.7 69.5 -3.2 -0.7
Median -47.1 16.9 20.5 69.5 -2.8 -0.7
Deviation 3.0 3.5 4.1 0.7 1.3 0.0

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -93.6 ± 0.5 10.7 ± 0.3 14.6 ± 0.5 41.9 ± 1.2 -8.76 ± 0.26 -2.24 ± 0.07
VC -103.0 ± 0.5 5.2 ± 0.1 7.2 ± 0.2 42.9 ± 1.2 -19.94 ± 0.57 -2.40 ± 0.07
MX1 -99.3 ± 0.5 10.2 ± 0.3 13.9 ± 0.5 42.0 ± 1.2 -9.74 ± 0.28 -2.37 ± 0.07
MX2 -98.7 ± 0.5 10.5 ± 0.3 14.3 ± 0.5 41.9 ± 1.2 -9.41 ± 0.27 -2.36 ± 0.07
MX3 -99.5 ± 0.6 10.1 ± 0.3 13.8 ± 0.5 42.0 ± 1.2 -9.90 ± 0.28 -2.37 ± 0.07
RH8 -89.5 ± 0.6 11.8 ± 0.3 16.0 ± 0.6 41.6 ± 1.2 -7.58 ± 0.23 -2.16 ± 0.06
RH9 -88.2 ± 0.6 11.9 ± 0.3 16.1 ± 0.6 41.5 ± 1.2 -7.42 ± 0.22 -2.13 ± 0.06
RH10 -88.2 ± 0.6 11.9 ± 0.3 16.1 ± 0.6 41.5 ± 1.2 -7.42 ± 0.22 -2.13 ± 0.06
Average -95.0 10.3 14.0 41.9 -10.0 -2.3
Median -93.6 10.7 14.6 41.9 -8.8 -2.2
Deviation 5.9 2.2 2.9 0.4 4.1 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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