CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20003340306
Observation time: 11/29/2000 334.12984 0306 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2000
Fractional day of year 334.129838
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 11218.0 ± 16.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.035
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.006
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.002
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0013
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0052
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0011
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0048
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 10.07, 13.00, 13.11
Event added to database
Sat Apr 30 21:48:36 2005
Event last processed
Tue May 3 13:44:05 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.006 ± 0.000

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -536.1 ± 2.2 -573.8 ± 8.7
Vy GSE [km/s] -24.7 ± 2.7 9.3 ± 5.2
Vz GSE [km/s] -21.6 ± 3.0 -25.0 ± 3.8
Wi [km/s] 19.2 ± 1.3 21.5 ± 1.7
We [km/s] 607.0 ± 42.2 680.4 ± 52.6
Ni [n/cc] 6.2 ± 0.7 11.7 ± 1.3
Bx GSE [nT] -0.8 ± 1.0 -2.9 ± 1.3
By GSE [nT] -1.7 ± 0.8 -1.8 ± 1.3
Bz GSE [nT] -8.5 ± 0.2 -10.9 ± 0.6
Plasma Beta
0.063 ± 0.058
0.085 ± 0.084
Sound Speed [km/s]
24.78 ± 1.72
27.78 ± 2.15
Alfven Speed [km/s]
77.40 ± 5.06
74.07 ± 5.14

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.803 ± 0.355 0.286 ± 0.618 0.524 ± 0.469 31.57 ± 32.66 160.38 ± 43.56
VC -0.734 ± 0.098 0.675 ± 0.107 -0.071 ± 0.071 -4.06 ± 5.47 137.39 ± 8.32
MX1 -0.573 ± 0.158 0.688 ± 0.161 0.445 ± 0.413 26.43 ± 21.36 129.82 ± 9.79
MX2 -0.563 ± 0.169 0.730 ± 0.153 0.387 ± 0.366 22.76 ± 18.42 127.62 ± 11.86
MX3 -0.610 ± 0.341 0.754 ± 0.279 0.246 ± 0.241 14.25 ± 16.27 128.97 ± 25.73
RH08 -0.998 ± 0.001 0.044 ± 0.013 0.039 ± 0.039 2.24 ± 0.48 177.49 ± 0.75
RH09 -0.995 ± 0.007 -0.044 ± 0.069 0.095 ± 0.095 5.45 ± 4.02 182.51 ± 3.99
RH10 -0.995 ± 0.007 -0.044 ± 0.069 0.095 ± 0.095 5.45 ± 4.02 182.51 ± 3.99
Average -0.784 0.386 0.220 13.011 153.335
Median -0.734 0.675 0.246 14.246 160.376
Deviation 0.193 0.363 0.214 12.777 25.064

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 60.6 ± 7.2 493.6 ± 29.0 1.89 ± 0.25
VC 89.6 ± 7.6 487.6 ± 31.5 1.89 ± 0.25
MX1 59.1 ± 7.5 374.9 ± 30.7 1.89 ± 0.25
MX2 62.3 ± 7.5 372.0 ± 31.0 1.89 ± 0.25
MX3 70.8 ± 7.5 405.5 ± 31.7 1.89 ± 0.25
RH08 87.3 ± 6.6 616.1 ± 27.9 1.89 ± 0.25
RH09 89.5 ± 6.2 608.3 ± 26.8 1.89 ± 0.25
RH10 89.5 ± 6.2 608.3 ± 26.8 1.89 ± 0.25
Average 76.1 495.8 1.89
Median 87.3 493.6 1.89
Deviation 14.2 105.5 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 81.7 ± 1.9 11.7 ± 0.7 38.0 ± 2.5 80.5 ± 4.6 7.02 ± 0.44 1.02 ± 0.06
VC 109.2 ± 2.9 0.2 ± 0.0 0.6 ± 0.0 81.3 ± 4.5 622.51 ± 47.46 1.35 ± 0.07
MX1 94.1 ± 2.2 12.2 ± 0.8 39.7 ± 2.6 80.4 ± 4.6 7.72 ± 0.53 1.17 ± 0.07
MX2 96.6 ± 2.3 11.1 ± 0.7 36.0 ± 2.4 80.6 ± 4.6 8.76 ± 0.61 1.20 ± 0.06
MX3 102.6 ± 2.5 7.8 ± 0.5 25.4 ± 1.7 80.9 ± 4.6 13.25 ± 0.95 1.27 ± 0.07
RH8 82.8 ± 2.2 1.1 ± 0.1 3.6 ± 0.2 81.3 ± 4.5 75.81 ± 5.44 1.02 ± 0.06
RH9 76.1 ± 2.1 0.2 ± 0.0 0.7 ± 0.0 81.3 ± 4.5 377.60 ± 26.45 0.94 ± 0.06
RH10 76.1 ± 2.1 0.2 ± 0.0 0.7 ± 0.0 81.3 ± 4.5 377.60 ± 26.45 0.94 ± 0.06
Average 89.9 5.6 18.1 80.9 186.3 1.1
Median 94.1 7.8 25.4 81.3 75.8 1.2
Deviation 12.5 5.7 18.4 0.4 239.4 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 43.5 ± 8.1 12.9 ± 0.9 36.3 ± 2.5 78.1 ± 5.2 3.40 ± 0.77 0.56 ± 0.12
VC 58.3 ± 7.0 0.2 ± 0.0 0.6 ± 0.0 79.1 ± 5.3 302.55 ± 49.19 0.74 ± 0.11
MX1 50.6 ± 7.2 13.5 ± 1.0 38.0 ± 2.6 78.0 ± 5.2 3.76 ± 0.67 0.65 ± 0.11
MX2 51.9 ± 7.1 12.2 ± 0.9 34.5 ± 2.4 78.2 ± 5.2 4.27 ± 0.73 0.67 ± 0.11
MX3 54.8 ± 7.1 8.6 ± 0.6 24.3 ± 1.7 78.7 ± 5.3 6.44 ± 1.07 0.70 ± 0.11
RH8 43.8 ± 8.7 1.2 ± 0.1 3.4 ± 0.2 79.1 ± 5.3 36.69 ± 8.94 0.56 ± 0.12
RH9 40.4 ± 8.8 0.2 ± 0.0 0.6 ± 0.0 79.1 ± 5.3 183.49 ± 47.85 0.51 ± 0.12
RH10 40.4 ± 8.8 0.2 ± 0.0 0.6 ± 0.0 79.1 ± 5.3 183.49 ± 47.85 0.51 ± 0.12
Average 48.0 6.1 17.3 78.7 90.5 0.6
Median 50.6 8.6 24.3 79.1 36.7 0.7
Deviation 6.8 6.3 17.6 0.5 116.4 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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