CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20010981032
Observation time: 04/08/2001 98.43947 1032 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2001
Fractional day of year 98.439468
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 37970.0 ± 32.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.035
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.002
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.003
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0039
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0011
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0043
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 8.69, 26.44, 27.40
Event added to database
Sat Apr 30 21:50:43 2005
Event last processed
Tue May 3 13:54:30 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.004 ± 0.000

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -492.5 ± 5.2 -666.0 ± 13.1
Vy GSE [km/s] -8.5 ± 5.5 -74.3 ± 10.6
Vz GSE [km/s] -32.7 ± 5.2 -45.8 ± 11.4
Wi [km/s] 38.1 ± 2.2 82.6 ± 4.5
We [km/s] 1203.7 ± 69.1 2612.5 ± 143.1
Ni [n/cc] 5.5 ± 0.5 14.8 ± 2.2
Bx GSE [nT] -0.5 ± 0.9 -4.9 ± 1.1
By GSE [nT] 5.8 ± 0.6 18.8 ± 1.5
Bz GSE [nT] -1.3 ± 1.2 0.3 ± 1.8
Plasma Beta
0.445 ± 0.466
0.571 ± 0.580
Sound Speed [km/s]
49.14 ± 2.82
106.65 ± 5.84
Alfven Speed [km/s]
57.53 ± 3.43
111.65 ± 12.93

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.802 ± 0.384 -0.397 ± 0.420 0.446 ± 0.414 26.50 ± 47.77 206.30 ± 27.58
VC -0.933 ± 0.021 -0.353 ± 0.055 -0.070 ± 0.070 -4.04 ± 3.77 200.74 ± 3.35
MX1 -0.948 ± 0.026 -0.311 ± 0.079 -0.070 ± 0.070 -4.00 ± 4.49 198.14 ± 4.79
MX2 -0.948 ± 0.025 -0.310 ± 0.075 -0.071 ± 0.071 -4.06 ± 3.87 198.13 ± 4.52
MX3 -0.948 ± 0.024 -0.311 ± 0.073 -0.070 ± 0.069 -3.99 ± 3.89 198.15 ± 4.44
RH08 -0.965 ± 0.002 -0.250 ± 0.008 -0.073 ± 0.072 -4.16 ± 0.52 194.54 ± 0.50
RH09 -0.990 ± 0.010 -0.131 ± 0.068 -0.050 ± 0.050 -2.88 ± 4.06 187.52 ± 3.91
RH10 -0.993 ± 0.008 -0.113 ± 0.068 -0.039 ± 0.039 -2.24 ± 4.06 186.52 ± 3.91
Average -0.941 -0.272 0.000 0.140 196.254
Median -0.948 -0.310 -0.070 -3.986 198.141
Deviation 0.060 0.102 0.181 10.673 6.608

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 65.8 ± 12.0 634.3 ± 47.2 2.68 ± 0.48
VC 76.0 ± 6.7 757.3 ± 52.9 2.68 ± 0.48
MX1 78.4 ± 6.9 764.9 ± 52.7 2.68 ± 0.48
MX2 78.5 ± 6.8 764.9 ± 52.7 2.68 ± 0.48
MX3 78.4 ± 6.9 764.9 ± 52.7 2.68 ± 0.48
RH08 81.9 ± 7.0 771.3 ± 52.2 2.68 ± 0.48
RH09 88.3 ± 7.6 777.8 ± 50.8 2.68 ± 0.48
RH10 89.1 ± 7.8 778.1 ± 50.5 2.68 ± 0.48
Average 79.5 751.7 2.68
Median 78.5 764.9 2.68
Deviation 7.3 47.9 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 250.3 ± 4.5 15.6 ± 0.6 23.6 ± 1.4 74.1 ± 2.7 16.08 ± 0.80 3.38 ± 0.16
VC 292.6 ± 4.8 9.1 ± 0.3 13.9 ± 0.8 75.2 ± 2.7 32.28 ± 1.64 3.90 ± 0.18
MX1 293.0 ± 4.9 7.5 ± 0.3 11.5 ± 0.7 75.4 ± 2.7 39.12 ± 1.99 3.89 ± 0.19
MX2 293.0 ± 4.9 7.5 ± 0.3 11.5 ± 0.7 75.4 ± 2.7 39.20 ± 1.99 3.89 ± 0.19
MX3 293.0 ± 4.9 7.5 ± 0.3 11.5 ± 0.7 75.4 ± 2.7 39.10 ± 1.99 3.89 ± 0.19
RH8 291.3 ± 4.9 5.3 ± 0.2 8.1 ± 0.5 75.5 ± 2.8 55.30 ± 2.83 3.86 ± 0.19
RH9 287.4 ± 5.1 1.1 ± 0.0 1.7 ± 0.1 75.7 ± 2.8 254.05 ± 13.06 3.80 ± 0.19
RH10 286.8 ± 5.1 0.6 ± 0.0 0.9 ± 0.1 75.7 ± 2.8 477.42 ± 24.55 3.79 ± 0.19
Average 285.9 6.8 10.4 75.3 119.1 3.8
Median 292.6 7.5 11.5 75.4 39.2 3.9
Deviation 14.6 4.7 7.2 0.5 163.9 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 91.0 ± 13.3 32.1 ± 1.7 45.7 ± 5.3 151.4 ± 9.3 2.86 ± 0.53 0.61 ± 0.11
VC 106.6 ± 14.1 18.7 ± 1.0 27.0 ± 3.1 153.6 ± 9.4 5.75 ± 0.94 0.70 ± 0.12
MX1 107.3 ± 14.0 15.4 ± 0.8 22.4 ± 2.6 154.0 ± 9.4 7.00 ± 1.14 0.70 ± 0.12
MX2 107.2 ± 14.0 15.4 ± 0.8 22.3 ± 2.6 154.0 ± 9.4 7.01 ± 1.14 0.70 ± 0.12
MX3 107.3 ± 14.0 15.4 ± 0.8 22.4 ± 2.6 154.0 ± 9.4 6.99 ± 1.14 0.70 ± 0.12
RH8 106.4 ± 13.9 10.8 ± 0.6 15.8 ± 1.8 154.4 ± 9.4 9.87 ± 1.61 0.69 ± 0.12
RH9 106.4 ± 13.6 2.3 ± 0.1 3.4 ± 0.4 154.7 ± 9.4 45.95 ± 7.40 0.69 ± 0.11
RH10 106.7 ± 13.5 1.2 ± 0.1 1.8 ± 0.2 154.7 ± 9.4 86.74 ± 13.91 0.69 ± 0.11
Average 104.9 13.9 20.1 153.8 21.5 0.7
Median 106.7 15.4 22.4 154.0 7.0 0.7
Deviation 5.6 9.7 13.9 1.1 29.8 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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