CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20020810323
Observation time: 03/22/2002 81.14098 0323 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2002
Fractional day of year 81.140984
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 12181.0 ± 16.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.035
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.003
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.002
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0033
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0036
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 4.85, 4.98, 5.16
Event added to database
Sun May 1 22:04:06 2005
Event last processed
Tue May 3 14:17:05 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.000 ± 0.004

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -429.1 ± 3.1 -462.6 ± 3.3
Vy GSE [km/s] -36.2 ± 2.5 -16.6 ± 7.2
Vz GSE [km/s] -1.9 ± 10.1 24.3 ± 1.7
Wi [km/s] 17.9 ± 1.3 23.5 ± 1.2
We [km/s] 564.8 ± 41.1 742.7 ± 38.1
Ni [n/cc] 6.3 ± 0.5 7.5 ± 1.0
Bx GSE [nT] 1.3 ± 0.5 1.2 ± 0.3
By GSE [nT] -7.6 ± 0.4 -7.9 ± 0.5
Bz GSE [nT] 2.2 ± 1.2 9.6 ± 0.4
Plasma Beta
0.066 ± 0.066
0.056 ± 0.055
Sound Speed [km/s]
23.06 ± 1.68
30.32 ± 1.56
Alfven Speed [km/s]
70.34 ± 2.85
100.12 ± 5.94

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.205 ± 0.096 0.978 ± 0.020 0.044 ± 0.044 2.50 ± 3.76 101.82 ± 5.63
VC -0.729 ± 0.113 0.423 ± 0.147 0.538 ± 0.479 32.57 ± 9.58 149.87 ± 11.03
MX1 -0.441 ± 0.216 0.897 ± 0.106 0.022 ± 0.022 1.25 ± 2.58 116.20 ± 13.80
MX2 -0.686 ± 0.122 0.728 ± 0.115 0.018 ± 0.018 1.03 ± 1.83 133.31 ± 9.60
MX3 -0.849 ± 0.097 0.528 ± 0.156 0.009 ± 0.009 0.54 ± 2.17 148.14 ± 10.51
RH08 0.031 ± 0.035 0.996 ± 0.003 0.084 ± 0.084 4.81 ± 2.00 88.25 ± 2.00
RH09 0.031 ± 0.010 0.996 ± 0.001 0.084 ± 0.084 4.81 ± 0.57 88.25 ± 0.55
RH10 0.031 ± 0.015 0.996 ± 0.001 0.084 ± 0.084 4.81 ± 0.87 88.25 ± 0.87
Average -0.352 0.818 0.110 6.538 114.259
Median -0.205 0.978 0.084 4.807 116.196
Deviation 0.372 0.232 0.176 10.673 26.640

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 19.3 ± 7.7 223.8 ± 4502.9 1.18 ± 0.11
VC 68.2 ± 4.1 615.7 ± 9040.7 1.18 ± 0.11
MX1 24.8 ± 3.5 375.2 ± 6036.6 1.18 ± 0.11
MX2 37.8 ± 2.1 515.9 ± 7465.1 1.18 ± 0.11
MX3 50.8 ± 2.6 595.2 ± 8161.3 1.18 ± 0.11
RH08 23.9 ± 9.2 67.1 ± 2899.4 1.18 ± 0.11
RH09 23.9 ± 9.2 67.1 ± 2899.4 1.18 ± 0.11
RH10 23.9 ± 9.2 67.1 ± 2899.4 1.18 ± 0.11
Average 34.1 315.9 1.18
Median 24.8 375.2 1.18
Deviation 17.2 240.7 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 171.4 ± 2.4 21.6 ± 1.5 66.4 ± 2.7 70.8 ± 2.8 7.97 ± 0.60 2.43 ± 0.11
VC 319.2 ± 5.4 8.2 ± 0.5 26.1 ± 1.1 73.6 ± 2.4 39.16 ± 2.93 4.34 ± 0.16
MX1 218.3 ± 1.9 20.7 ± 1.5 63.9 ± 2.6 71.1 ± 2.7 10.59 ± 0.76 3.08 ± 0.13
MX2 247.9 ± 1.8 17.8 ± 1.2 55.6 ± 2.3 71.9 ± 2.6 13.97 ± 0.95 3.45 ± 0.13
MX3 249.8 ± 2.1 14.1 ± 0.9 44.5 ± 1.8 72.7 ± 2.5 17.77 ± 1.16 3.44 ± 0.12
RH8 116.4 ± 3.2 20.9 ± 1.5 64.3 ± 2.6 71.0 ± 2.7 5.61 ± 0.47 1.64 ± 0.09
RH9 116.4 ± 3.2 20.9 ± 1.5 64.3 ± 2.6 71.0 ± 2.7 5.61 ± 0.47 1.64 ± 0.09
RH10 116.4 ± 3.2 20.9 ± 1.5 64.3 ± 2.6 71.0 ± 2.7 5.61 ± 0.47 1.64 ± 0.09
Average 194.5 18.1 56.2 71.6 13.3 2.7
Median 218.3 20.9 64.3 71.1 10.6 3.1
Deviation 76.4 4.7 14.1 1.0 11.4 1.0

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 144.3 ± 6.6 28.5 ± 1.4 94.5 ± 5.6 100.7 ± 5.9 5.08 ± 0.25 1.44 ± 0.09
VC 272.5 ± 2.2 10.8 ± 0.5 37.2 ± 2.2 104.1 ± 5.7 25.19 ± 1.17 2.63 ± 0.17
MX1 185.4 ± 5.5 27.3 ± 1.4 90.9 ± 5.4 101.0 ± 5.9 6.81 ± 0.30 1.84 ± 0.11
MX2 210.3 ± 3.8 23.5 ± 1.2 79.1 ± 4.7 101.9 ± 5.8 8.96 ± 0.40 2.07 ± 0.13
MX3 210.9 ± 2.5 18.7 ± 0.9 63.3 ± 3.8 103.0 ± 5.7 11.33 ± 0.52 2.05 ± 0.13
RH8 95.7 ± 7.3 27.5 ± 1.4 91.5 ± 5.4 100.9 ± 5.9 3.49 ± 0.24 0.95 ± 0.07
RH9 95.7 ± 7.3 27.5 ± 1.4 91.5 ± 5.4 100.9 ± 5.9 3.49 ± 0.24 0.95 ± 0.07
RH10 95.7 ± 7.3 27.5 ± 1.4 91.5 ± 5.4 100.9 ± 5.9 3.49 ± 0.24 0.95 ± 0.07
Average 163.8 23.9 79.9 101.7 8.5 1.6
Median 185.4 27.5 91.5 101.0 6.8 1.8
Deviation 66.5 6.2 20.1 1.2 7.3 0.6

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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