CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20021071020
Observation time: 04/17/2002 107.43095 1020 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2002
Fractional day of year 107.430949
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 37234.0 ± 26.0
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] -0.004
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0043
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0038
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 1.80, 3.27, 3.36
Event added to database
Sun May 1 22:09:04 2005
Event last processed
Tue May 3 14:19:33 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.008 ± 0.000

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -344.7 ± 2.5 -449.8 ± 7.2
Vy GSE [km/s] -37.0 ± 2.6 -29.3 ± 20.9
Vz GSE [km/s] -11.2 ± 2.0 42.6 ± 7.3
Wi [km/s] 35.1 ± 1.0 57.3 ± 0.9
We [km/s] 1110.3 ± 30.5 1811.5 ± 28.2
Ni [n/cc] 12.0 ± 0.5 51.5 ± 6.9
Bx GSE [nT] -1.6 ± 0.8 6.0 ± 2.2
By GSE [nT] -7.3 ± 0.8 -10.8 ± 15.2
Bz GSE [nT] -4.6 ± 0.7 11.8 ± 12.0
Plasma Beta
0.401 ± 0.398
0.573 ± 0.591
Sound Speed [km/s]
45.33 ± 1.25
73.96 ± 1.15
Alfven Speed [km/s]
55.59 ± 2.37
76.52 ± 6.53

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.849 ± 0.419 -0.324 ± 0.958 -0.418 ± 0.392 -24.72 ± 30.13 200.91 ± 64.48
VC -0.891 ± 0.031 0.062 ± 0.165 0.449 ± 0.416 26.69 ± 3.63 175.99 ± 10.59
MX1 -0.939 ± 0.061 -0.181 ± 0.238 0.292 ± 0.283 16.98 ± 8.10 190.93 ± 14.50
MX2 -0.943 ± 0.030 0.025 ± 0.193 0.331 ± 0.319 19.35 ± 5.09 178.46 ± 11.72
MX3 -0.939 ± 0.028 -0.003 ± 0.166 0.344 ± 0.330 20.13 ± 4.72 180.20 ± 10.13
RH08 -0.985 ± 0.004 0.060 ± 0.018 0.162 ± 0.161 9.32 ± 1.19 176.49 ± 1.02
RH09 -0.970 ± 0.017 0.077 ± 0.071 0.229 ± 0.225 13.24 ± 3.97 175.49 ± 4.17
RH10 -0.970 ± 0.017 0.077 ± 0.071 0.229 ± 0.225 13.24 ± 3.97 175.49 ± 4.17
Average -0.936 -0.026 0.202 11.780 181.743
Median -0.939 0.060 0.292 16.980 178.459
Deviation 0.045 0.148 0.266 15.670 9.287

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 50.0 ± 6.6 394.7 ± 11.8 4.31 ± 0.70
VC 83.0 ± 4.5 454.3 ± 9.0 4.31 ± 0.70
MX1 80.2 ± 4.5 475.1 ± 5.4 4.31 ± 0.70
MX2 88.9 ± 4.8 472.5 ± 7.9 4.31 ± 0.70
MX3 89.8 ± 4.7 472.3 ± 7.4 4.31 ± 0.70
RH08 87.3 ± 5.5 481.3 ± 8.1 4.31 ± 0.70
RH09 89.8 ± 5.3 477.5 ± 8.6 4.31 ± 0.70
RH10 89.8 ± 5.3 477.5 ± 8.6 4.31 ± 0.70
Average 82.3 463.1 4.31
Median 88.9 475.1 4.31
Deviation 13.6 28.8 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 85.5 ± 2.3 24.0 ± 0.5 35.8 ± 1.5 67.6 ± 1.9 3.57 ± 0.12 1.27 ± 0.04
VC 154.4 ± 2.7 4.3 ± 0.1 6.8 ± 0.3 71.6 ± 1.9 36.12 ± 0.77 2.16 ± 0.05
MX1 147.9 ± 2.7 6.0 ± 0.1 9.4 ± 0.4 71.5 ± 1.9 24.73 ± 0.60 2.07 ± 0.05
MX2 152.0 ± 2.7 0.7 ± 0.0 1.1 ± 0.0 71.7 ± 1.9 216.54 ± 4.73 2.12 ± 0.05
MX3 152.4 ± 2.7 0.1 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0 71.7 ± 1.9 1091.34 ± 24.10 2.12 ± 0.05
RH8 145.8 ± 2.6 1.7 ± 0.0 2.6 ± 0.1 71.7 ± 1.9 87.87 ± 1.91 2.03 ± 0.05
RH9 148.3 ± 2.6 0.1 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0 71.7 ± 1.9 1124.02 ± 24.16 2.07 ± 0.05
RH10 148.3 ± 2.6 0.1 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0 71.7 ± 1.9 1124.02 ± 24.16 2.07 ± 0.05
Average 141.8 4.6 7.0 71.2 463.5 2.0
Median 148.3 1.7 2.6 71.7 216.5 2.1
Deviation 22.9 8.1 12.1 1.4 541.9 0.3

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 21.4 ± 10.9 36.3 ± 1.4 49.2 ± 4.2 100.1 ± 4.1 0.59 ± 0.31 0.21 ± 0.11
VC 36.1 ± 7.4 6.5 ± 0.2 9.3 ± 0.8 106.3 ± 4.4 5.59 ± 1.10 0.34 ± 0.07
MX1 35.0 ± 6.5 9.0 ± 0.3 13.0 ± 1.1 106.1 ± 4.4 3.87 ± 0.71 0.33 ± 0.06
MX2 34.9 ± 7.1 1.1 ± 0.0 1.5 ± 0.1 106.5 ± 4.4 32.91 ± 6.44 0.33 ± 0.06
MX3 35.3 ± 6.8 0.2 ± 0.0 0.3 ± 0.0 106.5 ± 4.4 167.09 ± 31.22 0.33 ± 0.06
RH8 33.2 ± 7.4 2.5 ± 0.1 3.6 ± 0.3 106.5 ± 4.4 13.24 ± 2.91 0.31 ± 0.07
RH9 33.5 ± 7.6 0.2 ± 0.0 0.3 ± 0.0 106.5 ± 4.4 168.00 ± 36.99 0.31 ± 0.07
RH10 33.5 ± 7.6 0.2 ± 0.0 0.3 ± 0.0 106.5 ± 4.4 168.00 ± 36.99 0.31 ± 0.07
Average 32.9 7.0 9.7 105.6 69.9 0.3
Median 34.9 2.5 3.6 106.5 32.9 0.3
Deviation 4.8 12.3 16.7 2.2 81.6 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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