CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20021130415
Observation time: 04/23/2002 113.17741 0415 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2002
Fractional day of year 113.177407
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 15328.0 ± 32.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.035
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.004
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.004
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0035
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0033
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 11.87, 14.16, 15.30
Event added to database
Sun May 1 22:11:59 2005
Event last processed
Tue May 3 14:21:11 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.005 ± 0.000

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -427.3 ± 7.8 -607.6 ± 11.9
Vy GSE [km/s] -14.1 ± 10.0 35.6 ± 31.2
Vz GSE [km/s] 16.4 ± 23.2 -15.7 ± 26.5
Wi [km/s] 37.9 ± 2.9 82.3 ± 4.4
We [km/s] 1196.9 ± 93.3 2604.0 ± 138.7
Ni [n/cc] 5.1 ± 0.5 14.2 ± 2.5
Bx GSE [nT] -2.9 ± 1.2 4.4 ± 2.4
By GSE [nT] 5.9 ± 0.9 8.2 ± 4.2
Bz GSE [nT] -2.0 ± 2.6 12.8 ± 4.9
Plasma Beta
0.282 ± 0.269
0.838 ± 0.801
Sound Speed [km/s]
48.86 ± 3.81
106.31 ± 5.66
Alfven Speed [km/s]
72.10 ± 4.36
97.70 ± 22.10

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.404 ± 0.477 0.914 ± 0.211 0.022 ± 0.022 1.27 ± 16.72 113.87 ± 29.86
VC -0.951 ± 0.051 0.262 ± 0.159 -0.163 ± 0.162 -9.39 ± 9.85 164.58 ± 9.54
MX1 -0.981 ± 0.103 0.093 ± 0.986 0.173 ± 0.171 9.95 ± 14.45 174.58 ± 57.60
MX2 -0.774 ± 0.096 0.559 ± 0.123 0.299 ± 0.289 17.37 ± 10.21 144.17 ± 8.81
MX3 -0.839 ± 0.080 0.413 ± 0.123 0.355 ± 0.339 20.80 ± 9.79 153.78 ± 8.18
RH08 -0.984 ± 0.002 0.148 ± 0.013 -0.095 ± 0.095 -5.45 ± 0.82 171.48 ± 0.75
RH09 -0.779 ± 0.044 0.089 ± 0.070 0.620 ± 0.525 38.32 ± 4.04 173.48 ± 5.15
RH10 -0.786 ± 0.043 0.104 ± 0.070 0.609 ± 0.519 37.51 ± 4.02 172.48 ± 5.06
Average -0.812 0.323 0.227 13.799 158.550
Median -0.786 0.262 0.299 17.375 171.476
Deviation 0.188 0.294 0.298 18.149 21.056

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 24.5 ± 17.4 359.2 ± 46.6 2.86 ± 0.74
VC 50.5 ± 9.0 695.6 ± 45.3 2.86 ± 0.74
MX1 64.9 ± 14.1 703.1 ± 37.2 2.86 ± 0.74
MX2 45.4 ± 20.8 579.9 ± 36.6 2.86 ± 0.74
MX3 53.9 ± 19.9 614.9 ± 34.2 2.86 ± 0.74
RH08 57.4 ± 9.6 715.3 ± 43.3 2.86 ± 0.74
RH09 77.4 ± 20.6 548.2 ± 30.8 2.86 ± 0.74
RH10 76.4 ± 20.5 555.3 ± 30.7 2.86 ± 0.74
Average 56.3 596.4 2.86
Median 57.4 614.9 2.86
Deviation 17.3 117.3 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 198.9 ± 7.8 41.9 ± 2.6 65.6 ± 4.0 76.5 ± 3.5 4.77 ± 0.37 2.60 ± 0.10
VC 295.6 ± 6.1 26.9 ± 1.4 45.8 ± 2.8 82.9 ± 3.3 10.99 ± 0.52 3.57 ± 0.14
MX1 282.6 ± 9.0 17.5 ± 0.9 30.6 ± 1.9 85.4 ± 3.4 16.21 ± 0.71 3.31 ± 0.10
MX2 252.2 ± 10.2 30.2 ± 1.7 50.6 ± 3.1 81.8 ± 3.3 8.38 ± 0.48 3.08 ± 0.08
MX3 256.6 ± 11.3 24.7 ± 1.3 42.4 ± 2.6 83.6 ± 3.3 10.39 ± 0.57 3.07 ± 0.08
RH8 298.3 ± 6.6 22.5 ± 1.2 38.9 ± 2.4 84.2 ± 3.3 13.28 ± 0.59 3.54 ± 0.13
RH9 206.3 ± 16.7 8.8 ± 0.4 15.7 ± 0.9 86.8 ± 3.4 23.46 ± 1.85 2.38 ± 0.15
RH10 210.8 ± 16.4 9.6 ± 0.5 17.0 ± 1.0 86.7 ± 3.4 22.07 ± 1.69 2.43 ± 0.14
Average 250.2 22.8 38.3 83.5 13.7 3.0
Median 256.6 24.7 42.4 84.2 13.3 3.1
Deviation 40.7 10.9 16.9 3.3 6.5 0.5

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 81.2 ± 25.9 75.5 ± 12.0 88.9 ± 20.1 123.9 ± 11.7 1.10 ± 0.37 0.66 ± 0.22
VC 105.8 ± 11.8 47.6 ± 7.1 62.1 ± 14.1 137.1 ± 14.4 2.31 ± 0.70 0.79 ± 0.17
MX1 106.8 ± 10.0 30.7 ± 4.5 41.5 ± 9.4 141.9 ± 15.3 3.57 ± 0.83 0.76 ± 0.13
MX2 94.5 ± 13.8 53.5 ± 8.0 68.6 ± 15.5 135.0 ± 14.0 1.80 ± 0.32 0.70 ± 0.10
MX3 96.2 ± 11.2 43.7 ± 6.4 57.5 ± 13.0 138.5 ± 14.7 2.24 ± 0.35 0.70 ± 0.08
RH8 110.4 ± 10.9 39.7 ± 5.8 52.7 ± 11.9 139.7 ± 14.9 2.88 ± 0.84 0.80 ± 0.17
RH9 81.2 ± 16.0 15.5 ± 2.2 21.2 ± 4.8 144.4 ± 15.7 5.28 ± 0.81 0.56 ± 0.08
RH10 83.4 ± 15.6 16.8 ± 2.4 23.0 ± 5.2 144.2 ± 15.7 4.99 ± 0.73 0.58 ± 0.08
Average 94.9 40.4 52.0 138.1 3.0 0.7
Median 96.2 43.7 57.5 139.7 2.9 0.7
Deviation 12.0 19.8 22.9 6.6 1.5 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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