CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20021431015
Observation time: 05/23/2002 143.42774 1015 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2002
Fractional day of year 143.427743
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 36957.0 ± 16.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.037
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.006
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.001
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0037
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0041
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 32.14, 45.70, 49.67
Event added to database
Sun May 1 22:21:00 2005
Event last processed
Tue May 3 14:26:06 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.005 ± 0.001

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -423.6 ± 10.4 -568.6 ± 6.9
Vy GSE [km/s] -11.4 ± 4.2 -36.1 ± 9.7
Vz GSE [km/s] -42.7 ± 8.7 -133.2 ± 12.1
Wi [km/s] 33.1 ± 3.6 55.5 ± 4.7
We [km/s] 1046.3 ± 112.3 1754.0 ± 149.3
Ni [n/cc] 11.8 ± 2.0 21.2 ± 2.8
Bx GSE [nT] -2.7 ± 1.0 -6.3 ± 1.6
By GSE [nT] 12.7 ± 1.2 30.6 ± 2.1
Bz GSE [nT] 6.9 ± 1.5 11.4 ± 2.8
Plasma Beta
0.127 ± 0.112
0.124 ± 0.119
Sound Speed [km/s]
42.72 ± 4.59
71.61 ± 6.10
Alfven Speed [km/s]
93.78 ± 5.56
159.17 ± 12.34

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.823 ± 0.562 0.258 ± 1.085 -0.506 ± 0.458 -30.39 ± 53.38 162.57 ± 74.89
VC -0.840 ± 0.049 -0.143 ± 0.058 -0.523 ± 0.469 -31.56 ± 5.34 189.68 ± 3.90
MX1 -0.876 ± 0.055 -0.047 ± 0.080 -0.479 ± 0.439 -28.63 ± 6.55 183.10 ± 5.20
MX2 -0.872 ± 0.053 -0.046 ± 0.079 -0.488 ± 0.445 -29.21 ± 6.26 183.02 ± 5.18
MX3 -0.868 ± 0.052 -0.045 ± 0.079 -0.495 ± 0.450 -29.64 ± 6.05 182.94 ± 5.20
RH08 -0.953 ± 0.003 0.058 ± 0.019 -0.296 ± 0.287 -17.22 ± 0.52 176.49 ± 1.13
RH09 -0.963 ± 0.019 0.144 ± 0.070 -0.229 ± 0.225 -13.24 ± 3.97 171.48 ± 4.17
RH10 -0.964 ± 0.019 0.179 ± 0.070 -0.196 ± 0.193 -11.28 ± 3.96 169.47 ± 4.16
Average -0.895 0.045 -0.401 -23.898 177.344
Median -0.872 0.058 -0.479 -28.631 182.942
Deviation 0.057 0.138 0.137 8.469 8.980

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 82.2 ± 2.1 729.4 ± 141.4 2.06 ± 0.21
VC 77.5 ± 2.2 760.6 ± 153.2 2.06 ± 0.21
MX1 83.9 ± 2.2 773.0 ± 150.8 2.06 ± 0.21
MX2 83.7 ± 2.2 771.6 ± 151.1 2.06 ± 0.21
MX3 83.5 ± 2.2 770.6 ± 151.4 2.06 ± 0.21
RH08 85.2 ± 2.4 780.2 ± 138.8 2.06 ± 0.21
RH09 79.0 ± 2.4 767.3 ± 131.3 2.06 ± 0.21
RH10 76.3 ± 2.5 758.7 ± 127.5 2.06 ± 0.21
Average 81.4 763.9 2.06
Median 83.5 770.6 2.06
Deviation 3.3 15.6 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 362.1 ± 6.0 5.3 ± 0.5 12.7 ± 0.8 103.0 ± 5.6 69.13 ± 5.47 3.52 ± 0.15
VC 380.8 ± 6.6 8.4 ± 0.8 20.3 ± 1.2 102.8 ± 5.6 45.59 ± 3.77 3.71 ± 0.16
MX1 380.7 ± 6.9 4.1 ± 0.4 10.0 ± 0.6 103.1 ± 5.6 92.93 ± 7.67 3.70 ± 0.16
MX2 381.0 ± 6.8 4.3 ± 0.4 10.3 ± 0.6 103.0 ± 5.6 89.91 ± 7.40 3.71 ± 0.16
MX3 381.2 ± 6.8 4.4 ± 0.4 10.5 ± 0.6 103.0 ± 5.6 87.91 ± 7.23 3.71 ± 0.16
RH8 364.4 ± 8.2 3.3 ± 0.3 7.9 ± 0.5 103.1 ± 5.6 112.48 ± 9.60 3.54 ± 0.16
RH9 351.4 ± 8.4 7.4 ± 0.7 17.9 ± 1.1 102.9 ± 5.6 47.65 ± 4.11 3.42 ± 0.15
RH10 343.9 ± 8.5 9.2 ± 0.8 22.2 ± 1.3 102.7 ± 5.6 37.53 ± 3.26 3.35 ± 0.15
Average 368.2 5.8 14.0 103.0 72.9 3.6
Median 380.7 5.3 12.7 103.0 87.9 3.7
Deviation 15.0 2.2 5.4 0.1 27.1 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 203.4 ± 8.0 8.9 ± 0.6 21.6 ± 1.7 174.5 ± 11.3 23.07 ± 1.98 1.17 ± 0.09
VC 208.1 ± 5.5 14.1 ± 1.0 34.4 ± 2.7 174.1 ± 11.3 14.80 ± 1.07 1.20 ± 0.08
MX1 209.2 ± 5.8 6.9 ± 0.5 16.9 ± 1.3 174.5 ± 11.3 30.31 ± 2.26 1.20 ± 0.08
MX2 209.4 ± 5.9 7.2 ± 0.5 17.5 ± 1.4 174.5 ± 11.3 29.34 ± 2.19 1.20 ± 0.08
MX3 209.5 ± 5.9 7.3 ± 0.5 17.9 ± 1.4 174.5 ± 11.3 28.69 ± 2.15 1.20 ± 0.08
RH8 200.8 ± 6.3 5.5 ± 0.4 13.4 ± 1.0 174.6 ± 11.3 36.81 ± 2.89 1.15 ± 0.07
RH9 194.7 ± 6.9 12.5 ± 0.9 30.4 ± 2.4 174.2 ± 11.3 15.68 ± 1.30 1.12 ± 0.06
RH10 190.8 ± 7.2 15.5 ± 1.1 37.7 ± 2.9 174.0 ± 11.3 12.37 ± 1.05 1.10 ± 0.06
Average 203.2 9.7 23.7 174.4 23.9 1.2
Median 208.1 8.9 21.6 174.5 28.7 1.2
Deviation 7.3 3.8 9.1 0.2 8.8 0.0

Survey interval (About, Top)
Survey of solar wind interval
Selected data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters
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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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