CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20021981526
Observation time: 07/17/2002 198.64322 1526 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2002
Fractional day of year 198.643218
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 55574.0 ± 16.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.039
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.003
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.004
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0012
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0046
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0039
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 5.56, 8.09, 8.24
Event added to database
Sun May 1 22:27:13 2005
Event last processed
Tue May 3 14:27:42 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.007 ± 0.002

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -410.2 ± 6.4 -491.0 ± 17.2
Vy GSE [km/s] 41.5 ± 13.9 -74.7 ± 12.1
Vz GSE [km/s] 7.9 ± 13.0 -55.8 ± 19.9
Wi [km/s] 42.7 ± 2.1 63.8 ± 7.9
We [km/s] 1350.3 ± 64.8 2018.0 ± 250.8
Ni [n/cc] 7.0 ± 1.2 18.8 ± 3.0
Bx GSE [nT] -5.2 ± 1.7 -8.3 ± 2.5
By GSE [nT] -1.9 ± 2.1 11.7 ± 2.4
Bz GSE [nT] -1.9 ± 2.0 -2.1 ± 4.7
Plasma Beta
0.617 ± 0.645
0.723 ± 0.698
Sound Speed [km/s]
55.13 ± 2.65
82.38 ± 10.24
Alfven Speed [km/s]
55.54 ± 7.02
78.11 ± 8.73

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.925 ± 0.116 -0.201 ± 0.206 -0.321 ± 0.310 -18.75 ± 19.50 192.27 ± 12.70
VC -0.525 ± 0.115 -0.752 ± 0.089 -0.398 ± 0.376 -23.47 ± 7.61 235.07 ± 8.46
MX1 -0.941 ± 0.167 -0.191 ± 0.367 -0.278 ± 0.270 -16.12 ± 31.58 191.50 ± 22.24
MX2 -0.854 ± 0.115 -0.282 ± 0.175 -0.437 ± 0.407 -25.89 ± 13.87 198.29 ± 11.54
MX3 -0.834 ± 0.137 -0.305 ± 0.175 -0.460 ± 0.425 -27.41 ± 16.23 200.08 ± 11.64
RH08 -0.774 ± 0.012 -0.130 ± 0.010 0.620 ± 0.525 38.32 ± 1.13 189.53 ± 0.71
RH09 -0.989 ± 0.011 0.009 ± 0.066 0.151 ± 0.150 8.68 ± 4.08 179.50 ± 3.83
RH10 -0.993 ± 0.008 0.009 ± 0.068 0.117 ± 0.117 6.74 ± 4.05 179.50 ± 3.91
Average -0.854 -0.231 -0.126 -7.238 195.717
Median -0.854 -0.191 -0.278 -16.118 192.274
Deviation 0.154 0.241 0.385 23.159 17.600

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 28.5 ± 6.4 553.4 ± 47.0 2.71 ± 0.51
VC 36.4 ± 22.0 434.2 ± 47.9 2.71 ± 0.51
MX1 28.7 ± 7.8 557.3 ± 45.7 2.71 ± 0.51
MX2 27.9 ± 6.4 538.9 ± 50.3 2.71 ± 0.51
MX3 27.8 ± 7.7 534.0 ± 51.0 2.71 ± 0.51
RH08 62.0 ± 20.6 379.2 ± 15.6 2.71 ± 0.51
RH09 40.1 ± 22.1 517.5 ± 30.4 2.71 ± 0.51
RH10 38.7 ± 22.1 523.0 ± 31.5 2.71 ± 0.51
Average 36.2 504.7 2.71
Median 36.4 534.0 2.71
Deviation 11.6 63.7 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 184.7 ± 6.0 39.6 ± 2.7 48.8 ± 6.2 67.7 ± 4.8 4.69 ± 0.42 2.75 ± 0.24
VC 253.1 ± 10.4 35.0 ± 2.4 44.7 ± 5.7 70.2 ± 5.0 7.27 ± 0.70 3.63 ± 0.36
MX1 181.2 ± 5.8 39.5 ± 2.7 48.7 ± 6.2 67.7 ± 4.8 4.61 ± 0.40 2.69 ± 0.23
MX2 203.7 ± 7.0 40.0 ± 2.7 49.1 ± 6.2 67.4 ± 4.8 5.13 ± 0.48 3.04 ± 0.29
MX3 208.3 ± 7.2 40.0 ± 2.7 49.1 ± 6.2 67.4 ± 4.8 5.24 ± 0.49 3.11 ± 0.30
RH8 62.3 ± 9.1 18.8 ± 1.3 26.1 ± 3.3 76.1 ± 5.3 3.30 ± 0.36 0.82 ± 0.09
RH9 110.5 ± 6.8 32.8 ± 2.3 42.5 ± 5.4 71.2 ± 5.0 3.38 ± 0.25 1.56 ± 0.11
RH10 114.3 ± 6.7 33.6 ± 2.3 43.3 ± 5.5 70.9 ± 5.0 3.42 ± 0.26 1.62 ± 0.12
Average 164.8 34.9 44.1 69.8 4.6 2.4
Median 184.7 39.5 48.7 70.2 4.7 2.7
Deviation 63.1 7.2 7.8 3.0 1.3 1.0

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 66.1 ± 20.1 56.5 ± 3.0 68.7 ± 7.7 99.1 ± 5.2 1.18 ± 0.38 0.67 ± 0.22
VC 97.8 ± 15.6 50.0 ± 2.6 62.9 ± 7.0 102.6 ± 5.2 1.97 ± 0.37 0.96 ± 0.18
MX1 65.2 ± 19.6 56.3 ± 3.0 68.5 ± 7.7 99.2 ± 5.2 1.17 ± 0.38 0.66 ± 0.21
MX2 74.0 ± 20.7 57.0 ± 3.1 69.1 ± 7.7 98.8 ± 5.2 1.31 ± 0.40 0.75 ± 0.23
MX3 76.1 ± 20.8 57.0 ± 3.1 69.1 ± 7.7 98.8 ± 5.2 1.34 ± 0.40 0.78 ± 0.23
RH8 24.1 ± 9.6 27.0 ± 1.3 36.7 ± 4.1 110.9 ± 5.4 0.89 ± 0.33 0.22 ± 0.08
RH9 41.2 ± 15.2 46.8 ± 2.4 59.8 ± 6.7 104.0 ± 5.2 0.88 ± 0.33 0.40 ± 0.15
RH10 42.6 ± 15.6 48.0 ± 2.5 60.9 ± 6.8 103.5 ± 5.2 0.89 ± 0.33 0.41 ± 0.15
Average 60.9 49.8 62.0 102.1 1.2 0.6
Median 66.1 56.3 68.5 102.6 1.2 0.7
Deviation 23.6 10.2 10.9 4.2 0.4 0.2

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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