CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20022000932
Observation time: 07/19/2002 200.39748 0932 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2002
Fractional day of year 200.397477
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 34342.0 ± 22.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.039
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.004
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.004
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0037
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0027
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 14.70, 23.46, 24.73
Event added to database
Sun May 1 22:28:34 2005
Event last processed
Tue May 3 14:28:30 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.006 ± 0.001

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -437.4 ± 7.1 -552.4 ± 8.5
Vy GSE [km/s] 73.3 ± 3.4 -2.9 ± 13.3
Vz GSE [km/s] 26.8 ± 10.6 -63.3 ± 9.0
Wi [km/s] 42.2 ± 2.6 72.8 ± 4.9
We [km/s] 1334.9 ± 83.1 2303.3 ± 156.1
Ni [n/cc] 1.6 ± 0.2 4.4 ± 0.6
Bx GSE [nT] -0.6 ± 1.0 1.7 ± 0.9
By GSE [nT] -5.0 ± 0.2 -10.9 ± 0.5
Bz GSE [nT] -0.8 ± 0.6 1.9 ± 1.2
Plasma Beta
0.220 ± 0.219
0.384 ± 0.393
Sound Speed [km/s]
54.50 ± 3.39
94.03 ± 6.37
Alfven Speed [km/s]
90.24 ± 3.99
117.88 ± 3.89

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.673 ± 0.402 -0.560 ± 0.450 -0.483 ± 0.442 -28.90 ± 31.53 219.76 ± 35.43
VC -0.700 ± 0.056 -0.463 ± 0.071 -0.544 ± 0.483 -32.94 ± 4.32 213.46 ± 5.48
MX1 -0.687 ± 0.085 -0.500 ± 0.111 -0.526 ± 0.471 -31.77 ± 4.15 216.05 ± 9.07
MX2 -0.684 ± 0.079 -0.500 ± 0.100 -0.531 ± 0.474 -32.05 ± 4.77 216.19 ± 8.10
MX3 -0.681 ± 0.078 -0.501 ± 0.095 -0.534 ± 0.476 -32.29 ± 5.34 216.38 ± 7.60
RH08 -0.806 ± 0.008 -0.439 ± 0.012 -0.397 ± 0.374 -23.37 ± 0.76 208.58 ± 0.82
RH09 -0.965 ± 0.018 -0.145 ± 0.070 -0.218 ± 0.214 -12.58 ± 3.96 188.52 ± 4.17
RH10 -0.974 ± 0.016 -0.129 ± 0.070 -0.184 ± 0.182 -10.62 ± 4.00 187.52 ± 4.11
Average -0.771 -0.405 -0.427 -25.566 208.308
Median -0.687 -0.463 -0.483 -28.902 216.048
Deviation 0.130 0.169 0.148 9.164 12.920

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 45.1 ± 11.8 502.9 ± 30.5 2.85 ± 0.66
VC 51.4 ± 11.7 521.8 ± 30.4 2.85 ± 0.66
MX1 49.0 ± 11.7 514.4 ± 30.5 2.85 ± 0.66
MX2 49.0 ± 11.7 512.8 ± 30.5 2.85 ± 0.66
MX3 48.9 ± 11.7 511.0 ± 30.6 2.85 ± 0.66
RH08 53.8 ± 11.9 570.3 ± 28.9 2.85 ± 0.66
RH09 73.0 ± 11.7 631.9 ± 24.6 2.85 ± 0.66
RH10 74.2 ± 11.7 633.4 ± 24.1 2.85 ± 0.66
Average 55.6 549.8 2.85
Median 51.4 521.8 2.85
Deviation 11.4 55.1 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 262.6 ± 7.7 34.8 ± 1.8 63.6 ± 2.8 99.5 ± 3.9 7.56 ± 0.52 2.64 ± 0.14
VC 264.1 ± 8.5 30.3 ± 1.6 56.3 ± 2.5 101.0 ± 3.9 8.74 ± 0.61 2.62 ± 0.15
MX1 264.5 ± 8.2 32.1 ± 1.7 59.2 ± 2.6 100.5 ± 3.9 8.27 ± 0.58 2.64 ± 0.15
MX2 264.5 ± 8.3 32.1 ± 1.7 59.2 ± 2.6 100.5 ± 3.9 8.26 ± 0.58 2.64 ± 0.15
MX3 264.4 ± 8.3 32.2 ± 1.7 59.3 ± 2.6 100.4 ± 3.9 8.25 ± 0.58 2.64 ± 0.15
RH8 260.6 ± 7.8 28.6 ± 1.5 53.2 ± 2.4 101.5 ± 3.9 9.15 ± 0.63 2.57 ± 0.14
RH9 226.2 ± 7.9 13.8 ± 0.7 26.4 ± 1.2 104.6 ± 4.0 16.47 ± 1.19 2.17 ± 0.13
RH10 221.6 ± 7.7 12.8 ± 0.6 24.6 ± 1.1 104.7 ± 4.0 17.34 ± 1.25 2.12 ± 0.12
Average 253.6 27.1 50.2 101.6 10.5 2.5
Median 264.1 32.1 59.2 101.0 8.7 2.6
Deviation 18.4 8.7 15.5 2.0 4.0 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 98.9 ± 8.4 55.7 ± 2.7 83.1 ± 2.7 140.2 ± 4.8 1.78 ± 0.16 0.71 ± 0.07
VC 99.3 ± 7.3 48.3 ± 2.3 73.5 ± 2.4 142.9 ± 4.9 2.06 ± 0.18 0.70 ± 0.06
MX1 99.8 ± 7.7 51.2 ± 2.5 77.3 ± 2.6 141.9 ± 4.9 1.95 ± 0.17 0.70 ± 0.07
MX2 99.8 ± 7.7 51.2 ± 2.5 77.3 ± 2.6 141.9 ± 4.9 1.95 ± 0.17 0.70 ± 0.07
MX3 99.7 ± 7.7 51.3 ± 2.5 77.5 ± 2.6 141.9 ± 4.9 1.95 ± 0.17 0.70 ± 0.07
RH8 98.6 ± 7.2 45.4 ± 2.2 69.5 ± 2.3 143.9 ± 5.0 2.18 ± 0.19 0.69 ± 0.06
RH9 84.4 ± 6.7 21.7 ± 1.0 34.5 ± 1.1 149.3 ± 5.3 3.90 ± 0.40 0.57 ± 0.06
RH10 83.1 ± 6.9 20.2 ± 1.0 32.2 ± 1.1 149.5 ± 5.3 4.12 ± 0.44 0.56 ± 0.06
Average 95.5 43.1 65.6 143.9 2.5 0.7
Median 99.3 51.2 77.3 142.9 2.1 0.7
Deviation 7.2 14.0 20.3 3.5 0.9 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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