CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20022061259
Observation time: 07/25/2002 206.54135 1259 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2002
Fractional day of year 206.541354
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 46773.0 ± 16.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.038
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.005
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.004
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0011
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0042
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0038
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 12.61, 17.62, 18.02
Event added to database
Sun May 1 22:32:10 2005
Event last processed
Tue May 3 14:30:54 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] -447.4 ± 1.4 -495.4 ± 2.5
Vy GSE [km/s] 0.7 ± 3.4 -22.5 ± 7.9
Vz GSE [km/s] 22.1 ± 2.3 49.3 ± 4.5
Wi [km/s] 34.9 ± 1.0 44.2 ± 1.9
We [km/s] 1104.3 ± 33.1 1398.5 ± 59.1
Ni [n/cc] 3.2 ± 0.1 4.5 ± 0.3
Bx GSE [nT] 5.1 ± 0.2 8.3 ± 0.9
By GSE [nT] -5.5 ± 0.4 -8.7 ± 1.4
Bz GSE [nT] 3.7 ± 0.4 5.0 ± 1.2
Plasma Beta
0.118 ± 0.118
0.106 ± 0.107
Sound Speed [km/s]
45.08 ± 1.35
57.09 ± 2.41
Alfven Speed [km/s]
101.49 ± 2.35
136.06 ± 5.44

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.707 ± 0.367 -0.684 ± 0.378 -0.177 ± 0.175 -10.21 ± 43.51 224.06 ± 29.66
VC -0.807 ± 0.065 -0.380 ± 0.113 0.453 ± 0.419 26.91 ± 5.49 205.21 ± 7.90
MX1 -0.724 ± 0.120 -0.475 ± 0.146 0.501 ± 0.454 30.05 ± 10.87 213.27 ± 10.82
MX2 -0.721 ± 0.116 -0.463 ± 0.144 0.516 ± 0.464 31.06 ± 10.25 212.73 ± 10.71
MX3 -0.718 ± 0.116 -0.445 ± 0.145 0.535 ± 0.477 32.34 ± 9.99 211.80 ± 10.86
RH08 -0.982 ± 0.001 -0.043 ± 0.010 0.184 ± 0.182 10.62 ± 0.38 182.51 ± 0.58
RH09 -0.990 ± 0.010 -0.009 ± 0.070 0.140 ± 0.139 8.03 ± 4.02 180.50 ± 4.07
RH10 -0.990 ± 0.010 -0.009 ± 0.070 0.140 ± 0.139 8.03 ± 4.02 180.50 ± 4.07
Average -0.830 -0.313 0.286 17.103 201.323
Median -0.724 -0.380 0.453 26.906 211.801
Deviation 0.134 0.258 0.255 15.323 17.467

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 86.9 ± 2.9 485.7 ± 48.1 1.39 ± 0.10
VC 87.8 ± 1.8 584.1 ± 61.8 1.39 ± 0.10
MX1 84.5 ± 1.8 547.8 ± 61.8 1.39 ± 0.10
MX2 84.5 ± 1.8 546.4 ± 61.9 1.39 ± 0.10
MX3 84.6 ± 1.8 545.2 ± 61.9 1.39 ± 0.10
RH08 61.0 ± 1.8 629.7 ± 53.5 1.39 ± 0.10
RH09 57.8 ± 1.9 628.1 ± 51.7 1.39 ± 0.10
RH10 57.8 ± 1.9 628.1 ± 51.7 1.39 ± 0.10
Average 75.6 574.4 1.39
Median 84.5 584.1 1.39
Deviation 13.9 52.3 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 173.7 ± 3.0 2.2 ± 0.1 5.4 ± 0.1 111.0 ± 2.5 78.96 ± 2.88 1.57 ± 0.04
VC 213.5 ± 2.1 1.6 ± 0.0 3.9 ± 0.1 111.0 ± 2.5 134.46 ± 4.15 1.92 ± 0.05
MX1 213.2 ± 2.3 3.9 ± 0.1 9.7 ± 0.2 111.0 ± 2.5 54.13 ± 1.70 1.92 ± 0.05
MX2 212.9 ± 2.2 4.0 ± 0.1 9.8 ± 0.2 111.0 ± 2.5 53.59 ± 1.68 1.92 ± 0.05
MX3 212.5 ± 2.2 3.9 ± 0.1 9.6 ± 0.2 111.0 ± 2.5 54.57 ± 1.70 1.92 ± 0.05
RH8 186.4 ± 1.6 20.3 ± 0.6 49.2 ± 1.1 109.2 ± 2.5 9.18 ± 0.27 1.71 ± 0.04
RH9 182.1 ± 1.5 22.4 ± 0.6 54.0 ± 1.3 108.8 ± 2.5 8.14 ± 0.24 1.67 ± 0.04
RH10 182.1 ± 1.5 22.4 ± 0.6 54.0 ± 1.3 108.8 ± 2.5 8.14 ± 0.24 1.67 ± 0.04
Average 197.1 10.1 24.5 110.2 50.1 1.8
Median 212.5 4.0 9.8 111.0 54.1 1.9
Deviation 17.4 9.7 23.3 1.1 43.4 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 128.7 ± 6.9 2.8 ± 0.1 7.3 ± 0.3 147.6 ± 4.9 45.80 ± 2.75 0.87 ± 0.06
VC 153.6 ± 3.0 2.0 ± 0.1 5.2 ± 0.2 147.6 ± 4.9 75.79 ± 3.02 1.04 ± 0.05
MX1 153.8 ± 3.4 5.0 ± 0.2 13.0 ± 0.5 147.5 ± 4.9 30.59 ± 1.20 1.04 ± 0.05
MX2 153.6 ± 3.3 5.1 ± 0.2 13.1 ± 0.5 147.5 ± 4.9 30.28 ± 1.18 1.04 ± 0.05
MX3 153.1 ± 3.2 5.0 ± 0.2 12.9 ± 0.5 147.5 ± 4.9 30.81 ± 1.19 1.04 ± 0.05
RH8 133.2 ± 2.2 25.9 ± 0.9 66.0 ± 2.6 145.3 ± 5.0 5.15 ± 0.24 0.92 ± 0.04
RH9 130.5 ± 2.2 28.5 ± 1.0 72.4 ± 2.9 144.8 ± 5.0 4.58 ± 0.22 0.90 ± 0.03
RH10 130.5 ± 2.2 28.5 ± 1.0 72.4 ± 2.9 144.8 ± 5.0 4.58 ± 0.22 0.90 ± 0.03
Average 142.1 12.9 32.8 146.6 28.4 1.0
Median 153.1 5.1 13.1 147.5 30.6 1.0
Deviation 12.3 12.3 31.2 1.3 24.6 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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