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Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20022130424
Observation time: 08/01/2002 213.18338 0424 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2002
Fractional day of year 213.183380
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 15844.0 ± 16.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.038
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.006
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.004
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0042
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0026
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 11.32, 25.45, 26.44
Event added to database
Sun May 1 22:34:45 2005
Event last processed
Tue May 3 14:32:29 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.008 ± 0.000

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -378.6 ± 3.2 -475.3 ± 9.4
Vy GSE [km/s] -17.9 ± 4.4 52.9 ± 9.5
Vz GSE [km/s] 3.7 ± 11.2 -105.9 ± 3.8
Wi [km/s] 20.7 ± 3.7 40.9 ± 4.5
We [km/s] 654.1 ± 116.9 1293.1 ± 143.7
Ni [n/cc] 1.5 ± 0.3 5.1 ± 0.6
Bx GSE [nT] 5.4 ± 0.3 2.6 ± 0.7
By GSE [nT] -5.9 ± 0.1 -2.7 ± 0.7
Bz GSE [nT] 0.7 ± 0.7 -13.5 ± 0.2
Plasma Beta
0.021 ± 0.022
0.091 ± 0.087
Sound Speed [km/s]
26.70 ± 4.77
52.79 ± 5.87
Alfven Speed [km/s]
142.78 ± 12.18
136.11 ± 7.14

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.650 ± 0.028 0.704 ± 0.026 0.286 ± 0.278 16.63 ± 1.86 132.72 ± 2.19
VC -0.597 ± 0.047 0.436 ± 0.050 -0.674 ± 0.546 -42.37 ± 3.66 143.86 ± 4.10
MX1 -0.582 ± 0.055 0.761 ± 0.042 0.286 ± 0.278 16.60 ± 1.80 127.41 ± 4.11
MX2 -0.745 ± 0.035 0.604 ± 0.043 0.282 ± 0.274 16.37 ± 1.94 140.98 ± 3.28
MX3 -0.829 ± 0.054 0.489 ± 0.090 0.271 ± 0.264 15.73 ± 2.08 149.48 ± 6.24
RH08 -0.980 ± 0.005 -0.129 ± 0.034 0.151 ± 0.150 8.68 ± 0.35 187.52 ± 2.01
RH09 -0.968 ± 0.017 0.180 ± 0.073 0.173 ± 0.171 9.97 ± 3.37 169.47 ± 4.30
RH10 -0.971 ± 0.016 0.163 ± 0.073 0.173 ± 0.171 9.97 ± 3.48 170.47 ± 4.28
Average -0.790 0.401 0.119 6.449 152.741
Median -0.745 0.489 0.271 15.734 149.481
Deviation 0.171 0.307 0.325 20.015 20.955

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 21.6 ± 4.8 352.2 ± 12.5 3.29 ± 0.54
VC 38.9 ± 4.3 446.5 ± 23.0 3.29 ± 0.54
MX1 22.3 ± 4.2 322.8 ± 12.3 3.29 ± 0.54
MX2 22.8 ± 5.1 392.8 ± 12.8 3.29 ± 0.54
MX3 26.6 ± 4.8 426.5 ± 13.0 3.29 ± 0.54
RH08 56.5 ± 3.0 474.3 ± 13.0 3.29 ± 0.54
RH09 39.7 ± 3.5 489.8 ± 13.9 3.29 ± 0.54
RH10 40.6 ± 3.5 490.2 ± 13.9 3.29 ± 0.54
Average 33.6 424.4 3.29
Median 38.9 446.5 3.29
Deviation 12.4 63.4 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 117.6 ± 5.4 24.8 ± 4.4 132.8 ± 11.3 143.1 ± 12.2 4.88 ± 0.86 0.82 ± 0.05
VC 230.9 ± 6.5 20.6 ± 3.6 111.2 ± 9.5 143.8 ± 12.3 11.54 ± 2.26 1.62 ± 0.18
MX1 114.9 ± 5.5 24.6 ± 4.4 132.1 ± 11.3 143.2 ± 12.2 4.79 ± 0.86 0.81 ± 0.05
MX2 120.3 ± 5.4 24.5 ± 4.4 131.6 ± 11.2 143.2 ± 12.2 5.03 ± 0.88 0.84 ± 0.05
MX3 120.3 ± 5.2 23.8 ± 4.2 127.7 ± 10.9 143.3 ± 12.2 5.19 ± 0.88 0.84 ± 0.05
RH8 100.3 ± 4.5 14.6 ± 2.6 78.9 ± 6.7 144.6 ± 12.3 7.05 ± 1.09 0.70 ± 0.05
RH9 125.8 ± 4.4 20.4 ± 3.6 109.8 ± 9.4 143.8 ± 12.3 6.33 ± 1.04 0.88 ± 0.06
RH10 124.8 ± 4.4 20.1 ± 3.5 108.4 ± 9.2 143.9 ± 12.3 6.36 ± 1.04 0.87 ± 0.06
Average 131.9 21.7 116.6 143.6 6.4 0.9
Median 120.3 23.8 127.7 143.8 6.3 0.8
Deviation 40.8 3.5 18.6 0.5 2.2 0.3

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 36.3 ± 9.7 48.5 ± 5.3 126.6 ± 6.6 137.7 ± 7.3 0.76 ± 0.22 0.26 ± 0.06
VC 68.5 ± 10.1 39.8 ± 4.2 106.0 ± 5.6 140.5 ± 7.5 1.73 ± 0.29 0.49 ± 0.05
MX1 36.0 ± 9.7 48.2 ± 5.2 125.9 ± 6.6 137.8 ± 7.3 0.75 ± 0.22 0.26 ± 0.06
MX2 36.4 ± 9.7 48.0 ± 5.2 125.5 ± 6.6 137.9 ± 7.3 0.77 ± 0.22 0.26 ± 0.06
MX3 35.2 ± 9.6 46.4 ± 5.0 121.7 ± 6.4 138.4 ± 7.3 0.77 ± 0.23 0.25 ± 0.06
RH8 31.2 ± 8.5 27.7 ± 2.8 75.2 ± 3.9 143.4 ± 7.7 1.14 ± 0.35 0.22 ± 0.06
RH9 38.4 ± 9.3 39.3 ± 4.1 104.7 ± 5.5 140.6 ± 7.5 0.99 ± 0.27 0.27 ± 0.06
RH10 38.2 ± 9.3 38.7 ± 4.1 103.3 ± 5.4 140.8 ± 7.5 1.00 ± 0.27 0.27 ± 0.06
Average 40.0 42.1 111.1 139.7 1.0 0.3
Median 36.4 46.4 121.7 140.5 1.0 0.3
Deviation 11.7 7.2 17.7 2.0 0.3 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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