CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20050111957
Observation time: 01/11/2005 11.83163 1957 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2005
Fractional day of year 11.831630
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 71852.9 ± 40.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 227.357
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -39.861
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 21.879
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0636
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0478
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 1.16, 1.74, 1.76
Event added to database
Fri Oct 10 12:30:21 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 11:17:33 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
49.007 ± 0.919

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -400.9 ± 4.1 -417.7 ± 5.5
Vy GSE [km/s] -46.4 ± 2.9 -52.7 ± 13.7
Vz GSE [km/s] 12.3 ± 3.3 23.4 ± 11.5
Wi [km/s] 25.6 ± 0.7 26.0 ± 1.7
We [km/s] 808.0 ± 22.3 823.0 ± 54.0
Ni [n/cc] 23.0 ± 1.9 31.9 ± 2.4
Bx GSE [nT] 8.2 ± 0.3 10.3 ± 0.8
By GSE [nT] -5.7 ± 1.2 -7.7 ± 3.8
Bz GSE [nT] 3.7 ± 1.9 5.5 ± 3.9
Plasma Beta
0.267 ± 0.281
0.205 ± 0.213
Sound Speed [km/s]
32.99 ± 0.91
33.60 ± 2.20
Alfven Speed [km/s]
49.64 ± 2.48
57.76 ± 2.67

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.932 ± 0.201 0.290 ± 0.522 -0.219 ± 0.216 -12.67 ± 32.68 162.73 ± 32.03
VC -0.862 ± 0.245 -0.260 ± 0.601 0.436 ± 0.406 25.83 ± 22.64 196.82 ± 39.84
MX1 -0.989 ± 0.059 -0.086 ± 0.504 0.120 ± 0.119 6.86 ± 19.27 184.96 ± 29.21
MX2 -0.967 ± 0.093 -0.178 ± 0.442 0.182 ± 0.180 10.46 ± 14.80 190.42 ± 26.15
MX3 -0.922 ± 0.119 -0.297 ± 0.344 0.250 ± 0.244 14.46 ± 10.16 197.88 ± 21.36
RH08 -0.990 ± 0.004 -0.113 ± 0.025 0.084 ± 0.084 4.81 ± 1.38 186.52 ± 1.47
RH09 -0.995 ± 0.007 -0.096 ± 0.068 0.039 ± 0.039 2.24 ± 4.06 185.52 ± 3.91
RH10 -0.995 ± 0.007 -0.096 ± 0.068 0.039 ± 0.039 2.24 ± 4.06 185.52 ± 3.91
Average -0.956 -0.105 0.116 6.779 186.294
Median -0.967 -0.096 0.120 6.864 186.518
Deviation 0.048 0.178 0.189 11.077 10.827

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 21.3 ± 2.8 403.1 ± 2.5 1.44 ± 0.17
VC 68.2 ± 3.3 438.0 ± 5.1 1.44 ± 0.17
MX1 48.3 ± 2.3 469.4 ± 3.6 1.44 ± 0.17
MX2 54.6 ± 2.3 468.8 ± 3.7 1.44 ± 0.17
MX3 62.7 ± 2.2 458.8 ± 3.8 1.44 ± 0.17
RH08 48.5 ± 2.3 469.6 ± 3.4 1.44 ± 0.17
RH09 46.3 ± 2.3 468.2 ± 3.2 1.44 ± 0.17
RH10 46.3 ± 2.3 468.2 ± 28.4 1.44 ± 0.17
Average 49.5 455.5 1.44
Median 48.5 468.2 1.44
Deviation 14.0 23.8 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 45.7 ± 4.0 29.4 ± 0.7 46.3 ± 2.3 51.8 ± 2.3 1.56 ± 0.15 0.88 ± 0.06
VC 75.2 ± 3.1 10.3 ± 0.2 18.4 ± 0.9 58.7 ± 2.0 7.28 ± 0.30 1.28 ± 0.05
MX1 67.4 ± 3.9 19.3 ± 0.4 33.0 ± 1.7 56.4 ± 2.1 3.50 ± 0.21 1.19 ± 0.05
MX2 70.6 ± 3.8 16.5 ± 0.4 28.7 ± 1.4 57.3 ± 2.0 4.27 ± 0.23 1.23 ± 0.05
MX3 72.5 ± 3.7 12.9 ± 0.3 22.8 ± 1.1 58.2 ± 2.0 5.62 ± 0.28 1.25 ± 0.05
RH8 66.4 ± 4.0 19.2 ± 0.4 32.9 ± 1.6 56.4 ± 2.1 3.46 ± 0.21 1.18 ± 0.05
RH9 64.6 ± 4.1 20.1 ± 0.4 34.3 ± 1.7 56.1 ± 2.1 3.21 ± 0.21 1.15 ± 0.06
RH10 64.6 ± 4.1 20.1 ± 0.4 34.3 ± 1.7 56.1 ± 2.1 3.21 ± 0.21 1.15 ± 0.06
Average 65.9 18.5 31.3 56.4 4.0 1.2
Median 67.4 19.3 33.0 56.4 3.5 1.2
Deviation 9.0 5.7 8.4 2.1 1.7 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 34.4 ± 4.9 30.4 ± 1.9 53.8 ± 2.5 59.5 ± 2.5 1.14 ± 0.17 0.58 ± 0.09
VC 54.3 ± 3.7 10.9 ± 0.6 21.4 ± 1.0 66.0 ± 2.4 4.99 ± 0.46 0.82 ± 0.06
MX1 48.9 ± 5.2 20.2 ± 1.1 38.4 ± 1.8 63.7 ± 2.4 2.42 ± 0.27 0.77 ± 0.08
MX2 51.3 ± 5.3 17.4 ± 0.9 33.4 ± 1.5 64.6 ± 2.4 2.95 ± 0.32 0.79 ± 0.08
MX3 52.4 ± 5.6 13.6 ± 0.7 26.5 ± 1.2 65.5 ± 2.4 3.86 ± 0.42 0.80 ± 0.08
RH8 48.2 ± 5.7 20.2 ± 1.1 38.3 ± 1.8 63.7 ± 2.4 2.39 ± 0.28 0.76 ± 0.09
RH9 46.8 ± 5.9 21.1 ± 1.2 39.9 ± 1.8 63.4 ± 2.4 2.22 ± 0.28 0.74 ± 0.09
RH10 46.8 ± 5.9 21.1 ± 1.2 39.9 ± 1.8 63.4 ± 2.4 2.22 ± 0.28 0.74 ± 0.09
Average 47.9 19.4 36.5 63.7 2.8 0.7
Median 48.9 20.2 38.4 63.7 2.4 0.8
Deviation 6.1 5.8 9.8 1.9 1.2 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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