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Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20051261203
Observation time: 05/06/2005 126.50255 1203 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2005
Fractional day of year 126.502545
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 43419.9 ± 50.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 247.919
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 16.710
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -16.448
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0596
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0495
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 8.07, 26.60, 27.24
Event added to database
Fri Oct 10 15:42:54 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 11:28:11 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
61.726 ± 0.279

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -354.8 ± 1.1 -384.8 ± 1.4
Vy GSE [km/s] -24.4 ± 1.5 -39.4 ± 1.3
Vz GSE [km/s] 9.7 ± 1.5 11.5 ± 1.1
Wi [km/s] 26.4 ± 1.2 26.8 ± 1.7
We [km/s] 835.9 ± 36.4 847.1 ± 54.6
Ni [n/cc] 10.9 ± 0.6 24.0 ± 2.0
Bx GSE [nT] -3.8 ± 0.2 -4.6 ± 0.1
By GSE [nT] 1.3 ± 0.2 3.0 ± 0.3
Bz GSE [nT] 2.3 ± 0.1 4.4 ± 0.4
Plasma Beta
0.766 ± 0.765
0.741 ± 0.697
Sound Speed [km/s]
34.12 ± 1.49
34.58 ± 2.23
Alfven Speed [km/s]
30.46 ± 1.81
31.33 ± 2.03

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.968 ± 0.039 -0.234 ± 0.141 -0.092 ± 0.092 -5.27 ± 11.97 193.58 ± 8.32
VC -0.893 ± 0.024 -0.446 ± 0.048 0.052 ± 0.052 2.99 ± 2.83 206.54 ± 3.09
MX1 -0.891 ± 0.061 -0.450 ± 0.121 0.056 ± 0.056 3.20 ± 4.42 206.82 ± 7.76
MX2 -0.895 ± 0.056 -0.444 ± 0.112 0.051 ± 0.051 2.91 ± 4.76 206.40 ± 7.19
MX3 -0.898 ± 0.051 -0.437 ± 0.104 0.045 ± 0.045 2.58 ± 5.16 205.94 ± 6.64
RH08 -0.952 ± 0.004 -0.301 ± 0.013 0.061 ± 0.061 3.52 ± 0.52 197.55 ± 0.75
RH09 -0.966 ± 0.018 -0.059 ± 0.071 -0.251 ± 0.246 -14.56 ± 3.99 183.51 ± 4.20
RH10 -0.969 ± 0.017 -0.059 ± 0.070 -0.240 ± 0.235 -13.90 ± 3.98 183.51 ± 4.17
Average -0.929 -0.304 -0.040 -2.316 197.982
Median -0.898 -0.301 0.051 2.911 205.943
Deviation 0.037 0.171 0.137 7.900 10.171

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 46.5 ± 2.6 407.9 ± 0.4 2.20 ± 0.20
VC 50.3 ± 3.4 390.0 ± 0.4 2.20 ± 0.20
MX1 50.4 ± 3.4 389.3 ± 0.4 2.20 ± 0.20
MX2 50.2 ± 3.4 390.3 ± 0.4 2.20 ± 0.20
MX3 50.0 ± 3.4 391.4 ± 0.4 2.20 ± 0.20
RH08 43.0 ± 3.1 406.4 ± 0.4 2.20 ± 0.20
RH09 49.0 ± 1.7 396.3 ± 0.4 2.20 ± 0.20
RH10 48.4 ± 1.7 397.6 ± 3.4 2.20 ± 0.20
Average 48.5 396.2 2.20
Median 50.0 396.3 2.20
Deviation 2.6 7.4 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 59.7 ± 1.1 16.8 ± 0.5 21.0 ± 1.2 42.6 ± 0.9 3.57 ± 0.10 1.40 ± 0.03
VC 61.7 ± 1.3 15.4 ± 0.5 19.5 ± 1.2 43.1 ± 1.0 4.01 ± 0.10 1.43 ± 0.03
MX1 61.7 ± 1.3 15.3 ± 0.5 19.4 ± 1.2 43.1 ± 1.0 4.02 ± 0.10 1.43 ± 0.03
MX2 61.7 ± 1.3 15.4 ± 0.5 19.5 ± 1.2 43.1 ± 1.0 4.00 ± 0.10 1.43 ± 0.03
MX3 61.6 ± 1.3 15.5 ± 0.5 19.6 ± 1.2 43.1 ± 1.0 3.99 ± 0.10 1.43 ± 0.03
RH8 60.9 ± 1.2 18.0 ± 0.6 22.3 ± 1.3 42.1 ± 0.9 3.38 ± 0.09 1.45 ± 0.03
RH9 54.6 ± 1.1 15.8 ± 0.5 20.0 ± 1.2 43.0 ± 1.0 3.45 ± 0.11 1.27 ± 0.04
RH10 54.8 ± 1.1 16.1 ± 0.5 20.2 ± 1.2 42.9 ± 1.0 3.41 ± 0.10 1.28 ± 0.04
Average 59.6 16.0 20.2 42.9 3.7 1.4
Median 61.6 15.8 20.0 43.1 4.0 1.4
Deviation 3.1 0.9 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 27.4 ± 1.3 17.1 ± 0.8 21.6 ± 1.4 43.5 ± 2.1 1.60 ± 0.03 0.63 ± 0.02
VC 28.1 ± 1.3 15.7 ± 0.7 20.0 ± 1.3 44.0 ± 2.1 1.79 ± 0.04 0.64 ± 0.02
MX1 28.1 ± 1.3 15.7 ± 0.7 20.0 ± 1.3 44.0 ± 2.1 1.79 ± 0.04 0.64 ± 0.02
MX2 28.1 ± 1.3 15.7 ± 0.7 20.1 ± 1.3 44.0 ± 2.1 1.78 ± 0.04 0.64 ± 0.02
MX3 28.1 ± 1.3 15.8 ± 0.7 20.1 ± 1.3 43.9 ± 2.1 1.77 ± 0.04 0.64 ± 0.02
RH8 27.7 ± 1.4 18.5 ± 0.9 22.9 ± 1.5 42.9 ± 2.1 1.50 ± 0.03 0.65 ± 0.02
RH9 25.2 ± 1.3 16.2 ± 0.7 20.5 ± 1.3 43.8 ± 2.1 1.56 ± 0.04 0.58 ± 0.02
RH10 25.3 ± 1.3 16.4 ± 0.8 20.8 ± 1.3 43.7 ± 2.1 1.54 ± 0.04 0.58 ± 0.02
Average 27.2 16.4 20.8 43.7 1.7 0.6
Median 28.1 16.2 20.5 43.9 1.8 0.6
Deviation 1.3 1.0 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.0

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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