Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20051651753
Observation time: 06/14/2005 165.74574 1753 [UT]
|
|
General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2005 |
| Fractional day of year |
165.745743 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
64432.2 ± 50.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
244.304 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-32.574 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
10.941 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0536 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
|
| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0391 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
16.63, 30.70, 32.32 |
Event added to database
|
Fri Oct 10 16:02:28 2014
|
Event last processed
|
Wed Oct 15 11:33:27 2014
|
Method selected
|
RH08
|
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
|
64.062 ± 21.084
|
Asymptotic
plasma
parameters (About, Top)
|
Parameter
|
Upstream
|
Downstream
|
| Vx GSE [km/s] |
-443.4 ± 1.3 |
-521.1 ± 4.1 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
0.8 ± 2.9 |
22.7 ± 3.0 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
26.5 ± 2.9 |
68.0 ± 2.9 |
| Wi [km/s] |
26.5 ± 1.0 |
55.5 ± 5.7 |
| We [km/s] |
838.2 ± 32.7 |
1755.0 ± 181.6 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
7.1 ± 0.7 |
12.7 ± 1.5 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
2.6 ± 0.1 |
1.2 ± 0.7 |
| By GSE [nT] |
3.6 ± 0.3 |
10.9 ± 0.5 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-1.2 ± 0.2 |
-2.3 ± 0.8 |
Plasma Beta
|
0.492 ± 0.545
|
0.643 ± 0.648
|
Sound Speed [km/s]
|
34.22 ± 1.33
|
71.65 ± 7.41
|
Alfven Speed [km/s]
|
38.16 ± 3.44
|
69.19 ± 5.98
|
Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.956 ± 0.033 |
-0.157 ± 0.091 |
0.248 ± 0.243 |
14.36 ± 6.90 |
189.34 ± 5.43 |
| VC |
-0.856 ± 0.023 |
0.242 ± 0.047 |
0.457 ± 0.422 |
27.16 ± 2.54 |
164.25 ± 3.11 |
| MX1 |
-0.883 ± 0.015 |
-0.097 ± 0.035 |
0.459 ± 0.423 |
27.30 ± 1.87 |
186.25 ± 2.28 |
| MX2 |
-0.858 ± 0.038 |
-0.077 ± 0.026 |
0.508 ± 0.459 |
30.50 ± 4.35 |
185.14 ± 1.75 |
| MX3 |
-0.843 ± 0.054 |
-0.066 ± 0.031 |
0.534 ± 0.476 |
32.24 ± 5.79 |
184.45 ± 2.06 |
| RH08 |
-0.503 ± 0.010 |
-0.189 ± 0.006 |
-0.844 ± 0.539 |
-57.52 ± 0.68 |
200.56 ± 0.58 |
| RH09 |
-0.503 ± 0.060 |
-0.189 ± 0.065 |
-0.844 ± 0.539 |
-57.52 ± 4.00 |
200.56 ± 7.08 |
| RH10 |
-0.503 ± 0.060 |
-0.189 ± 0.067 |
-0.844 ± 0.539 |
-57.52 ± 3.98 |
200.56 ± 7.25 |
| Average |
-0.738 |
-0.090 |
-0.041 |
-5.123 |
188.888 |
| Median |
-0.843 |
-0.097 |
0.457 |
27.163 |
189.343 |
| Deviation |
0.198 |
0.144 |
0.670 |
43.712 |
12.285 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
43.9 ± 2.3 |
606.7 ± 9.1 |
1.71 ± 0.25 |
| VC |
66.1 ± 1.7 |
590.1 ± 9.7 |
1.71 ± 0.25 |
| MX1 |
46.6 ± 1.6 |
589.3 ± 9.4 |
1.71 ± 0.25 |
| MX2 |
47.9 ± 1.5 |
580.4 ± 9.4 |
1.71 ± 0.25 |
| MX3 |
48.7 ± 1.4 |
575.3 ± 9.4 |
1.71 ± 0.25 |
| RH08 |
78.0 ± 2.6 |
203.6 ± 1.5 |
1.71 ± 0.25 |
| RH09 |
78.0 ± 2.6 |
203.6 ± 1.5 |
1.71 ± 0.25 |
| RH10 |
78.0 ± 2.6 |
203.6 ± 9.7 |
1.71 ± 0.25 |
| Average |
60.9 |
444.1 |
1.71 |
| Median |
66.1 |
580.4 |
1.71 |
| Deviation |
15.7 |
199.3 |
0.00 |
Upstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
|
Method
|
dV
|
Slow
|
Intermediate
|
Fast
|
Slow
Mach
|
Fast
Mach
|
| MC |
176.4 ± 2.0 |
19.8 ± 1.0 |
27.5 ± 2.5 |
47.3 ± 2.7 |
8.91 ± 0.52 |
3.74 ± 0.25 |
| VC |
198.2 ± 1.6 |
10.5 ± 0.5 |
15.4 ± 1.4 |
50.2 ± 2.8 |
18.90 ± 1.05 |
3.96 ± 0.25 |
| MX1 |
185.6 ± 2.2 |
18.8 ± 0.9 |
26.2 ± 2.4 |
47.7 ± 2.7 |
9.92 ± 0.59 |
3.90 ± 0.27 |
| MX2 |
186.6 ± 2.3 |
18.2 ± 0.9 |
25.6 ± 2.3 |
48.0 ± 2.8 |
10.27 ± 0.61 |
3.90 ± 0.27 |
| MX3 |
187.4 ± 2.3 |
17.9 ± 0.9 |
25.2 ± 2.3 |
48.1 ± 2.8 |
10.51 ± 0.63 |
3.91 ± 0.27 |
| RH8 |
3.2 ± 2.3 |
5.3 ± 0.3 |
7.9 ± 0.7 |
51.0 ± 2.9 |
0.59 ± 0.42 |
0.06 ± 0.04 |
| RH9 |
3.2 ± 2.3 |
5.3 ± 0.3 |
7.9 ± 0.7 |
51.0 ± 2.9 |
0.59 ± 0.42 |
0.06 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
3.2 ± 2.3 |
5.3 ± 0.3 |
7.9 ± 0.7 |
51.0 ± 2.9 |
0.59 ± 0.42 |
0.06 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
118.0 |
12.6 |
18.0 |
49.3 |
7.5 |
2.5 |
| Median |
185.6 |
17.9 |
25.2 |
50.2 |
9.9 |
3.9 |
| Deviation |
95.2 |
6.7 |
9.1 |
1.7 |
6.5 |
2.0 |
Downstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
|
Method
|
dV
|
Slow
|
Intermediate
|
Fast
|
Slow
Mach
|
Fast
Mach
|
| MC |
95.2 ± 3.7 |
38.9 ± 3.7 |
49.8 ± 4.3 |
91.7 ± 8.7 |
2.47 ± 0.32 |
1.05 ± 0.14 |
| VC |
107.3 ± 3.0 |
20.6 ± 1.9 |
28.0 ± 2.4 |
97.5 ± 9.2 |
5.26 ± 0.61 |
1.11 ± 0.13 |
| MX1 |
100.0 ± 3.2 |
36.8 ± 3.5 |
47.5 ± 4.1 |
92.6 ± 8.7 |
2.74 ± 0.34 |
1.09 ± 0.13 |
| MX2 |
100.5 ± 3.0 |
35.7 ± 3.4 |
46.4 ± 4.0 |
93.0 ± 8.8 |
2.84 ± 0.34 |
1.09 ± 0.13 |
| MX3 |
101.1 ± 3.0 |
35.1 ± 3.3 |
45.6 ± 3.9 |
93.2 ± 8.8 |
2.91 ± 0.35 |
1.09 ± 0.13 |
| RH8 |
3.2 ± 4.4 |
10.4 ± 1.0 |
14.4 ± 1.2 |
99.1 ± 9.3 |
0.34 ± 0.48 |
0.04 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
3.2 ± 4.4 |
10.4 ± 1.0 |
14.4 ± 1.2 |
99.1 ± 9.3 |
0.34 ± 0.48 |
0.04 ± 0.05 |
| RH10 |
3.2 ± 4.4 |
10.4 ± 1.0 |
14.4 ± 1.2 |
99.1 ± 9.3 |
0.34 ± 0.48 |
0.04 ± 0.05 |
| Average |
64.2 |
24.8 |
32.6 |
95.6 |
2.2 |
0.7 |
| Median |
100.0 |
35.1 |
45.6 |
97.5 |
2.7 |
1.1 |
| Deviation |
50.6 |
13.1 |
16.5 |
3.3 |
1.7 |
0.5 |
Survey interval (About, Top)
Selected
data (About, Top)
|
Key plasma parameters
|
Velocity
|
Magnetic Field
|
Simple
Methods
(About, Top)
Rankine Chi^2
Contour (About, Top)
Shock
Speed (About, Top)
Theta Bn (About, Top)
Mach Numbers (About, Top)
Page updated Mon Apr 13 08:55:21 2009
Michael L Stevens
(mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)
| 
