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Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20052360537
Observation time: 08/24/2005 236.23453 0537 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2005
Fractional day of year 236.234526
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 20263.0 ± 60.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 223.996
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 10.454
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 4.467
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0548
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0005
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0388
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 11.31, 20.14, 21.17
Event added to database
Fri Oct 10 16:23:18 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 11:41:06 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
56.909 ± 27.318

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -441.9 ± 2.8 -533.4 ± 5.0
Vy GSE [km/s] -8.8 ± 2.2 8.5 ± 3.3
Vz GSE [km/s] -9.7 ± 3.6 31.7 ± 2.4
Wi [km/s] 34.6 ± 1.5 62.0 ± 1.9
We [km/s] 1093.7 ± 47.7 1962.2 ± 58.8
Ni [n/cc] 9.6 ± 0.9 24.3 ± 3.1
Bx GSE [nT] -1.0 ± 0.3 3.4 ± 0.6
By GSE [nT] 9.4 ± 0.3 21.2 ± 0.8
Bz GSE [nT] 6.2 ± 0.5 9.3 ± 0.8
Plasma Beta
0.188 ± 0.187
0.361 ± 0.388
Sound Speed [km/s]
44.65 ± 1.95
80.11 ± 2.40
Alfven Speed [km/s]
80.25 ± 4.38
104.30 ± 10.39

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.746 ± 0.113 0.112 ± 0.049 0.656 ± 0.540 41.01 ± 9.97 171.48 ± 3.50
VC -0.898 ± 0.020 0.169 ± 0.031 0.407 ± 0.383 24.03 ± 2.69 169.35 ± 1.96
MX1 -0.879 ± 0.020 0.212 ± 0.032 0.428 ± 0.399 25.32 ± 2.52 166.41 ± 2.05
MX2 -0.880 ± 0.021 0.214 ± 0.032 0.423 ± 0.396 25.05 ± 2.66 166.34 ± 2.08
MX3 -0.882 ± 0.021 0.215 ± 0.033 0.420 ± 0.393 24.84 ± 2.78 166.29 ± 2.09
RH08 -0.305 ± 0.018 0.371 ± 0.019 -0.877 ± 0.514 -61.29 ± 1.33 129.36 ± 2.01
RH09 -0.932 ± 0.025 0.207 ± 0.062 0.296 ± 0.287 17.22 ± 4.09 167.47 ± 3.81
RH10 -0.936 ± 0.024 0.208 ± 0.065 0.285 ± 0.277 16.55 ± 4.05 167.47 ± 3.99
Average -0.807 0.214 0.255 14.091 163.020
Median -0.880 0.212 0.420 24.841 167.465
Deviation 0.211 0.073 0.471 31.359 13.719

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 58.6 ± 1.7 485.2 ± 3.1 2.58 ± 0.52
VC 63.6 ± 1.3 561.8 ± 3.2 2.58 ± 0.52
MX1 60.6 ± 1.3 552.4 ± 3.3 2.58 ± 0.52
MX2 60.7 ± 1.3 553.2 ± 3.3 2.58 ± 0.52
MX3 60.7 ± 1.3 553.8 ± 3.3 2.58 ± 0.52
RH08 81.6 ± 2.9 137.3 ± 0.9 2.58 ± 0.52
RH09 65.2 ± 1.3 576.7 ± 3.2 2.58 ± 0.52
RH10 65.5 ± 1.3 578.1 ± 21.5 2.58 ± 0.52
Average 64.6 499.8 2.58
Median 63.6 553.8 2.58
Deviation 7.3 149.3 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 162.8 ± 2.7 20.8 ± 0.7 41.8 ± 2.3 89.5 ± 3.8 7.82 ± 0.31 1.82 ± 0.08
VC 170.6 ± 2.5 17.7 ± 0.6 35.7 ± 1.9 90.2 ± 3.8 9.66 ± 0.36 1.90 ± 0.07
MX1 170.2 ± 2.5 19.6 ± 0.6 39.4 ± 2.1 89.8 ± 3.8 8.70 ± 0.32 1.90 ± 0.07
MX2 170.2 ± 2.5 19.5 ± 0.6 39.3 ± 2.1 89.8 ± 3.8 8.72 ± 0.32 1.90 ± 0.07
MX3 170.2 ± 2.5 19.5 ± 0.6 39.3 ± 2.1 89.8 ± 3.8 8.73 ± 0.33 1.90 ± 0.07
RH8 -2.6 ± 3.9 5.7 ± 0.2 11.7 ± 0.6 91.7 ± 3.7 -0.47 ± 0.68 -0.03 ± 0.04
RH9 169.4 ± 2.5 16.6 ± 0.5 33.7 ± 1.8 90.4 ± 3.8 10.20 ± 0.37 1.88 ± 0.07
RH10 169.2 ± 2.5 16.4 ± 0.5 33.2 ± 1.8 90.4 ± 3.8 10.32 ± 0.37 1.87 ± 0.07
Average 147.5 17.0 34.3 90.2 8.0 1.6
Median 170.2 19.5 39.3 90.2 8.7 1.9
Deviation 60.7 4.8 9.6 0.7 3.5 0.7

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 65.3 ± 4.0 34.2 ± 1.5 54.3 ± 5.4 127.1 ± 8.8 1.92 ± 0.20 0.52 ± 0.07
VC 68.7 ± 4.8 28.9 ± 1.3 46.5 ± 4.6 128.4 ± 8.8 2.38 ± 0.28 0.54 ± 0.07
MX1 68.4 ± 4.8 32.1 ± 1.4 51.2 ± 5.1 127.6 ± 8.8 2.14 ± 0.25 0.54 ± 0.07
MX2 68.4 ± 4.8 32.0 ± 1.4 51.1 ± 5.1 127.7 ± 8.8 2.14 ± 0.25 0.54 ± 0.07
MX3 68.4 ± 4.8 32.0 ± 1.4 51.0 ± 5.1 127.7 ± 8.8 2.15 ± 0.25 0.54 ± 0.07
RH8 -0.6 ± 3.7 9.2 ± 0.4 15.2 ± 1.5 131.3 ± 8.8 -0.06 ± 0.41 -0.00 ± 0.03
RH9 68.2 ± 5.1 27.2 ± 1.2 43.8 ± 4.4 128.8 ± 8.8 2.52 ± 0.30 0.53 ± 0.07
RH10 68.1 ± 5.1 26.8 ± 1.2 43.2 ± 4.3 128.9 ± 8.8 2.55 ± 0.31 0.53 ± 0.07
Average 59.4 27.8 44.5 128.4 2.0 0.5
Median 68.4 32.0 51.0 128.4 2.1 0.5
Deviation 24.2 7.9 12.5 1.3 0.8 0.2

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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