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Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20060011328
Observation time: 01/01/2006 1.56156 1328 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2006
Fractional day of year 1.561559
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 48518.7 ± 60.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 226.049
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -38.729
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 20.219
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0555
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0410
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 12.69, 30.36, 32.60
Event added to database
Tue Oct 14 09:23:08 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 11:53:54 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
-840.482 ± 32392.720

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -437.6 ± 4.3 -474.0 ± 7.1
Vy GSE [km/s] 17.9 ± 5.0 24.2 ± 9.7
Vz GSE [km/s] 10.6 ± 4.2 57.6 ± 6.0
Wi [km/s] 29.1 ± 1.0 37.2 ± 1.3
We [km/s] 919.3 ± 30.4 1176.6 ± 41.6
Ni [n/cc] 6.0 ± 0.1 10.8 ± 0.7
Bx GSE [nT] 6.5 ± 0.7 12.8 ± 1.3
By GSE [nT] 4.5 ± 0.7 5.4 ± 0.9
Bz GSE [nT] 6.9 ± 0.4 12.2 ± 0.8
Plasma Beta
0.096 ± 0.099
0.091 ± 0.092
Sound Speed [km/s]
37.53 ± 1.24
48.03 ± 1.70
Alfven Speed [km/s]
93.91 ± 0.84
123.23 ± 3.49

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.798 ± 0.541 0.487 ± 0.877 0.355 ± 0.339 20.80 ± 16.12 148.60 ± 62.83
VC -0.619 ± 0.101 0.092 ± 0.155 0.780 ± 0.560 51.24 ± 7.27 171.53 ± 14.32
MX1 -0.683 ± 0.133 0.067 ± 0.187 0.728 ± 0.559 46.70 ± 10.43 174.39 ± 15.65
MX2 -0.680 ± 0.135 0.080 ± 0.175 0.728 ± 0.559 46.75 ± 10.59 173.28 ± 14.63
MX3 -0.679 ± 0.138 0.095 ± 0.164 0.728 ± 0.559 46.73 ± 10.80 172.00 ± 13.72
RH08 -0.039 ± 0.018 0.980 ± 0.004 -0.196 ± 0.193 -11.28 ± 1.10 92.26 ± 1.04
RH09 -0.663 ± 0.052 0.160 ± 0.069 0.732 ± 0.560 47.04 ± 3.96 166.46 ± 5.90
RH10 -0.671 ± 0.052 0.174 ± 0.070 0.721 ± 0.558 46.11 ± 4.00 165.46 ± 5.85
Average -0.604 0.267 0.572 36.762 157.998
Median -0.671 0.160 0.728 46.734 171.531
Deviation 0.234 0.319 0.338 21.591 27.824

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 87.1 ± 5.2 475.2 ± 3.2 1.81 ± 0.10
VC 80.3 ± 4.4 421.1 ± 3.0 1.81 ± 0.10
MX1 85.2 ± 4.4 447.4 ± 3.1 1.81 ± 0.10
MX2 84.7 ± 4.4 446.7 ± 3.1 1.81 ± 0.10
MX3 84.3 ± 4.5 446.5 ± 3.1 1.81 ± 0.10
RH08 74.4 ± 3.7 23.5 ± 3.2 1.81 ± 0.10
RH09 82.0 ± 4.6 441.2 ± 3.0 1.81 ± 0.10
RH10 82.4 ± 4.6 444.7 ± 22.5 1.81 ± 0.10
Average 82.5 393.3 1.81
Median 84.3 446.5 1.81
Deviation 3.9 150.1 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 113.6 ± 5.5 1.8 ± 0.1 4.8 ± 0.0 101.1 ± 1.0 63.92 ± 1.85 1.12 ± 0.04
VC 140.1 ± 4.7 5.9 ± 0.2 15.8 ± 0.1 101.0 ± 1.0 23.84 ± 0.85 1.39 ± 0.04
MX1 139.8 ± 4.7 2.9 ± 0.1 7.9 ± 0.1 101.1 ± 1.0 47.47 ± 1.65 1.38 ± 0.04
MX2 139.8 ± 4.7 3.2 ± 0.1 8.6 ± 0.1 101.1 ± 1.0 43.70 ± 1.51 1.38 ± 0.04
MX3 140.1 ± 4.7 3.5 ± 0.1 9.3 ± 0.1 101.1 ± 1.0 40.50 ± 1.38 1.39 ± 0.04
RH8 -8.9 ± 5.4 9.4 ± 0.3 25.2 ± 0.2 100.7 ± 1.0 -0.96 ± 0.60 -0.09 ± 0.05
RH9 140.6 ± 4.7 4.9 ± 0.1 13.1 ± 0.1 101.0 ± 1.0 28.96 ± 0.95 1.39 ± 0.04
RH10 140.3 ± 4.8 4.6 ± 0.1 12.5 ± 0.1 101.0 ± 1.0 30.26 ± 0.98 1.39 ± 0.04
Average 118.2 4.5 12.2 101.0 34.7 1.2
Median 140.1 4.6 12.5 101.1 40.5 1.4
Deviation 52.2 2.3 6.3 0.1 19.2 0.5

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 64.8 ± 8.0 2.3 ± 0.1 6.3 ± 0.2 132.3 ± 3.4 28.40 ± 3.28 0.49 ± 0.06
VC 80.4 ± 7.3 7.6 ± 0.2 20.8 ± 0.6 132.1 ± 3.4 10.65 ± 0.96 0.61 ± 0.06
MX1 80.3 ± 7.5 3.8 ± 0.1 10.4 ± 0.3 132.2 ± 3.4 21.25 ± 1.97 0.61 ± 0.06
MX2 80.3 ± 7.4 4.1 ± 0.1 11.3 ± 0.3 132.2 ± 3.4 19.56 ± 1.80 0.61 ± 0.06
MX3 80.6 ± 7.4 4.4 ± 0.1 12.2 ± 0.3 132.2 ± 3.4 18.15 ± 1.66 0.61 ± 0.06
RH8 -7.3 ± 10.4 12.1 ± 0.4 33.1 ± 0.9 131.7 ± 3.4 -0.61 ± 0.87 -0.06 ± 0.08
RH9 81.1 ± 7.2 6.2 ± 0.2 17.2 ± 0.5 132.1 ± 3.4 13.01 ± 1.14 0.61 ± 0.06
RH10 80.9 ± 7.2 6.0 ± 0.2 16.4 ± 0.5 132.1 ± 3.4 13.59 ± 1.19 0.61 ± 0.06
Average 67.6 5.8 16.0 132.1 15.5 0.5
Median 80.4 6.0 16.4 132.2 18.1 0.6
Deviation 30.8 3.0 8.3 0.2 8.6 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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