CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20063501721
Observation time: 12/16/2006 350.72297 1721 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2006
Fractional day of year 350.722969
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 62464.5 ± 80.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 227.276
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -39.640
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 13.805
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0012
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0844
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0582
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 13.90, 18.64, 19.05
Event added to database
Tue Oct 14 13:55:19 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 12:26:00 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
39.426 ± 2.637

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -564.1 ± 4.6 -608.3 ± 2.1
Vy GSE [km/s] 10.7 ± 2.8 86.9 ± 3.5
Vz GSE [km/s] 5.4 ± 3.1 15.0 ± 5.2
Wi [km/s] 24.0 ± 1.4 34.4 ± 1.4
We [km/s] 759.6 ± 44.1 1089.2 ± 43.6
Ni [n/cc] 1.7 ± 0.3 9.1 ± 1.5
Bx GSE [nT] 2.9 ± 0.2 5.8 ± 0.3
By GSE [nT] 0.2 ± 0.1 1.7 ± 0.6
Bz GSE [nT] 1.7 ± 0.2 3.7 ± 1.0
Plasma Beta
0.177 ± 0.177
0.459 ± 0.477
Sound Speed [km/s]
31.01 ± 1.80
44.47 ± 1.78
Alfven Speed [km/s]
58.07 ± 6.47
52.76 ± 9.51

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.634 ± 0.280 0.773 ± 0.229 -0.006 ± 0.006 -0.33 ± 28.49 129.35 ± 20.74
VC -0.498 ± 0.046 0.860 ± 0.028 0.109 ± 0.108 6.24 ± 3.81 120.08 ± 3.09
MX1 -0.515 ± 0.065 0.852 ± 0.040 0.096 ± 0.095 5.48 ± 5.02 121.16 ± 4.34
MX2 -0.517 ± 0.064 0.849 ± 0.040 0.106 ± 0.105 6.06 ± 4.60 121.35 ± 4.34
MX3 -0.519 ± 0.065 0.847 ± 0.040 0.113 ± 0.113 6.51 ± 4.40 121.52 ± 4.35
RH08 -0.818 ± 0.009 0.523 ± 0.014 0.240 ± 0.235 13.90 ± 0.57 147.41 ± 1.00
RH09 -0.807 ± 0.042 0.557 ± 0.059 0.196 ± 0.193 11.28 ± 3.96 145.40 ± 4.16
RH10 -0.817 ± 0.041 0.543 ± 0.060 0.196 ± 0.193 11.28 ± 3.96 146.41 ± 4.16
Average -0.641 0.725 0.131 7.552 131.585
Median -0.519 0.847 0.113 6.515 129.346
Deviation 0.149 0.156 0.077 4.464 12.610

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 59.4 ± 1.3 472.1 ± 0.8 5.90 ± 1.67
VC 70.7 ± 1.2 399.1 ± 0.9 5.90 ± 1.67
MX1 69.4 ± 1.2 408.4 ± 0.8 5.90 ± 1.67
MX2 69.5 ± 1.2 409.8 ± 0.9 5.90 ± 1.67
MX3 69.6 ± 1.2 411.0 ± 0.9 5.90 ± 1.67
RH08 55.7 ± 1.9 563.8 ± 0.8 5.90 ± 1.67
RH09 55.0 ± 1.7 560.3 ± 0.8 5.90 ± 1.67
RH10 54.3 ± 1.8 564.7 ± 8.6 5.90 ± 1.67
Average 62.9 473.6 5.90
Median 69.4 472.1 5.90
Deviation 7.5 77.2 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 106.2 ± 3.7 14.2 ± 0.8 29.6 ± 3.3 64.3 ± 5.9 7.48 ± 0.54 1.66 ± 0.15
VC 108.2 ± 3.2 9.1 ± 0.5 19.2 ± 2.1 65.3 ± 5.8 11.91 ± 0.83 1.67 ± 0.16
MX1 108.2 ± 3.3 9.7 ± 0.5 20.5 ± 2.3 65.2 ± 5.8 11.17 ± 0.78 1.67 ± 0.16
MX2 108.3 ± 3.3 9.6 ± 0.5 20.3 ± 2.3 65.2 ± 5.8 11.26 ± 0.79 1.67 ± 0.16
MX3 108.3 ± 3.3 9.6 ± 0.5 20.2 ± 2.2 65.2 ± 5.8 11.33 ± 0.79 1.67 ± 0.16
RH8 95.5 ± 3.9 15.8 ± 0.9 32.7 ± 3.6 64.0 ± 5.9 6.05 ± 0.46 1.50 ± 0.14
RH9 97.8 ± 3.9 16.2 ± 0.9 33.3 ± 3.7 63.9 ± 5.9 6.08 ± 0.46 1.54 ± 0.14
RH10 97.0 ± 3.9 16.4 ± 0.9 33.9 ± 3.8 63.8 ± 5.9 5.92 ± 0.45 1.53 ± 0.14
Average 103.7 12.6 26.2 64.6 8.9 1.6
Median 108.2 14.2 29.6 65.2 11.2 1.7
Deviation 5.8 3.4 6.7 0.7 2.7 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 19.3 ± 2.8 17.7 ± 0.6 26.9 ± 4.8 67.0 ± 7.2 1.09 ± 0.16 0.29 ± 0.05
VC 19.6 ± 2.9 11.3 ± 0.4 17.5 ± 3.1 68.4 ± 7.1 1.74 ± 0.27 0.29 ± 0.05
MX1 19.7 ± 2.9 12.0 ± 0.5 18.6 ± 3.4 68.2 ± 7.1 1.64 ± 0.25 0.29 ± 0.05
MX2 19.7 ± 2.9 11.9 ± 0.5 18.5 ± 3.3 68.2 ± 7.1 1.65 ± 0.25 0.29 ± 0.05
MX3 19.7 ± 2.9 11.9 ± 0.5 18.4 ± 3.3 68.3 ± 7.1 1.67 ± 0.26 0.29 ± 0.05
RH8 17.3 ± 2.7 19.8 ± 0.7 29.7 ± 5.4 66.4 ± 7.2 0.88 ± 0.15 0.26 ± 0.05
RH9 17.9 ± 2.6 20.2 ± 0.7 30.3 ± 5.5 66.3 ± 7.2 0.89 ± 0.14 0.27 ± 0.05
RH10 17.7 ± 2.6 20.5 ± 0.7 30.8 ± 5.5 66.2 ± 7.2 0.86 ± 0.14 0.27 ± 0.05
Average 18.9 15.7 23.8 67.4 1.3 0.3
Median 19.6 17.7 26.9 68.2 1.6 0.3
Deviation 1.1 4.2 6.1 1.0 0.4 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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