CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20072981912
Observation time: 10/25/2007 298.80053 1912 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2007
Fractional day of year 298.800526
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 69165.4 ± 100.0
Shock type FR
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 243.007
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -13.884
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -21.700
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0570
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0634
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 5.00, 16.94, 18.24
Event added to database
Tue Oct 14 16:15:00 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 12:49:08 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
-19.105 ± 16.574

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -606.2 ± 4.6 -688.7 ± 13.8
Vy GSE [km/s] 27.9 ± 4.2 -11.3 ± 9.0
Vz GSE [km/s] -40.5 ± 6.7 52.3 ± 6.6
Wi [km/s] 73.7 ± 3.0 53.0 ± 2.5
We [km/s] 2332.0 ± 95.3 1674.5 ± 78.5
Ni [n/cc] 7.9 ± 0.9 2.9 ± 0.3
Bx GSE [nT] -6.7 ± 1.2 -1.0 ± 0.8
By GSE [nT] 2.0 ± 0.9 2.0 ± 0.4
Bz GSE [nT] -2.9 ± 1.1 -3.2 ± 0.5
Plasma Beta
1.659 ± 1.327
1.125 ± 1.233
Sound Speed [km/s]
95.20 ± 3.89
68.36 ± 3.21
Alfven Speed [km/s]
59.74 ± 8.02
50.47 ± 4.75

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.369 ± 0.637 0.684 ± 0.513 -0.630 ± 0.529 -39.03 ± 41.18 118.34 ± 50.23
VC -0.632 ± 0.051 -0.301 ± 0.061 0.714 ± 0.557 45.57 ± 3.86 205.50 ± 5.16
MX1 -0.373 ± 0.643 0.638 ± 0.565 -0.673 ± 0.546 -42.31 ± 44.26 120.34 ± 52.73
MX2 -0.400 ± 0.659 0.673 ± 0.538 -0.622 ± 0.526 -38.45 ± 42.32 120.71 ± 52.44
MX3 -0.378 ± 0.653 0.609 ± 0.595 -0.697 ± 0.553 -44.22 ± 45.61 121.81 ± 54.92
RH08 -0.051 ± 0.000 -0.901 ± 0.008 -0.430 ± 0.401 -25.48 ± 1.12 266.74 ± 0.00
RH09 -0.128 ± 0.064 0.366 ± 0.064 -0.922 ± 0.455 -67.19 ± 4.00 109.30 ± 9.53
RH10 -0.051 ± 0.069 -0.896 ± 0.031 -0.441 ± 0.410 -26.19 ± 4.03 266.74 ± 4.43
Average -0.298 0.109 -0.463 -29.662 166.185
Median -0.369 0.609 -0.622 -38.454 121.806
Deviation 0.203 0.701 0.500 33.026 69.110

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 42.1 ± 8.2 299.7 ± 1.3 0.38 ± 0.05
VC 77.8 ± 8.1 268.5 ± 2.3 0.38 ± 0.05
MX1 41.3 ± 8.3 304.2 ± 1.3 0.38 ± 0.05
MX2 40.1 ± 8.2 315.4 ± 1.3 0.38 ± 0.05
MX3 40.9 ± 8.4 306.9 ± 1.3 0.38 ± 0.05
RH08 88.0 ± 5.9 22.6 ± 0.8 0.38 ± 0.05
RH09 56.3 ± 8.2 177.8 ± 1.8 0.38 ± 0.05
RH10 88.3 ± 5.9 23.7 ± 7.3 0.38 ± 0.05
Average 59.4 214.9 0.38
Median 56.3 299.7 0.38
Deviation 21.9 126.2 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 31.6 ± 5.5 40.0 ± 4.3 44.4 ± 6.0 105.3 ± 2.1 0.79 ± 0.10 0.30 ± 0.05
VC -77.1 ± 7.3 10.7 ± 1.1 12.6 ± 1.7 112.2 ± 2.4 -7.25 ± 0.69 -0.69 ± 0.05
MX1 32.7 ± 5.7 40.5 ± 4.4 44.9 ± 6.0 105.1 ± 2.1 0.81 ± 0.10 0.31 ± 0.05
MX2 29.0 ± 5.4 41.4 ± 4.5 45.7 ± 6.1 104.7 ± 2.2 0.70 ± 0.09 0.28 ± 0.05
MX3 32.7 ± 5.7 40.8 ± 4.5 45.2 ± 6.1 104.9 ± 2.2 0.80 ± 0.10 0.31 ± 0.05
RH8 -0.8 ± 3.6 1.7 ± 0.2 2.0 ± 0.3 112.7 ± 2.5 -0.39 ± 2.06 -0.01 ± 0.03
RH9 52.6 ± 6.8 28.8 ± 3.0 33.1 ± 4.4 108.9 ± 2.2 1.83 ± 0.19 0.48 ± 0.06
RH10 -0.0 ± 3.6 1.5 ± 0.1 1.7 ± 0.2 112.7 ± 2.5 0.05 ± 2.46 -0.00 ± 0.03
Average 12.6 25.7 28.7 108.3 -0.3 0.1
Median 31.6 40.0 44.4 108.9 0.8 0.3
Deviation 40.4 18.1 19.9 3.7 2.9 0.4

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 86.5 ± 6.4 32.5 ± 2.3 37.5 ± 3.5 78.6 ± 3.7 2.66 ± 0.18 1.10 ± 0.07
VC -207.3 ± 13.8 8.6 ± 0.6 10.7 ± 1.0 84.6 ± 4.2 -24.07 ± 0.94 -2.45 ± 0.10
MX1 89.3 ± 6.2 33.0 ± 2.3 37.9 ± 3.6 78.4 ± 3.7 2.71 ± 0.17 1.14 ± 0.07
MX2 80.1 ± 6.3 33.7 ± 2.4 38.6 ± 3.6 78.1 ± 3.7 2.38 ± 0.18 1.03 ± 0.07
MX3 90.1 ± 6.0 33.3 ± 2.3 38.2 ± 3.6 78.3 ± 3.7 2.71 ± 0.17 1.15 ± 0.06
RH8 -0.5 ± 7.9 1.4 ± 0.1 1.7 ± 0.2 85.0 ± 4.2 -0.22 ± 5.70 -0.00 ± 0.09
RH9 141.8 ± 6.5 23.3 ± 1.6 28.0 ± 2.6 81.8 ± 4.0 6.09 ± 0.20 1.73 ± 0.04
RH10 1.6 ± 7.9 1.2 ± 0.1 1.5 ± 0.1 85.0 ± 4.2 1.45 ± 6.74 0.02 ± 0.09
Average 35.2 20.9 24.2 81.2 -0.8 0.5
Median 86.5 32.5 37.5 81.8 2.7 1.1
Deviation 109.0 14.8 16.8 3.3 9.6 1.3

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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