CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20073162125
Observation time: 11/12/2007 316.89278 2125 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2007
Fractional day of year 316.892775
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 77135.8 ± 60.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 237.780
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -32.968
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -10.720
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0666
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0604
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 6.35, 9.63, 9.76
Event added to database
Tue Oct 14 16:22:35 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 12:51:51 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
52.259 ± 2.321

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -384.3 ± 1.7 -407.3 ± 1.1
Vy GSE [km/s] -31.2 ± 2.3 -33.3 ± 3.5
Vz GSE [km/s] 42.8 ± 2.0 55.1 ± 2.6
Wi [km/s] 36.7 ± 1.0 42.6 ± 0.7
We [km/s] 1159.4 ± 32.4 1348.1 ± 22.5
Ni [n/cc] 13.5 ± 0.4 19.7 ± 1.2
Bx GSE [nT] 0.5 ± 0.9 1.4 ± 0.5
By GSE [nT] -4.2 ± 0.3 -7.5 ± 0.5
Bz GSE [nT] 1.2 ± 0.7 0.8 ± 1.0
Plasma Beta
1.904 ± 2.000
1.279 ± 1.288
Sound Speed [km/s]
47.33 ± 1.32
55.04 ± 0.92
Alfven Speed [km/s]
26.68 ± 1.31
37.91 ± 2.79

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.994 ± 0.076 -0.107 ± 0.682 0.022 ± 0.022 1.26 ± 46.93 186.16 ± 39.33
VC -0.884 ± 0.052 -0.087 ± 0.151 0.459 ± 0.424 27.33 ± 6.22 185.65 ± 9.77
MX1 -0.840 ± 0.114 -0.262 ± 0.322 0.475 ± 0.436 28.37 ± 6.86 197.32 ± 21.96
MX2 -0.854 ± 0.105 -0.254 ± 0.308 0.453 ± 0.419 26.95 ± 6.83 196.55 ± 20.65
MX3 -0.870 ± 0.104 -0.247 ± 0.296 0.428 ± 0.399 25.31 ± 8.52 195.87 ± 19.49
RH08 -0.969 ± 0.003 -0.059 ± 0.014 0.240 ± 0.235 13.90 ± 0.68 183.51 ± 0.82
RH09 -0.985 ± 0.012 -0.078 ± 0.070 0.151 ± 0.150 8.68 ± 4.03 184.51 ± 4.07
RH10 -0.985 ± 0.012 -0.078 ± 0.070 0.151 ± 0.150 8.68 ± 4.03 184.51 ± 4.07
Average -0.923 -0.147 0.297 17.561 189.258
Median -0.884 -0.087 0.428 25.315 186.159
Deviation 0.066 0.090 0.178 10.676 6.123

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 89.0 ± 12.2 459.6 ± 1.4 1.45 ± 0.07
VC 84.6 ± 13.5 445.2 ± 1.6 1.45 ± 0.07
MX1 74.4 ± 13.5 434.3 ± 1.6 1.45 ± 0.07
MX2 75.3 ± 13.5 438.4 ± 1.6 1.45 ± 0.07
MX3 76.2 ± 13.4 442.6 ± 1.6 1.45 ± 0.07
RH08 89.9 ± 13.0 465.0 ± 1.5 1.45 ± 0.07
RH09 89.5 ± 12.7 465.9 ± 1.5 1.45 ± 0.07
RH10 89.5 ± 12.7 465.9 ± 13.9 1.45 ± 0.07
Average 83.5 452.1 1.45
Median 89.0 459.6 1.45
Deviation 7.1 13.4 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 73.3 ± 1.5 0.4 ± 0.0 0.5 ± 0.0 54.4 ± 1.2 186.40 ± 7.62 1.35 ± 0.05
VC 83.1 ± 1.7 2.2 ± 0.1 2.5 ± 0.1 54.3 ± 1.2 37.86 ± 1.55 1.53 ± 0.06
MX1 82.9 ± 1.4 6.3 ± 0.2 7.2 ± 0.4 54.0 ± 1.2 13.18 ± 0.55 1.54 ± 0.05
MX2 82.7 ± 1.4 5.9 ± 0.2 6.8 ± 0.3 54.0 ± 1.2 13.94 ± 0.58 1.53 ± 0.05
MX3 82.4 ± 1.4 5.6 ± 0.2 6.4 ± 0.3 54.1 ± 1.2 14.77 ± 0.62 1.52 ± 0.05
RH8 80.5 ± 1.6 0.0 ± 0.0 0.0 ± 0.0 54.4 ± 1.2 3833.83 ± 154.56 1.48 ± 0.05
RH9 78.3 ± 1.6 0.2 ± 0.0 0.3 ± 0.0 54.4 ± 1.2 357.84 ± 14.46 1.44 ± 0.05
RH10 78.3 ± 1.6 0.2 ± 0.0 0.3 ± 0.0 54.4 ± 1.2 357.84 ± 14.46 1.44 ± 0.05
Average 80.2 2.6 3.0 54.2 602.0 1.5
Median 82.4 2.2 2.5 54.4 186.4 1.5
Deviation 3.4 2.8 3.3 0.2 1314.3 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 50.0 ± 1.1 0.5 ± 0.0 0.6 ± 0.0 66.9 ± 2.1 94.71 ± 5.67 0.75 ± 0.03
VC 56.9 ± 1.8 2.9 ± 0.2 3.6 ± 0.3 66.8 ± 2.1 19.35 ± 1.37 0.85 ± 0.05
MX1 57.2 ± 2.0 8.5 ± 0.4 10.2 ± 0.8 66.3 ± 2.1 6.78 ± 0.54 0.86 ± 0.05
MX2 56.9 ± 2.0 8.0 ± 0.4 9.6 ± 0.7 66.4 ± 2.1 7.15 ± 0.56 0.86 ± 0.05
MX3 56.6 ± 1.9 7.5 ± 0.4 9.1 ± 0.7 66.4 ± 2.1 7.57 ± 0.59 0.85 ± 0.05
RH8 55.1 ± 1.4 0.0 ± 0.0 0.0 ± 0.0 66.9 ± 2.1 1958.66 ± 123.74 0.83 ± 0.04
RH9 53.6 ± 1.2 0.3 ± 0.0 0.4 ± 0.0 66.9 ± 2.1 182.77 ± 11.25 0.80 ± 0.04
RH10 53.6 ± 1.2 0.3 ± 0.0 0.4 ± 0.0 66.9 ± 2.1 182.77 ± 11.25 0.80 ± 0.04
Average 55.0 3.5 4.2 66.7 307.5 0.8
Median 56.6 2.9 3.6 66.9 94.7 0.9
Deviation 2.5 3.8 4.6 0.2 671.5 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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