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Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20080060543
Observation time: 01/06/2008 6.23826 0543 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2008
Fractional day of year 6.238262
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 20585.9 ± 70.0
Shock type FR
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 218.054
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -5.048
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 22.975
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0474
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0010
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0605
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 12.30, 15.02, 17.38
Event added to database
Wed Oct 15 09:35:34 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 12:57:41 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
38.863 ± 5.116

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -570.4 ± 6.2 -675.1 ± 8.4
Vy GSE [km/s] 93.4 ± 12.0 65.8 ± 26.4
Vz GSE [km/s] 19.2 ± 12.1 50.1 ± 9.1
Wi [km/s] 64.4 ± 2.5 56.6 ± 2.9
We [km/s] 2035.5 ± 78.4 1789.3 ± 91.9
Ni [n/cc] 5.0 ± 0.4 2.7 ± 0.2
Bx GSE [nT] 6.8 ± 1.2 -0.0 ± 0.7
By GSE [nT] -4.1 ± 1.4 -0.8 ± 2.4
Bz GSE [nT] -3.2 ± 1.1 4.8 ± 0.4
Plasma Beta
0.557 ± 0.559
0.630 ± 0.671
Sound Speed [km/s]
83.10 ± 3.20
73.05 ± 3.75
Alfven Speed [km/s]
86.24 ± 2.39
71.54 ± 2.75

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.641 ± 0.235 0.471 ± 0.312 -0.607 ± 0.518 -37.35 ± 7.01 143.70 ± 27.63
VC -0.934 ± 0.068 -0.237 ± 0.234 0.268 ± 0.262 15.55 ± 7.39 194.27 ± 14.33
MX1 -0.960 ± 0.333 -0.278 ± 1.151 -0.047 ± 0.047 -2.69 ± 11.13 196.13 ± 68.70
MX2 -0.792 ± 0.076 0.027 ± 0.246 -0.610 ± 0.520 -37.57 ± 7.06 178.03 ± 17.80
MX3 -0.687 ± 0.150 -0.637 ± 0.160 -0.351 ± 0.336 -20.55 ± 9.16 222.84 ± 12.95
RH08 -0.324 ± 0.014 0.751 ± 0.008 -0.575 ± 0.501 -35.13 ± 0.64 113.31 ± 1.08
RH09 -0.313 ± 0.067 0.764 ± 0.045 -0.564 ± 0.495 -34.35 ± 4.00 112.31 ± 4.87
RH10 -0.300 ± 0.067 0.769 ± 0.045 -0.564 ± 0.495 -34.35 ± 4.00 111.31 ± 4.87
Average -0.619 0.204 -0.381 -23.305 158.988
Median -0.641 0.471 -0.564 -34.350 178.033
Deviation 0.276 0.556 0.326 19.737 44.458

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 59.8 ± 6.0 358.4 ± 4.3 0.57 ± 0.05
VC 43.7 ± 12.2 372.0 ± 4.1 0.57 ± 0.05
MX1 52.5 ± 11.7 387.3 ± 3.8 0.57 ± 0.05
MX2 65.7 ± 7.4 362.4 ± 3.5 0.57 ± 0.05
MX3 83.7 ± 11.2 231.0 ± 3.4 0.57 ± 0.05
RH08 66.2 ± 8.7 254.4 ± 4.7 0.57 ± 0.05
RH09 66.1 ± 8.8 250.9 ± 4.7 0.57 ± 0.05
RH10 66.6 ± 8.9 245.4 ± 39.0 0.57 ± 0.05
Average 63.0 307.7 0.57
Median 66.1 358.4 0.57
Deviation 11.7 67.5 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -39.4 ± 8.4 31.2 ± 1.0 43.4 ± 1.2 115.6 ± 3.7 -1.26 ± 0.24 -0.34 ± 0.07
VC -143.5 ± 6.3 47.0 ± 1.5 62.3 ± 1.7 110.2 ± 3.5 -3.06 ± 0.18 -1.30 ± 0.08
MX1 -133.3 ± 8.7 38.4 ± 1.3 52.5 ± 1.5 113.4 ± 3.6 -3.47 ± 0.24 -1.18 ± 0.08
MX2 -80.3 ± 10.9 25.2 ± 0.8 35.5 ± 1.0 117.1 ± 3.7 -3.18 ± 0.39 -0.68 ± 0.08
MX3 -94.5 ± 13.6 6.6 ± 0.2 9.5 ± 0.3 119.6 ± 3.8 -14.33 ± 2.00 -0.79 ± 0.11
RH8 10.6 ± 8.3 24.6 ± 0.8 34.7 ± 1.0 117.2 ± 3.8 0.44 ± 0.34 0.09 ± 0.07
RH9 11.5 ± 8.3 24.8 ± 0.8 34.9 ± 1.0 117.2 ± 3.7 0.47 ± 0.34 0.10 ± 0.07
RH10 13.2 ± 8.3 24.3 ± 0.8 34.2 ± 1.0 117.3 ± 3.8 0.55 ± 0.35 0.11 ± 0.07
Average -57.0 27.8 38.4 115.9 -3.0 -0.5
Median -39.4 25.2 35.5 117.2 -1.3 -0.3
Deviation 65.2 11.8 15.5 2.9 4.9 0.6

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -74.8 ± 20.0 26.6 ± 0.7 36.0 ± 1.4 98.8 ± 2.8 -2.80 ± 0.72 -0.75 ± 0.19
VC -256.2 ± 9.2 40.1 ± 1.1 51.7 ± 2.0 94.1 ± 2.7 -6.40 ± 0.29 -2.72 ± 0.12
MX1 -240.0 ± 8.4 32.8 ± 0.9 43.5 ± 1.7 96.9 ± 2.8 -7.33 ± 0.31 -2.48 ± 0.10
MX2 -143.6 ± 10.4 21.5 ± 0.6 29.5 ± 1.1 100.0 ± 2.9 -6.68 ± 0.41 -1.44 ± 0.09
MX3 -173.1 ± 13.1 5.6 ± 0.2 7.9 ± 0.3 102.1 ± 2.9 -30.82 ± 2.59 -1.70 ± 0.14
RH8 15.3 ± 25.6 21.0 ± 0.6 28.8 ± 1.1 100.1 ± 2.9 0.74 ± 1.22 0.16 ± 0.26
RH9 17.2 ± 25.8 21.1 ± 0.6 29.0 ± 1.1 100.1 ± 2.9 0.83 ± 1.23 0.17 ± 0.26
RH10 20.5 ± 25.9 20.7 ± 0.6 28.4 ± 1.1 100.2 ± 2.9 1.00 ± 1.26 0.21 ± 0.26
Average -104.3 23.7 31.8 99.0 -6.4 -1.1
Median -74.8 21.5 29.5 100.1 -2.8 -0.8
Deviation 115.4 10.1 12.9 2.5 10.5 1.2

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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