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Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20081670110
Observation time: 06/15/2008 167.04888 0110 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2008
Fractional day of year 167.048877
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 4223.0 ± 80.0
Shock type FR
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 226.365
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -23.359
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 17.504
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0489
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0012
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0727
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 3.39, 9.22, 9.49
Event added to database
Wed Oct 15 10:53:29 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 13:06:31 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
46.927 ± 0.303

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -533.6 ± 3.2 -573.2 ± 5.2
Vy GSE [km/s] 82.9 ± 5.6 35.7 ± 7.6
Vz GSE [km/s] -8.5 ± 9.9 -6.4 ± 7.3
Wi [km/s] 76.0 ± 1.3 68.9 ± 0.6
We [km/s] 2402.3 ± 40.0 2177.9 ± 18.4
Ni [n/cc] 12.2 ± 0.7 7.1 ± 0.6
Bx GSE [nT] 2.5 ± 1.0 3.6 ± 0.8
By GSE [nT] -3.1 ± 2.1 -2.6 ± 2.5
Bz GSE [nT] 10.8 ± 1.9 5.4 ± 1.3
Plasma Beta
1.144 ± 1.068
1.250 ± 1.247
Sound Speed [km/s]
98.07 ± 1.63
88.91 ± 0.75
Alfven Speed [km/s]
73.80 ± 11.98
61.75 ± 2.68

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.868 ± 0.204 0.271 ± 0.566 -0.416 ± 0.390 -24.57 ± 14.91 162.67 ± 37.28
VC -0.645 ± 0.073 -0.763 ± 0.061 0.031 ± 0.031 1.77 ± 10.66 229.80 ± 5.44
MX1 -0.710 ± 0.155 -0.679 ± 0.161 -0.189 ± 0.186 -10.88 ± 19.86 223.73 ± 12.44
MX2 -0.857 ± 0.254 -0.408 ± 0.505 -0.314 ± 0.304 -18.33 ± 17.25 205.48 ± 33.62
MX3 -0.683 ± 0.173 -0.714 ± 0.166 -0.157 ± 0.156 -9.04 ± 18.74 226.28 ± 13.59
RH08 -0.885 ± 0.009 0.462 ± 0.017 -0.061 ± 0.061 -3.52 ± 1.02 152.42 ± 1.08
RH09 -0.978 ± 0.015 -0.147 ± 0.069 -0.151 ± 0.150 -8.68 ± 4.03 188.52 ± 4.07
RH10 -0.978 ± 0.015 -0.147 ± 0.069 -0.151 ± 0.150 -8.68 ± 4.03 188.52 ± 4.07
Average -0.825 -0.266 -0.176 -10.241 197.178
Median -0.857 -0.147 -0.151 -8.675 205.476
Deviation 0.130 0.461 0.139 8.167 29.347

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 49.8 ± 6.7 458.7 ± 1.4 0.61 ± 0.03
VC 85.0 ± 5.5 199.0 ± 3.0 0.61 ± 0.03
MX1 81.3 ± 5.5 243.0 ± 2.8 0.61 ± 0.03
MX2 68.3 ± 4.0 352.4 ± 2.3 0.61 ± 0.03
MX3 83.9 ± 5.7 225.2 ± 2.8 0.61 ± 0.03
RH08 68.1 ± 9.3 492.8 ± 1.1 0.61 ± 0.03
RH09 71.7 ± 4.2 449.4 ± 1.9 0.61 ± 0.03
RH10 71.7 ± 4.2 449.4 ± 18.4 0.61 ± 0.03
Average 72.5 358.7 0.61
Median 71.7 449.4 0.61
Deviation 11.4 120.2 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -30.6 ± 5.1 39.9 ± 4.6 47.6 ± 7.7 116.4 ± 6.2 -0.78 ± 0.19 -0.26 ± 0.05
VC -81.7 ± 4.1 5.1 ± 0.6 6.5 ± 1.0 123.0 ± 7.3 -16.13 ± 2.14 -0.67 ± 0.05
MX1 -80.9 ± 3.8 8.9 ± 1.0 11.2 ± 1.8 122.7 ± 7.3 -9.25 ± 1.35 -0.66 ± 0.06
MX2 -73.7 ± 3.7 22.0 ± 2.4 27.3 ± 4.4 121.1 ± 7.0 -3.40 ± 0.53 -0.61 ± 0.06
MX3 -81.2 ± 3.8 6.3 ± 0.7 7.9 ± 1.3 122.9 ± 7.3 -13.13 ± 1.90 -0.66 ± 0.06
RH8 -18.2 ± 4.4 22.2 ± 2.5 27.6 ± 4.5 121.0 ± 7.0 -0.82 ± 0.20 -0.15 ± 0.04
RH9 -61.5 ± 3.0 18.6 ± 2.0 23.1 ± 3.8 121.7 ± 7.1 -3.35 ± 0.46 -0.51 ± 0.04
RH10 -61.5 ± 3.0 18.6 ± 2.0 23.1 ± 3.8 121.7 ± 7.1 -3.35 ± 0.46 -0.51 ± 0.04
Average -61.1 17.7 21.8 121.3 -6.3 -0.5
Median -61.5 18.6 23.1 121.7 -3.4 -0.5
Deviation 24.4 11.3 13.5 2.1 5.8 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -51.2 ± 5.4 34.5 ± 1.1 39.8 ± 1.7 102.6 ± 1.6 -1.48 ± 0.13 -0.50 ± 0.05
VC -143.4 ± 8.4 4.4 ± 0.1 5.4 ± 0.2 108.2 ± 1.9 -32.30 ± 1.86 -1.33 ± 0.07
MX1 -140.7 ± 8.1 7.7 ± 0.2 9.3 ± 0.4 108.0 ± 1.9 -18.31 ± 0.95 -1.30 ± 0.07
MX2 -126.2 ± 7.2 19.0 ± 0.6 22.8 ± 1.0 106.6 ± 1.8 -6.63 ± 0.32 -1.18 ± 0.06
MX3 -141.6 ± 8.2 5.4 ± 0.2 6.6 ± 0.3 108.1 ± 1.9 -26.07 ± 1.38 -1.31 ± 0.07
RH8 -31.2 ± 3.7 19.2 ± 0.6 23.1 ± 1.0 106.5 ± 1.8 -1.62 ± 0.18 -0.29 ± 0.03
RH9 -106.8 ± 6.1 16.1 ± 0.5 19.4 ± 0.8 107.1 ± 1.8 -6.64 ± 0.33 -1.00 ± 0.05
RH10 -106.8 ± 6.1 16.1 ± 0.5 19.4 ± 0.8 107.1 ± 1.8 -6.64 ± 0.33 -1.00 ± 0.05
Average -106.0 15.3 18.2 106.8 -12.5 -1.0
Median -106.8 16.1 19.4 107.1 -6.6 -1.0
Deviation 42.9 9.8 11.3 1.8 11.7 0.4

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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