CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20040220104
Observation time: 01/22/2004 22.04482 0104 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2004
Fractional day of year 22.044819
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 3872.4 ± 40.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 229.428
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -40.324
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 22.114
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0004
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0295
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0004
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0269
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 5.48, 16.56, 19.49
Event added to database
Wed Oct 15 10:15:27 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 11:14:08 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
32.686 ± 0.960

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -474.0 ± 5.0 -647.2 ± 13.5
Vy GSE [km/s] -36.0 ± 2.1 -34.1 ± 19.0
Vz GSE [km/s] 16.8 ± 2.8 63.2 ± 22.3
Wi [km/s] 30.9 ± 0.8 71.7 ± 5.1
We [km/s] 977.7 ± 25.1 2268.3 ± 160.2
Ni [n/cc] 6.1 ± 0.4 17.7 ± 2.5
Bx GSE [nT] 1.7 ± 1.3 2.0 ± 1.2
By GSE [nT] -6.5 ± 0.8 -22.4 ± 3.2
Bz GSE [nT] 1.1 ± 0.9 8.8 ± 7.4
Plasma Beta
0.251 ± 0.259
0.304 ± 0.315
Sound Speed [km/s]
39.91 ± 1.03
92.60 ± 6.54
Alfven Speed [km/s]
61.75 ± 2.74
131.37 ± 9.28

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.981 ± 0.152 0.174 ± 0.772 0.091 ± 0.090 5.20 ± 42.21 169.92 ± 45.10
VC -0.968 ± 0.025 0.007 ± 0.097 0.251 ± 0.246 14.54 ± 5.75 179.57 ± 5.76
MX1 -0.965 ± 0.028 0.145 ± 0.143 0.220 ± 0.216 12.71 ± 4.84 171.46 ± 8.46
MX2 -0.972 ± 0.020 0.119 ± 0.112 0.200 ± 0.198 11.56 ± 4.12 173.04 ± 6.62
MX3 -0.974 ± 0.018 0.112 ± 0.106 0.195 ± 0.193 11.27 ± 3.99 173.43 ± 6.22
RH08 -0.991 ± 0.005 0.061 ± 0.039 0.117 ± 0.117 6.74 ± 2.07 176.49 ± 2.28
RH09 -0.996 ± 0.006 0.061 ± 0.069 -0.061 ± 0.061 -3.52 ± 4.03 176.49 ± 3.95
RH10 -0.996 ± 0.006 0.044 ± 0.069 -0.073 ± 0.072 -4.16 ± 4.03 177.49 ± 3.95
Average -0.980 0.090 0.118 6.792 174.737
Median -0.974 0.112 0.195 11.273 176.490
Deviation 0.013 0.056 0.125 7.239 3.287

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 65.8 ± 13.3 724.1 ± 9.3 2.90 ± 0.50
VC 77.0 ± 14.0 735.3 ± 9.7 2.90 ± 0.50
MX1 69.0 ± 13.9 727.6 ± 9.8 2.90 ± 0.50
MX2 70.2 ± 13.8 730.8 ± 9.7 2.90 ± 0.50
MX3 70.5 ± 13.8 731.5 ± 9.6 2.90 ± 0.50
RH08 72.5 ± 13.4 737.2 ± 9.2 2.90 ± 0.50
RH09 70.9 ± 12.2 725.1 ± 8.4 2.90 ± 0.50
RH10 71.8 ± 12.1 725.1 ± 32.3 2.90 ± 0.50
Average 71.0 729.6 2.90
Median 70.9 730.8 2.90
Deviation 3.2 4.9 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 264.1 ± 4.3 14.0 ± 0.4 25.3 ± 1.1 72.2 ± 2.8 18.91 ± 0.86 3.66 ± 0.20
VC 272.5 ± 4.2 7.6 ± 0.2 13.9 ± 0.6 73.1 ± 2.8 36.08 ± 1.62 3.73 ± 0.20
MX1 271.9 ± 4.0 12.2 ± 0.4 22.2 ± 1.0 72.5 ± 2.8 22.31 ± 0.98 3.76 ± 0.20
MX2 270.7 ± 4.1 11.5 ± 0.3 20.9 ± 0.9 72.6 ± 2.8 23.55 ± 1.05 3.73 ± 0.20
MX3 270.4 ± 4.2 11.3 ± 0.3 20.6 ± 0.9 72.7 ± 2.8 23.90 ± 1.07 3.73 ± 0.20
RH8 267.6 ± 4.5 10.2 ± 0.3 18.6 ± 0.8 72.8 ± 2.8 26.33 ± 1.22 3.68 ± 0.20
RH9 256.1 ± 5.0 11.1 ± 0.3 20.2 ± 0.9 72.7 ± 2.8 23.10 ± 1.12 3.53 ± 0.20
RH10 255.6 ± 5.0 10.6 ± 0.3 19.3 ± 0.9 72.8 ± 2.8 24.18 ± 1.18 3.52 ± 0.20
Average 266.1 11.1 20.1 72.7 24.8 3.7
Median 270.4 11.3 20.6 72.7 23.9 3.7
Deviation 6.9 1.8 3.3 0.3 5.0 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 89.7 ± 17.0 31.5 ± 1.3 53.8 ± 3.8 157.8 ± 7.0 2.84 ± 0.50 0.57 ± 0.11
VC 93.2 ± 17.8 17.0 ± 0.7 29.5 ± 2.1 160.0 ± 7.0 5.47 ± 0.97 0.58 ± 0.11
MX1 94.3 ± 19.0 27.5 ± 1.1 47.2 ± 3.3 158.5 ± 7.0 3.43 ± 0.63 0.60 ± 0.12
MX2 92.8 ± 18.3 25.9 ± 1.1 44.5 ± 3.1 158.8 ± 7.0 3.58 ± 0.65 0.58 ± 0.12
MX3 92.4 ± 18.2 25.5 ± 1.1 43.9 ± 3.1 158.9 ± 7.0 3.62 ± 0.66 0.58 ± 0.11
RH8 90.4 ± 16.2 22.9 ± 0.9 39.5 ± 2.8 159.3 ± 7.0 3.94 ± 0.66 0.57 ± 0.10
RH9 86.3 ± 13.0 25.0 ± 1.0 43.0 ± 3.0 159.0 ± 7.0 3.45 ± 0.51 0.54 ± 0.09
RH10 86.3 ± 12.7 23.8 ± 1.0 41.0 ± 2.9 159.1 ± 7.0 3.62 ± 0.52 0.54 ± 0.09
Average 90.7 24.9 42.8 158.9 3.7 0.6
Median 92.4 25.5 43.9 159.0 3.6 0.6
Deviation 3.1 4.1 6.9 0.6 0.8 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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