CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20041000148
Observation time: 04/09/2004 100.07569 0148 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2004
Fractional day of year 100.075691
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 6539.7 ± 10.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 228.432
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 38.582
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -22.131
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0003
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0151
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0003
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0175
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 13.32, Infinity, -382.53
Event added to database
Wed Oct 15 10:21:49 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 11:16:05 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
42.110 ± 0.282

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -453.9 ± 4.5 -516.7 ± 3.6
Vy GSE [km/s] 0.0 ± 13.5 -4.5 ± 16.5
Vz GSE [km/s] -11.9 ± 7.5 -18.2 ± 3.3
Wi [km/s] 42.8 ± 2.2 56.6 ± 2.9
We [km/s] 1352.3 ± 69.0 1791.0 ± 90.8
Ni [n/cc] 4.5 ± 0.3 9.1 ± 0.6
Bx GSE [nT] 2.4 ± 0.3 3.0 ± 0.5
By GSE [nT] -1.6 ± 0.6 -0.1 ± 2.9
Bz GSE [nT] -4.1 ± 1.4 -7.1 ± 0.6
Plasma Beta
0.752 ± 0.879
0.959 ± 0.972
Sound Speed [km/s]
55.21 ± 2.82
73.12 ± 3.71
Alfven Speed [km/s]
51.88 ± 13.21
58.12 ± 5.95

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.717 ± 0.259 0.613 ± 0.288 0.332 ± 0.319 19.37 ± 26.76 139.44 ± 21.55
VC -0.995 ± 0.017 -0.054 ± 0.280 -0.090 ± 0.090 -5.15 ± 5.53 183.08 ± 16.16
MX1 -0.979 ± 0.118 -0.173 ± 0.559 -0.108 ± 0.108 -6.22 ± 34.96 190.02 ± 32.69
MX2 -0.985 ± 0.058 -0.088 ± 0.240 -0.146 ± 0.144 -8.37 ± 21.29 185.12 ± 13.96
MX3 -0.994 ± 0.022 -0.040 ± 0.240 -0.097 ± 0.097 -5.58 ± 11.35 182.29 ± 13.85
RH08 -0.999 ± 0.003 -0.044 ± 0.069 0.006 ± 0.006 0.32 ± 4.05 182.51 ± 3.94
RH09 -0.000 ± 0.035 -0.000 ± 0.000 -1.000 ± 0.000 -90.00 ± 2.00 0.00 ± 2.00
RH10 -0.043 ± 0.071 -0.756 ± 0.045 0.654 ± 0.539 40.82 ± 3.92 266.74 ± 5.36
Average -0.714 -0.068 -0.056 -6.852 166.150
Median -0.979 -0.044 -0.090 -5.154 183.084
Deviation 0.438 0.369 0.472 37.668 75.765

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 35.9 ± 2.8 399.0 ± 7.9 2.05 ± 0.24
VC 67.2 ± 4.2 578.5 ± 1.8 2.05 ± 0.24
MX1 70.9 ± 4.2 566.8 ± 2.5 2.05 ± 0.24
MX2 70.9 ± 4.2 572.9 ± 2.0 2.05 ± 0.24
MX3 67.3 ± 4.2 578.2 ± 1.8 2.05 ± 0.24
RH08 61.9 ± 4.2 577.8 ± 1.7 2.05 ± 0.24
RH09 35.4 ± 3.1 26.1 ± 2.8 2.05 ± 0.24
RH10 71.8 ± 2.2 22.1 ± 19.7 2.05 ± 0.24
Average 60.1 415.2 2.05
Median 67.3 572.9 2.05
Deviation 15.5 248.9 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 77.5 ± 7.3 33.7 ± 4.6 42.0 ± 10.7 68.2 ± 9.1 2.32 ± 0.25 1.14 ± 0.13
VC 126.0 ± 5.8 14.7 ± 2.0 20.1 ± 5.1 74.7 ± 10.0 8.66 ± 1.33 1.71 ± 0.26
MX1 121.2 ± 7.5 12.4 ± 1.7 17.0 ± 4.3 75.1 ± 10.0 9.94 ± 1.64 1.64 ± 0.27
MX2 123.9 ± 6.6 12.4 ± 1.7 17.0 ± 4.3 75.1 ± 10.0 10.17 ± 1.61 1.67 ± 0.26
MX3 125.7 ± 5.7 14.7 ± 2.0 20.0 ± 5.1 74.7 ± 10.0 8.68 ± 1.33 1.71 ± 0.26
RH8 124.5 ± 5.0 18.1 ± 2.5 24.4 ± 6.2 73.9 ± 9.9 6.98 ± 1.06 1.71 ± 0.25
RH9 14.3 ± 7.5 34.0 ± 4.7 42.3 ± 10.8 68.1 ± 9.0 0.43 ± 0.24 0.21 ± 0.12
RH10 10.4 ± 6.5 11.8 ± 1.6 16.2 ± 4.1 75.2 ± 10.0 0.93 ± 0.62 0.15 ± 0.10
Average 90.5 19.0 24.9 73.1 6.0 1.2
Median 123.9 14.7 20.1 74.7 8.7 1.7
Deviation 50.9 9.4 11.0 3.1 4.1 0.7

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 37.4 ± 9.1 41.0 ± 3.5 47.1 ± 4.8 83.9 ± 5.6 0.93 ± 0.30 0.45 ± 0.14
VC 62.8 ± 4.5 18.0 ± 1.5 22.6 ± 2.3 91.7 ± 6.4 3.50 ± 0.27 0.69 ± 0.05
MX1 58.3 ± 6.4 15.1 ± 1.2 19.0 ± 1.9 92.2 ± 6.4 3.87 ± 0.33 0.63 ± 0.05
MX2 60.7 ± 5.1 15.1 ± 1.2 19.0 ± 1.9 92.2 ± 6.4 4.04 ± 0.31 0.66 ± 0.05
MX3 62.5 ± 4.3 17.9 ± 1.5 22.5 ± 2.3 91.7 ± 6.4 3.50 ± 0.28 0.68 ± 0.05
RH8 61.6 ± 4.2 22.0 ± 1.8 27.4 ± 2.8 90.8 ± 6.3 2.80 ± 0.23 0.68 ± 0.05
RH9 8.0 ± 3.3 41.3 ± 3.5 47.4 ± 4.9 83.8 ± 5.6 0.19 ± 0.06 0.09 ± 0.03
RH10 8.4 ± 10.8 14.4 ± 1.2 18.2 ± 1.9 92.3 ± 6.4 0.56 ± 0.68 0.09 ± 0.11
Average 45.0 23.1 27.9 89.8 2.4 0.5
Median 60.7 18.0 22.6 91.7 3.5 0.7
Deviation 24.2 11.4 12.3 3.7 1.6 0.3

Survey interval (About, Top)
Survey of solar wind interval
Selected data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters
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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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