CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20041011926
Observation time: 04/10/2004 101.81013 1926 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2004
Fractional day of year 101.810133
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 69995.5 ± 20.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 229.495
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 39.146
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -22.369
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0004
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0270
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0003
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0198
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 33.07, 46.89, 70.58
Event added to database
Wed Oct 15 10:23:17 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 11:18:06 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
42.462 ± 2.990

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -441.2 ± 2.7 -499.8 ± 4.0
Vy GSE [km/s] -1.6 ± 7.6 -21.1 ± 5.1
Vz GSE [km/s] 43.2 ± 5.7 92.8 ± 5.5
Wi [km/s] 26.2 ± 1.7 44.5 ± 3.1
We [km/s] 828.1 ± 54.0 1408.7 ± 97.2
Ni [n/cc] 4.0 ± 0.3 9.6 ± 0.8
Bx GSE [nT] 0.1 ± 0.4 2.5 ± 1.3
By GSE [nT] -2.4 ± 1.0 -9.9 ± 0.7
Bz GSE [nT] 4.2 ± 0.4 3.9 ± 0.9
Plasma Beta
0.232 ± 0.263
0.333 ± 0.318
Sound Speed [km/s]
33.81 ± 2.21
57.51 ± 3.97
Alfven Speed [km/s]
54.79 ± 4.84
77.70 ± 4.05

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.179 ± 0.142 -0.093 ± 0.186 0.979 ± 0.276 78.35 ± 7.18 207.37 ± 56.60
VC -0.744 ± 0.066 -0.243 ± 0.088 0.623 ± 0.526 38.51 ± 5.75 198.08 ± 6.62
MX1 -0.763 ± 0.162 -0.259 ± 0.132 0.592 ± 0.510 36.28 ± 16.03 198.72 ± 9.03
MX2 -0.738 ± 0.085 -0.253 ± 0.115 0.625 ± 0.527 38.71 ± 7.36 198.93 ± 8.66
MX3 -0.735 ± 0.073 -0.253 ± 0.113 0.629 ± 0.529 39.00 ± 6.05 198.98 ± 8.63
RH08 -0.944 ± 0.013 -0.008 ± 0.029 0.330 ± 0.317 19.25 ± 2.21 180.50 ± 1.74
RH09 -0.940 ± 0.024 0.008 ± 0.070 0.341 ± 0.327 19.92 ± 4.02 179.50 ± 4.29
RH10 -0.940 ± 0.024 0.008 ± 0.070 0.341 ± 0.327 19.92 ± 4.02 179.50 ± 4.29
Average -0.748 -0.137 0.557 36.243 192.696
Median -0.744 -0.093 0.623 38.509 198.717
Deviation 0.250 0.127 0.220 19.322 11.058

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 26.6 ± 12.3 230.2 ± 2.6 2.36 ± 0.30
VC 50.2 ± 6.3 489.6 ± 3.1 2.36 ± 0.30
MX1 51.6 ± 5.9 497.1 ± 3.1 2.36 ± 0.30
MX2 49.6 ± 6.2 487.2 ± 3.1 2.36 ± 0.30
MX3 49.4 ± 6.2 486.0 ± 3.1 2.36 ± 0.30
RH08 74.2 ± 6.2 553.5 ± 2.6 2.36 ± 0.30
RH09 74.1 ± 6.4 552.0 ± 2.6 2.36 ± 0.30
RH10 74.1 ± 6.4 552.0 ± 8.5 2.36 ± 0.30
Average 56.2 481.0 2.36
Median 51.6 497.1 2.36
Deviation 16.9 106.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 108.6 ± 5.1 28.7 ± 1.7 49.0 ± 4.3 57.7 ± 4.6 3.79 ± 0.28 1.89 ± 0.09
VC 134.1 ± 3.7 19.3 ± 1.1 35.1 ± 3.1 61.5 ± 4.5 6.98 ± 0.53 2.19 ± 0.15
MX1 134.3 ± 3.7 18.6 ± 1.1 34.0 ± 3.0 61.7 ± 4.5 7.23 ± 0.55 2.19 ± 0.16
MX2 134.1 ± 3.7 19.5 ± 1.1 35.5 ± 3.1 61.4 ± 4.5 6.89 ± 0.52 2.19 ± 0.16
MX3 134.2 ± 3.7 19.6 ± 1.1 35.7 ± 3.2 61.4 ± 4.5 6.85 ± 0.52 2.19 ± 0.16
RH8 122.7 ± 3.2 7.9 ± 0.4 14.9 ± 1.3 63.9 ± 4.5 15.66 ± 1.14 1.93 ± 0.13
RH9 122.6 ± 3.2 7.9 ± 0.5 15.0 ± 1.3 63.9 ± 4.5 15.54 ± 1.12 1.92 ± 0.13
RH10 122.6 ± 3.2 7.9 ± 0.5 15.0 ± 1.3 63.9 ± 4.5 15.54 ± 1.12 1.92 ± 0.13
Average 126.6 16.2 29.3 61.9 9.8 2.1
Median 134.1 19.3 35.1 61.7 7.2 2.2
Deviation 9.3 7.6 12.8 2.1 4.9 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 47.8 ± 4.5 47.3 ± 2.2 69.5 ± 3.6 84.4 ± 3.1 1.01 ± 0.06 0.57 ± 0.05
VC 54.9 ± 0.6 31.2 ± 1.3 49.8 ± 2.6 91.6 ± 3.0 1.76 ± 0.06 0.60 ± 0.02
MX1 55.2 ± 0.6 30.1 ± 1.2 48.3 ± 2.5 91.9 ± 3.0 1.83 ± 0.07 0.60 ± 0.03
MX2 54.9 ± 0.6 31.6 ± 1.3 50.3 ± 2.6 91.4 ± 3.0 1.74 ± 0.06 0.60 ± 0.02
MX3 55.0 ± 0.6 31.8 ± 1.3 50.6 ± 2.6 91.4 ± 3.0 1.73 ± 0.06 0.60 ± 0.02
RH8 50.9 ± 2.1 12.6 ± 0.5 21.1 ± 1.1 95.9 ± 3.1 4.04 ± 0.32 0.53 ± 0.04
RH9 50.7 ± 2.0 12.7 ± 0.5 21.2 ± 1.1 95.9 ± 3.1 4.00 ± 0.31 0.53 ± 0.03
RH10 50.7 ± 2.0 12.7 ± 0.5 21.2 ± 1.1 95.9 ± 3.1 4.00 ± 0.31 0.53 ± 0.03
Average 52.5 26.3 41.5 92.3 2.5 0.6
Median 54.9 31.2 49.8 91.9 1.8 0.6
Deviation 2.8 12.5 18.1 3.9 1.3 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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