CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20041031735
Observation time: 04/12/2004 103.73320 1735 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2004
Fractional day of year 103.733197
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 63348.2 ± 20.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 230.741
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 39.711
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -22.526
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0005
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0322
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0003
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0241
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 35.71, 54.87, 73.65
Event added to database
Wed Oct 15 10:24:27 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 11:20:08 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
83.674 ± 32.790

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -417.6 ± 5.5 -460.4 ± 4.9
Vy GSE [km/s] -2.5 ± 5.4 -23.7 ± 2.8
Vz GSE [km/s] -18.5 ± 5.7 65.0 ± 7.1
Wi [km/s] 35.8 ± 2.5 54.4 ± 2.1
We [km/s] 1133.4 ± 78.7 1719.7 ± 67.0
Ni [n/cc] 3.3 ± 0.5 9.4 ± 0.4
Bx GSE [nT] 3.0 ± 0.5 7.5 ± 0.7
By GSE [nT] -2.9 ± 0.3 -7.4 ± 0.6
Bz GSE [nT] -2.0 ± 0.5 0.9 ± 0.1
Plasma Beta
0.410 ± 0.400
0.521 ± 0.486
Sound Speed [km/s]
46.27 ± 3.21
70.21 ± 2.74
Alfven Speed [km/s]
56.23 ± 2.93
75.52 ± 2.76

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.362 ± 0.148 0.309 ± 0.168 0.880 ± 0.511 61.61 ± 4.67 139.52 ± 25.63
VC -0.447 ± 0.073 -0.220 ± 0.051 0.867 ± 0.523 60.09 ± 5.22 206.20 ± 4.76
MX1 -0.552 ± 0.048 0.004 ± 0.117 0.834 ± 0.544 56.51 ± 3.29 179.63 ± 12.20
MX2 -0.583 ± 0.046 -0.054 ± 0.094 0.811 ± 0.553 54.17 ± 3.24 185.31 ± 9.19
MX3 -0.597 ± 0.050 -0.081 ± 0.085 0.798 ± 0.557 52.93 ± 3.49 187.69 ± 8.11
RH08 -0.268 ± 0.043 -0.652 ± 0.044 -0.709 ± 0.556 -45.19 ± 3.55 247.69 ± 3.50
RH09 -0.455 ± 0.059 0.060 ± 0.070 0.888 ± 0.502 62.66 ± 3.78 172.48 ± 8.74
RH10 -0.536 ± 0.058 -0.023 ± 0.069 0.844 ± 0.539 57.52 ± 3.95 182.51 ± 7.39
Average -0.475 -0.082 0.651 45.036 187.626
Median -0.455 -0.023 0.844 57.520 185.308
Deviation 0.115 0.275 0.551 36.619 30.687

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 35.9 ± 6.8 258.2 ± 3.4 2.90 ± 0.35
VC 58.2 ± 3.2 317.2 ± 3.8 2.90 ± 0.35
MX1 44.1 ± 3.3 355.0 ± 3.6 2.90 ± 0.35
MX2 46.3 ± 2.8 369.1 ± 3.6 2.90 ± 0.35
MX3 47.3 ± 2.5 375.5 ± 3.6 2.90 ± 0.35
RH08 56.6 ± 9.0 72.1 ± 2.6 2.90 ± 0.35
RH09 44.2 ± 4.6 311.7 ± 3.7 2.90 ± 0.35
RH10 45.9 ± 3.3 349.8 ± 13.6 2.90 ± 0.35
Average 47.3 301.1 2.90
Median 46.3 349.8 2.90
Deviation 7.2 100.1 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 124.2 ± 5.0 32.2 ± 1.7 45.6 ± 2.4 65.3 ± 3.0 3.87 ± 0.30 1.91 ± 0.15
VC 145.8 ± 5.7 19.5 ± 1.0 29.6 ± 1.5 70.2 ± 3.2 7.49 ± 0.46 2.08 ± 0.14
MX1 140.0 ± 5.3 27.7 ± 1.4 40.4 ± 2.1 67.4 ± 3.1 5.07 ± 0.32 2.08 ± 0.14
MX2 140.6 ± 5.4 26.5 ± 1.3 38.9 ± 2.0 67.9 ± 3.1 5.32 ± 0.32 2.07 ± 0.14
MX3 140.6 ± 5.5 25.9 ± 1.3 38.1 ± 2.0 68.1 ± 3.1 5.44 ± 0.32 2.07 ± 0.13
RH8 -54.3 ± 6.3 20.5 ± 1.0 31.0 ± 1.6 69.9 ± 3.2 -2.67 ± 0.44 -0.78 ± 0.12
RH9 138.2 ± 5.3 27.6 ± 1.4 40.3 ± 2.1 67.4 ± 3.1 5.02 ± 0.34 2.05 ± 0.15
RH10 141.3 ± 5.4 26.7 ± 1.4 39.1 ± 2.0 67.8 ± 3.1 5.31 ± 0.33 2.09 ± 0.14
Average 114.5 25.8 37.9 68.0 4.4 1.7
Median 140.6 26.7 39.1 67.9 5.3 2.1
Deviation 68.5 4.1 5.2 1.5 3.0 1.0

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 41.8 ± 4.4 46.7 ± 1.0 61.2 ± 2.2 92.0 ± 1.9 0.90 ± 0.09 0.45 ± 0.04
VC 49.6 ± 4.7 28.1 ± 0.6 39.8 ± 1.5 99.2 ± 2.1 1.76 ± 0.14 0.50 ± 0.04
MX1 46.8 ± 3.8 40.0 ± 0.8 54.2 ± 2.0 95.1 ± 2.0 1.17 ± 0.08 0.49 ± 0.03
MX2 46.8 ± 3.7 38.2 ± 0.8 52.2 ± 1.9 95.8 ± 2.0 1.22 ± 0.08 0.49 ± 0.03
MX3 46.7 ± 3.6 37.4 ± 0.8 51.2 ± 1.9 96.1 ± 2.0 1.25 ± 0.08 0.49 ± 0.03
RH8 -20.3 ± 6.1 29.5 ± 0.6 41.6 ± 1.5 98.8 ± 2.1 -0.69 ± 0.21 -0.21 ± 0.06
RH9 45.7 ± 4.4 39.9 ± 0.8 54.1 ± 2.0 95.1 ± 2.0 1.15 ± 0.10 0.48 ± 0.04
RH10 47.4 ± 4.0 38.5 ± 0.8 52.5 ± 1.9 95.7 ± 2.0 1.23 ± 0.09 0.49 ± 0.03
Average 38.0 37.3 50.8 96.0 1.0 0.4
Median 46.8 38.5 52.5 95.8 1.2 0.5
Deviation 23.7 6.0 7.0 2.3 0.7 0.2

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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