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Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20041150809
Observation time: 04/24/2004 115.33996 0809 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2004
Fractional day of year 115.339961
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 29372.6 ± 10.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 237.178
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 40.602
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -21.200
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0005
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0339
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0004
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0277
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 3.42, 4.18, 4.60
Event added to database
Wed Oct 15 10:27:17 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 11:22:13 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
48.351 ± 0.795

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -431.7 ± 7.1 -468.2 ± 4.1
Vy GSE [km/s] -38.6 ± 25.2 -61.0 ± 5.9
Vz GSE [km/s] 13.6 ± 14.2 -6.6 ± 13.0
Wi [km/s] 34.3 ± 2.1 39.4 ± 1.5
We [km/s] 1085.0 ± 67.3 1247.4 ± 46.0
Ni [n/cc] 5.0 ± 0.5 8.2 ± 0.9
Bx GSE [nT] -2.4 ± 0.8 -3.7 ± 0.3
By GSE [nT] 3.7 ± 2.6 8.1 ± 0.3
Bz GSE [nT] -0.1 ± 2.6 4.1 ± 1.6
Plasma Beta
0.438 ± 0.326
0.278 ± 0.301
Sound Speed [km/s]
44.30 ± 2.75
50.92 ± 1.88
Alfven Speed [km/s]
53.85 ± 7.73
75.39 ± 5.34

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.955 ± 0.171 0.045 ± 0.946 -0.293 ± 0.285 -17.06 ± 32.27 177.31 ± 56.76
VC -0.841 ± 0.163 -0.413 ± 0.285 -0.349 ± 0.334 -20.44 ± 15.81 206.14 ± 19.19
MX1 -0.933 ± 0.103 0.084 ± 0.521 -0.349 ± 0.334 -20.40 ± 15.16 174.84 ± 31.95
MX2 -0.971 ± 0.056 -0.130 ± 0.297 -0.200 ± 0.197 -11.53 ± 11.52 187.60 ± 17.54
MX3 -0.968 ± 0.066 -0.227 ± 0.255 -0.107 ± 0.107 -6.16 ± 15.52 193.22 ± 15.08
RH08 -0.994 ± 0.005 0.009 ± 0.036 0.106 ± 0.106 6.09 ± 2.59 179.50 ± 2.07
RH09 -0.994 ± 0.008 0.026 ± 0.066 0.106 ± 0.106 6.09 ± 4.00 178.50 ± 3.83
RH10 -0.994 ± 0.008 0.026 ± 0.069 0.106 ± 0.106 6.09 ± 4.01 178.50 ± 4.01
Average -0.956 -0.072 -0.123 -7.165 184.450
Median -0.968 0.026 -0.107 -6.162 179.499
Deviation 0.051 0.172 0.205 11.933 10.662

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 61.0 ± 19.2 507.3 ± 12.0 1.71 ± 0.16
VC 82.3 ± 29.8 492.5 ± 18.7 1.71 ± 0.16
MX1 59.6 ± 20.0 495.8 ± 12.1 1.71 ± 0.16
MX2 68.3 ± 19.8 535.0 ± 13.3 1.71 ± 0.16
MX3 72.8 ± 18.8 533.8 ± 13.5 1.71 ± 0.16
RH08 63.2 ± 9.6 518.8 ± 7.2 1.71 ± 0.16
RH09 62.5 ± 9.5 517.6 ± 6.9 1.71 ± 0.16
RH10 62.5 ± 9.5 517.6 ± 30.1 1.71 ± 0.16
Average 66.5 514.8 1.71
Median 63.2 517.6 1.71
Deviation 7.7 15.7 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 100.8 ± 9.0 16.9 ± 0.9 26.1 ± 3.7 67.9 ± 5.0 5.96 ± 0.37 1.49 ± 0.11
VC 118.1 ± 18.5 4.5 ± 0.3 7.2 ± 1.0 69.8 ± 5.1 25.93 ± 3.32 1.69 ± 0.25
MX1 100.8 ± 8.8 17.7 ± 1.0 27.3 ± 3.9 67.7 ± 5.0 5.69 ± 0.36 1.49 ± 0.11
MX2 113.4 ± 11.0 12.7 ± 0.7 19.9 ± 2.9 68.8 ± 5.0 8.91 ± 0.61 1.65 ± 0.14
MX3 108.7 ± 11.7 10.1 ± 0.6 15.9 ± 2.3 69.2 ± 5.1 10.75 ± 0.84 1.57 ± 0.15
RH8 88.5 ± 6.3 15.7 ± 0.9 24.3 ± 3.5 68.2 ± 5.0 5.65 ± 0.28 1.30 ± 0.06
RH9 88.1 ± 6.3 16.1 ± 0.9 24.9 ± 3.6 68.1 ± 5.0 5.48 ± 0.28 1.30 ± 0.06
RH10 88.1 ± 6.3 16.1 ± 0.9 24.9 ± 3.6 68.1 ± 5.0 5.48 ± 0.28 1.30 ± 0.06
Average 100.8 13.7 21.3 68.5 9.2 1.5
Median 100.8 16.1 24.9 68.2 6.0 1.5
Deviation 11.9 4.5 6.8 0.7 7.0 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 61.0 ± 7.9 21.0 ± 0.6 36.5 ± 2.6 88.6 ± 4.2 2.92 ± 0.45 0.69 ± 0.12
VC 71.1 ± 5.7 5.7 ± 0.2 10.1 ± 0.7 90.9 ± 4.1 12.60 ± 1.34 0.79 ± 0.10
MX1 61.6 ± 8.8 22.0 ± 0.6 38.1 ± 2.7 88.3 ± 4.2 2.81 ± 0.47 0.70 ± 0.13
MX2 71.0 ± 5.8 15.8 ± 0.4 27.9 ± 2.0 89.7 ± 4.1 4.51 ± 0.49 0.80 ± 0.10
MX3 66.1 ± 4.1 12.5 ± 0.4 22.2 ± 1.6 90.2 ± 4.1 5.28 ± 0.47 0.74 ± 0.08
RH8 54.5 ± 2.8 19.4 ± 0.5 34.0 ± 2.4 88.9 ± 4.2 2.81 ± 0.22 0.61 ± 0.06
RH9 54.6 ± 2.8 20.0 ± 0.6 34.9 ± 2.5 88.8 ± 4.2 2.74 ± 0.21 0.62 ± 0.06
RH10 54.6 ± 2.8 20.0 ± 0.6 34.9 ± 2.5 88.8 ± 4.2 2.74 ± 0.21 0.62 ± 0.06
Average 61.8 17.0 29.8 89.3 4.5 0.7
Median 61.6 20.0 34.9 88.9 2.9 0.7
Deviation 7.1 5.5 9.5 0.9 3.4 0.1

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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