CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20041152316
Observation time: 04/24/2004 115.96995 2316 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2004
Fractional day of year 115.969948
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 83803.5 ± 20.0
Shock type BI
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 237.436
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 40.434
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -21.031
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0004
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0242
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0003
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0238
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 1.80, 2.40, 3.62
Event added to database
Wed Oct 15 10:29:01 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 11:24:13 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
59.956 ± 10.241

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -462.9 ± 3.2 -517.6 ± 3.4
Vy GSE [km/s] 30.8 ± 12.3 67.3 ± 2.2
Vz GSE [km/s] -28.5 ± 4.1 2.9 ± 7.2
Wi [km/s] 51.3 ± 3.1 58.6 ± 1.8
We [km/s] 1621.3 ± 97.0 1853.5 ± 57.0
Ni [n/cc] 4.0 ± 0.7 3.1 ± 0.5
Bx GSE [nT] -4.6 ± 1.0 1.3 ± 0.6
By GSE [nT] -0.8 ± 1.5 -6.4 ± 0.3
Bz GSE [nT] 5.6 ± 0.1 4.2 ± 0.3
Plasma Beta
0.398 ± 0.422
0.374 ± 0.380
Sound Speed [km/s]
66.19 ± 3.96
75.67 ± 2.33
Alfven Speed [km/s]
81.33 ± 3.97
96.87 ± 8.31

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.308 ± 0.044 -0.534 ± 0.034 0.787 ± 0.559 51.95 ± 2.01 240.03 ± 4.44
VC -0.757 ± 0.071 0.491 ± 0.096 0.430 ± 0.402 25.50 ± 5.79 147.03 ± 7.04
MX1 -0.536 ± 0.536 -0.531 ± 0.539 0.656 ± 0.540 40.97 ± 32.09 224.75 ± 50.53
MX2 -0.294 ± 0.048 -0.524 ± 0.033 0.799 ± 0.557 53.07 ± 1.65 240.66 ± 5.09
MX3 -0.994 ± 0.141 -0.102 ± 1.328 -0.032 ± 0.032 -1.85 ± 57.00 185.88 ± 76.54
RH08 -0.689 ± 0.026 -0.591 ± 0.028 -0.419 ± 0.393 -24.77 ± 2.60 220.61 ± 2.11
RH09 -0.689 ± 0.038 -0.591 ± 0.041 -0.419 ± 0.393 -24.77 ± 3.67 220.61 ± 3.09
RH10 -0.689 ± 0.050 -0.591 ± 0.056 -0.419 ± 0.393 -24.77 ± 3.98 220.61 ± 4.37
Average -0.620 -0.372 0.173 11.917 212.524
Median -0.689 -0.531 0.430 25.497 220.613
Deviation 0.234 0.385 0.556 34.955 31.380

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 30.3 ± 13.6 34.0 ± 94.3 0.72 ± 0.13
VC 41.8 ± 13.8 163.0 ± 536.9 0.72 ± 0.13
MX1 26.3 ± 10.5 114.8 ± 155.7 0.72 ± 0.13
MX2 30.4 ± 13.5 27.8 ± 95.0 0.72 ± 0.13
MX3 53.2 ± 6.2 324.7 ± 337.8 0.72 ± 0.13
RH08 79.9 ± 2.5 299.6 ± 17.8 0.72 ± 0.13
RH09 79.9 ± 2.5 299.6 ± 17.8 0.72 ± 0.13
RH10 79.9 ± 2.5 299.6 ± 59.1 0.72 ± 0.13
Average 52.7 195.4 0.72
Median 53.2 299.6 0.72
Deviation 24.0 125.9 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -69.7 ± 8.3 50.6 ± 2.7 70.2 ± 3.4 91.9 ± 4.5 -1.37 ± 0.09 -0.76 ± 0.06
VC -190.4 ± 7.4 41.7 ± 2.2 60.7 ± 3.0 96.2 ± 4.8 -4.58 ± 0.40 -1.99 ± 0.17
MX1 -98.4 ± 7.4 53.5 ± 2.9 72.9 ± 3.6 90.2 ± 4.4 -1.84 ± 0.06 -1.09 ± 0.04
MX2 -69.5 ± 8.3 50.5 ± 2.7 70.1 ± 3.4 91.9 ± 4.5 -1.37 ± 0.09 -0.75 ± 0.06
MX3 -133.2 ± 2.3 32.3 ± 1.7 48.7 ± 2.4 99.8 ± 5.0 -4.13 ± 0.27 -1.34 ± 0.08
RH8 -13.1 ± 4.5 9.0 ± 0.5 14.3 ± 0.7 104.5 ± 5.2 -1.43 ± 0.44 -0.12 ± 0.04
RH9 -13.1 ± 4.5 9.0 ± 0.5 14.3 ± 0.7 104.5 ± 5.2 -1.43 ± 0.44 -0.12 ± 0.04
RH10 -13.1 ± 4.5 9.0 ± 0.5 14.3 ± 0.7 104.5 ± 5.2 -1.43 ± 0.44 -0.12 ± 0.04
Average -75.1 32.0 45.7 97.9 -2.2 -0.8
Median -69.5 41.7 60.7 99.8 -1.4 -0.8
Deviation 64.2 20.1 27.1 6.2 1.3 0.7

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -91.7 ± 5.4 58.3 ± 0.2 83.6 ± 7.2 108.3 ± 5.8 -1.57 ± 0.09 -0.85 ± 0.08
VC -263.3 ± 5.9 48.2 ± 0.3 72.3 ± 6.2 113.2 ± 5.5 -5.46 ± 0.13 -2.33 ± 0.15
MX1 -128.9 ± 5.2 61.6 ± 0.2 86.8 ± 7.5 106.5 ± 6.0 -2.09 ± 0.08 -1.21 ± 0.10
MX2 -91.6 ± 5.5 58.2 ± 0.2 83.6 ± 7.2 108.4 ± 5.8 -1.57 ± 0.09 -0.85 ± 0.08
MX3 -182.9 ± 3.2 37.4 ± 0.4 58.1 ± 5.0 117.2 ± 5.3 -4.89 ± 0.08 -1.56 ± 0.07
RH8 -16.1 ± 3.5 10.5 ± 0.1 17.0 ± 1.5 122.6 ± 5.2 -1.53 ± 0.31 -0.13 ± 0.02
RH9 -16.1 ± 3.5 10.5 ± 0.1 17.0 ± 1.5 122.6 ± 5.2 -1.53 ± 0.31 -0.13 ± 0.02
RH10 -16.1 ± 3.5 10.5 ± 0.1 17.0 ± 1.5 122.6 ± 5.2 -1.53 ± 0.31 -0.13 ± 0.02
Average -100.8 36.9 54.4 115.2 -2.5 -0.9
Median -91.6 48.2 72.3 117.2 -1.6 -0.8
Deviation 89.1 23.1 32.3 7.0 1.7 0.8

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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