CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20041491107
Observation time: 05/28/2004 149.46387 1107 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2004
Fractional day of year 149.463875
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 40078.8 ± 40.0
Shock type SF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 249.559
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 6.571
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -2.149
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0004
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0308
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0004
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0236
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 16.65, 21.66, 26.44
Event added to database
Wed Oct 15 10:33:59 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 11:26:16 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
60.619 ± 27.958

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -365.4 ± 0.6 -388.2 ± 1.8
Vy GSE [km/s] -40.1 ± 3.2 -27.4 ± 2.3
Vz GSE [km/s] 29.2 ± 3.6 21.3 ± 2.0
Wi [km/s] 17.3 ± 0.4 17.0 ± 0.7
We [km/s] 547.7 ± 14.0 538.0 ± 21.6
Ni [n/cc] 7.6 ± 0.7 11.4 ± 0.7
Bx GSE [nT] -4.1 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.1
By GSE [nT] 5.9 ± 0.2 6.0 ± 0.1
Bz GSE [nT] -1.8 ± 0.1 -0.6 ± 0.2
Plasma Beta
0.088 ± 0.091
0.189 ± 0.194
Sound Speed [km/s]
22.36 ± 0.57
21.96 ± 0.88
Alfven Speed [km/s]
58.54 ± 2.82
39.14 ± 1.49

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.923 ± 0.588 -0.383 ± 1.418 0.025 ± 0.025 1.43 ± 6.80 202.53 ± 88.00
VC -0.842 ± 0.060 0.461 ± 0.097 -0.281 ± 0.273 -16.31 ± 6.94 151.29 ± 6.51
MX1 -0.997 ± 0.017 -0.007 ± 1.571 0.082 ± 0.082 4.73 ± 8.71 180.43 ± 90.31
MX2 -0.923 ± 0.588 -0.383 ± 1.419 0.023 ± 0.023 1.34 ± 6.87 202.52 ± 88.03
MX3 -0.989 ± 0.033 0.001 ± 1.541 0.151 ± 0.150 8.67 ± 12.60 179.97 ± 89.29
RH08 -0.257 ± 0.011 -0.007 ± 0.045 0.966 ± 0.337 75.12 ± 0.64 181.50 ± 10.04
RH09 -0.257 ± 0.019 0.007 ± 0.079 0.966 ± 0.337 75.12 ± 1.11 178.50 ± 17.62
RH10 -0.260 ± 0.047 0.141 ± 0.065 0.955 ± 0.376 72.81 ± 2.24 151.42 ± 13.83
Average -0.681 -0.021 0.361 27.864 178.519
Median -0.842 0.001 0.151 8.667 180.428
Deviation 0.354 0.273 0.514 39.177 19.430

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 78.3 ± 0.6 402.4 ± 3.1 1.51 ± 0.21
VC 25.6 ± 0.6 363.7 ± 7.3 1.51 ± 0.21
MX1 58.1 ± 0.6 433.9 ± 4.8 1.51 ± 0.21
MX2 78.3 ± 0.6 402.4 ± 3.1 1.51 ± 0.21
MX3 59.1 ± 0.6 431.3 ± 4.6 1.51 ± 0.21
RH08 84.7 ± 1.2 115.8 ± 2.3 1.51 ± 0.21
RH09 85.3 ± 1.2 115.6 ± 2.2 1.51 ± 0.21
RH10 88.3 ± 1.2 116.8 ± 6.3 1.51 ± 0.21
Average 69.7 297.7 1.51
Median 78.3 402.4 1.51
Deviation 21.2 152.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 48.8 ± 1.8 4.2 ± 0.1 11.8 ± 0.6 62.5 ± 2.6 11.54 ± 0.42 0.78 ± 0.04
VC 82.7 ± 1.7 19.9 ± 0.5 52.8 ± 2.5 59.4 ± 2.7 4.17 ± 0.11 1.39 ± 0.08
MX1 67.0 ± 0.8 11.2 ± 0.2 30.9 ± 1.5 61.7 ± 2.6 5.98 ± 0.13 1.09 ± 0.04
MX2 48.9 ± 1.8 4.2 ± 0.1 11.9 ± 0.6 62.5 ± 2.6 11.52 ± 0.42 0.78 ± 0.04
MX3 65.7 ± 1.0 10.9 ± 0.2 30.1 ± 1.4 61.7 ± 2.6 6.03 ± 0.15 1.07 ± 0.03
RH8 -6.5 ± 3.6 1.9 ± 0.0 5.4 ± 0.3 62.6 ± 2.6 -3.33 ± 1.82 -0.10 ± 0.06
RH9 -6.1 ± 3.5 1.7 ± 0.0 4.8 ± 0.2 62.6 ± 2.6 -3.56 ± 2.05 -0.10 ± 0.06
RH10 -0.3 ± 3.3 0.6 ± 0.0 1.7 ± 0.1 62.7 ± 2.6 -0.41 ± 5.37 -0.01 ± 0.05
Average 37.5 6.8 18.7 62.0 4.0 0.6
Median 48.9 4.2 11.9 62.5 6.0 0.8
Deviation 36.3 6.6 17.7 1.1 6.0 0.6

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 32.9 ± 1.0 3.9 ± 0.1 7.9 ± 0.3 44.7 ± 1.6 8.46 ± 0.46 0.74 ± 0.04
VC 55.5 ± 3.0 19.1 ± 0.7 35.3 ± 1.3 40.6 ± 1.5 2.91 ± 0.20 1.37 ± 0.11
MX1 45.0 ± 1.6 10.4 ± 0.4 20.7 ± 0.8 43.7 ± 1.6 4.34 ± 0.25 1.03 ± 0.06
MX2 32.9 ± 1.0 3.9 ± 0.1 7.9 ± 0.3 44.7 ± 1.6 8.45 ± 0.46 0.74 ± 0.04
MX3 44.3 ± 1.5 10.1 ± 0.4 20.1 ± 0.8 43.7 ± 1.6 4.39 ± 0.25 1.02 ± 0.06
RH8 -4.6 ± 1.6 1.8 ± 0.1 3.6 ± 0.1 44.8 ± 1.7 -2.59 ± 0.89 -0.10 ± 0.04
RH9 -4.4 ± 1.5 1.6 ± 0.1 3.2 ± 0.1 44.9 ± 1.7 -2.80 ± 0.99 -0.10 ± 0.04
RH10 -0.4 ± 1.2 0.6 ± 0.0 1.2 ± 0.0 44.9 ± 1.7 -0.75 ± 2.13 -0.01 ± 0.03
Average 25.1 6.4 12.5 44.0 2.8 0.6
Median 32.9 3.9 7.9 44.7 4.3 0.7
Deviation 24.5 6.3 11.8 1.5 4.5 0.6

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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