CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20041982106
Observation time: 07/16/2004 198.87969 2106 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2004
Fractional day of year 198.879685
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 76004.8 ± 10.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 236.856
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -41.489
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 22.875
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0005
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0305
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0003
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0212
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 2.69, 5.65, 6.80
Event added to database
Wed Oct 15 10:37:20 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 11:28:19 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
54.046 ± 0.505

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -391.0 ± 3.0 -433.3 ± 0.7
Vy GSE [km/s] -18.3 ± 2.0 -13.9 ± 9.6
Vz GSE [km/s] 8.3 ± 1.8 7.8 ± 7.8
Wi [km/s] 24.2 ± 0.3 30.7 ± 0.7
We [km/s] 765.6 ± 9.1 970.4 ± 23.1
Ni [n/cc] 7.6 ± 0.4 15.0 ± 0.6
Bx GSE [nT] 0.5 ± 0.4 0.6 ± 0.3
By GSE [nT] 5.0 ± 0.2 5.8 ± 2.7
Bz GSE [nT] -4.6 ± 0.1 -9.9 ± 1.8
Plasma Beta
0.201 ± 0.196
0.214 ± 0.221
Sound Speed [km/s]
31.25 ± 0.37
39.62 ± 0.94
Alfven Speed [km/s]
54.05 ± 1.26
66.36 ± 0.96

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.845 ± 0.571 -0.533 ± 0.906 0.032 ± 0.032 1.82 ± 12.04 212.24 ± 61.38
VC -0.995 ± 0.020 0.103 ± 0.194 -0.011 ± 0.011 -0.65 ± 8.94 174.09 ± 11.17
MX1 -0.973 ± 0.074 0.203 ± 0.346 -0.109 ± 0.108 -6.25 ± 7.06 168.19 ± 20.40
MX2 -0.988 ± 0.031 0.120 ± 0.243 -0.094 ± 0.094 -5.40 ± 6.55 173.06 ± 14.07
MX3 -0.994 ± 0.017 0.074 ± 0.188 -0.085 ± 0.085 -4.88 ± 6.35 175.75 ± 10.84
RH08 -0.997 ± 0.004 0.079 ± 0.054 0.006 ± 0.006 0.32 ± 2.34 175.49 ± 3.12
RH09 -0.995 ± 0.007 0.096 ± 0.068 0.006 ± 0.006 0.32 ± 4.05 174.48 ± 3.94
RH10 -0.995 ± 0.007 0.096 ± 0.068 0.006 ± 0.006 0.32 ± 4.05 174.48 ± 3.94
Average -0.973 0.030 -0.031 -1.799 178.472
Median -0.994 0.096 0.006 0.320 174.485
Deviation 0.052 0.231 0.055 3.163 13.848

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 61.3 ± 3.2 406.2 ± 3.0 2.01 ± 0.14
VC 89.7 ± 3.0 470.8 ± 1.6 2.01 ± 0.14
MX1 81.6 ± 3.0 459.3 ± 1.7 2.01 ± 0.14
MX2 85.8 ± 3.1 467.6 ± 1.7 2.01 ± 0.14
MX3 88.1 ± 3.1 471.5 ± 1.8 2.01 ± 0.14
RH08 88.6 ± 3.0 472.3 ± 1.6 2.01 ± 0.14
RH09 89.4 ± 3.0 471.4 ± 1.6 2.01 ± 0.14
RH10 89.4 ± 3.0 471.4 ± 6.0 2.01 ± 0.14
Average 84.2 461.3 2.01
Median 88.6 471.4 2.01
Deviation 9.7 22.7 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 65.7 ± 3.0 13.3 ± 0.1 26.0 ± 0.6 61.0 ± 1.1 4.94 ± 0.26 1.08 ± 0.07
VC 83.9 ± 3.0 0.1 ± 0.0 0.3 ± 0.0 62.4 ± 1.1 587.96 ± 25.59 1.34 ± 0.07
MX1 83.4 ± 3.0 4.0 ± 0.0 7.9 ± 0.2 62.3 ± 1.1 21.04 ± 0.91 1.34 ± 0.07
MX2 84.2 ± 3.0 2.0 ± 0.0 4.0 ± 0.1 62.4 ± 1.1 42.02 ± 1.84 1.35 ± 0.07
MX3 85.0 ± 3.1 0.9 ± 0.0 1.8 ± 0.0 62.4 ± 1.1 94.25 ± 4.13 1.36 ± 0.07
RH8 83.9 ± 3.0 0.7 ± 0.0 1.3 ± 0.0 62.4 ± 1.1 128.17 ± 5.58 1.35 ± 0.07
RH9 83.9 ± 3.0 0.3 ± 0.0 0.6 ± 0.0 62.4 ± 1.1 275.69 ± 11.97 1.34 ± 0.07
RH10 83.9 ± 3.0 0.3 ± 0.0 0.6 ± 0.0 62.4 ± 1.1 275.69 ± 11.97 1.34 ± 0.07
Average 81.7 2.7 5.3 62.2 178.7 1.3
Median 83.9 0.9 1.8 62.4 128.2 1.3
Deviation 6.5 4.5 8.7 0.5 196.3 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 32.3 ± 5.4 16.7 ± 0.3 31.9 ± 0.5 75.5 ± 0.7 1.93 ± 0.29 0.43 ± 0.07
VC 41.4 ± 0.6 0.2 ± 0.0 0.3 ± 0.0 77.3 ± 0.7 230.65 ± 6.66 0.54 ± 0.01
MX1 41.3 ± 0.7 5.0 ± 0.1 9.7 ± 0.1 77.1 ± 0.7 8.29 ± 0.28 0.54 ± 0.01
MX2 41.8 ± 0.1 2.5 ± 0.0 4.9 ± 0.1 77.2 ± 0.7 16.61 ± 0.29 0.54 ± 0.00
MX3 42.6 ± 0.4 1.1 ± 0.0 2.2 ± 0.0 77.3 ± 0.7 37.60 ± 0.34 0.55 ± 0.00
RH8 41.4 ± 0.6 0.8 ± 0.0 1.6 ± 0.0 77.3 ± 0.7 50.34 ± 1.36 0.54 ± 0.01
RH9 41.4 ± 0.7 0.4 ± 0.0 0.7 ± 0.0 77.3 ± 0.7 108.23 ± 3.31 0.54 ± 0.01
RH10 41.4 ± 0.7 0.4 ± 0.0 0.7 ± 0.0 77.3 ± 0.7 108.23 ± 3.31 0.54 ± 0.01
Average 40.5 3.4 6.5 77.0 70.2 0.5
Median 41.4 1.1 2.2 77.3 50.3 0.5
Deviation 3.3 5.6 10.7 0.6 77.0 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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