CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20043130420
Observation time: 11/08/2004 313.18061 0420 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2004
Fractional day of year 313.180610
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 15604.7 ± 20.0
Shock type FR
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 241.681
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 24.014
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -15.875
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0358
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0430
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 20.63, 269.08, 280.14
Event added to database
Wed Oct 15 10:52:47 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 11:41:04 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
28.733 ± 3.775

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -613.4 ± 1.2 -737.6 ± 1.4
Vy GSE [km/s] 40.1 ± 13.4 21.4 ± 4.1
Vz GSE [km/s] 38.7 ± 5.7 26.3 ± 4.2
Wi [km/s] 44.6 ± 0.9 17.5 ± 0.7
We [km/s] 1410.6 ± 27.1 553.5 ± 22.1
Ni [n/cc] 11.4 ± 0.6 4.0 ± 0.9
Bx GSE [nT] -0.1 ± 0.3 5.5 ± 0.3
By GSE [nT] 23.9 ± 1.4 15.9 ± 0.1
Bz GSE [nT] -37.1 ± 0.7 -22.4 ± 0.2
Plasma Beta
0.024 ± 0.025
0.003 ± 0.004
Sound Speed [km/s]
57.59 ± 1.11
22.59 ± 0.90
Alfven Speed [km/s]
285.36 ± 7.48
308.55 ± 36.22

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.922 ± 0.046 -0.346 ± 0.120 0.171 ± 0.170 9.87 ± 2.53 200.59 ± 7.46
VC -0.984 ± 0.016 -0.147 ± 0.100 -0.096 ± 0.096 -5.53 ± 2.87 188.48 ± 5.81
MX1 -0.930 ± 0.031 -0.317 ± 0.089 0.187 ± 0.185 10.79 ± 1.77 198.81 ± 5.46
MX2 -0.929 ± 0.032 -0.319 ± 0.091 0.186 ± 0.184 10.71 ± 1.79 198.96 ± 5.61
MX3 -0.931 ± 0.029 -0.313 ± 0.085 0.189 ± 0.187 10.90 ± 1.75 198.57 ± 5.24
RH08 -0.280 ± 0.014 0.800 ± 0.005 0.531 ± 0.474 32.05 ± 0.00 109.30 ± 1.00
RH09 -0.875 ± 0.034 -0.260 ± 0.067 0.408 ± 0.384 24.07 ± 3.98 196.55 ± 4.37
RH10 -0.898 ± 0.031 -0.250 ± 0.068 0.363 ± 0.346 21.29 ± 4.04 195.54 ± 4.30
Average -0.844 -0.144 0.242 14.269 185.850
Median -0.922 -0.260 0.189 10.904 198.574
Deviation 0.230 0.386 0.190 11.397 31.153

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 70.8 ± 0.8 491.1 ± 3.9 0.35 ± 0.09
VC 89.7 ± 0.7 521.0 ± 4.0 0.35 ± 0.09
MX1 71.0 ± 0.7 497.3 ± 3.9 0.35 ± 0.09
MX2 71.0 ± 0.7 496.8 ± 3.9 0.35 ± 0.09
MX3 71.0 ± 0.7 498.1 ± 3.9 0.35 ± 0.09
RH08 89.3 ± 1.9 225.0 ± 3.1 0.35 ± 0.09
RH09 61.3 ± 0.4 480.3 ± 3.4 0.35 ± 0.09
RH10 64.1 ± 0.4 491.2 ± 22.4 0.35 ± 0.09
Average 73.5 462.6 0.35
Median 71.0 496.8 0.35
Deviation 10.5 96.7 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -67.3 ± 3.9 18.6 ± 0.3 93.7 ± 2.5 290.5 ± 7.4 -3.62 ± 0.24 -0.23 ± 0.02
VC -73.2 ± 2.9 0.3 ± 0.0 1.3 ± 0.0 291.1 ± 7.3 -277.48 ± 13.33 -0.25 ± 0.01
MX1 -67.6 ± 3.4 18.4 ± 0.3 93.0 ± 2.4 290.5 ± 7.4 -3.67 ± 0.21 -0.23 ± 0.02
MX2 -67.6 ± 3.5 18.4 ± 0.3 93.0 ± 2.4 290.5 ± 7.4 -3.67 ± 0.22 -0.23 ± 0.02
MX3 -67.6 ± 3.4 18.4 ± 0.3 92.8 ± 2.4 290.5 ± 7.4 -3.68 ± 0.21 -0.23 ± 0.02
RH8 0.6 ± 13.7 0.7 ± 0.0 3.5 ± 0.1 291.1 ± 7.3 0.93 ± 19.43 0.00 ± 0.05
RH9 -61.9 ± 1.5 27.3 ± 0.5 137.2 ± 3.6 289.8 ± 7.4 -2.27 ± 0.08 -0.21 ± 0.01
RH10 -63.4 ± 1.7 24.8 ± 0.5 124.8 ± 3.3 290.1 ± 7.4 -2.56 ± 0.10 -0.22 ± 0.01
Average -58.5 15.9 79.9 290.5 -37.0 -0.2
Median -67.3 18.4 93.0 290.5 -3.6 -0.2
Deviation 24.1 10.1 50.7 0.4 97.2 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -186.3 ± 2.0 7.4 ± 0.3 101.4 ± 11.9 309.3 ± 36.1 -25.19 ± 1.03 -0.61 ± 0.07
VC -199.4 ± 1.6 0.1 ± 0.0 1.4 ± 0.2 309.4 ± 36.1 ******* ± 69.78 -0.65 ± 0.08
MX1 -186.7 ± 1.9 7.3 ± 0.3 100.5 ± 11.8 309.3 ± 36.1 -25.47 ± 1.03 -0.61 ± 0.07
MX2 -186.7 ± 1.9 7.3 ± 0.3 100.6 ± 11.8 309.3 ± 36.1 -25.44 ± 1.03 -0.61 ± 0.07
MX3 -186.8 ± 1.9 7.3 ± 0.3 100.4 ± 11.8 309.3 ± 36.1 -25.51 ± 1.03 -0.61 ± 0.07
RH8 -12.7 ± 4.7 0.3 ± 0.0 3.8 ± 0.4 309.4 ± 36.1 -45.19 ± 16.41 -0.04 ± 0.01
RH9 -170.4 ± 2.2 10.8 ± 0.4 148.3 ± 17.4 309.2 ± 36.1 -15.75 ± 0.67 -0.56 ± 0.07
RH10 -175.1 ± 2.1 9.9 ± 0.4 135.0 ± 15.8 309.2 ± 36.1 -17.78 ± 0.74 -0.57 ± 0.07
Average -163.0 6.3 86.4 309.3 -259.5 -0.5
Median -186.3 7.3 100.6 309.3 -25.4 -0.6
Deviation 61.4 4.0 54.8 0.1 661.0 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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