CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20001600841
Observation time: 06/08/2000 160.36194 0841 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2000
Fractional day of year 160.361944
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 31272.0 ± 16.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.037
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.006
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.002
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0037
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0006
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0026
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 2.90, 20.13, 20.96
Event added to database
Sat Apr 30 21:46:27 2005
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 16:10:05 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.004 ± 0.000

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -508.7 ± 6.9 -753.9 ± 14.1
Vy GSE [km/s] 0.6 ± 9.9 -5.0 ± 28.2
Vz GSE [km/s] -39.1 ± 8.2 -110.6 ± 13.3
Wi [km/s] 51.6 ± 2.7 111.6 ± 9.5
We [km/s] 1630.6 ± 86.9 3530.3 ± 300.1
Ni [n/cc] 3.8 ± 0.4 12.4 ± 1.4
Bx GSE [nT] -4.6 ± 0.5 -5.0 ± 2.0
By GSE [nT] 2.8 ± 0.6 11.1 ± 5.1
Bz GSE [nT] 3.9 ± 0.4 13.5 ± 2.6
Plasma Beta
0.478 ± 0.485
1.120 ± 1.562
Sound Speed [km/s]
66.26 ± 3.44
144.40 ± 12.25
Alfven Speed [km/s]
74.53 ± 2.36
112.93 ± 26.67

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.994 ± 0.024 -0.019 ± 0.285 0.107 ± 0.106 6.12 ± 12.66 181.07 ± 16.41
VC -0.961 ± 0.018 -0.028 ± 0.109 -0.274 ± 0.267 -15.89 ± 3.65 181.67 ± 6.52
MX1 -0.991 ± 0.015 0.082 ± 0.112 -0.106 ± 0.105 -6.06 ± 6.33 175.28 ± 6.45
MX2 -0.989 ± 0.016 0.083 ± 0.093 -0.121 ± 0.121 -6.98 ± 6.85 175.20 ± 5.37
MX3 -0.988 ± 0.018 0.082 ± 0.090 -0.127 ± 0.127 -7.32 ± 7.24 175.26 ± 5.19
RH08 -0.982 ± 0.003 0.043 ± 0.014 -0.184 ± 0.182 -10.62 ± 0.86 177.49 ± 0.82
RH09 -0.983 ± 0.013 0.183 ± 0.068 0.006 ± 0.006 0.32 ± 4.05 169.47 ± 3.94
RH10 -0.983 ± 0.013 0.183 ± 0.067 0.028 ± 0.028 1.60 ± 4.06 169.47 ± 3.91
Average -0.984 0.076 -0.084 -4.853 175.615
Median -0.983 0.082 -0.106 -6.060 175.280
Deviation 0.010 0.079 0.123 7.131 4.565

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 42.4 ± 3.0 841.7 ± 3.9 3.15 ± 0.51
VC 60.2 ± 2.9 866.3 ± 3.9 3.15 ± 0.51
MX1 48.6 ± 2.9 868.7 ± 4.0 3.15 ± 0.51
MX2 49.4 ± 2.9 869.3 ± 4.0 3.15 ± 0.51
MX3 49.7 ± 3.0 869.6 ± 4.0 3.15 ± 0.51
RH08 53.6 ± 2.9 873.7 ± 3.9 3.15 ± 0.51
RH09 40.3 ± 3.1 843.8 ± 4.1 3.15 ± 0.51
RH10 39.2 ± 3.0 841.1 ± 27.9 3.15 ± 0.51
Average 47.9 859.3 3.15
Median 49.4 868.7 3.15
Deviation 7.1 14.3 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 340.7 ± 6.8 39.8 ± 1.0 55.1 ± 1.7 91.5 ± 1.9 8.56 ± 0.33 3.73 ± 0.13
VC 367.5 ± 7.1 25.4 ± 0.6 37.1 ± 1.2 96.5 ± 2.0 14.47 ± 0.55 3.81 ± 0.14
MX1 361.2 ± 6.5 34.9 ± 0.8 49.3 ± 1.6 93.5 ± 1.9 10.36 ± 0.39 3.87 ± 0.13
MX2 362.2 ± 6.5 34.3 ± 0.8 48.5 ± 1.5 93.7 ± 1.9 10.57 ± 0.40 3.87 ± 0.14
MX3 362.6 ± 6.6 34.0 ± 0.8 48.2 ± 1.5 93.8 ± 1.9 10.66 ± 0.40 3.87 ± 0.14
RH8 367.9 ± 6.8 30.8 ± 0.7 44.2 ± 1.4 94.9 ± 1.9 11.94 ± 0.45 3.88 ± 0.14
RH9 344.5 ± 5.9 41.5 ± 1.0 56.9 ± 1.8 90.8 ± 1.8 8.32 ± 0.32 3.80 ± 0.13
RH10 342.9 ± 5.9 42.3 ± 1.0 57.8 ± 1.8 90.4 ± 1.8 8.11 ± 0.31 3.80 ± 0.13
Average 356.2 35.4 49.6 93.1 10.4 3.8
Median 362.2 34.9 49.3 93.7 10.6 3.9
Deviation 11.5 5.7 7.0 2.1 2.1 0.1

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 103.8 ± 14.7 70.0 ± 11.9 83.5 ± 19.7 170.4 ± 17.9 1.51 ± 0.32 0.62 ± 0.11
VC 111.8 ± 10.8 44.9 ± 7.3 56.2 ± 13.3 178.7 ± 19.7 2.53 ± 0.42 0.63 ± 0.09
MX1 110.8 ± 14.7 61.4 ± 10.3 74.7 ± 17.6 173.7 ± 18.6 1.83 ± 0.31 0.64 ± 0.10
MX2 111.1 ± 14.6 60.4 ± 10.1 73.6 ± 17.4 174.1 ± 18.7 1.87 ± 0.31 0.64 ± 0.10
MX3 111.3 ± 14.5 60.0 ± 10.0 73.1 ± 17.3 174.2 ± 18.8 1.88 ± 0.31 0.64 ± 0.10
RH8 113.9 ± 13.2 54.4 ± 9.0 67.0 ± 15.8 176.0 ± 19.2 2.13 ± 0.35 0.65 ± 0.09
RH9 104.6 ± 17.5 72.8 ± 12.5 86.1 ± 20.3 169.2 ± 17.6 1.45 ± 0.26 0.62 ± 0.11
RH10 104.6 ± 17.7 74.3 ± 12.8 87.5 ± 20.7 168.6 ± 17.5 1.43 ± 0.25 0.62 ± 0.11
Average 109.0 62.3 75.2 173.1 1.8 0.6
Median 111.1 61.4 74.7 174.1 1.9 0.6
Deviation 4.0 9.9 10.5 3.5 0.4 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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