CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20003311124
Observation time: 11/26/2000 331.47502 1124 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2000
Fractional day of year 331.475023
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 41042.0 ± 16.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.035
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 0.006
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] -0.003
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0035
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0032
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 6.73, 7.86, 8.06
Event added to database
Sat Apr 30 21:48:29 2005
Event last processed
Tue May 3 13:42:30 2005
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
0.006 ± 0.000

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -463.9 ± 3.1 -567.1 ± 7.2
Vy GSE [km/s] 24.9 ± 3.5 -28.7 ± 25.2
Vz GSE [km/s] -24.8 ± 5.9 -58.1 ± 17.4
Wi [km/s] 56.5 ± 1.8 83.3 ± 5.3
We [km/s] 1788.0 ± 56.3 2634.6 ± 168.3
Ni [n/cc] 8.8 ± 0.7 21.9 ± 4.0
Bx GSE [nT] -0.5 ± 0.8 1.0 ± 2.4
By GSE [nT] 4.3 ± 0.6 0.6 ± 4.5
Bz GSE [nT] 2.6 ± 0.9 16.8 ± 2.8
Plasma Beta
2.312 ± 2.352
1.091 ± 1.087
Sound Speed [km/s]
73.00 ± 2.30
107.56 ± 6.87
Alfven Speed [km/s]
37.79 ± 3.79
83.32 ± 15.99

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.925 ± 0.513 -0.366 ± 1.292 -0.102 ± 0.102 -5.86 ± 19.94 201.61 ± 80.07
VC -0.864 ± 0.081 -0.431 ± 0.155 -0.261 ± 0.255 -15.11 ± 6.40 206.49 ± 10.23
MX1 -0.998 ± 0.028 0.032 ± 0.797 0.045 ± 0.045 2.57 ± 15.46 178.19 ± 45.76
MX2 -0.899 ± 0.091 -0.435 ± 0.187 -0.049 ± 0.049 -2.79 ± 8.08 205.85 ± 11.90
MX3 -0.874 ± 0.092 -0.482 ± 0.166 -0.060 ± 0.060 -3.44 ± 8.17 208.85 ± 10.90
RH08 -0.983 ± 0.004 -0.060 ± 0.026 0.173 ± 0.171 9.97 ± 1.18 183.51 ± 1.53
RH09 -0.981 ± 0.014 -0.060 ± 0.070 0.184 ± 0.182 10.62 ± 4.00 183.51 ± 4.11
RH10 -0.983 ± 0.013 -0.060 ± 0.070 0.173 ± 0.171 9.97 ± 4.03 183.51 ± 4.10
Average -0.938 -0.233 0.013 0.743 193.939
Median -0.925 -0.060 0.045 2.573 201.613
Deviation 0.054 0.214 0.160 9.230 12.843

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 74.1 ± 8.7 605.4 ± 53.7 2.50 ± 0.55
VC 65.5 ± 9.6 581.0 ± 60.0 2.50 ± 0.55
MX1 81.9 ± 9.5 625.4 ± 31.4 2.50 ± 0.55
MX2 72.2 ± 7.8 589.2 ± 55.0 2.50 ± 0.55
MX3 69.4 ± 7.6 576.8 ± 57.0 2.50 ± 0.55
RH08 82.6 ± 7.9 610.6 ± 31.5 2.50 ± 0.55
RH09 82.3 ± 7.8 608.6 ± 31.1 2.50 ± 0.55
RH10 82.6 ± 7.9 610.6 ± 31.5 2.50 ± 0.55
Average 76.3 600.9 2.50
Median 81.9 608.6 2.50
Deviation 6.9 16.8 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 182.9 ± 4.2 9.2 ± 0.7 10.3 ± 1.0 81.8 ± 1.7 19.99 ± 1.69 2.24 ± 0.09
VC 184.4 ± 5.0 14.1 ± 1.1 15.7 ± 1.6 81.1 ± 1.7 13.17 ± 1.14 2.28 ± 0.10
MX1 162.5 ± 2.8 4.7 ± 0.3 5.4 ± 0.5 82.1 ± 1.7 34.42 ± 2.73 1.98 ± 0.07
MX2 181.8 ± 4.1 10.3 ± 0.8 11.5 ± 1.2 81.6 ± 1.7 17.76 ± 1.51 2.23 ± 0.09
MX3 181.7 ± 4.2 11.9 ± 0.9 13.3 ± 1.3 81.4 ± 1.7 15.36 ± 1.32 2.23 ± 0.09
RH8 160.3 ± 2.4 4.3 ± 0.3 4.9 ± 0.5 82.2 ± 1.7 37.39 ± 3.00 1.95 ± 0.06
RH9 159.6 ± 2.4 4.5 ± 0.3 5.1 ± 0.5 82.2 ± 1.7 35.66 ± 2.87 1.94 ± 0.06
RH10 160.3 ± 2.4 4.3 ± 0.3 4.9 ± 0.5 82.2 ± 1.7 37.39 ± 3.00 1.95 ± 0.06
Average 171.7 7.9 8.9 81.8 26.4 2.1
Median 181.7 9.2 10.3 82.1 34.4 2.2
Deviation 11.8 3.9 4.4 0.4 10.7 0.2

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 64.4 ± 13.9 18.0 ± 2.4 22.8 ± 4.4 135.3 ± 12.8 3.70 ± 1.14 0.49 ± 0.14
VC 63.5 ± 17.3 27.6 ± 3.8 34.5 ± 6.6 133.7 ± 12.5 2.39 ± 0.86 0.49 ± 0.16
MX1 62.6 ± 6.6 9.3 ± 1.3 11.8 ± 2.3 136.2 ± 12.9 6.90 ± 1.29 0.46 ± 0.07
MX2 64.1 ± 14.6 20.1 ± 2.7 25.4 ± 4.9 135.0 ± 12.7 3.29 ± 1.04 0.48 ± 0.14
MX3 63.6 ± 15.6 23.3 ± 3.2 29.3 ± 5.6 134.5 ± 12.6 2.83 ± 0.94 0.48 ± 0.15
RH8 61.4 ± 5.6 8.4 ± 1.1 10.7 ± 2.1 136.2 ± 12.9 7.44 ± 1.31 0.45 ± 0.06
RH9 61.2 ± 5.5 8.8 ± 1.2 11.2 ± 2.1 136.2 ± 12.9 7.11 ± 1.23 0.45 ± 0.06
RH10 61.4 ± 5.6 8.4 ± 1.1 10.7 ± 2.1 136.2 ± 12.9 7.44 ± 1.31 0.45 ± 0.06
Average 62.8 15.5 19.6 135.4 5.1 0.5
Median 63.5 18.0 22.8 136.2 6.9 0.5
Deviation 1.3 7.7 9.6 1.0 2.3 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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