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 Database: Ace Shock Analysis Event ID: 20021071020
 Observation time: 04/17/2002 107.43095  1020 [UT]
 
 
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 General
Information (About, Top)
 
  
    
      | Year | 2002 |  
      | Fractional day of year | 107.430949 |  
      | Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] | 37234.0 ±  26.0 |  
     
      | Shock type | FF |  
      | Electron data availability | 0 |  X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] | 0.035 | 
      | Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] | 0.003 |  
      | Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] | -0.004 |  
      | Upstream plasma points selected for analysis | 0010 |  
      | Upstream field points selected for analysis | 0043 |  
      | Downstream plasma points selected for analysis | 0010 
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      | Downstream field points selected for analysis | 0038 |  
      | Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 | 1.80,     3.27,     3.36 |  
      | Event added to database 
 | Sun May  1 22:09:04 2005 
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      | Event last processed 
 | Tue May  3 14:19:33 2005 
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      | Method selected 
 | RH08 
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      | Propagation delay to Earth [minutes] 
 | 0.008 ±     0.000 
 |  Asymptotic
plasma
parameters (About, Top)
 
  
    
      | Parameter | Upstream | Downstream |  
      | Vx GSE [km/s] | -344.7 ±     2.5 | -449.8 ±     7.2 |  
      | Vy GSE [km/s] | -37.0 ±     2.6 | -29.3 ±    20.9 |  
      | Vz GSE [km/s] | -11.2 ±     2.0 | 42.6 ±     7.3 |  
      | Wi [km/s] | 35.1 ±     1.0 | 57.3 ±     0.9 |  
      | We [km/s] | 1110.3 ±    30.5 | 1811.5 ±    28.2 |  
      | Ni [n/cc] | 12.0 ±     0.5 | 51.5 ±     6.9 |  
      | Bx GSE [nT] | -1.6 ±     0.8 | 6.0 ±     2.2 |  
      | By GSE [nT] | -7.3 ±     0.8 | -10.8 ±    15.2 |  
      | Bz GSE [nT] | -4.6 ±     0.7 | 11.8 ±    12.0 |  
      | Plasma Beta 
 | 0.401 ±   0.398 
 | 0.573 ±   0.591 
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      | Sound Speed [km/s] 
 | 45.33 ±    1.25 
 | 73.96 ±    1.15 
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      | Alfven Speed [km/s] 
 | 55.59 ±    2.37 
 | 76.52 ±    6.53 
 |  Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
 
  
    
      | Method | Nx | Ny | Nz | Theta [degrees] | Phi [degrees] |  
      | MC | -0.849 ±   0.419 | -0.324 ±   0.958 | -0.418 ±   0.392 | -24.72 ±   30.13 | 200.91 ±   64.48 |  
      | VC | -0.891 ±   0.031 | 0.062 ±   0.165 | 0.449 ±   0.416 | 26.69 ±    3.63 | 175.99 ±   10.59 |  
      | MX1 | -0.939 ±   0.061 | -0.181 ±   0.238 | 0.292 ±   0.283 | 16.98 ±    8.10 | 190.93 ±   14.50 |  
      | MX2 | -0.943 ±   0.030 | 0.025 ±   0.193 | 0.331 ±   0.319 | 19.35 ±    5.09 | 178.46 ±   11.72 |  
      | MX3 | -0.939 ±   0.028 | -0.003 ±   0.166 | 0.344 ±   0.330 | 20.13 ±    4.72 | 180.20 ±   10.13 |  
      | RH08 | -0.985 ±   0.004 | 0.060 ±   0.018 | 0.162 ±   0.161 | 9.32 ±    1.19 | 176.49 ±    1.02 |  
      | RH09 | -0.970 ±   0.017 | 0.077 ±   0.071 | 0.229 ±   0.225 | 13.24 ±    3.97 | 175.49 ±    4.17 |  
      | RH10 | -0.970 ±   0.017 | 0.077 ±   0.071 | 0.229 ±   0.225 | 13.24 ±    3.97 | 175.49 ±    4.17 |  
      | Average | -0.936 | -0.026 | 0.202 | 11.780 | 181.743 |  
      | Median | -0.939 | 0.060 | 0.292 | 16.980 | 178.459 |  
      | Deviation | 0.045 | 0.148 | 0.266 | 15.670 | 9.287 |  Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
 
  
    
      | Method | ThetaBn | Shock Speed | Compression |  
      | MC | 50.0 ±  6.6 | 394.7 ±   11.8 | 4.31 ±  0.70 |  
      | VC | 83.0 ±  4.5 | 454.3 ±    9.0 | 4.31 ±  0.70 |  
      | MX1 | 80.2 ±  4.5 | 475.1 ±    5.4 | 4.31 ±  0.70 |  
      | MX2 | 88.9 ±  4.8 | 472.5 ±    7.9 | 4.31 ±  0.70 |  
      | MX3 | 89.8 ±  4.7 | 472.3 ±    7.4 | 4.31 ±  0.70 |  
      | RH08 | 87.3 ±  5.5 | 481.3 ±    8.1 | 4.31 ±  0.70 |  
      | RH09 | 89.8 ±  5.3 | 477.5 ±    8.6 | 4.31 ±  0.70 |  
      | RH10 | 89.8 ±  5.3 | 477.5 ±    8.6 | 4.31 ±  0.70 |  
      | Average | 82.3 | 463.1 | 4.31 |  
      | Median | 88.9 | 475.1 | 4.31 |  
      | Deviation | 13.6 | 28.8 | 0.00 |  Upstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
 
  
    
      | Method | dV | Slow | Intermediate | Fast | Slow Mach
 
 | Fast Mach
 
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      | MC | 85.5 ±     2.3 | 24.0 ±     0.5 | 35.8 ±     1.5 | 67.6 ±     1.9 | 3.57 ±    0.12 | 1.27 ±    0.04 |  
      | VC | 154.4 ±     2.7 | 4.3 ±     0.1 | 6.8 ±     0.3 | 71.6 ±     1.9 | 36.12 ±    0.77 | 2.16 ±    0.05 |  
      | MX1 | 147.9 ±     2.7 | 6.0 ±     0.1 | 9.4 ±     0.4 | 71.5 ±     1.9 | 24.73 ±    0.60 | 2.07 ±    0.05 |  
      | MX2 | 152.0 ±     2.7 | 0.7 ±     0.0 | 1.1 ±     0.0 | 71.7 ±     1.9 | 216.54 ±    4.73 | 2.12 ±    0.05 |  
      | MX3 | 152.4 ±     2.7 | 0.1 ±     0.0 | 0.2 ±     0.0 | 71.7 ±     1.9 | 1091.34 ±   24.10 | 2.12 ±    0.05 |  
      | RH8 | 145.8 ±     2.6 | 1.7 ±     0.0 | 2.6 ±     0.1 | 71.7 ±     1.9 | 87.87 ±    1.91 | 2.03 ±    0.05 |  
      | RH9 | 148.3 ±     2.6 | 0.1 ±     0.0 | 0.2 ±     0.0 | 71.7 ±     1.9 | 1124.02 ±   24.16 | 2.07 ±    0.05 |  
      | RH10 | 148.3 ±     2.6 | 0.1 ±     0.0 | 0.2 ±     0.0 | 71.7 ±     1.9 | 1124.02 ±   24.16 | 2.07 ±    0.05 |  
      | Average | 141.8 | 4.6 | 7.0 | 71.2 | 463.5 | 2.0 |  
      | Median | 148.3 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 71.7 | 216.5 | 2.1 |  
      | Deviation | 22.9 | 8.1 | 12.1 | 1.4 | 541.9 | 0.3 |  
 Downstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
 
  
    
      | Method | dV | Slow | Intermediate | Fast | Slow Mach
 
 | Fast Mach
 
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      | MC | 21.4 ±    10.9 | 36.3 ±     1.4 | 49.2 ±     4.2 | 100.1 ±     4.1 | 0.59 ±    0.31 | 0.21 ±    0.11 |  
      | VC | 36.1 ±     7.4 | 6.5 ±     0.2 | 9.3 ±     0.8 | 106.3 ±     4.4 | 5.59 ±    1.10 | 0.34 ±    0.07 |  
      | MX1 | 35.0 ±     6.5 | 9.0 ±     0.3 | 13.0 ±     1.1 | 106.1 ±     4.4 | 3.87 ±    0.71 | 0.33 ±    0.06 |  
      | MX2 | 34.9 ±     7.1 | 1.1 ±     0.0 | 1.5 ±     0.1 | 106.5 ±     4.4 | 32.91 ±    6.44 | 0.33 ±    0.06 |  
      | MX3 | 35.3 ±     6.8 | 0.2 ±     0.0 | 0.3 ±     0.0 | 106.5 ±     4.4 | 167.09 ±   31.22 | 0.33 ±    0.06 |  
      | RH8 | 33.2 ±     7.4 | 2.5 ±     0.1 | 3.6 ±     0.3 | 106.5 ±     4.4 | 13.24 ±    2.91 | 0.31 ±    0.07 |  
      | RH9 | 33.5 ±     7.6 | 0.2 ±     0.0 | 0.3 ±     0.0 | 106.5 ±     4.4 | 168.00 ±   36.99 | 0.31 ±    0.07 |  
      | RH10 | 33.5 ±     7.6 | 0.2 ±     0.0 | 0.3 ±     0.0 | 106.5 ±     4.4 | 168.00 ±   36.99 | 0.31 ±    0.07 |  
      | Average | 32.9 | 7.0 | 9.7 | 105.6 | 69.9 | 0.3 |  
      | Median | 34.9 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 106.5 | 32.9 | 0.3 |  
      | Deviation | 4.8 | 12.3 | 16.7 | 2.2 | 81.6 | 0.0 |  Survey interval (About, Top)
 
  Selected
data (About, Top)
 
 
  
    
      | Key plasma parameters
  
 | Velocity
  
 
 | Magnetic Field   |  
 Simple
Methods
(About, Top)
 Rankine Chi^2
Contour (About, Top)
 
 
 
 Shock
Speed (About, Top)
 
  
 Theta Bn (About, Top)
 
  
 Mach Numbers (About, Top)
 
 Page updated Mon Apr 13 08:55:21 2009 Michael L Stevens
(mstevens@cfa.harvard.edu)
 
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