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Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20130191646
Observation time: 01/19/2013 19.69868 1646 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2013
Fractional day of year 19.698681
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 60366.0 ± 100.0
Shock type FF
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 242.318
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 8.379
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 13.722
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0007
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0007
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0008
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 6.18, 9.93, 10.15
Event added to database
Fri Oct 10 09:57:54 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 11:10:30 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
61.676 ± 2.207

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -383.7 ± 3.1 -426.5 ± 2.6
Vy GSE [km/s] 21.8 ± 3.3 67.0 ± 4.4
Vz GSE [km/s] -11.4 ± 3.6 -22.1 ± 4.4
Wi [km/s] 15.8 ± 1.9 40.0 ± 1.4
We [km/s] 501.1 ± 59.0 1264.6 ± 44.0
Ni [n/cc] 4.7 ± 0.9 13.9 ± 0.9
Bx GSE [nT] -3.1 ± 0.2 -2.7 ± 0.2
By GSE [nT] 2.9 ± 0.1 3.4 ± 0.6
Bz GSE [nT] 1.3 ± 0.2 3.0 ± 0.6
Plasma Beta
0.133 ± 0.125
1.666 ± 1.752
Sound Speed [km/s]
20.46 ± 2.41
51.63 ± 1.80
Alfven Speed [km/s]
45.18 ± 6.22
31.20 ± 2.07

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.811 ± 0.066 0.585 ± 0.091 0.024 ± 0.024 1.39 ± 9.94 144.21 ± 6.41
VC -0.678 ± 0.057 0.715 ± 0.054 -0.170 ± 0.168 -9.77 ± 4.88 133.50 ± 4.51
MX1 -0.703 ± 0.065 0.708 ± 0.065 -0.067 ± 0.067 -3.83 ± 12.80 134.76 ± 5.22
MX2 -0.690 ± 0.059 0.720 ± 0.057 -0.074 ± 0.074 -4.22 ± 12.00 133.78 ± 4.61
MX3 -0.682 ± 0.071 0.727 ± 0.067 -0.078 ± 0.078 -4.48 ± 11.43 133.17 ± 5.54
RH08 -0.911 ± 0.010 -0.379 ± 0.023 0.162 ± 0.161 9.32 ± 0.83 202.56 ± 1.48
RH09 -0.989 ± 0.010 0.148 ± 0.067 0.028 ± 0.028 1.60 ± 4.06 171.48 ± 3.91
RH10 -0.989 ± 0.010 0.148 ± 0.067 0.028 ± 0.028 1.60 ± 4.06 171.48 ± 3.91
Average -0.807 0.422 -0.018 -1.049 153.117
Median -0.703 0.708 0.024 1.388 144.205
Deviation 0.138 0.408 0.100 5.773 25.890

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 17.5 ± 3.1 417.4 ± 1.4 3.11 ± 0.76
VC 27.0 ± 2.7 374.5 ± 1.5 3.11 ± 0.76
MX1 21.0 ± 2.7 382.1 ± 1.5 3.11 ± 0.76
MX2 21.5 ± 2.7 377.7 ± 1.5 3.11 ± 0.76
MX3 21.8 ± 2.6 374.8 ± 1.5 3.11 ± 0.76
RH08 64.7 ± 2.3 370.1 ± 0.7 3.11 ± 0.76
RH09 37.8 ± 2.7 457.3 ± 1.1 3.11 ± 0.76
RH10 37.8 ± 2.7 457.3 ± 7.9 3.11 ± 0.76
Average 31.1 401.4 3.11
Median 27.0 382.1 3.11
Deviation 15.6 37.5 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 93.7 ± 1.6 19.3 ± 2.2 43.1 ± 5.9 45.7 ± 6.1 4.92 ± 0.56 2.08 ± 0.26
VC 96.6 ± 1.9 17.7 ± 1.9 40.3 ± 5.5 46.4 ± 5.9 5.51 ± 0.60 2.11 ± 0.27
MX1 96.3 ± 1.7 18.8 ± 2.1 42.2 ± 5.8 46.0 ± 6.0 5.19 ± 0.59 2.13 ± 0.27
MX2 96.3 ± 1.7 18.7 ± 2.1 42.0 ± 5.8 46.0 ± 6.0 5.21 ± 0.59 2.12 ± 0.27
MX3 96.3 ± 1.7 18.6 ± 2.1 41.9 ± 5.8 46.0 ± 6.0 5.23 ± 0.59 2.12 ± 0.27
RH8 30.5 ± 4.2 8.0 ± 0.7 19.3 ± 2.7 49.1 ± 5.4 3.81 ± 0.51 0.62 ± 0.09
RH9 75.0 ± 2.8 15.4 ± 1.6 35.7 ± 4.9 47.2 ± 5.7 4.91 ± 0.47 1.61 ± 0.18
RH10 75.0 ± 2.8 15.4 ± 1.6 35.7 ± 4.9 47.2 ± 5.7 4.91 ± 0.47 1.61 ± 0.18
Average 82.5 16.5 37.5 46.7 5.0 1.8
Median 96.3 18.6 41.9 46.4 5.2 2.1
Deviation 23.0 3.7 7.9 1.1 0.5 0.5

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 32.8 ± 3.8 29.0 ± 1.7 29.8 ± 2.0 52.9 ± 1.6 1.13 ± 0.15 0.62 ± 0.08
VC 33.4 ± 3.7 26.4 ± 1.5 27.8 ± 1.8 54.2 ± 1.6 1.27 ± 0.17 0.62 ± 0.08
MX1 33.4 ± 3.8 28.2 ± 1.6 29.1 ± 1.9 53.4 ± 1.6 1.19 ± 0.16 0.63 ± 0.09
MX2 33.4 ± 3.9 28.0 ± 1.6 29.0 ± 1.9 53.4 ± 1.6 1.20 ± 0.17 0.63 ± 0.09
MX3 33.4 ± 3.9 27.9 ± 1.6 29.0 ± 1.9 53.5 ± 1.6 1.20 ± 0.17 0.63 ± 0.09
RH8 10.3 ± 3.0 11.6 ± 0.5 13.4 ± 0.9 59.2 ± 1.6 0.89 ± 0.25 0.17 ± 0.05
RH9 26.3 ± 2.9 22.7 ± 1.2 24.6 ± 1.6 55.9 ± 1.5 1.16 ± 0.14 0.47 ± 0.06
RH10 26.3 ± 2.9 22.7 ± 1.2 24.6 ± 1.6 55.9 ± 1.5 1.16 ± 0.14 0.47 ± 0.06
Average 28.7 24.6 25.9 54.8 1.2 0.5
Median 33.4 27.9 29.0 54.2 1.2 0.6
Deviation 8.1 5.8 5.5 2.1 0.1 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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