Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20051651753
Observation time: 06/14/2005 165.74574 1753 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
Year |
2005 |
Fractional day of year |
165.745743 |
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
64432.2 ± 50.0 |
Shock type |
FF |
Electron data availability |
0 |
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
244.304 |
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-32.574 |
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
10.941 |
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0536 |
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0005
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Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0391 |
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
16.63, 30.70, 32.32 |
Event added to database
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Fri Oct 10 16:02:28 2014
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Event last processed
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Wed Oct 15 11:33:27 2014
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Method selected
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RH08
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Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
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64.062 ± 21.084
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Asymptotic
plasma
parameters (About, Top)
Parameter
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Upstream
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Downstream
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Vx GSE [km/s] |
-443.4 ± 1.3 |
-521.1 ± 4.1 |
Vy GSE [km/s] |
0.8 ± 2.9 |
22.7 ± 3.0 |
Vz GSE [km/s] |
26.5 ± 2.9 |
68.0 ± 2.9 |
Wi [km/s] |
26.5 ± 1.0 |
55.5 ± 5.7 |
We [km/s] |
838.2 ± 32.7 |
1755.0 ± 181.6 |
Ni [n/cc] |
7.1 ± 0.7 |
12.7 ± 1.5 |
Bx GSE [nT] |
2.6 ± 0.1 |
1.2 ± 0.7 |
By GSE [nT] |
3.6 ± 0.3 |
10.9 ± 0.5 |
Bz GSE [nT] |
-1.2 ± 0.2 |
-2.3 ± 0.8 |
Plasma Beta
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0.492 ± 0.545
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0.643 ± 0.648
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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34.22 ± 1.33
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71.65 ± 7.41
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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38.16 ± 3.44
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69.19 ± 5.98
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
MC |
-0.956 ± 0.033 |
-0.157 ± 0.091 |
0.248 ± 0.243 |
14.36 ± 6.90 |
189.34 ± 5.43 |
VC |
-0.856 ± 0.023 |
0.242 ± 0.047 |
0.457 ± 0.422 |
27.16 ± 2.54 |
164.25 ± 3.11 |
MX1 |
-0.883 ± 0.015 |
-0.097 ± 0.035 |
0.459 ± 0.423 |
27.30 ± 1.87 |
186.25 ± 2.28 |
MX2 |
-0.858 ± 0.038 |
-0.077 ± 0.026 |
0.508 ± 0.459 |
30.50 ± 4.35 |
185.14 ± 1.75 |
MX3 |
-0.843 ± 0.054 |
-0.066 ± 0.031 |
0.534 ± 0.476 |
32.24 ± 5.79 |
184.45 ± 2.06 |
RH08 |
-0.503 ± 0.010 |
-0.189 ± 0.006 |
-0.844 ± 0.539 |
-57.52 ± 0.68 |
200.56 ± 0.58 |
RH09 |
-0.503 ± 0.060 |
-0.189 ± 0.065 |
-0.844 ± 0.539 |
-57.52 ± 4.00 |
200.56 ± 7.08 |
RH10 |
-0.503 ± 0.060 |
-0.189 ± 0.067 |
-0.844 ± 0.539 |
-57.52 ± 3.98 |
200.56 ± 7.25 |
Average |
-0.738 |
-0.090 |
-0.041 |
-5.123 |
188.888 |
Median |
-0.843 |
-0.097 |
0.457 |
27.163 |
189.343 |
Deviation |
0.198 |
0.144 |
0.670 |
43.712 |
12.285 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
MC |
43.9 ± 2.3 |
606.7 ± 9.1 |
1.71 ± 0.25 |
VC |
66.1 ± 1.7 |
590.1 ± 9.7 |
1.71 ± 0.25 |
MX1 |
46.6 ± 1.6 |
589.3 ± 9.4 |
1.71 ± 0.25 |
MX2 |
47.9 ± 1.5 |
580.4 ± 9.4 |
1.71 ± 0.25 |
MX3 |
48.7 ± 1.4 |
575.3 ± 9.4 |
1.71 ± 0.25 |
RH08 |
78.0 ± 2.6 |
203.6 ± 1.5 |
1.71 ± 0.25 |
RH09 |
78.0 ± 2.6 |
203.6 ± 1.5 |
1.71 ± 0.25 |
RH10 |
78.0 ± 2.6 |
203.6 ± 9.7 |
1.71 ± 0.25 |
Average |
60.9 |
444.1 |
1.71 |
Median |
66.1 |
580.4 |
1.71 |
Deviation |
15.7 |
199.3 |
0.00 |
Upstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
Method
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dV
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Slow
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Intermediate
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Fast
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Slow
Mach
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Fast
Mach
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MC |
176.4 ± 2.0 |
19.8 ± 1.0 |
27.5 ± 2.5 |
47.3 ± 2.7 |
8.91 ± 0.52 |
3.74 ± 0.25 |
VC |
198.2 ± 1.6 |
10.5 ± 0.5 |
15.4 ± 1.4 |
50.2 ± 2.8 |
18.90 ± 1.05 |
3.96 ± 0.25 |
MX1 |
185.6 ± 2.2 |
18.8 ± 0.9 |
26.2 ± 2.4 |
47.7 ± 2.7 |
9.92 ± 0.59 |
3.90 ± 0.27 |
MX2 |
186.6 ± 2.3 |
18.2 ± 0.9 |
25.6 ± 2.3 |
48.0 ± 2.8 |
10.27 ± 0.61 |
3.90 ± 0.27 |
MX3 |
187.4 ± 2.3 |
17.9 ± 0.9 |
25.2 ± 2.3 |
48.1 ± 2.8 |
10.51 ± 0.63 |
3.91 ± 0.27 |
RH8 |
3.2 ± 2.3 |
5.3 ± 0.3 |
7.9 ± 0.7 |
51.0 ± 2.9 |
0.59 ± 0.42 |
0.06 ± 0.04 |
RH9 |
3.2 ± 2.3 |
5.3 ± 0.3 |
7.9 ± 0.7 |
51.0 ± 2.9 |
0.59 ± 0.42 |
0.06 ± 0.04 |
RH10 |
3.2 ± 2.3 |
5.3 ± 0.3 |
7.9 ± 0.7 |
51.0 ± 2.9 |
0.59 ± 0.42 |
0.06 ± 0.04 |
Average |
118.0 |
12.6 |
18.0 |
49.3 |
7.5 |
2.5 |
Median |
185.6 |
17.9 |
25.2 |
50.2 |
9.9 |
3.9 |
Deviation |
95.2 |
6.7 |
9.1 |
1.7 |
6.5 |
2.0 |
Downstream wave speeds
and
mach numbers (About, Top)
Method
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dV
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Slow
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Intermediate
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Fast
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Slow
Mach
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Fast
Mach
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MC |
95.2 ± 3.7 |
38.9 ± 3.7 |
49.8 ± 4.3 |
91.7 ± 8.7 |
2.47 ± 0.32 |
1.05 ± 0.14 |
VC |
107.3 ± 3.0 |
20.6 ± 1.9 |
28.0 ± 2.4 |
97.5 ± 9.2 |
5.26 ± 0.61 |
1.11 ± 0.13 |
MX1 |
100.0 ± 3.2 |
36.8 ± 3.5 |
47.5 ± 4.1 |
92.6 ± 8.7 |
2.74 ± 0.34 |
1.09 ± 0.13 |
MX2 |
100.5 ± 3.0 |
35.7 ± 3.4 |
46.4 ± 4.0 |
93.0 ± 8.8 |
2.84 ± 0.34 |
1.09 ± 0.13 |
MX3 |
101.1 ± 3.0 |
35.1 ± 3.3 |
45.6 ± 3.9 |
93.2 ± 8.8 |
2.91 ± 0.35 |
1.09 ± 0.13 |
RH8 |
3.2 ± 4.4 |
10.4 ± 1.0 |
14.4 ± 1.2 |
99.1 ± 9.3 |
0.34 ± 0.48 |
0.04 ± 0.05 |
RH9 |
3.2 ± 4.4 |
10.4 ± 1.0 |
14.4 ± 1.2 |
99.1 ± 9.3 |
0.34 ± 0.48 |
0.04 ± 0.05 |
RH10 |
3.2 ± 4.4 |
10.4 ± 1.0 |
14.4 ± 1.2 |
99.1 ± 9.3 |
0.34 ± 0.48 |
0.04 ± 0.05 |
Average |
64.2 |
24.8 |
32.6 |
95.6 |
2.2 |
0.7 |
Median |
100.0 |
35.1 |
45.6 |
97.5 |
2.7 |
1.1 |
Deviation |
50.6 |
13.1 |
16.5 |
3.3 |
1.7 |
0.5 |
Survey interval (About, Top)
Selected
data (About, Top)
Key plasma parameters
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Velocity
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Magnetic Field
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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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