Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20060011328
Observation time: 01/01/2006 1.56156 1328 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2006 |
| Fractional day of year |
1.561559 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
48518.7 ± 60.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
| X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
226.049 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-38.729 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
20.219 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0008 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0555 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0007
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0410 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
12.69, 30.36, 32.60 |
Event added to database
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Tue Oct 14 09:23:08 2014
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Event last processed
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Wed Oct 15 11:53:54 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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-840.482 ± 32392.720
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Asymptotic
plasma
parameters (About, Top)
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Parameter
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Upstream
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Downstream
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| Vx GSE [km/s] |
-437.6 ± 4.3 |
-474.0 ± 7.1 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
17.9 ± 5.0 |
24.2 ± 9.7 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
10.6 ± 4.2 |
57.6 ± 6.0 |
| Wi [km/s] |
29.1 ± 1.0 |
37.2 ± 1.3 |
| We [km/s] |
919.3 ± 30.4 |
1176.6 ± 41.6 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
6.0 ± 0.1 |
10.8 ± 0.7 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
6.5 ± 0.7 |
12.8 ± 1.3 |
| By GSE [nT] |
4.5 ± 0.7 |
5.4 ± 0.9 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
6.9 ± 0.4 |
12.2 ± 0.8 |
Plasma Beta
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0.096 ± 0.099
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0.091 ± 0.092
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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37.53 ± 1.24
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48.03 ± 1.70
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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93.91 ± 0.84
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123.23 ± 3.49
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.798 ± 0.541 |
0.487 ± 0.877 |
0.355 ± 0.339 |
20.80 ± 16.12 |
148.60 ± 62.83 |
| VC |
-0.619 ± 0.101 |
0.092 ± 0.155 |
0.780 ± 0.560 |
51.24 ± 7.27 |
171.53 ± 14.32 |
| MX1 |
-0.683 ± 0.133 |
0.067 ± 0.187 |
0.728 ± 0.559 |
46.70 ± 10.43 |
174.39 ± 15.65 |
| MX2 |
-0.680 ± 0.135 |
0.080 ± 0.175 |
0.728 ± 0.559 |
46.75 ± 10.59 |
173.28 ± 14.63 |
| MX3 |
-0.679 ± 0.138 |
0.095 ± 0.164 |
0.728 ± 0.559 |
46.73 ± 10.80 |
172.00 ± 13.72 |
| RH08 |
-0.039 ± 0.018 |
0.980 ± 0.004 |
-0.196 ± 0.193 |
-11.28 ± 1.10 |
92.26 ± 1.04 |
| RH09 |
-0.663 ± 0.052 |
0.160 ± 0.069 |
0.732 ± 0.560 |
47.04 ± 3.96 |
166.46 ± 5.90 |
| RH10 |
-0.671 ± 0.052 |
0.174 ± 0.070 |
0.721 ± 0.558 |
46.11 ± 4.00 |
165.46 ± 5.85 |
| Average |
-0.604 |
0.267 |
0.572 |
36.762 |
157.998 |
| Median |
-0.671 |
0.160 |
0.728 |
46.734 |
171.531 |
| Deviation |
0.234 |
0.319 |
0.338 |
21.591 |
27.824 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
87.1 ± 5.2 |
475.2 ± 3.2 |
1.81 ± 0.10 |
| VC |
80.3 ± 4.4 |
421.1 ± 3.0 |
1.81 ± 0.10 |
| MX1 |
85.2 ± 4.4 |
447.4 ± 3.1 |
1.81 ± 0.10 |
| MX2 |
84.7 ± 4.4 |
446.7 ± 3.1 |
1.81 ± 0.10 |
| MX3 |
84.3 ± 4.5 |
446.5 ± 3.1 |
1.81 ± 0.10 |
| RH08 |
74.4 ± 3.7 |
23.5 ± 3.2 |
1.81 ± 0.10 |
| RH09 |
82.0 ± 4.6 |
441.2 ± 3.0 |
1.81 ± 0.10 |
| RH10 |
82.4 ± 4.6 |
444.7 ± 22.5 |
1.81 ± 0.10 |
| Average |
82.5 |
393.3 |
1.81 |
| Median |
84.3 |
446.5 |
1.81 |
| Deviation |
3.9 |
150.1 |
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 |
113.6 ± 5.5 |
1.8 ± 0.1 |
4.8 ± 0.0 |
101.1 ± 1.0 |
63.92 ± 1.85 |
1.12 ± 0.04 |
| VC |
140.1 ± 4.7 |
5.9 ± 0.2 |
15.8 ± 0.1 |
101.0 ± 1.0 |
23.84 ± 0.85 |
1.39 ± 0.04 |
| MX1 |
139.8 ± 4.7 |
2.9 ± 0.1 |
7.9 ± 0.1 |
101.1 ± 1.0 |
47.47 ± 1.65 |
1.38 ± 0.04 |
| MX2 |
139.8 ± 4.7 |
3.2 ± 0.1 |
8.6 ± 0.1 |
101.1 ± 1.0 |
43.70 ± 1.51 |
1.38 ± 0.04 |
| MX3 |
140.1 ± 4.7 |
3.5 ± 0.1 |
9.3 ± 0.1 |
101.1 ± 1.0 |
40.50 ± 1.38 |
1.39 ± 0.04 |
| RH8 |
-8.9 ± 5.4 |
9.4 ± 0.3 |
25.2 ± 0.2 |
100.7 ± 1.0 |
-0.96 ± 0.60 |
-0.09 ± 0.05 |
| RH9 |
140.6 ± 4.7 |
4.9 ± 0.1 |
13.1 ± 0.1 |
101.0 ± 1.0 |
28.96 ± 0.95 |
1.39 ± 0.04 |
| RH10 |
140.3 ± 4.8 |
4.6 ± 0.1 |
12.5 ± 0.1 |
101.0 ± 1.0 |
30.26 ± 0.98 |
1.39 ± 0.04 |
| Average |
118.2 |
4.5 |
12.2 |
101.0 |
34.7 |
1.2 |
| Median |
140.1 |
4.6 |
12.5 |
101.1 |
40.5 |
1.4 |
| Deviation |
52.2 |
2.3 |
6.3 |
0.1 |
19.2 |
0.5 |
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 |
64.8 ± 8.0 |
2.3 ± 0.1 |
6.3 ± 0.2 |
132.3 ± 3.4 |
28.40 ± 3.28 |
0.49 ± 0.06 |
| VC |
80.4 ± 7.3 |
7.6 ± 0.2 |
20.8 ± 0.6 |
132.1 ± 3.4 |
10.65 ± 0.96 |
0.61 ± 0.06 |
| MX1 |
80.3 ± 7.5 |
3.8 ± 0.1 |
10.4 ± 0.3 |
132.2 ± 3.4 |
21.25 ± 1.97 |
0.61 ± 0.06 |
| MX2 |
80.3 ± 7.4 |
4.1 ± 0.1 |
11.3 ± 0.3 |
132.2 ± 3.4 |
19.56 ± 1.80 |
0.61 ± 0.06 |
| MX3 |
80.6 ± 7.4 |
4.4 ± 0.1 |
12.2 ± 0.3 |
132.2 ± 3.4 |
18.15 ± 1.66 |
0.61 ± 0.06 |
| RH8 |
-7.3 ± 10.4 |
12.1 ± 0.4 |
33.1 ± 0.9 |
131.7 ± 3.4 |
-0.61 ± 0.87 |
-0.06 ± 0.08 |
| RH9 |
81.1 ± 7.2 |
6.2 ± 0.2 |
17.2 ± 0.5 |
132.1 ± 3.4 |
13.01 ± 1.14 |
0.61 ± 0.06 |
| RH10 |
80.9 ± 7.2 |
6.0 ± 0.2 |
16.4 ± 0.5 |
132.1 ± 3.4 |
13.59 ± 1.19 |
0.61 ± 0.06 |
| Average |
67.6 |
5.8 |
16.0 |
132.1 |
15.5 |
0.5 |
| Median |
80.4 |
6.0 |
16.4 |
132.2 |
18.1 |
0.6 |
| Deviation |
30.8 |
3.0 |
8.3 |
0.2 |
8.6 |
0.2 |
Survey interval (About, Top)
Selected
data (About, Top)
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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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