Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20063481351
Observation time: 12/14/2006 348.57774 1351 [UT]
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General
Information (About, Top)
| Year |
2006 |
| Fractional day of year |
348.577741 |
| Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] |
49916.8 ± 70.0 |
| Shock type |
FF |
| Electron data availability |
0 |
| X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
228.048 |
| Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
-40.214 |
| Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] |
12.378 |
| Upstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0012 |
| Upstream field points selected for analysis |
0780 |
| Downstream plasma points selected for analysis |
0010
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| Downstream field points selected for analysis |
0633 |
| Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 |
5.53, 6.00, 6.68 |
Event added to database
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Tue Oct 14 13:51:11 2014
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Event last processed
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Wed Oct 15 12:23:07 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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-41.367 ± 8.750
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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] |
-596.2 ± 18.2 |
-888.8 ± 12.7 |
| Vy GSE [km/s] |
-17.8 ± 22.0 |
146.2 ± 25.3 |
| Vz GSE [km/s] |
-0.7 ± 18.8 |
91.7 ± 26.5 |
| Wi [km/s] |
50.2 ± 4.8 |
119.9 ± 4.9 |
| We [km/s] |
1587.5 ± 153.1 |
3792.8 ± 153.5 |
| Ni [n/cc] |
1.9 ± 0.3 |
3.9 ± 0.8 |
| Bx GSE [nT] |
3.0 ± 0.5 |
0.9 ± 4.4 |
| By GSE [nT] |
-1.6 ± 1.2 |
5.6 ± 7.1 |
| Bz GSE [nT] |
-3.0 ± 1.0 |
-1.6 ± 4.2 |
Plasma Beta
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0.451 ± 0.408
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3.105 ± 1.852
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Sound Speed [km/s]
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64.81 ± 6.25
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154.84 ± 6.27
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Alfven Speed [km/s]
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76.41 ± 6.92
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106.14 ± 63.09
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Best values of
shock
front normal for each method (About, Top)
| Method |
Nx |
Ny |
Nz |
Theta [degrees] |
Phi [degrees] |
| MC |
-0.811 ± 0.207 |
-0.102 ± 0.379 |
0.576 ± 0.502 |
35.14 ± 20.22 |
187.14 ± 26.69 |
| VC |
-0.842 ± 0.047 |
0.469 ± 0.075 |
0.265 ± 0.259 |
15.40 ± 5.38 |
150.89 ± 5.04 |
| MX1 |
-0.944 ± 0.227 |
0.330 ± 0.650 |
0.000 ± 0.000 |
0.01 ± 47.80 |
160.75 ± 39.45 |
| MX2 |
-0.951 ± 0.085 |
0.001 ± 0.432 |
0.310 ± 0.300 |
18.06 ± 15.72 |
179.94 ± 26.03 |
| MX3 |
-0.984 ± 0.062 |
0.093 ± 0.404 |
0.150 ± 0.149 |
8.65 ± 18.83 |
174.62 ± 23.52 |
| RH08 |
0.043 ± 0.012 |
-0.206 ± 0.002 |
0.978 ± 0.286 |
77.86 ± 0.00 |
281.78 ± 3.33 |
| RH09 |
0.032 ± 0.063 |
-0.208 ± 0.056 |
0.978 ± 0.286 |
77.86 ± 3.28 |
278.77 ± 17.28 |
| RH10 |
0.030 ± 0.070 |
-0.255 ± 0.064 |
0.966 ± 0.337 |
75.12 ± 3.82 |
276.77 ± 15.71 |
| Average |
-0.553 |
0.015 |
0.528 |
38.514 |
211.333 |
| Median |
-0.811 |
0.001 |
0.576 |
35.142 |
187.140 |
| Deviation |
0.491 |
0.266 |
0.403 |
33.329 |
57.227 |
Key shock
parameters (About, Top)
| Method |
ThetaBn |
Shock Speed |
Compression |
| MC |
31.7 ± 9.7 |
1027.0 ± 15.1 |
2.10 ± 0.58 |
| VC |
29.8 ± 11.8 |
1186.5 ± 19.0 |
2.10 ± 0.58 |
| MX1 |
44.4 ± 9.4 |
1204.2 ± 18.9 |
2.10 ± 0.58 |
| MX2 |
36.7 ± 7.0 |
1176.0 ± 17.4 |
2.10 ± 0.58 |
| MX3 |
41.2 ± 6.9 |
1215.0 ± 18.2 |
2.10 ± 0.58 |
| RH08 |
58.4 ± 12.1 |
72.0 ± 4.3 |
2.10 ± 0.58 |
| RH09 |
57.9 ± 12.1 |
85.6 ± 4.3 |
2.10 ± 0.58 |
| RH10 |
59.4 ± 12.1 |
68.0 ± 46.0 |
2.10 ± 0.58 |
| Average |
44.9 |
754.3 |
2.10 |
| Median |
44.4 |
1176.0 |
2.10 |
| Deviation |
12.2 |
565.4 |
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 |
541.9 ± 15.5 |
47.4 ± 3.1 |
65.0 ± 5.9 |
88.5 ± 5.2 |
11.49 ± 0.87 |
6.14 ± 0.39 |
| VC |
692.9 ± 18.4 |
48.7 ± 3.2 |
66.3 ± 6.0 |
87.8 ± 5.1 |
14.28 ± 0.95 |
7.91 ± 0.46 |
| MX1 |
647.2 ± 20.3 |
37.8 ± 2.4 |
54.6 ± 4.9 |
93.0 ± 5.5 |
17.16 ± 1.15 |
6.98 ± 0.43 |
| MX2 |
609.4 ± 16.3 |
43.7 ± 2.8 |
61.2 ± 5.5 |
90.4 ± 5.3 |
14.00 ± 0.99 |
6.76 ± 0.42 |
| MX3 |
630.0 ± 17.6 |
40.3 ± 2.6 |
57.5 ± 5.2 |
92.0 ± 5.4 |
15.69 ± 1.08 |
6.87 ± 0.42 |
| RH8 |
94.6 ± 21.4 |
26.7 ± 1.7 |
40.1 ± 3.6 |
96.8 ± 5.7 |
3.57 ± 0.90 |
0.98 ± 0.24 |
| RH9 |
101.7 ± 21.4 |
27.1 ± 1.7 |
40.6 ± 3.7 |
96.7 ± 5.7 |
3.79 ± 0.89 |
1.06 ± 0.24 |
| RH10 |
82.1 ± 21.9 |
25.9 ± 1.6 |
38.9 ± 3.5 |
97.0 ± 5.7 |
3.20 ± 0.93 |
0.85 ± 0.24 |
| Average |
425.0 |
37.2 |
53.0 |
92.8 |
10.4 |
4.7 |
| Median |
609.4 |
40.3 |
57.5 |
93.0 |
14.0 |
6.8 |
| Deviation |
278.3 |
9.5 |
11.5 |
3.8 |
5.9 |
3.1 |
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 |
267.9 ± 12.1 |
74.4 ± 31.4 |
90.3 ± 53.7 |
177.7 ± 30.7 |
4.30 ± 1.96 |
1.54 ± 0.20 |
| VC |
344.9 ± 18.0 |
76.3 ± 32.4 |
92.1 ± 54.7 |
176.8 ± 30.3 |
5.37 ± 2.37 |
1.99 ± 0.24 |
| MX1 |
316.8 ± 14.7 |
60.2 ± 24.6 |
75.8 ± 45.1 |
183.5 ± 33.4 |
6.20 ± 2.67 |
1.77 ± 0.26 |
| MX2 |
302.4 ± 10.7 |
69.0 ± 28.7 |
85.1 ± 50.6 |
180.1 ± 31.8 |
5.21 ± 2.34 |
1.71 ± 0.24 |
| MX3 |
312.9 ± 11.8 |
63.9 ± 26.3 |
79.8 ± 47.5 |
182.1 ± 32.8 |
5.80 ± 2.56 |
1.76 ± 0.25 |
| RH8 |
50.6 ± 23.8 |
42.8 ± 17.1 |
55.7 ± 33.1 |
188.7 ± 35.8 |
1.32 ± 0.68 |
0.27 ± 0.11 |
| RH9 |
54.8 ± 23.7 |
43.4 ± 17.3 |
56.3 ± 33.5 |
188.6 ± 35.8 |
1.42 ± 0.71 |
0.29 ± 0.11 |
| RH10 |
43.5 ± 23.0 |
41.5 ± 16.6 |
54.0 ± 32.1 |
189.0 ± 36.0 |
1.17 ± 0.66 |
0.23 ± 0.11 |
| Average |
211.7 |
59.0 |
73.6 |
183.3 |
3.8 |
1.2 |
| Median |
302.4 |
63.9 |
79.8 |
183.5 |
5.2 |
1.7 |
| Deviation |
135.9 |
14.5 |
16.0 |
5.0 |
2.2 |
0.8 |
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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