CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20072011137
Observation time: 07/20/2007 201.48415 1137 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2007
Fractional day of year 201.484153
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 41830.8 ± 120.0
Shock type SR
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 225.270
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 3.438
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 22.046
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0011
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0731
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0011
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0689
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 2.58, 3.42, 3.51
Event added to database
Tue Oct 14 15:33:17 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 12:34:58 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
63.050 ± 5.058

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -369.4 ± 1.3 -378.7 ± 4.3
Vy GSE [km/s] 2.0 ± 2.1 21.0 ± 10.1
Vz GSE [km/s] 28.1 ± 1.0 40.2 ± 4.8
Wi [km/s] 18.9 ± 1.0 51.0 ± 1.8
We [km/s] 598.9 ± 31.0 1611.9 ± 58.0
Ni [n/cc] 55.2 ± 3.8 10.7 ± 1.2
Bx GSE [nT] -6.1 ± 0.3 -5.5 ± 1.7
By GSE [nT] 1.9 ± 0.7 1.5 ± 2.5
Bz GSE [nT] -8.0 ± 0.9 -5.0 ± 0.9
Plasma Beta
0.408 ± 0.410
0.973 ± 0.882
Sound Speed [km/s]
24.45 ± 1.27
65.81 ± 2.37
Alfven Speed [km/s]
30.14 ± 2.70
54.22 ± 9.77

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.957 ± 0.142 -0.107 ± 0.636 -0.271 ± 0.264 -15.71 ± 26.29 186.35 ± 38.06
VC -0.601 ± 0.450 0.653 ± 0.419 0.461 ± 0.425 27.45 ± 18.56 132.63 ± 38.50
MX1 -0.820 ± 0.382 0.572 ± 0.548 -0.025 ± 0.025 -1.46 ± 33.78 145.12 ± 38.31
MX2 -0.857 ± 0.363 0.495 ± 0.620 -0.142 ± 0.141 -8.15 ± 31.60 150.02 ± 41.36
MX3 -0.671 ± 0.473 0.722 ± 0.440 0.169 ± 0.167 9.70 ± 26.93 132.88 ± 37.28
RH08 -0.969 ± 0.005 0.059 ± 0.018 0.240 ± 0.235 13.90 ± 1.05 176.49 ± 1.08
RH09 -0.970 ± 0.017 0.077 ± 0.071 0.229 ± 0.225 13.24 ± 3.97 175.49 ± 4.17
RH10 -0.973 ± 0.016 0.077 ± 0.071 0.218 ± 0.214 12.58 ± 3.96 175.49 ± 4.17
Average -0.852 0.318 0.110 6.445 159.309
Median -0.857 0.495 0.218 12.584 175.487
Deviation 0.146 0.324 0.238 13.926 21.539

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 40.4 ± 1.2 344.4 ± 0.2 0.19 ± 0.02
VC 82.9 ± 4.2 230.8 ± 0.1 0.19 ± 0.02
MX1 51.9 ± 4.1 299.1 ± 0.1 0.19 ± 0.02
MX2 44.3 ± 3.9 310.0 ± 0.1 0.19 ± 0.02
MX3 66.1 ± 4.4 248.6 ± 0.2 0.19 ± 0.02
RH08 66.2 ± 2.1 361.6 ± 0.2 0.19 ± 0.02
RH09 65.4 ± 2.2 361.8 ± 0.2 0.19 ± 0.02
RH10 64.8 ± 2.2 362.5 ± 1.7 0.19 ± 0.02
Average 60.2 314.9 0.19
Median 65.4 344.4 0.19
Deviation 13.9 52.4 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -1.1 ± 1.5 15.7 ± 0.5 22.9 ± 2.1 35.5 ± 1.9 -0.07 ± 0.10 -0.03 ± 0.04
VC -5.4 ± 0.9 2.3 ± 0.1 3.7 ± 0.3 38.8 ± 1.9 -2.31 ± 0.40 -0.14 ± 0.03
MX1 -4.3 ± 1.1 12.3 ± 0.4 18.6 ± 1.7 36.9 ± 1.8 -0.35 ± 0.10 -0.12 ± 0.03
MX2 -3.6 ± 1.2 14.6 ± 0.5 21.6 ± 1.9 36.0 ± 1.8 -0.25 ± 0.08 -0.10 ± 0.03
MX3 -5.3 ± 1.2 7.8 ± 0.3 12.2 ± 1.1 38.1 ± 1.8 -0.68 ± 0.16 -0.14 ± 0.03
RH8 -3.1 ± 1.2 7.8 ± 0.3 12.2 ± 1.1 38.1 ± 1.8 -0.40 ± 0.16 -0.08 ± 0.03
RH9 -3.2 ± 1.2 8.0 ± 0.3 12.5 ± 1.1 38.0 ± 1.8 -0.40 ± 0.15 -0.08 ± 0.03
RH10 -3.1 ± 1.2 8.2 ± 0.3 12.8 ± 1.1 38.0 ± 1.8 -0.38 ± 0.15 -0.08 ± 0.03
Average -3.6 9.6 14.6 37.4 -0.6 -0.1
Median -3.2 8.2 12.8 38.0 -0.4 -0.1
Deviation 1.4 4.4 6.2 1.2 0.7 0.0

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC -4.7 ± 5.1 34.5 ± 4.2 41.3 ± 7.4 78.3 ± 5.3 -0.14 ± 0.17 -0.06 ± 0.07
VC -29.0 ± 4.3 5.1 ± 0.6 6.7 ± 1.2 85.4 ± 6.4 -5.75 ± 1.13 -0.34 ± 0.06
MX1 -22.5 ± 3.7 26.9 ± 3.1 33.5 ± 6.0 81.2 ± 5.8 -0.85 ± 0.19 -0.28 ± 0.06
MX2 -19.3 ± 3.5 31.9 ± 3.8 38.8 ± 7.0 79.4 ± 5.5 -0.61 ± 0.15 -0.24 ± 0.05
MX3 -27.3 ± 5.0 17.1 ± 1.9 22.0 ± 4.0 83.8 ± 6.2 -1.62 ± 0.38 -0.33 ± 0.07
RH8 -16.2 ± 3.7 17.0 ± 1.9 21.9 ± 3.9 83.9 ± 6.2 -0.95 ± 0.22 -0.19 ± 0.05
RH9 -16.5 ± 3.5 17.6 ± 2.0 22.6 ± 4.1 83.8 ± 6.1 -0.94 ± 0.21 -0.20 ± 0.04
RH10 -16.3 ± 3.5 18.0 ± 2.1 23.1 ± 4.2 83.7 ± 6.1 -0.91 ± 0.20 -0.20 ± 0.04
Average -19.0 21.0 26.2 82.4 -1.5 -0.2
Median -16.5 18.0 23.1 83.8 -0.9 -0.2
Deviation 7.6 9.6 11.2 2.5 1.8 0.1

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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