CfA Interplanetary Shock Database - Individual Event Detail
 

Database: Ace Shock Analysis
Event ID: 20072080358
Observation time: 07/27/2007 208.16544 0358 [UT]

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General Information (About, Top)

Year 2007
Fractional day of year 208.165438
Arrival time of shock [seconds of day] 14293.8 ± 70.0
Shock type FR
Electron data availability 0
X GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 224.793
Y GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 12.565
Z GSE location of spacecraft [Re] 19.391
Upstream plasma points selected for analysis 0009
Upstream field points selected for analysis 0589
Downstream plasma points selected for analysis 0008
Downstream field points selected for analysis 0484
Minimum chisq/dof for RH8,RH9,RH10 17.25, 26.90, 28.91
Event added to database
Tue Oct 14 15:57:29 2014
Event last processed
Wed Oct 15 12:40:30 2014
Method selected
RH08
Propagation delay to Earth [minutes]
51.174 ± 5.767

Asymptotic plasma parameters (About, Top)

Parameter
Upstream
Downstream
Vx GSE [km/s] -434.9 ± 1.7 -471.8 ± 4.4
Vy GSE [km/s] 78.0 ± 3.8 47.1 ± 4.0
Vz GSE [km/s] -16.6 ± 7.2 7.5 ± 4.1
Wi [km/s] 44.1 ± 2.0 41.6 ± 0.6
We [km/s] 1393.4 ± 63.3 1315.8 ± 19.6
Ni [n/cc] 6.4 ± 0.4 3.9 ± 0.1
Bx GSE [nT] -4.7 ± 0.7 -3.4 ± 0.5
By GSE [nT] 5.0 ± 0.9 3.4 ± 0.3
Bz GSE [nT] 4.0 ± 1.2 -0.8 ± 0.3
Plasma Beta
0.401 ± 0.405
0.587 ± 0.592
Sound Speed [km/s]
56.88 ± 2.59
53.72 ± 0.80
Alfven Speed [km/s]
69.73 ± 2.72
54.37 ± 1.33

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

Method Nx Ny Nz Theta [degrees] Phi [degrees]
MC -0.662 ± 0.126 0.631 ± 0.128 -0.405 ± 0.381 -23.87 ± 14.32 136.41 ± 9.31
VC -0.690 ± 0.053 -0.575 ± 0.052 0.440 ± 0.409 26.09 ± 6.97 219.78 ± 3.26
MX1 -0.879 ± 0.533 -0.459 ± 1.019 0.126 ± 0.125 7.23 ± 13.58 207.58 ± 66.37
MX2 -0.413 ± 0.635 0.862 ± 0.311 -0.293 ± 0.284 -17.04 ± 14.31 115.61 ± 42.14
MX3 -0.682 ± 0.251 -0.720 ± 0.238 0.128 ± 0.127 7.33 ± 8.57 226.58 ± 19.96
RH08 -0.764 ± 0.014 0.470 ± 0.022 -0.441 ± 0.410 -26.19 ± 0.57 148.41 ± 1.61
RH09 -0.308 ± 0.068 0.931 ± 0.026 -0.196 ± 0.193 -11.28 ± 3.96 108.30 ± 4.16
RH10 -0.356 ± 0.067 0.914 ± 0.029 -0.196 ± 0.193 -11.28 ± 3.96 111.31 ± 4.16
Average -0.594 0.257 -0.105 -6.124 159.249
Median -0.662 0.631 -0.196 -11.276 148.412
Deviation 0.208 0.717 0.307 18.074 50.669

Key shock parameters (About, Top)

Method ThetaBn Shock Speed Compression
MC 54.6 ± 11.2 349.9 ± 1.2 0.59 ± 0.02
VC 74.9 ± 4.6 160.8 ± 1.9 0.59 ± 0.02
MX1 73.6 ± 1.9 264.1 ± 1.9 0.59 ± 0.02
MX2 50.5 ± 10.4 281.5 ± 1.1 0.59 ± 0.02
MX3 89.5 ± 2.7 157.4 ± 2.0 0.59 ± 0.02
RH08 58.8 ± 10.7 371.2 ± 1.4 0.59 ± 0.02
RH09 48.3 ± 9.4 246.9 ± 1.1 0.59 ± 0.02
RH10 46.9 ± 9.8 262.9 ± 8.8 0.59 ± 0.02
Average 62.1 261.8 0.59
Median 58.8 264.1 0.59
Deviation 15.5 77.0 0.00

Upstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 6.0 ± 4.1 26.7 ± 1.0 40.4 ± 1.6 86.0 ± 2.8 0.23 ± 0.16 0.07 ± 0.05
VC -87.2 ± 5.5 11.5 ± 0.4 18.1 ± 0.7 89.3 ± 3.0 -7.57 ± 0.72 -0.98 ± 0.09
MX1 -80.4 ± 3.6 12.6 ± 0.5 19.7 ± 0.8 89.1 ± 3.0 -6.41 ± 0.50 -0.90 ± 0.07
MX2 29.7 ± 4.3 29.6 ± 1.1 44.3 ± 1.7 85.0 ± 2.8 1.01 ± 0.18 0.35 ± 0.06
MX3 -80.7 ± 4.3 0.3 ± 0.0 0.6 ± 0.0 90.0 ± 3.0 -233.02 ± 19.91 -0.90 ± 0.07
RH8 -5.2 ± 3.9 23.7 ± 0.9 36.1 ± 1.4 86.8 ± 2.9 -0.22 ± 0.16 -0.06 ± 0.04
RH9 37.1 ± 4.1 31.2 ± 1.1 46.4 ± 1.8 84.4 ± 2.8 1.19 ± 0.17 0.44 ± 0.06
RH10 33.4 ± 4.0 32.2 ± 1.2 47.6 ± 1.9 84.1 ± 2.8 1.04 ± 0.16 0.40 ± 0.06
Average -18.4 21.0 31.7 86.8 -30.5 -0.2
Median 6.0 26.7 40.4 86.8 0.2 0.1
Deviation 55.2 11.5 17.0 2.4 81.9 0.6

Downstream wave speeds and mach numbers (About, Top)

Method
dV
Slow
Intermediate
Fast
Slow
Mach
Fast
Mach
MC 10.8 ± 2.3 23.2 ± 0.4 31.5 ± 0.8 72.8 ± 1.2 0.46 ± 0.10 0.15 ± 0.03
VC -141.1 ± 5.9 10.0 ± 0.2 14.1 ± 0.3 75.8 ± 1.2 -14.09 ± 0.76 -1.86 ± 0.10
MX1 -130.1 ± 5.7 10.9 ± 0.2 15.4 ± 0.4 75.7 ± 1.2 -11.93 ± 0.67 -1.72 ± 0.10
MX2 48.1 ± 2.8 25.8 ± 0.4 34.6 ± 0.8 72.0 ± 1.1 1.87 ± 0.12 0.67 ± 0.04
MX3 -131.3 ± 5.8 0.3 ± 0.0 0.4 ± 0.0 76.4 ± 1.2 -435.91 ± 24.54 -1.72 ± 0.10
RH8 -8.2 ± 2.5 20.6 ± 0.3 28.2 ± 0.7 73.6 ± 1.2 -0.40 ± 0.12 -0.11 ± 0.03
RH9 59.3 ± 3.0 27.2 ± 0.4 36.2 ± 0.9 71.4 ± 1.1 2.18 ± 0.13 0.83 ± 0.05
RH10 53.2 ± 2.8 28.1 ± 0.4 37.1 ± 0.9 71.1 ± 1.1 1.90 ± 0.12 0.75 ± 0.05
Average -29.9 18.3 24.7 73.6 -57.0 -0.4
Median 10.8 23.2 31.5 73.6 0.5 0.1
Deviation 89.2 10.0 13.3 2.1 153.2 1.2

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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