\begin{table} \caption{\label{tab1}The observed and best-fitting parameters of the 2001 October 31 discontinuity event.} %\centerline { \par \begin{tabular}{lcccc} \hline\hline \multicolumn{1}{c}{Parameter}&~~~~Observed values$^{a}$&~~~~& Best-fit values\\ \hline $\vec{B}_{1}(nT)$ &~~~~~~~~~~~(--3.65, --0.12, --1.09) &~~~~& (--3.91, --0.17, --1.57) \\ $\vec{B}_{2} $ &~~~~~~~~~~(--4.58, 3.73, 0.40) &~~~~& (--4.48, 3.30 0.67) \\ $N_{1},N_{2} ({\rm cm}^{-3})$ &~~~~~~~~~~ 3.55, 10.24 &~~~~~& 3.75, 10.04 \\ $\vec{V}_{1} $ &~~~~~~~~~~(--340.8, 25.7, 2.1) &~~~~& (--343.9, 23.9, 4.4) \\ $\vec{V}_{2} $ &~~~~~~~~~~(--396.5, --4.1, --24.0) &~~~~& (--393.4, --2.3, --26.3) \\ $\beta_{1},\beta_{2}$ &~~~~~~~~~~0.657, 2.852 &~~~~& 0.551, 2.709\\ $\vec{n}$ &~~~~~~~~~~(--0.943, --0.107, --0.316) &~~~~& (--0.947, 0.050, --0.316) \\ $\vec{s}$ &~~~~~~~~~~(--0.222, 0.909, 0.352) &~~~~& (--0.135, 0.833, 0.537) \\ $\vec{t}$ &~~~~~~~~~~( 0.250, 0.402, --0.881) &~~~~& ( 0.290, 0.551, --0.782) \\ $M_{\rm AN1},M_{\rm AN2}$ &~~~~~~~~~~1.836, 1.080 &~~~~& 1.518, 0.928 \\ $M_{\rm F1},M_{\rm F2}$ &~~~~~~~~~~ 1.829, 0.514 &~~~~& 1.509, 0.529 \\ $\theta_{\rm BN1}$ &~~~~~~~~~~$4.82^{\circ}$ &~~~~& $6.26^{\circ}$ \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \medskip \par $^{a}$ The SD of $\vec{B}_{1}$ is (0.30, 0.66, 0.62), the SD of $\vec{B}_{2}$ is (0.66, 0.74, 0.64), the SD of $N_{1}$ and $N_{2}$ are 0.25 and 0.49, the SD of $\vec{V}_{1}$ and $\vec{V}_{2}$ are (3.0, 5.8, 7.6) and (6.9, 4.8, 4.0), the SD of $\beta_{1}$, and $\beta_{2}$ are 0.087 and 0.117, the error cone on the axes of the shock coordinate system is about $13^{o}$, the SD of $M_{\rm AN1}, M_{\rm AN2}$ 0.384 and 0.169, the SD of $M_{\rm F1},M_{\rm F2}$ are 0.373 and 0.127, the SD of $\theta_{\rm BN1}$ is $6.42^{\circ}$. \end{table}