Cone model for halo CMEs: Application to space weather forecasting

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Mar 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004jgra..10903109x&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 109, Issue A3, CiteID A03109

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy: Coronal Mass Ejections, Interplanetary Physics: Interplanetary Shocks, Interplanetary Physics: Ejecta, Driver Gases, And Magnetic Clouds, Ionosphere: Modeling And Forecasting

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In this study, we present an innovative analytical method to determine the angular width and propagation orientation of halo Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). The relation of CME actual speed with apparent speed and its components measured at different position angle has been investigated. The present work is based on the cone model proposed by Zhao et al. [2002]. We have improved this model by (1) eliminating the ambiguity via a new analytical approach, (2) using direct measurements of projection onto the plane of the sky (POS), (3) determining the actual radial speeds from projection speeds at different position angles to clarify the uncertainty of projection speeds in previous empirical models. Our analytical approach allows us to use coronagraph data to determine accurately the geometrical features of POS projections, such as major axis, minor axis, and the displacement of the center of its projection, and to determine the angular width and orientation of a given halo CME. Our approach allows for the first time the determination of the actual CME speed, width, and source location by using coronagraph data quantitatively and consistently. The method greatly enhances the accuracy of the derived geometrical and kinematical properties of halo CMEs, and can be used to optimize Space Weather forecasts. The applied model predications are in good agreement with observations.

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