Coronal mass ejections and interplanetary shocks
Abstract
A comparison between Solwind observations of coronal mass ejections (CME's) and Helios 1 observations of interplanetary shocks during 1979-1982 indicates that 72% of the shocks were associated with large, low-latitude mass ejections on the nearby limb. Most of the associated CME's has speeds in excess of 500 km/s, but some of them had speeds in the range 200-400 km/s. An additional 26% of the shocks may have been associated with CME's, but we were less confident of these associations because the sizes and locations of the CME's did not seem appreciably different from those of the numerous CME's without Helios shocks. Only 2% of the shocks clearly lacked CME's. As the average level of sunspot activity declined during 1982, the shock frequency also declined, but the observed shocks and some of their associated CME's had unusually high speeds well in excess of 1000 km/s.
- Publication:
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Journal of Geophysical Research
- Pub Date:
- January 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1029/JA090iA01p00163
- Bibcode:
- 1985JGR....90..163S
- Keywords:
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- Interplanetary Space;
- Shock Wave Propagation;
- Solar Corona;
- Solar Flares;
- Stellar Mass Ejection;
- Helios Satellites;
- Radio Bursts;
- Solar Limb