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Near-Earth Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections During Solar Cycle 23 (1996 - 2009): Catalog and Summary of PropertiesIn a previous study (Cane and Richardson, J. Geophys. Res. l08(A4), SSH6-1, we investigated the occurrence of interplanetary coronal mass ejections in the near-Earth solar wind during 1996 - 2002, corresponding to the increasing and maximum phases of solar cycle 23, and provided a "comprehensive" catalog of these events. In this paper, we present a revised and updated catalog of the approx. =300 near-Earth ICMEs in 1996-2009, encompassing the complete cycle 23, and summarize their basic properties and geomagnetic effects. In particular, solar wind .. composition and charge state observations are now considered when identifying the ICMEs. In general, these additional data confirm the earlier identifications based predominantly on other solar wind plasma and magnetic field parameters. However, the boundaries of ICME-like plasma based on charge state/composition data may deviate significantly from those based on conventional plasma/magnetic field parameters. Furthermore, the much studied "magnetic clouds", with flux-rope-like magnetic field configurations, may form just a substructure of the total ICME interval.
Document ID
20110015538
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Richardson, I. G.
(Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Cane, H. V.
(Tasmania Univ. Tasmania, Australia)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
May 26, 2010
Publication Information
Publication: Solar Physics
Volume: 264
Issue: 1
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Report/Patent Number
GSFC.JA.4976.2011
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG06EO90A
Distribution Limits
Public
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