Three frontside full halo coronal mass ejections with a nontypical geomagnetic response

[1] Forecasting potential geoeffectiveness of solar disturbances (in particular, of frontside full halo coronal mass ejections) is important for various practical purposes, e.g., for satellite operations, radio communications, global positioning system applications, power grid, and pipeline maintena...

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Autores principales: Dasso, Sergio Ricardo, Mandrini, Cristina Hemilse
Publicado: 2009
Acceso en línea:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_15427390_v7_n6_p_Rodriguez
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spelling paper:paper_15427390_v7_n6_p_Rodriguez2023-06-08T16:21:08Z Three frontside full halo coronal mass ejections with a nontypical geomagnetic response Dasso, Sergio Ricardo Mandrini, Cristina Hemilse [1] Forecasting potential geoeffectiveness of solar disturbances (in particular, of frontside full halo coronal mass ejections) is important for various practical purposes, e.g., for satellite operations, radio communications, global positioning system applications, power grid, and pipeline maintenance. We analyze three frontside full halo coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that occurred in the year 2000 (close to the activity maximum of solar cycle 23), together with associated solar and heliospheric phenomena as well as their impact on the Earth's magnetosphere. Even though all three were fast full halos (with plane of the sky speeds higher than 1100 km/s), the geomagnetic response was very different for each case. After analyzing the source regions of these halo CMEs, it was found that the halo associated with the strongest geomagnetic disturbance was the one that initiated farther away from disk center (source region at W66); while the other two CMEs originated closer to the central meridian but had weaker geomagnetic responses. Therefore, these three events do not fit into the general statistical trends that relate the location of the solar source and the corresponding geoeffectivity. We investigate possible causes of such a behavior. Nonradial direction of eruption, passage of the Earth through a leg of an interplanetary flux rope, and strong compression at the eastern flank of a propagating interplanetary CME during its interaction with the ambient solar wind are found to be important factors that have a direct influence on the resulting north-south interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) component and thus on the CME geoeffectiveness. We also find indications that interaction of two CMEs could help in producing a long-lasting southward IMF component. Finally, we are able to explain successfully the geomagnetic response using plasma and magnetic field in situ measurements at the L1 point. We discuss the implications of our results for operational space weather forecasting and stress the difficulties of making accurate predictions with the current knowledge and tools at hand. Copyright 2009 by the American Geophysical Union. Fil:Dasso S. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Mandrini C. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2009 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_15427390_v7_n6_p_Rodriguez http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_15427390_v7_n6_p_Rodriguez
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description [1] Forecasting potential geoeffectiveness of solar disturbances (in particular, of frontside full halo coronal mass ejections) is important for various practical purposes, e.g., for satellite operations, radio communications, global positioning system applications, power grid, and pipeline maintenance. We analyze three frontside full halo coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that occurred in the year 2000 (close to the activity maximum of solar cycle 23), together with associated solar and heliospheric phenomena as well as their impact on the Earth's magnetosphere. Even though all three were fast full halos (with plane of the sky speeds higher than 1100 km/s), the geomagnetic response was very different for each case. After analyzing the source regions of these halo CMEs, it was found that the halo associated with the strongest geomagnetic disturbance was the one that initiated farther away from disk center (source region at W66); while the other two CMEs originated closer to the central meridian but had weaker geomagnetic responses. Therefore, these three events do not fit into the general statistical trends that relate the location of the solar source and the corresponding geoeffectivity. We investigate possible causes of such a behavior. Nonradial direction of eruption, passage of the Earth through a leg of an interplanetary flux rope, and strong compression at the eastern flank of a propagating interplanetary CME during its interaction with the ambient solar wind are found to be important factors that have a direct influence on the resulting north-south interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) component and thus on the CME geoeffectiveness. We also find indications that interaction of two CMEs could help in producing a long-lasting southward IMF component. Finally, we are able to explain successfully the geomagnetic response using plasma and magnetic field in situ measurements at the L1 point. We discuss the implications of our results for operational space weather forecasting and stress the difficulties of making accurate predictions with the current knowledge and tools at hand. Copyright 2009 by the American Geophysical Union.
author Dasso, Sergio Ricardo
Mandrini, Cristina Hemilse
spellingShingle Dasso, Sergio Ricardo
Mandrini, Cristina Hemilse
Three frontside full halo coronal mass ejections with a nontypical geomagnetic response
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title Three frontside full halo coronal mass ejections with a nontypical geomagnetic response
title_short Three frontside full halo coronal mass ejections with a nontypical geomagnetic response
title_full Three frontside full halo coronal mass ejections with a nontypical geomagnetic response
title_fullStr Three frontside full halo coronal mass ejections with a nontypical geomagnetic response
title_full_unstemmed Three frontside full halo coronal mass ejections with a nontypical geomagnetic response
title_sort three frontside full halo coronal mass ejections with a nontypical geomagnetic response
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