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GEOMETRICAL IMPLICATION OF THE CME EARTHWARD DIRECTION PARAMETER AND ITS COMPARISON WITH CONE MODEL PARAMETERS

  • Moon, Y.J. (Department of Astronomy and Space Science, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kim, R.S. (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
  • Cho, K.S. (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
  • Published : 2009.04.30
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Abstract

Recently, we suggested a CME earthward direction parameter as an important geoeffective parameter that has been demonstrated by front-side halo CME data. In this study, we present the geometrical implication of this parameter by comparing with the parameters from a CME cone model. Major results from this study can be summarized as follows. First, we derive an analytic relationship between the cone model parameters(the half angular width of a cone and the angle between the cone axis and the plane of sky) and the earthward direction parameter. Second, we demonstrate a close relationship between the earthward direction parameter and the cone axis angle using 32 front-side full halo CMEs. Third, we found that there is noticeable inconsistency between the cone axis angles estimated from the cone model fitting to the CMEs and from their associated flare positions, implying that the flare position should not be considered as a good earthward direction parameter. Finally we present several advantages of our earthward direction parameter in terms of the forecast of a geomagnetic storm based on CME parameters.

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