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We present a new approach to combine remote observations and in situ data by STEREO/HI and Wind, respectively, to derive the kinematics and propagation directions of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs). We used two methods,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-07 T. Rollett , C. Möstl , M. Temmer , A. M. Veronig , C. J. Farrugia , H. K. Biernat

The last 60 years of space exploration have shown that the interplanetary medium is continually perturbed by a myriad of different solar winds and storms that transport solar material across the whole heliosphere. If there is a consensus on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-25 Nicolas Poirier , Alexis Rouillard , Pierre-Louis Blelly

The thermodynamics of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) is often described using a polytropic process. Estimating the polytopic index ($\gamma$) allows us to quantify the expansion or compression of the ICME plasma arising from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-24 Debesh Bhattacharjee , Saikat Majumder , Prasad Subramanian

We find that the sheath regions between fast interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) and their preceding shocks are often characterized by plasma depletion and mirror wave structures, analogous to planetary magnetosheaths. A case…

Space Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Y. Liu , J. D. Richardson , J. W. Belcher , J. C. Kasper , R. M. Skoug

We present here an overview of an important solar phenomenon with major implication for space weather and planetary life. The coronal mass ejections (CMEs) come from the Sun and expand in the heliosphere, becoming interplanetary coronal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-13 Cristiana Dumitrache , Nedelia A. Popescu

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) represent one type of the major eruption from the Sun. Their interplanetary counterparts, the interplanetary CMEs (ICMEs), are the direct manifestations of these structures when they propagate into the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-06 Qiang Hu , Wen He , Lingling Zhao , Edward Lu

On 15 May 2005, a huge interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME) was observed near Earth. It triggered one of the most intense geomagnetic storms of solar cycle 23 (Dst peak = -263 nT). This structure has been associated with the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-24 S. Dasso , C. H. Mandrini , B. Schmieder , H. Cremades , C. Cid , Y. Cerrato , E. Saiz , P. Démoulin , A. N. Zhukov , L. Rodriguez , A. Aran , M. Menvielle , S. Poedts

This study covers a thorough statistical investigation of the evolution of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) with and without sheaths, through a broad heliocentric distance and temporal range. The analysis treats the sheath and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-08 C. Larrodera , M. Temmer

Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections (ICMEs) and High Speed Streams (HSSs) are noteworthy drivers of disturbance of interplanetary space. Interaction between them can cause several phenomena, such as; generation of waves, enhanced…

Space Physics · Physics 2022-10-11 Kalpesh Ghag , Anil Raghav , Zubair Shaikh , Georgios Nicolaou , Omkar Dhamane , Utsav Panchal

In recent years, space weather research has focused on developing modelling techniques to predict the arrival time and properties of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) at the Earth. The aim of this paper is to propose a new modelling technique…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-22 P. Pagano , D. H. Mackay , A. R. Yeates

The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observed an interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME) event during its first orbit around the sun, among many other events. This event is analyzed by applying a wavelet analysis technique to obtain the reduced…

Interplanetary space is characteristically structured mainly by high-speed solar wind streams emanating from coronal holes and transient disturbances such as coronal mass ejections (CMEs). While high-speed solar wind streams pose a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-01 Manuela Temmer , Martin A. Reiss , Ljubomir Nikolic , Stefan J. Hofmeister , Astrid M. Veronig

Interplanetary imagers provide 2D projected views of the densest plasma parts of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) while in situ measurements provide magnetic field and plasma parameter measurements along the spacecraft…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-26 P. Démoulin , M. Janvier , J. J. Masías-Meza , S. Dasso

Intervals of enhanced turbulent fluctuations are typically less frequent within the magnetic cloud region of an interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME). We investigate two such intervals inside an ICME observed by the \textit{Wind}…

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large-scale expulsions of plasma and magnetic flux from the Sun's corona into the heliosphere. In interplanetary space they are referred to as interplanetary CMEs (ICMEs), often characterised by a shock, a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-03 Akanksha Dagore , Giuseppe Prete , Vincenzo Capparelli , Vincenzo Carbone , Fabio Lepreti

In a case study (June 6-7, 2008) we report on how the internal structure of a coronal mass ejection (CME) at 1 AU can be anticipated from remote observations of white-light images of the heliosphere. Favorable circumstances are the absence…

Predicting the large-scale eruptions from the solar corona and their propagation through interplanetary space remains an outstanding challenge in solar- and helio-physics research. In this article, we describe three dimensional…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-08 Ravindra T. Desai , Han Zhang , Emma E. Davies , Julia E. Stawarz , Joan Mico-Gomez , Pilar Iváñez-Ballesteros

We present a statistical investigation of the radial evolution of 28 interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs), measured in situ by the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) spacecraft from 2018 October to 2022 August. First, by analyzing the radial…

On 2015 January 6-7, an interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME) was observed at L1. This event, which can be associated with a weak and slow coronal mass ejection, allows us to discuss on the differences between the boundaries of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-06 C. Cid , J. Palacios , E. Saiz , A. Guerrero

Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections are the manifestation of solar transient eruptions, which can significantly modify the plasma and magnetic conditions in the heliosphere. They are often preceded by a shock, and a magnetic flux rope is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-23 Miho Janvier , Sergio Dasso , Pascal Demoulin , Jimmy Masias-Meza , Noe Lugaz