Are 3-D coronal mass ejection parameters from single-view observations consistent with multiview ones?

作者:Lee Harim; Moon Y J*; Na Hyeonock; Jang Soojeong; Lee Jae Ok
来源:JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS, 2015, 120(12): 10237-10249.
DOI:10.1002/2015JA021118

摘要

To prepare for when only single-view observations are available, we have made a test whether the 3-D parameters (radial velocity, angular width, and source location) of halo coronal mass ejections (HCMEs) from single-view observations are consistent with those from multiview observations. For this test, we select 44 HCMEs from December 2010 to June 2011 with the following conditions: partial and full HCMEs by SOHO and limb CMEs by twin STEREO spacecraft when they were approximately in quadrature. In this study, we compare the 3-D parameters of the HCMEs from three different methods: (1) a geometrical triangulation method, the STEREO CAT tool developed by NASA/CCMC, for multiview observations using STEREO/SECCHI and SOHO/LASCO data, (2) the graduated cylindrical shell (GCS) flux rope model for multiview observations using STEREO/SECCHI data, and (3) an ice cream cone model for single-view observations using SOHO/LASCO data. We find that the radial velocities and the source locations of the HCMEs from three methods are well consistent with one another with high correlation coefficients (>= 0.9). However, the angular widths by the ice cream cone model are noticeably underestimated for broad CMEs larger than 100 degrees and several partial HCMEs. A comparison between the 3-D CME parameters directly measured from twin STEREO spacecraft and the above 3-D parameters shows that the parameters from multiview are more consistent with the STEREO measurements than those from single view.

  • 出版日期2015-12