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==Scientific Questions, Technique Approach/Methodology==
 
==Scientific Questions, Technique Approach/Methodology==
 
*What are the criteria of Earth-affecting CMEs?
 
*What are the criteria of Earth-affecting CMEs?
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*How to measure 3-D geometric and kinematic properties of CMEs in the corona, e.g., FOVs of COR1, COR2 and HI-1?
 
*How to measure 3-D geometric and kinematic properties of CMEs in the corona, e.g., FOVs of COR1, COR2 and HI-1?
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1) croissant modeling a la Thernisien et al. (software available in IDL SolarSoft: "rtsccguicloud")
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*How to measure 3-D geometric and kinematic properties of CMEs far from the Sun, e.g., FOVs of HI-2?
 
*How to measure 3-D geometric and kinematic properties of CMEs far from the Sun, e.g., FOVs of HI-2?
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1) Geometrical modeling, approximating the CME front with geometrical shapes (Fixed-Phi points, circles), either for one or two heliospheric imagers.
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The IDL SolarSoft SATPLOT software can be used to extract and model time-elongation tracks of CMEs from STEREO/COR2/HI1/HI2 Jmaps.
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*How to reconstruct the 3-D structure of ICMEs from in-situ observations?
 
*How to reconstruct the 3-D structure of ICMEs from in-situ observations?
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flux rope modeling:
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1) minimum variance analysis
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2) Grad-Shafranov method (non-force-free)
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3) force-free cylindrical flux ropes
  
 
==Future Plan==
 
==Future Plan==

Revision as of 07:03, 28 May 2013

Data group led by Jie Zhang (USA) and Christian Mostl (Austria)

Scientific Objectives

  1. Identifying all Earth-Affecting ICMEs during the STEREO era (from 2007)
  2. Tracking these events from the Sun to the Earth, and fully measuring/characterizing/quantifying the properties/evolution from the Sun to the Earth
  3. Providing a comprehensive event database for statistical study, for creating empirical evolution/prediction model, for theoretical understanding, and for comparing/validating numerical models

Scientific Questions, Technique Approach/Methodology

  • What are the criteria of Earth-affecting CMEs?
  • How to measure 3-D geometric and kinematic properties of CMEs in the corona, e.g., FOVs of COR1, COR2 and HI-1?

1) croissant modeling a la Thernisien et al. (software available in IDL SolarSoft: "rtsccguicloud")

  • How to measure 3-D geometric and kinematic properties of CMEs far from the Sun, e.g., FOVs of HI-2?

1) Geometrical modeling, approximating the CME front with geometrical shapes (Fixed-Phi points, circles), either for one or two heliospheric imagers. The IDL SolarSoft SATPLOT software can be used to extract and model time-elongation tracks of CMEs from STEREO/COR2/HI1/HI2 Jmaps.

  • How to reconstruct the 3-D structure of ICMEs from in-situ observations?

flux rope modeling: 1) minimum variance analysis 2) Grad-Shafranov method (non-force-free) 3) force-free cylindrical flux ropes

Future Plan