Note on tracking Sun-Earth connection event

Observer: SD

ICME

1.1.Catalog
# Identified in ICME catalogs: Richardson & Cane List
RC Catalog
Disturbance start time: 2012/03/15 13:06 UT
Ejecta start time: 2012/03/15 17:00 UT
Ejecta end time: 2012/03/16 10:00 UT
dv= 170 km/s, v = 680 km/s, vmax = 760 km/s
Bmax (nT): 9
Dst: -88
Suggested source CME: 2012/03/13 17:36
V_transit: 960 km/s

1.2.Comments
Overall ICME quality index: 2
ICME type: SH+MC
ICME signatures: increase in total magnetic field
increase in sw velocity
low plasma beta


Based on 760 km/s -> search window 54.6784 hrs or 2.27827 days -> 2012/03/13 06:25:17.891

2. CME
2.1. A. Candidate A
A.1. LASCO:
#CME 2012/03/13 17:36 UT, Halo CME (from CDAW)
angle: 360, velocity: 1884 km/s


A.2. STEREO:
Halo CME in both COR2-A and COR2-B


A.3. AIA & GOES
Associated with M7.9 flare from AR 11429 (N17W66)

A.4. Comment:
Likely the source of disturbance


3. Other Comments
GMU's ENLIL run shows the eruption of 2012/03/13 reached Earth on 2012/03/15

4. Summary
SW index : 2
Source index: 1
Overall index: 2
Filament: N/A
WDA: Yes

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Curators: Jie Zhang (jzhang7 AT gmu.edu); Suman Dhakal (sdhakal2 AT masonlive.gmu.edu);
Last updated: 2022/01