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: 2013/08/20 22:27 UT
Ejecta start time: 2013/08/21 08:00 UT
Ejecta end time: 2013/08/21 14:00 UT
dv= 30 km/s, v = 460 km/s, vmax = 470 km/s
Bmax (nT): 7
Dst: -26
Suggested source CME:
V_transit: - km/s

1.2.Comments
Overall ICME quality index:
ICME signatures:


Based on 470 km/s -> search window 88.4161 hrs or 3.68400 days -> 2013/08/17 06:02:02.125

2. CME
2.1. A. Candidate A
A.1. LASCO:
#CME 2013/08/17 19:12 UT (from CDAW)
angle: halo, velocity: 1202 km/s
LF is distinctive in LASCO FOV

A.2. STEREO:
Seen as major CME in both COR2-A and COR2-B.
Mostly, the ejecta was moving in SW direction

A.3. AIA & GOES
Associated with M1.4 class flare from NOAA AR 11818 (S05W30).

A.4. Comment:
Likely the source of disturbance of 2013/08/20



3. Other Comments
GMU's ENLIL run shows that the ejecta misses the Earth, however a slight disturbance can reach the Earth

There is an upstream shock
4. Summary
SW index : 3 (something reached)
Source index: 1
Overall index: 3
Filament: NA
WAD: Yes

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