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: 2013/08/24 00:03 UT
Ejecta start time: 2013/08/25 03:00 UT
Ejecta end time: 2013/08/26 03:00 UT
dv= 30 km/s, v = 400 km/s, vmax = 520 km/s
Bmax (nT): 4
Dst: -29
Suggested source CME:
V_transit: - km/s

1.2.Comments
Overall ICME quality index: 3
SW type: EJ
ICME signatures: slight increase in the magnetic field.
smooth variation of magnetic field component
smooth decrease of the SW velocity
low proton temperature


Based on 520 km/s -> search window 79.9145 hrs or 3.32977 days -> 2013/08/20 16:08:07.719

2. CME
2.1. A. Candidate A
A.1. LASCO:
#CME 2013/08/21 05:12 UT, partial halo (from CDAW)
angle: 228, velocity: 385 km/s


A.2. STEREO:
Seen as a major CME in both COR2-A and COR2-B.

A.3. AIA & GOES
Filament eruption from ~S20E10 starting at ~04:27 UT. It was not associated with any major flare.

A.4. Comment:
Likely the source.



3. Other Comments
GMU's ENLIL run shows this eruption to reach at Earth on 2013/08/24 ~00:00 UT.

4. Summary
SW index : 3
Source index: 1
Overall index: 3
Filament: Yes
WDA: NA

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