MESSENGER ICME Catalogue
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| ICME |
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| ICME | Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection |
| R | Spacecraft radial distance from the Sun in AU |
| MO | Magnetic Obstacle |
| MO Type | Flux-rope (Fr), Small rotation flux-rope (F-), Large rotation flux-rope (F+), Complex (Cx), or Ejecta(E) |
| B | Mean magnetic field magnitude value in the MO interval |
| DiP | The distortion parameter. Used to quantify the effect of cross-section distortion in the MO that is due to the interaction with the solar wind. DiP is defined as the fraction time t where 50% of the total magnetic field is accumulated. Please refer to Nieves-Chinchilla et al 2018 |
| Vsw | Mean Solar Wind Bulk velocity in the MO interval. |
| Vexp | Expansion velocity in the MO interval |
| References: | |
| Citation for the modeling | Nieves-Chinchilla, T., M. G. Linton, M. A. Hidalgo, A. Vourlidas, N. P. Savani, A. Szabo, C. Farrugia, W. Yu. "A circular-cylindrical flux-rope analytical model for magnetic clouds." The Astrophysical Journal 823.1 (2016): 27. DOI:10.3847/0004-637X/823/1/27 |