Open AccessSolar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI) observations of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in the heliosphere
Author(s) -
Webb D. F.,
Mizuno D. R.,
Buffington A.,
Cooke M. P.,
Eyles C. J.,
Fry C. D.,
Gentile L. C.,
Hick P. P.,
Holladay P. E.,
Howard T. A.,
Hewitt J. G.,
Jackson B. V.,
Johnston J. C.,
Kuchar T. A.,
Mozer J. B.,
Price S.,
Radick R. R.,
Simnett G. M.,
Tappin S. J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: space physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.67
H-Index - 298
eISSN - 2156-2202
pISSN - 0148-0227
DOI - 10.1029/2006ja011655
Subject(s) - coronal mass ejection , heliosphere , physics , geomagnetic storm , space weather , astronomy , halo , astrophysics , solar wind , magnetic field , quantum mechanics , galaxy
The Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI) on the Coriolis spacecraft has been obtaining white light images of nearly the full sky every 102 minutes for three years. We present statistical results of analysis of the SMEI observations of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) traveling through the inner heliosphere; 139 CMEs were observed during the first 1.5 years of operations. At least 30 of these CMEs were observed by SMEI to propagate out to 1 AU and beyond and were associated with major geomagnetic storms at Earth. Most of these were observed as frontside halo events by the SOHO LASCO coronagraphs.