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Connecting Coronal Mass Ejections to Their Solar Active Region Sources: Combining Results from the HELCATS and FLARECAST Projects
Authors:Sophie A Murray  " target="_blank">Jordan A Guerra  Pietro Zucca  " target="_blank">Sung-Hong Park  Eoin P Carley  " target="_blank">Peter T Gallagher  Nicole Vilmer  Volker Bothmer
Institution:1.Astrophysics Research Group, School of Physics,Trinity College Dublin,Dublin,Ireland;2.Department of Physics,Villanova University,Villanova,USA;3.ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy,Dwingeloo,The Netherlands;4.Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE),Nagoya University,Nagoya,Japan;5.LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Sorbonne Universitès, UPMC Univ. Paris 06,Univ. Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Citè,Meudon,France;6.Station de Radioastronomie de Nancay, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS,Univ. Orleàns,Nancay,France;7.Institute of Astrophysics,University of G?ttingen,G?ttingen,Germany
Abstract:Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and other solar eruptive phenomena can be physically linked by combining data from a multitude of ground-based and space-based instruments alongside models; however, this can be challenging for automated operational systems. The EU Framework Package 7 HELCATS project provides catalogues of CME observations and properties from the Heliospheric Imagers on board the two NASA/STEREO spacecraft in order to track the evolution of CMEs in the inner heliosphere. From the main HICAT catalogue of over 2,000 CME detections, an automated algorithm has been developed to connect the CMEs observed by STEREO to any corresponding solar flares and active-region (AR) sources on the solar surface. CME kinematic properties, such as speed and angular width, are compared with AR magnetic field properties, such as magnetic flux, area, and neutral line characteristics. The resulting LOWCAT catalogue is also compared to the extensive AR property database created by the EU Horizon 2020 FLARECAST project, which provides more complex magnetic field parameters derived from vector magnetograms. Initial statistical analysis has been undertaken on the new data to provide insight into the link between flare and CME events, and characteristics of eruptive ARs. Warning thresholds determined from analysis of the evolution of these parameters is shown to be a useful output for operational space weather purposes. Parameters of particular interest for further analysis include total unsigned flux, vertical current, and current helicity. The automated method developed to create the LOWCAT catalogue may also be useful for future efforts to develop operational CME forecasting.
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