The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 37 Issue 2
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- Pages.124.1-124.1
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- 2012
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
Comparison of the WSA-ENLIL CME propagation model with three cone types and an empirical model
- Jang, Soojeong (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Moon, Yong-Jae (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Na, HyeonOck (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University)
- Published : 2012.10.17
Abstract
We have made a comparison of the WSA-ENLIL CME propagation model with three cone types and an empirical model using 29 halo CMEs from 2001 to 2002. These halo CMEs have cone model parameters from Michalek et al. (2007) as well as their associated interplanetary (IP) shocks. For this study we consider three different cone models (an asymmetric cone model, an ice-cream cone model and an elliptical cone model) to determine CME cone parameters (radial velocity, angular width and source location), which are used for input parameters of the WSA-ENLIL CME propagation model. The mean absolute error (MAE) of the arrival times at the Earth for the elliptical cone model is 10 hours, which is about 2 hours smaller than those of the other models. However, this value is still larger than that (8.7 hours) of an empirical model by Kim et al. (2007). We are investigating several possibilities on relatively large errors of the WSA-ENLIL cone model, which may be caused by CME-CME interaction, background solar wind speed, and/or CME density enhancement.
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