Propagation of Coronal Mass Ejections
A special issue of Universe (ISSN 2218-1997). This special issue belongs to the section "Solar System".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 9762
Special Issue Editors
Interests: space weather forecast; coronal mass ejections; solar wind; drag-based propagation; analytical modeling
Interests: coronal mass ejections; solar wind; magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulation; solar energetic particles; space weather forecast
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and their associated shocks are one of the main drivers of heliospheric variability and cause interplanetary as well as planetary disturbances. Therefore, understanding and forecasting their propagation is an extremely important aspect of solar and heliospheric physics and space weather.
In recent years, many propagation models have been developed by research groups around the globe, differing in input, assumptions, and complexity and ranging from simple empirical and analytical models to complex machine learning and numerical models. Through comparison with observations, these models need to be evaluated, advanced, and even reinvented. On the other hand, to understand and forecast CME propagation, reliable observation-based input is needed as well. Our current observational capabilities include both remote sensing and in situ measurements at multiple locations in the heliosphere, and even though significant progress has been made in recent years to employ these observations for a reliable observation-based input for different propagation models, many challenges remain.
This Special Issue is devoted to studies covering various topics related to the propagation of CMEs, including but not limited to deriving reliable observation-based input, new observational techniques and methods, and new or advanced modeling efforts and evaluation. We solicit contributions on observational and modeling efforts, as well as case studies, particularly encouraging multispacecraft studies.
Dr. Mateja Dumbović
Dr. Fang Shen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- coronal mass ejections
- solar eruptive phenomena
- solar wind
- interplanetary shocks
- interplanetary propagation
- magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulation
- analytical modeling
- space weather forecast
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