3-D views of the expanding CME: from the Sun to 1AU. (5th March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rouillard, Alexis P.
• Editors: Montmerle, Thierry
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. Volume 10:Number H16(2012)Highlights
• Page Start: 106
• Page End: 108
• Publication Date: 2015-03-05
• Subjects: Solar Wind, -- Solar Activity, -- Coronal Mass Ejections, -- Corotating Interaction Regions; Astronomy -- Congresses; Astronomy -- Periodicals; 520
• DOI: 10.1017/S174392131400475X
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-9213

Abstract

Abstract: Three-dimensional information on Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) can be obtained from a wide range of in-situ measurements and remote-sensing techniques. Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and white-light imaging sensed from several vantage points can be used to infer the 3-D geometry of the different parts that constitute a CME. High-resolution and high-cadence coronal imaging provides detailed information on the formation and release phase of a magnetic flux rope, the lateral expansion of the CME and the reconfiguration of the corona associated with the effects of pressure variations and reconnection. The evolution of the CME in the interplanetary medium and the connection of its various substructures with in-situ measurements can be obtained from multi-point heliospheric imaging.