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Simulated (STEREO) Views of the Solar Wind Disturbances Following the Coronal Mass Ejections of 1 August 2010

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Images observed by the twin spacecraft Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) A and B appear as complex structures for two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) on 1 August 2010. Therefore, a series of sky maps of Thomson-scattered white light by interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) on 1 August 2010 are simulated using the Hakamada–Akasofu–Fry (HAF) three-dimensional solar-wind model. A comparison between the simulated images and observations of STEREO-A and -B clarifies the structure and evolution of ICMEs (including shocks) in the observed images. The results demonstrate that the simulated images from the HAF model are very useful in the interpretation of the observed images when the ICMEs overlap within the fields of view of the instruments onboard STEREO-A and -B.

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Acknowledgements

This work is jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41104093, 41031066, 41174122), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZZD-EW-01-3), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. We thank Jih-Kwin Chao and C.B. Wang for providing the HAFv.1 code for our use. C.D. Fry’s participation is supported by University of Alabama Huntsville Sub-Award SUB2010-045 under NASA Grant NNX09AP74A. Y.D. Liu is supported by the STEREO project under grant NAS5-03131, by the SPORT project under grant Y129164CBS, by the Recruitment Program of Global Experts of China under grant Y3B0Z1A840, by the Specialized Research Fund for State Key Laboratories of China, and by the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams. We are grateful to the SOHO team for the interplanetary shock list. We acknowledge the use of data from SOHO, STEREO, and ACE. We also thank Y.D. Liu for providing the movies on his website. Finally, we express our appreciation to the referee for constructive comments and suggestions.

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  1. Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China

    Y. Zhang & A. M. Du

  2. State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    X. S. Feng & Y. D. Liu

  3. Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, 99775-7320, USA

    W. Sun & C. S. Deehr

  4. Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Y. D. Liu

  5. Exploration Physics International, Inc, Huntsville, AL, 35806, USA

    C. D. Fry

  6. Space Weather Prediction Center, Ret., National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, 80305, USA

    M. Dryer

  7. Center for Space Physics, Boston University, 725 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    B. Zieger

  8. College of Meteorology and Oceanography, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 211101, China

    Y. Q. Xie

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Zhang, Y., Du, A.M., Feng, X.S. et al. Simulated (STEREO) Views of the Solar Wind Disturbances Following the Coronal Mass Ejections of 1 August 2010. Sol Phys 289, 319–338 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-013-0319-3

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