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Some problems of identifying types of large-scale solar wind and their role in the physics of the magnetosphere

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This paper discusses the errors in analyzing solar-terrestrial relationships, which result from either disregarding the types of interplanetary drivers in studying the magnetosphere response on their effect or from the incorrect identification of the type of these drivers. In particular, it has been shown that the absence of selection between the Sheath and ICME (the study of so-called CME-induced storms, i.e., magnetic storms generated by CME) leads to errors in the studies of interplanetary conditions of magnetic storm generation, because the statistical analysis has shown that, in the Sheath + ICME sequences, the largest number of storm onsets fell on the Sheath, and the largest number of storms maxima fell at the end of the Sheath and the beginning of the ICME. That is, the situation is observed most frequently when at least the larger part of the main phase of storm generation falls on the Sheath and, in reality, Sheath-induced storms are observed. In addition, we consider several cases in which magnetic storms were generated by corotating interaction regions, whereas the authors attribute them to CME.

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Original Russian Text © Y.I. Yermolaev, I.G. Lodkina, N.S. Nikolaeva, M.Y. Yermolaev, M.O. Riazantseva, 2017, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2017, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 189–200.

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Yermolaev, Y.I., Lodkina, I.G., Nikolaeva, N.S. et al. Some problems of identifying types of large-scale solar wind and their role in the physics of the magnetosphere. Cosmic Res 55, 178–189 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952517030029

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