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Coronal Mass Ejections and Non-recurrent Forbush Decreases

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Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and their interplanetary counterparts (interplanetary coronal mass ejections, ICMEs) are responsible for large solar energetic particle events and severe geomagnetic storms. They can modulate the intensity of Galactic cosmic rays, resulting in non-recurrent Forbush decreases (FDs). We investigate the connection between CME manifestations and FDs. We used specially processed data from the worldwide neutron monitor network to pinpoint the characteristics of the recorded FDs together with CME-related data from the detailed online catalog based upon the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)/Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) data. We report on the correlations of the FD magnitude to the CME initial speed, the ICME transit speed, and the maximum solar wind speed. Comparisons between the features of CMEs (mass, width, velocity) and the characteristics of FDs are also discussed. FD features for halo, partial halo, and non-halo CMEs are presented and discussed.

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The SOHO/LASCO/CME catalog is generated and maintained at the CDAW Data Center by NASA and The Catholic University of America in cooperation with the Naval Research Laboratory. SOHO is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA. The work of coauthors N. Gopalswamy and S. Yashiro is supported by NASA’s LWS TR & T program. The authors would like to thank the anonymous referee for the careful evaluation of the manuscript.

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  1. IZMIRAN, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    A. Belov, A. Abunin, M. Abunina, E. Eroshenko, V. Oleneva & V. Yanke

  2. Nuclear and Particle Physics Section, Physics Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    A. Papaioannou & H. Mavromichalaki

  3. IAASARS, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece

    A. Papaioannou

  4. NASA/GSFC, Heliophysics Division, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA

    N. Gopalswamy

  5. The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA

    S. Yashiro

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Belov, A., Abunin, A., Abunina, M. et al. Coronal Mass Ejections and Non-recurrent Forbush Decreases. Sol Phys 289, 3949–3960 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-014-0534-6

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