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A set of 88 halo CMEs observed by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory/Large Angle Solar Coronagraph (SOHO/LASCO) during the period 2005 to 2010 is considered to study the relationship of these halo CMEs with Type-II radio bursts in the deca–hectametric (DH) wavelength range observed by Wind/(Plasma and Radio Waves: WAVES). Among the 88 events, 39 halo CMEs are found to be associated with DH Type-II radio bursts and their characteristics are analyzed with the following results: i) The heights of the CME leading edge at the time of the starting frequencies of many of the selected DH Type-II events (74 %) are in the range (\(2\,\mbox{--}\,10~\mathrm{R}_{\odot}\)) where the shocks are formed. ii) The mean speed of DH-associated halo CMEs (1610 km s−1) is nearly twice the mean speed (853 km s−1) of halo CMEs without DH Type-II radio bursts, implying that the peak of the Alfvén speed profile in the outer corona where DH Type-II radio bursts start might be around 800 km s−1. iii) The shock speed of DH Type-II radio bursts calculated using the heights of shock signatures of the corresponding CME events is found to be slightly higher than the CME speed. iv) The CME speed plays a major role in the determination of the ending frequency of DH Type-II radio bursts but not the starting frequency. v) The relationship between the characteristics of DH Type-II radio bursts and CMEs is explained in the context of the universal drift-rate spectrum.
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We thank the referee for useful comments to improve the quality of this manuscript. The authors gratefully acknowledge the data support provided by various online data centers of NOAA and NASA. We would like to thank the Wind/WAVES team for providing the Type-II catalogs. The CME catalog that we have used is provided by the Center for Solar Physics and Space Weather, The Catholic University of America, in cooperation with the Naval Research Laboratory and NASA. Also, we thank P.K. Manoharan for constructive discussions and support.
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Shanmugaraju, A., Bendict Lawrance, M. Halo Coronal Mass Ejections and Their Relation to DH Type-II Radio Bursts. Sol Phys 290, 2963–2973 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-015-0765-1
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