| Session Details | |
| Section | ST - Solar & Terrestrial Sciences |
| Session Title | Propagation of Coronal Mass Ejections |
| Main Convener | Prof. Periasamy K. Manoharan (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Radio Astronomy Center, India) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Nandita Srivastava (Udaipur Solar Observatory, Physical Research Laboratory, India) Dr. Yong-Jae Moon (KASI, Korea, South) Dr. Alejandro Lara (UNAM, Mexico) Dr. Nat Gopalswamy (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States) |
| Session Description | The coronal mass ejections (CMEs) of Solar Cycle 23 have been better observed than those of any previous solar cycle. The present set of space missions, including ACE, Wind, SOHO, TRACE, Ulysses, RHESSI, and GOES, as well as ground-based measurements and interplanetary scintillation observations and numerical simulation has allowed the study of different aspects of propagation and evolution of CMEs in the inner heliosphere. The aim of this session is to put these observations, theories and modeling in context and to discuss the new theoretical and observational ideas of CME's travel time, prediction models, and their current status. We invite papers that analyse the characteristics of propagation of CMEs and ICMEs in terms of kinetic and magnetic energies and elemental, isotopic, and charge state composition. This session is also aimed at stimulating discussion and promoting collaborations under the IHY-2007 program. |