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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wang, Y M
• Wang, S
• Ye, P Z

Titel

Multiple magnetic clouds in interplanetary space

Ist Teil von

• Solar physics, 2002-12, Vol.211 (1-2), p.333-344

Ort / Verlag

Dordrecht: Springer Nature B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2002

Quelle

SpringerLINK Contemporary (Konsortium Baden-Württemberg)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• An interplanetary magnetic cloud (MC) is usually considered the byproduct of a coronal mass ejection (CME). Due to the frequent occurrence of CMEs, multiple magnetic clouds (multi-MCs), in which one MC catches up with another, should be a relatively common phenomenon. A simple flux rope model is used to get the primary magnetic field features of multi-MCs. Results indicate that the magnetic field configuration of multi-MCs mainly depends on the magnetic field characteristics of each member of multi-MCs. It may be entirely different in another situation. Moreover, we fit the data from the Wind spacecraft by using this model. Comparing the model with the observations, we verify the existence of multi-MCs, and propose some suggestions for further work.