We have divided CMEs events in speed wise into four categories 1) CMEs with speed ≤ 500 km/sec 2) CME with speed 501 ~ 1000 km/sec 3) CMEs with speed 1001 ~ 1500 km/sec 4) CMEs with speed > 1500 km/sec. The values of the annual average of geomagnetic disturbance storms time Index (Dst) (based on daily data) from the OmniWeb ().Īccording to speed distribution, we have taken the ascending phase of solar cycle 23 and 24.We have considered the interval 1996 to 2002 for solar cycle to 2014 for solar cycle 24. For speed distribution we have classified CMEs in such categories as ≤500 km/sec, 501 ~ 1000 km/sec, 1000 ~ 1500 km/sec, >1500 km/sec. In this analysis, we have distributed CMEs events in Narrow (width ≤ 60˚), Moderate (width 61˚ ~ 120˚), Partial Halo (width 121˚ ~ 359˚), and Halo (width=360˚). In the present study, we have selected CMEs events data on the basis of angular width and speed from SOHO/LASCO (/CME_list/). We found total 7180 CMEs events in solar cycle 23 and 11,690 CMEs in solar cycle 24 for our selected period. We have selected the first 7 years of both solar cycles 23 and 24 i.e. We have taken CMEs and Dst data during the ascending phase of solar cycle 23 and 24. In this paper, we have studied the variation of Dst and CMEs (speed and width) for the selected period. In this study, we analyze the correlation between Dst and CMEs (Fast and Halo) during the ascending phase of solar cycles 23 and 24. CMEs number shows a double peak and similar to seen in sunspot number. There only 11 CMEs that caused major storms during cycle 24 until the end of period 2014. Halo CMEs constitute only approximate 3% of all CMEs and represent an energy population because most of the CMEs that produce major geomagnetic storms are Halo. A Halo CMEs appears to surround the occulting disk of the observing coronagraph in sky plane projection. In order to address the fundamental problem of prediction of geomagnetic storms, it is important to examine the Halo CMEs first observed by Howard. Such a behavior was observed only a few times since the 1800s. The double peak in SSN during solar cycle 24 is the second peak is larger than the first one by ~20%. It is well-known that the most solar cycles show a double peak due to the out-of-phase activity in the two hemispheres. These fast CMEs can reach Earth in a little time as ~14 - 17 hours and caused major geomagnetic storms. The fastest CMEs erupt from large sunspot active regions, powered by the strongest magnetic field concentrations on the Sun. ĬMEs travel outward from the Sun, typically at an average speed of about ~483 kilometers per second but be slow as ~100 kilometers per second or faster than ~3000 kilometers per second. Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) with strong magnetic fields caused geomagnetic storms. Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are identified in the images of the solar corona obtained by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) mission’s Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) since 1996. Many researchers show the relationship between CMEs and geomagnetic storms. The disturbance storm time index (Dst) is a measure of geomagnetic activity used to assess the magnetic storms and it is affected by solar output. Now it is very well known that the coronal mass ejections (CMEs) play a central role in the enhancing of interplanetary and geomagnetic activity.

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