• CME heights (with respect to the disk center) are measured at the fastest segment of the leading edge.
  • PA= Position Angle measured from Solar North in degrees (counter-clockwise)
  • Halo CMEs are indicated in the "Central PA" column. The letters ("S", "BA", "OA") in the brackets show type of halo CMEs. See examples.
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    First C2 Appearance
    Date Time [UT]
    Central
    PA
    [deg]
    Angular
    Width [deg]
    Linear
    Speed [km/s]
    2nd-order Speed at final height [km/s] 2nd-order Speed at 20 Rs [km/s] Accel
    [m/s2]
    Mass
    [gram]
    Kinetic
    Energy
    [erg]
    MPA [deg] Movies, plots, & links Remarks
    1999/04/01 00:30:05 303 43 411 489 777 20.6*1 3.6e+14 3.0e+29 310 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/01 11:54:05 56 6 713 562 0 -34.1 ---- ---- 59 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/01 14:30:06 67 15 658 776 1246 54.9*1 ---- ---- 74 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/01 19:31:19 25 49 529 441 0 -22.8*1 6.4e+14 9.0e+29 34 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/02 01:31:19 91 74 294 281 240 -1.6 6.0e+14 2.6e+29 78 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/02 06:06:05 288 26 748 642 437 -22.0 3.9e+14 1.1e+30 293 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/02 07:31:18 291 69 302 325 355 2.0 3.0e+15 1.4e+30 305 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/02 08:30:05 90 >191 1068 902 1021 -21.3 2.4e+15*2 1.4e+31*2 79 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie UVCS Uncertain Width; Partial Halo
    1999/04/02 13:31:19 244 20 326 435 646 15.6 2.2e+14 1.2e+29 244 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/02 23:30:05 162 133 447 451 453 0.3 3.5e+15*2 3.5e+30*2 158 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Partial Halo
    1999/04/03 15:06:05 228 88 375 331 244 -4.8 8.7e+14 6.1e+29 234 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/03 21:30:08 92 58 797 670 486 -31.1*1 4.8e+14*2 1.5e+30*2 79 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/03 23:47:11 74 156 923 1156 1807 138.0*1 2.0e+15*2 8.6e+30*2 38 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Partial Halo
    1999/04/04 01:54:05 171 87 307 305 279 -0.7*1 1.1e+15*2 5.4e+29*2 164 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Only C2
    1999/04/04 04:30:07 119 70 671 563 625 -8.6 ---- ---- 115 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/04 04:30:07 273 132 451 445 444 -0.5 ---- ---- 299 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Partial Halo
    1999/04/04 05:30:05 65 >173 1203 871 1151 -41.2 ---- ---- 73 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Uncertain Width; Partial Halo
    1999/04/04 14:06:06 357 5 297 462 1437 89.5*1 ---- ---- 1 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event; Only C2
    1999/04/04 19:31:22 80 6 647 661 713 4.5 ---- ---- 85 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/04 22:30:05 79 29 789 713 694 -13.2 5.8e+14 1.8e+30 89 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/05 01:54:05 258 53 471 461 404 -2.9*1 5.1e+14 5.7e+29 243 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie UVCS
    1999/04/05 12:30:05 83 50 801 707 605 -18.1 4.9e+14 1.6e+30 89 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie UVCS
    1999/04/05 13:31:53 107 84 536 531 525 -0.8 9.4e+14 1.4e+30 89 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/05 19:31:20 98 87 742 598 585 -19.3 1.4e+14 3.9e+29 86 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/06 08:54:05 272 50 346 360 435 3.3 5.1e+14 3.0e+29 277 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/06 11:06:06 41 4 670 800 1580 90.4*1 ---- ---- 43 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Only 3 points; Only C2
    1999/04/07 00:06:07 112 113 405 352 95 -8.3 5.3e+15 4.3e+30 118 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/07 00:30:05 292 10 549 614 720 12.1*1 ---- ---- 295 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/07 03:30:05 203 106 161 221 384 6.8*1 6.1e+14 7.9e+28 187 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Only C3
    1999/04/07 21:30:08 282 28 375 379 408 1.3*1 2.0e+14*2 1.4e+29*2 277 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/08 14:54:05 247 35 455 373 0 -13.2 2.7e+14 2.8e+29 256 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie UVCS
    1999/04/08 15:54:05 77 54 414 396 300 -4.2 2.1e+14 1.8e+29 90 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/09 06:30:05 348 184 251 219 0 -3.7 6.1e+14*2 1.9e+29*2 282 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Partial Halo
    1999/04/09 21:54:05 115 63 309 321 362 1.7 1.0e+15 4.9e+29 111 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/10 01:31:22 38 24 695 812 854 17.6 4.8e+14 1.2e+30 44 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/10 15:06:05 117 59 647 611 496 -9.8*1 4.9e+14 1.0e+30 113 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/11 03:30:11 338 32 ---- --- --- --- 1.9e+14*2 9.5e+23*2 334 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Very Poor Event; Only C2; Unable to measure
    1999/04/11 21:30:08 75 65 185 265 683 19.1*1 5.1e+14 8.8e+28 76 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie UVCS Only C2
    1999/04/12 02:30:05 68 50 176 417 740 23.2*1 1.6e+15 2.4e+29 65 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    1999/04/13 03:30:05 228 >261 291 293 298 0.2*1 1.4e+15*2 5.9e+29*2 194 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Revised on 2006/01/12 ; Uncertain Width; Partial Halo
    1999/04/13 09:06:05 278 11 327 307 264 -2.0 ---- ---- 279 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/13 13:54:05 109 89 258 324 336 3.6 6.3e+15 2.1e+30 98 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Only C3
    1999/04/14 09:30:06 311 22 232 151 0 -13.6*1 3.3e+14 8.9e+28 313 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/14 23:54:06 336 65 497 487 484 -1.1 5.8e+14 7.2e+29 339 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/15 07:31:19 105 12 422 590 773 22.1 ---- ---- 103 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie UVCS
    1999/04/15 17:30:05 2 38 521 522 522 0.1 4.9e+14 6.7e+29 354 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Only C3
    1999/04/16 02:30:05 113 14 885 436 0 -146.5*1 ---- ---- 111 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Poor Event
    1999/04/17 06:36:22 213 165 362 377 383 1.1 2.8e+15*2 1.8e+30*2 216 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Partial Halo
    1999/04/17 14:06:05 271 17 690 748 801 10.2 ---- ---- 272 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/17 19:31:22 247 45 274 245 0 -16.5*1 3.6e+14*2 1.4e+29*2 249 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Only C2
    1999/04/18 08:30:05 59 >112 475 544 680 12.4*1 1.2e+15 1.4e+30 53 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie UVCS Uncertain Width
    1999/04/18 20:30:05 36 82 277 346 505 8.8*1 4.9e+14 1.9e+29 37 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/19 02:06:05 61 22 228 242 298 1.8 7.5e+14 1.9e+29 63 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/19 02:30:06 241 81 236 251 380 3.9 7.9e+14 2.2e+29 244 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Only C2
    1999/04/19 08:30:05 251 66 389 426 553 7.7*1 5.0e+14 3.8e+29 267 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/19 12:54:06 304 80 181 262 365 6.0 2.6e+15 4.3e+29 315 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/20 13:31:20 240 64 448 540 1191 53.5*1 6.8e+14*2 6.8e+29*2 250 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie UVCS Poor Event; Only C2
    1999/04/21 09:54:06 267 34 176 --- --- --- 4.2e+13*2 6.5e+27*2 264 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Difficult to measure the width; Poor Event; Only 2 points; Only C2
    1999/04/21 12:30:05 244 69 204 234 593 16.0*1 2.0e+14*2 4.1e+28*2 231 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie UVCS Poor Event; Only 3 points; Only C3
    1999/04/21 16:30:05 273 45 374 430 528 8.9*1 4.9e+14 3.4e+29 282 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Only C3
    1999/04/22 02:30:05 244 82 461 472 479 1.1 2.7e+15 2.9e+30 260 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/22 12:30:06 236 62 565 457 0 -21.6*1 3.6e+14 5.7e+29 258 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie UVCS
    1999/04/23 01:54:07 254 108 523 638 887 25.4 2.7e+15 3.7e+30 267 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie UVCS
    1999/04/23 12:30:06 341 97 341 490 637 15.7 5.2e+14 3.0e+29 1 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/23 14:06:05 274 42 239 221 0 -7.4*1 1.5e+14 4.2e+28 273 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Difficult to measure the width; Poor Event; Only C2
    1999/04/24 11:06:05 220 36 1026 1083 1109 12.7 6.8e+14 3.6e+30 225 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/24 13:31:15 Halo (OA) 360 1495 1640 1614 37.1 1.5e+16*2 1.7e+32*2 321 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie UVCS
    1999/04/25 02:06:05 243 52 873 654 0 -56.4 1.0e+15 3.9e+30 251 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/25 08:30:05 66 6 625 594 532 -6.3 ---- ---- 59 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/25 12:06:05 325 53 524 595 615 7.2 4.5e+13 6.1e+28 314 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/26 09:54:05 42 19 460 417 0 -16.8*1 ---- ---- 40 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/26 13:54:05 32 45 632 206 0 -64.0*1 4.8e+14 9.5e+29 32 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/27 03:30:05 98 38 174 187 309 2.9 7.8e+13 1.2e+28 102 C2 C3 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Only C2
    1999/04/27 14:30:05 147 103 351 505 763 22.2 1.4e+15 8.8e+29 157 C2 C3 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie UVCS
    1999/04/27 22:30:06 34 61 949 844 845 -18.8 3.4e+15 1.5e+31 41 C2 C3 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/29 03:30:05 164 31 273 272 270 -0.1 7.0e+14 2.6e+29 175 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/29 05:30:05 293 21 523 496 459 -3.8 4.2e+14 5.7e+29 290 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/29 09:06:06 93 13 516 613 870 23.9*1 ---- ---- 96 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/29 18:06:05 18 47 333 239 0 -9.9 8.2e+14 4.5e+29 16 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/29 19:54:06 355 >81 358 349 338 -0.9 1.1e+15*2 6.9e+29*2 343 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie Uncertain Width
    1999/04/30 17:50:11 244 24 742 626 0 -71.0*1 2.4e+14 6.7e+29 252 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/30 18:06:05 308 54 418 521 601 10.5 6.8e+14 5.9e+29 339 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie
    1999/04/30 21:26:08 255 21 573 652 740 13.3 8.5e+14 1.4e+30 257 C2 C3 195 SXT PHTX DST Java Movie

    *1 Acceleration is uncertain due to either poor height measurement or a small number of height-time measurements (See Section 3.4 of Yashiro et al. 2004 for details).
    *2 Mass and Kinetic Energy are uncertain due to poor mass estimate. Mass measurement assumes that the CME material is in the sky-plane. Kinetic Energy is obtained from the mass and linear speed (see Vourlidas et al. 2000 for details).