The interplanetary mass ejections behaviour in the heliosphere

TL;DR

This paper reviews the behavior and characteristics of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) and magnetic clouds, emphasizing their origins, propagation, and impact on space weather.

Contribution

It provides an overview of ICMEs, including identification methods, propagation tracking, and catalogs, highlighting their significance in space weather studies.

Findings

ICMEs can reach velocities up to 2000 km/s.

Magnetic clouds are a distinct class of ICMEs.

Several catalogs of ICMEs and magnetic clouds are summarized.

Abstract

We present here an overview of an important solar phenomenon with major implication for space weather and planetary life. The coronal mass ejections (CMEs) come from the Sun and expand in the heliosphere, becoming interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs). They represent huge clouds of plasma and magnetic fields that travel with velocities reaching even 2000 km/s and perturbing the planetary and interplanetary field. The magnetic clouds (MC) are a special class of ICMEs. We summarize some aspects as the ICMEs identification, propagation and track back to the Sun, where the solar source could be found. We notice here few known catalogs of the ICMEs and magnetic clouds.