I
finally found a CME! The first date that I looked at after the morning
meeting had a massive CME and I found data for it on STEREO-A, STEREO-B, SOHO,
and GOES! I was able to calculate the speed of the CME, find when it actually
hit Earth, use the equation d=VCME*t+(1/2a)t2 to
get the acceleration, and then plug all the numbers into the overall equation
a=A(VCME-Vwind)n. Due to the fact that there
are two variables in this equation I need to find another CME so that I can
divide out the constant (A) to get a value for the exponent (n). So, tomorrow I
am going to continue the search for yet another CME so that I can get a value
for “n”. I also just remembered that I need to plot Height vs. Time graphs for
the CME that I found today. It feels really good to finally have a productive
day and I hope the success continues into next week!
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