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Table 2 Major geomagnetic storms of cycle 24 (Dst < −100 nT)

From: Short-term variability of the Sun-Earth system: an overview of progress made during the CAWSES-II period

Number

Date and time of storm

Dst (nT)

CME onset

V a km/s

W b degree

Eruption location

Bz (nT) location c

1

20110806 04:00

−107

08/04 04:12

1,315

H

N19W36

−21.4 Sh

2

20110927 00:00

−103

09/24 12:48

1,915

H

N15E58

−28.7 Sh

3

20111025 02:00

−137

10/22 01:25

593

H

N40W30d

−19.9 Sh

4

20120309 09:00

−133

03/07 01:36

1,825

H

N17E27

−17.7 FS

5

20120424 05:00

−107

04/19 15:12

540

142

S30E71d

−15.3 FS

6

20120715 18:00

−125

07/12 16:48

885

H

S15W01

−18.6 FS

7

20121001 04:00

−133

09/28 00:12

947

H

N06W34

−20.0 Sh

8

20121009 09:00

−111

10/05 02:48

612

284

S23W31d

−16.2 FS

9

20121114 08:00

−108

11/09 15:12

559

276

S18E16d

−18.9 NS

10

20130317 21:00

−132

03/15 07:12

1,063

H

N11E12

−11.1 Sh

11

20130601 09:00

−119

CIR

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CH

−21.4 IR

12

20140219 09:00

−112

02/16 10:00

634

H

S11E01

−15.5 FSe

  1. aCME speed with an average value of 1,021 km/s. bCME width (H = full halos: 7/11 or 63%). cOrigin of negative Bz: Sh, sheath; FS, fully south (axis of the high inclination cloud pointing south); NS, north south cloud (negative Bz in the rear end of the cloud); IR, interface region between fast and slow winds. dDisappearing solar filament (DSF) events with the centroid of the filament given. eThe sheath is a preceding FS MC.