Correction to `The interplanetary events of January-May, 1997 as inferred from energetic particle data, and their relationship with solar events' by H. V. Cane, I. G. Richardson, and O. C. St. Cyr

摘要

Few corrections to the paper `The interplanetary events of January-May, 1997 as inferred from energetic particle data, and their relationship with solar events' by H. V. Cane, I. G. Richardson and O. C. St. Cyr are detailed. A re-examination of the LASCO C2 data, it can be seen that the coronal mass injection (CME) had an angular spread of only 67° and hence should not be classified as halo/partial-halo CME. Also, contrary to the article's claim, only one, not all of the three distinct CMEs observed on April 27, 1997, was Earthward-directed; the other two were likely to have originated on the backside of the Sun. Similarly, the April 16 CME was likely to have been a backside event, and not Earthward-directed.