Coronal dimming parameters and their variations in the 24th solar cycle

Abstract

We analyzed coronal dimming parameters and their relation to coronal mass ejections to determine the location of possible ejections sources on the solar disk in the 24th solar cycle. We used Solar Demon database that contains flares and dimmings parameters obtained from SDO/AIA image. Coronal mass ejections from the CACTus database were associated with 16% of all the dimmings for the period 2010–2018. On average, dimmings associated with coronal mass ejections are events with large absolute parameter values. Correlation coefficient between dimming position angle and associated coronal mass ejection position angle is 0.96. Correlation coefficients between the coronal mass ejection speed and dimming parameters are close to 0.5 for dimmings in the central region of the solar disk. Obtained results can be used to model coronal mass ejections propagation and to define the probability of their arrival in near-Earth space.