Abstract
AbstractA total of 43 Corotating Interaction Region (CIR)‐induced geomagnetic storms during the unusually deep solar minimum of solar cycle 23 (2006–2010) were identified using a superposed epoch analysis technique. Of these 43 events, detailed cross‐spectrum analyses, between the variations in the Z component of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF Bz) and the equatorial electrojet (EEJ) strength, were performed for 22 events when the daytime EEJ strengths from Jicamarca were available. The analyses revealed that the ∼30 and ∼60 min periodic components in IMF Bz were causally related to the EEJ strength subject to the average solar wind flow being radial to within 6° at L1 during the interval for which EEJ strengths were considered. This investigation elicits the important role of average solar wind azimuthal flow angle in determining the geoeffectiveness of CIR events.
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