Research Article

Studies on Longer Wavelength Type II Radio Bursts Associated with Flares and CMEs during the Rise and Decay Phase of 23rd Solar Cycle

Table 1

Properties of DH-type II bursts, flares, and CMEs in solar cycle rise phase and solar cycle decay phase events.

Serial
number
PropertiesSolar cycle
rise phase events
Solar cycle
decay phase events
-test
value (%)

DH-type II bursts
1Start frequency (MHz)10.65 (0.38) 10.12 (0.47)37.71
2End frequency (MHz)2.48 (0.26) 1.78 (0.25) 5.55
3Duration (min)441 (67.92) 369 (61.09)43.04
4Type II speed (km s−1)1135 (71.50)1260 (79.71)25.51

Flares
5Flare duration (min)53 (4.27) 59 (4.35)33.64
6Flare rise time (min)26 (1.89) 31 (2.47) 8.84
7Flare decay time (min)27 (2.75) 28 (2.67)84.99

CMEs
8CME speed (km s−1)1058 (47.53)1377 (58.02) ≪1
9Width (deg)260 (10.42) 276 (10.59)26.59
10Acceleration (m s−2)−1.32 (2.29) −15.18 (4.45) 2.01

The mean (standard error) values of the properties are given in this table.