Defining a CME:
SOHO/LASCO/C3 Images
FRONTAL
CORE
CAVITY
Corona before CME
Corona with CME
Most of the radio observations below the occulting disk;
except
Wind/WAVES & BIRS
(but no imaging)
White light CME observed by SOHO/LASCO C3 coronagraph on 2000 February 27 at 07:42 UT.
Left: Pre-event corona.
The dark circular disk:
Occulter
Small white circle: Optical Sun