Interplanetary coronal mass ejections in the near‐Earth solar wind during 1996–2002

We summarize the occurrence of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) in the near‐Earth solar wind during 1996–2002, corresponding to the increasing and maximum phases of solar cycle 23. In particular, we give a detailed list of such events. This list, based on in situ observations, is not confined to subsets of ICMEs, such as “magnetic clouds” or those preceded by “halo” coronal mass injections (CMEs) observed by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory/Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph, and provides an overview of 214 ICMEs in the near‐Earth solar wind during this period. The ICME rate increases by about an order of magnitude from solar minimum to solar maximum (when the rate is ∼3 ICMEs per…