supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40890162; 40874078; 40536029 and 40523006);Na-tional Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2006CB806304);Specialized Research Fund for State Key Laboratories and Special Fund for Public Welfare Industry (Meteorology) (Contract GYHY200806024)
A 1D-HD shock propagation model is established to predict the arrival time of interplanetary shocks at 1 AU. Applying this model to 68 solar events during the period of February 1997 to October 2000, it is found that ...