Comment on "Solar Wind and Heavy Ion Properties of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections" by M.J.Owens

Abstract

A recent paper by Owens (2018) presents a statistical analysis of the properties of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) and variations in their compositions and ion charge-state signatures using data from the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft. However, the article contains several serious flaws, which we will discuss here.