A Multispectral Study of Coronal Shocks Characteristics

G. Pothitakis$^1$, P. Preka-Papadema$^1$, A. Hilaris$^1$, X. Moussas$^1$, C. Caroubalos$^2$, C.E. Alissandrakis$^3$, P. Tsitsipis$^4$, A. Kontogeorgos$^4$, J.-L. Bougeret$^5$, G. Dumas$^5$

$^1$Section of Astrophysics, Astronomy & Mechanics, Department of Physics, University of Athens, GR-15783 Athens, Greece
$^2$Department of Informatics & Telecommunications, GR-15783 Athens, Greece
$^3$Section of Astrogeophysics, Physics Department, University of Ioannina, Ioannina GR-45110, Greece
$^4$Department of Electronics, Technological Educational Institute of Lamia, Lamia GR-35100, Greece
$^5$LESIA, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, 5 Place J. Janssen, F-92195 Meudon Cedex, France

We present a study of 30 type II bursts recorded by ARTEMIS-IV radiospectrograph in the 100-650 MHz range during the recent solar maximum; these are accompanied by SXR flares and, mostly, by SOHO/LASCO CMEs. Our analysis covers the relationship between type II and CME and flares characteristics. It appears that certain morphological commonalities of the radio events correspond to similarities in the shock generation mechanism as described by existing models.