Statistical analysis of CME-flare relationship in Solar Cycle 24

The prediction of both solar flares and coronal mass ejections is of paramount importance for the impact of space weather on our technology-based society. We revise the statistics of CME-flare relationship on Solar Cycle 24 using the GOES database and a CME database recently released. The latter was developed using the Drag-Based Model (DBM) to assess the quality of such a database, distinguishing accelerated and decelerated CMEs. Furthermore we exploit the R* and D parameters based on the magnetic flux measured in the proximity of the Polarity Inversion Lines in active regions to classify flaring regions in different classes. Finally we study the CME-flare relationship for those classes for Solar Cycle 24.