Using estimates of the masses of nearly 1000 CMEs observed by SOLWIND
from Howard ct al. (1985), we re-plot the numbers of CMEs as a functio
n of CME mass on a log-linear plot. The plot is significant in that it
shows a linear trend over more than a decade of CME masses. The plot
indicates a simple form for the distribution of the CME masses and all
ows an easy determination of the total mass ejected into the solar win
d in the form of CMEs. We find that approximately 16% of the solar win
d at solar maximum can be comprised of CME mass. There is no indicatio
n that the numbers of low-mass CMEs increase in number above the trend
set by the more massive ones. Specifically, there is no increase in t
he numbers of small CMEs such that the whole of the solar wind can be
comprised of them.