Interplanetary origins of November 2004 superstorms |
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| Authors: | E. Echer B.T. Tsurutani F.L. Guarnieri |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Water Research Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, 110 King St. Manly Vale, NSW 2093, Australia;2. Griffith Centre for Coastal Management, Griffith University, Southport, QLD 4222, Australia;1. NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA;2. Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA, USA;3. Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, Granada, Spain;4. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA;5. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA;6. Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA;7. Hampton University, Hampton, VA, USA |
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| Abstract: | The sun was very active in the declining phase of solar cycle 23. Large sunspot active regions gave origin to multiple flare and coronal mass ejection (CME) activity in the interval 2003–2005. On November 2004, the active region AR 10696 was the origin of dozens of flares and many CMEs. Some events of this solar activity region resulted in two large geomagnetic storms, or superstorms (Dst??250 nT) on November 8, peak Dst=?373 nT, and on November 10, peak Dst=?289 nT. It is the purpose of this article to identify the interplanetary origins of these two superstorms. The southward-directed interplanetary magnetic fields (IMF Bs) that caused the two superstorms were related to a magnetic cloud (MC) field for the first superstorm, and a combination of sheath and MC fields for the second superstorm. However, this simple, classic picture is complicated by the presence of multiple shocks and waves. Six fast-forward shocks and, at least, two reverse waves were observed in the period of the two superstorms. A detailed analysis of these complex interplanetary features is performed in this work. |
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