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GOLD observations of the thermospheric response to the 10-12 May 2024 geomagnetic storm
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  • Joseph Scott Evans,
  • John Correira,
  • Jerry D. Lumpe,
  • Richard W Eastes,
  • Quan Gan,
  • Fazlul I Laskar,
  • Saurav Aryal,
  • Wenbin Wang,
  • Alan G. Burns,
  • Stéphane Béland,
  • Xuguang Cai,
  • Mihail V. Codrescu,
  • Scott L England,
  • Katelynn R Greer,
  • Andrey Krywonos,
  • William E. McClintock,
  • Timothy M Plummer,
  • Victoir Veibell
Joseph Scott Evans
Computational Physics, Incorporated

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John Correira
Computational Physics, Inc.
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Jerry D. Lumpe
Computational Physics Inc.
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Richard W Eastes
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
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Quan Gan
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado Boulder
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Fazlul I Laskar
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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Saurav Aryal
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
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Wenbin Wang
HAO/NCAR
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Alan G. Burns
HAO NCAR
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Stéphane Béland
University of Colorado Boulder
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Xuguang Cai
U of colorado, Boulder
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Mihail V. Codrescu
Retired
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Scott L England
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Katelynn R Greer
University of Colorado Boulder
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Andrey Krywonos
Florida Space Institute, University of Central Florida
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William E. McClintock
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
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Timothy M Plummer
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
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Victoir Veibell
Computational Physics Inc
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Abstract

After days of intense solar activity, active region AR3664 launched seven CMEs towards Earth producing an extreme G5 geomagnetic storm commencing at 16:45 UT on Saturday May 10, 2024. The storm impacted power grids, disrupted precision navigational systems used by farming equipment, and generated aurora seen around the globe. The storm produced remarkable effects on composition, temperature, and dynamics in the Earth’s thermosphere that were observed by NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission and are reported here for the first time. We use synoptic disk images of ΣO/N2 and neutral temperature (at ~160 km) measured by GOLD to directly link dynamics resulting from the storm with dramatic changes in thermospheric composition and temperature. We observe an apparent rotation simultaneously in ΣO/N2, neutral temperature, and total electron content. Equator-to-pole temperature differences reach 400 K with peak neutral temperatures near 160 km exceeding 1400 K at high latitudes.
13 Jun 2024Submitted to ESS Open Archive
24 Jun 2024Published in ESS Open Archive