How the CME on 21 April 2023 Triggered the First Severe Geomagnetic Storm of Solar Cycle 25
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| author | Paouris, Evangelos Vourlidas, Angelos Georgoulis, Manolis K. Hess, Phillip Stenborg, Guillermo |
| author_facet | Paouris, Evangelos Vourlidas, Angelos Georgoulis, Manolis K. Hess, Phillip Stenborg, Guillermo |
| contents | The first severe (G4) geomagnetic storm of Solar Cycle 25 occurred on 23-24 April 2023, following the arrival of a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) on 23 April. The characteristics of this CME, measured from coronagraphs (speed and mass), did not indicate that it would trigger such an intense geomagnetic storm. In this work, our aim is to understand why this CME led to such a geoeffective outcome. Our analysis spans from the source active region to the corona and inner heliosphere through 1 au using multiwavelength, multi-viewpoint remote sensing observations and in situ data. We find that rotation and possibly deflection of the CME resulted in an axial magnetic field nearly parallel to the ecliptic plane during the Earth encounter, which might explain the storm's severity. Additionally, we find that imaging away from the Sun-Earth line is crucial in hindcasting the CME Time-of-Arrival at Earth. The position (0.39 au) and detailed images from the SoloHI telescope onboard the Solar Orbiter mission, in combination with SOHO and STEREO images, helped decisively with the three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of the CME. |
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| spellingShingle | How the CME on 21 April 2023 Triggered the First Severe Geomagnetic Storm of Solar Cycle 25 Paouris, Evangelos Vourlidas, Angelos Georgoulis, Manolis K. Hess, Phillip Stenborg, Guillermo Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Space Physics The first severe (G4) geomagnetic storm of Solar Cycle 25 occurred on 23-24 April 2023, following the arrival of a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) on 23 April. The characteristics of this CME, measured from coronagraphs (speed and mass), did not indicate that it would trigger such an intense geomagnetic storm. In this work, our aim is to understand why this CME led to such a geoeffective outcome. Our analysis spans from the source active region to the corona and inner heliosphere through 1 au using multiwavelength, multi-viewpoint remote sensing observations and in situ data. We find that rotation and possibly deflection of the CME resulted in an axial magnetic field nearly parallel to the ecliptic plane during the Earth encounter, which might explain the storm's severity. Additionally, we find that imaging away from the Sun-Earth line is crucial in hindcasting the CME Time-of-Arrival at Earth. The position (0.39 au) and detailed images from the SoloHI telescope onboard the Solar Orbiter mission, in combination with SOHO and STEREO images, helped decisively with the three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of the CME. |
| title | How the CME on 21 April 2023 Triggered the First Severe Geomagnetic Storm of Solar Cycle 25 |
| topic | Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Space Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.00705 |