Introduction to violent Sun‐Earth connection events of October–November 2003

[1] The solar-terrestrial events of late October and early November 2003, popularly referred to as the Halloween storms, represent the best observed cases of extreme space weather activity observed to date and have generated research covering multiple aspects of solar eruptions and their space weather effects. In the following article, which serves as an abstract for this collective research, we present highlights taken from 61 of the 74 papers from the Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letters, and Space Weather which are linked under this special issue. (An overview of the 13 associated papers published in Geophysics Research Letters is given in the work of Gopalswamy et al. (2005a)).

[1]  T. Clarmann,et al.  Experimental evidence of perturbed odd hydrogen and chlorine chemistry after the October 2003 solar proton events , 2005 .

[2]  C. Plainaki,et al.  Magnetospheric effects in cosmic rays during the unique magnetic storm on November 2003 , 2005 .

[3]  M. Hairston,et al.  Ring current and the magnetosphere‐ionosphere coupling during the superstorm of 20 November 2003 , 2005 .

[4]  F. Kamalabadi,et al.  Three-dimensional estimates of the coronal electron density at times of extreme solar activity , 2005 .

[5]  D. Haggerty,et al.  Proton, helium, and electron spectra during the large solar particle events of October-November 2003 , 2005 .

[6]  P. Evenson,et al.  Geometry of an interplanetary CME on October 29, 2003 deduced from cosmic rays , 2004 .

[7]  E. Yizengaw,et al.  Southern Hemisphere ionosphere and plasmasphere response to the interplanetary shock event of 29–31 October 2003 , 2005 .

[8]  J. Blake,et al.  Response of the inner radiation belt to the violent Sun‐Earth connection events of October–November 2003 , 2005 .

[9]  M. Dryer,et al.  Real‐time shock arrival predictions during the “Halloween 2003 epoch” , 2004 .

[10]  S. Wu,et al.  Flare-generated shock evolution and geomagnetic storms during the ''Halloween 2003 epoch'': 29 October to 2 November , 2005 .

[11]  G. Thuillier,et al.  Dynamics in the polar thermosphere after the coronal mass ejection of 28 October 2003 observed with the EPIS interferometer at Svalbard , 2005 .

[12]  Jeffrey M. Forbes,et al.  Global thermospheric neutral density and wind response to the severe 2003 geomagnetic storms from CHAMP accelerometer data , 2005 .

[13]  F. Auchère,et al.  CORONAS‐F/SPIRIT EUV observations of October–November 2003 solar eruptive events in combination with SOHO/EIT data , 2005 .

[14]  C. Russell,et al.  Heliospheric energetic particle observations during the October–November 2003 events , 2005 .

[15]  T. Sanderson,et al.  Energetic particle observations from the Ulysses COSPIN instruments obtained during the October–November 2003 events , 2005 .

[16]  L. P. Barbieri,et al.  October–November 2003's space weather and operations lessons learned , 2004 .

[17]  S. Krucker,et al.  Solar energetic electrons related to the 28 October 2003 flare , 2005 .

[18]  J. Intriligator,et al.  From the Sun to the outer heliosphere: Modeling and analyses of the interplanetary propagation of the October/November (Halloween) 2003 solar events , 2005 .

[19]  Richard W. McEntire,et al.  Overwhelming O+ contribution to the plasma sheet energy density during the October 2003 superstorm: , 2005 .

[20]  Greg Kopp,et al.  Solar irradiance variability during the October 2003 solar storm period , 2004 .

[21]  R. Skoug,et al.  On the magnetic topology of October/November 2003 events , 2005 .

[22]  E. Kyrölä,et al.  Diurnal variation of ozone depletion during the October-November 2003 solar proton events , 2005 .

[23]  L. Lanzerotti,et al.  October/November 2003 interplanetary coronal mass ejections: ACE/EPAM solar energetic particle observations , 2005 .

[24]  Steven Tingay,et al.  X‐ray magnitude of the 4 November 2003 solar flare inferred from the ionospheric attenuation of the galactic radio background , 2005 .

[25]  John W. MacDougall,et al.  Effects of the major geomagnetic storms of October 2003 on the equatorial and low-latitude F region in two longitudinal sectors , 2005 .

[26]  C. Oler.  Prediction performance of space weather forecast centers following the extreme events of October and November 2003 , 2004 .

[27]  W. Rideout,et al.  Multiradar observations of the polar tongue of ionization , 2005 .

[28]  Sergio Gil-Lopez,et al.  HNO3, N2O5, and ClONO2 enhancements after the October-November 2003 solar proton events , 2005 .

[29]  M. Acuna,et al.  Low‐frequency plasma oscillations at Mars during the October 2003 solar storm , 2005 .

[30]  M. Hairston,et al.  Saturation of the ionospheric polar cap potential during the October–November 2003 superstorms , 2005 .

[31]  Hiroshi Matsumoto,et al.  Indirect estimation of the solar wind conditions in 29–31 October 2003 , 2005 .

[32]  Bernard V. Jackson,et al.  Preliminary three‐dimensional analysis of the heliospheric response to the 28 October 2003 CME using SMEI white‐light observations , 2006 .

[33]  E. J. Llewellyn,et al.  Ozone depletion during the solar proton events of October//November 2003 as seen by SCIAMACHY , 2005 .

[34]  A. Dmitriev,et al.  Geosynchronous magnetopause crossings on 29–31 October 2003 , 2005 .

[35]  T. Clarmann,et al.  Observation of NO(x) Enhancement and Ozone Depletion in the Northern and Southern hemispheres after the October-November 2003 Solar Proton Events , 2005 .

[36]  E. Cliver,et al.  The 1859 Solar–Terrestrial Disturbance And the Current Limits of Extreme Space Weather Activity , 2004 .

[37]  H. Lühr,et al.  Strong disturbance of the upper thermospheric density due to magnetic storms: CHAMP observations , 2005 .

[38]  A. Suvorova,et al.  Geosynchronous magnetopause crossings on October 29–31, 2003 , 2004 .

[39]  A. Vourlidas,et al.  Coronal mass ejections and other extreme characteristics of the 2003 October–November solar eruptions , 2005 .

[40]  Larry J. Paxton,et al.  First look at the 20 November 2003 superstorm with TIMED/GUVI: Comparisons with a thermospheric global circulation model , 2005 .

[41]  Manuel López-Puertas,et al.  Rotational and spin‐orbit distributions of NO observed by MIPAS/ENVISAT during the solar storm of October/November 2003 , 2005 .

[42]  D. Webb,et al.  Coronal mass ejection kinematics deduced from white light (Solar Mass Ejection Imager) and radio (Wind/WAVES) observations , 2005 .

[43]  G. Simnett.  Near-relativistic electron emission following the 28 October 2003 X17 flare , 2005 .

[44]  I. McCrea,et al.  Extreme solar‐terrestrial events of October 2003: High‐latitude and Cluster observations of the large geomagnetic disturbances on 30 October , 2005 .

[45]  M. Tokumaru,et al.  Interplanetary consequences caused by the extremely intense solar activity during October–November 2003 , 2005 .

[46]  A. Quillen,et al.  Decay of interplanetary coronal mass ejections and Forbush decrease recovery times , 2004, astro-ph/0411588.

[47]  V. Vodyannikov,et al.  Ionospheric disturbances over Alma‐Ata during the October–November 2003 magnetic storms , 2005 .

[48]  H. Hayakawa,et al.  Determination of shock parameters for the very fast interplanetary shock on 29 October 2003 , 2005 .

[49]  R. Skoug,et al.  Introduction to the special section: Violent Sun‐Earth connection events of October–November 2003 , 2005 .

[50]  K. Klein,et al.  Relativistic nucleon and electron production in the 2003 October 28 solar event , 2005 .

[51]  Ian L. Getley,et al.  Observation of solar particle event on board a commercial flight from Los Angeles to New York on 29 October 2003 , 2004 .

[52]  D. Baker,et al.  Sun Unleashes Halloween Storm , 2004 .

[53]  Larry J. Paxton,et al.  Large-scale variations of the low-latitude ionosphere during the October–November 2003 superstorm: Observational results , 2005 .

[54]  M. Desai,et al.  Heavy ion abundances and spectra from the large solar energetic particle events of October–November 2003 , 2005 .

[55]  D. Mitchell,et al.  Mars Global Surveyor observations of the Halloween 2003 solar superstorm's encounter with Mars , 2005 .

[56]  Matthew T. DeLand,et al.  Neutral atmospheric influences of the solar proton events in October–November 2003 , 2005 .