Earth Sun ID: 2857

Geomagnetic Storm: November 2003

Visualizations by Tom Bridgman Released on November 21, 2003

Coronal Mass Ejections from sunspot 10484 sweep by the Earth on November 20, 2003, generating aurora displays worldwide. This view is from the Polar spacecraft with a false-color data overlaid on the Earth's surface. Red marks the highest intensity, blue the lowest.

Visualization Credits

Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
John B. Sigwarth (University of Iowa): Scientist
Nicola Fox (Johns Hopkins University/APL): Scientist

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Mission:
Polar

Data Used:

Polar/VIS

2003/11/20

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This item is part of this series:
Solar Storm 2003

Goddard TV Tape:
G2003-014

Keywords:
DLESE >> Space science
SVS >> Space Weather
SVS >> For Educators
NASA Science >> Earth
NASA Science >> Sun
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Ionosphere/Magnetosphere Dynamics >> Aurorae
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Coronal Mass Ejections

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0