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Editorial: Impacts of the Extreme Gannon Geomagnetic Storm of May 2024 throughout the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere System

Denny M. Oliveira, Mirko Piersanti, Maria-Theresia Walach, Livia R. Alves, W. Kent Tobiska, Xochitl Blanco-Cano, Katariina Nykyri

Abstract

Editorial for the Research Topic collection Impacts of the Extreme Gannon Geomagnetic Storm of May 2024 throughout the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere System, published in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Science.

Editorial: Impacts of the Extreme Gannon Geomagnetic Storm of May 2024 throughout the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere System

Abstract

Editorial for the Research Topic collection Impacts of the Extreme Gannon Geomagnetic Storm of May 2024 throughout the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere System, published in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Science.

Paper Structure

This paper contains 4 sections, 1 figure.

Table of Contents

  1. Author Contributions
  2. Funding
  3. Conflict of Interest Statement
  4. Publisher's note

Figures (1)

  • Figure 1: Left: Solar Dynamics Observatory observation of an X5.8 solar flare (bright region near the eastern solar limb a few degrees below the Sun’s equator) associated with Active Region 13664 on 11 May 2024 at 0123 UT. That active region also ejected many CMEs that struck the magnetosphere in early May, inducing the most extreme geomagnetic storms of solar cycle 25. Right: Schematic illustration of key space-weather impacts throughout the geospace environment addressed in this editorial. Effects include thermospheric and mesospheric disturbances, auroral activity, radiation levels measured by satellites at low-Earth orbit, ozone layer variability, aviation radiation exposure, ground magnetic field perturbations, and geomagnetically induced currents in power systems. Text labels highlight the studies addressing each of these domains reported in this editorial.