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Severe Space Weather Events–Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts A Workshop Report: Extended Summary (2009) / Chapter Skim
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... , accelerated by the shock wave preceding the CME, began arriving at Earth, causing a polar cap absorption event and initiating ozonedestroying chemistry in the middle atmosphere over the poles. The SEP event was still in progress the following day, when the CME slammed into Earth's magnetic field, triggering a powerful geomagnetic storm.
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  • cme slammed
  • absorption event
  • coronagraph image
  • xii emissions
  • active region

  • imaging telescope
  • michelson doppler
  • energetic particle
  • spectrographic corona
  • white light

  • intense magnetic
  • cap absorption
  • powerful geomagnetic
  • shock wave
  • wave preceding

  • doppler imager
  • destroying chemistry
  • sep event
  • magnetic field
  • following day

  • particle bombardment
  • energetic particles
  • polar cap
  • geomagnetic field
  • middle atmosphere

  • halo cme
  • geomagnetic storm
  • light image
  • coronal mass
  • magnetic storm


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