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View article: On the Little‐Known Consequences of the 4 August 1972 Ultra‐Fast Coronal Mass Ejecta: Facts, Commentary, and Call to Action
On the Little‐Known Consequences of the 4 August 1972 Ultra‐Fast Coronal Mass Ejecta: Facts, Commentary, and Call to Action Open
Today the extreme space weather events of early August 1972 are discussed as benchmarks for Sun‐Earth transit times of solar ejecta (14.6 hr) and for solar energetic particle fluxes (10 MeV ion flux >70,000 cm −2 ·s −1 ·sr −1 ). Although t…
View article: The May 1967 great storm and radio disruption event: Extreme space weather and extraordinary responses
The May 1967 great storm and radio disruption event: Extreme space weather and extraordinary responses Open
Although listed as one of the most significant events of the last 80 years, the space weather storm of late May 1967 has been of mostly fading academic interest. The storm made its initial mark with a colossal solar radio burst causing rad…
View article: Reply to comment by E. W. Wolff et al. on “Low time resolution analysis of polar ice cores cannot detect impulsive nitrate events”
Reply to comment by E. W. Wolff et al. on “Low time resolution analysis of polar ice cores cannot detect impulsive nitrate events” Open
Wolff et al. (2016) comment on Smart et al. (2014) and in doing so concentrate on issues other than the main point. They do not dispute our central assertion, the inadequate resolution of nearly all extant ice cores for detection of impuls…