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Nature Geoscience 1, 93–94 (1 February 2008) | doi:10.1038/ngeo112

Space science: Waves from whistlers

Michael Kelley

From the standpoint of near-Earth space scientists, a solar wind event between 11 and 14 November 2004 provided the perfect (magnetic) storm. Although not the largest magnetic storm of the solar cycle, the period qualified as a magnetic superstorm.