“…Numerical simulations and observational data have shown that the geomagnetic activity following IP shock impacts depends closely on the shock normal direction (see the comprehensive review by Oliveira & Samsonov, ). Nearly frontal shock impacts are associated with quasi‐symmetric magnetosphere response, whereas highly inclined shock impacts are associated with highly asymmetric magnetosphere responses with respect to timing and intensity (Badruddin et al, ; Guo et al, ; Oliveira & Raeder, , ; Oliveira & Samsonov, ; Oliveira et al, ; Rudd et al, ; Samsonov, ; Samsonov et al, ; Selvakumaran et al, ; Shi et al, ; Takeuchi et al, ; Wang et al, ). In addition, the inclination angles of solar wind phase fronts have recently been shown to control the subsequent geomagnetic activity even during quiet (non‐shocked) solar wind conditions (Cameron et al, ).…”