The article headline has been simplified a bit[1]; the storms in question are geomagnetic storms[2]. Geomagnetic storms are perturbations of Earth's magnetic field by changes in the solar wind (i.e. solar storms).
Having a high-spatial-resolution record of the way the Earth's field changes when interacting with the plasma presumably yields extra insights into how space weather behaves.
Having a high-spatial-resolution record of the way the Earth's field changes when interacting with the plasma presumably yields extra insights into how space weather behaves.
[1] The paper: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020SW002669 [2] https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/phenomena/geomagnetic-storms