Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008jgra..11300a02m&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 113, Issue 13, CiteID A00A02
Physics
17
Ionosphere: Ionospheric Storms (7949), Ionosphere: Midlatitude Ionosphere, Ionosphere: Ionosphere/Magnetosphere Interactions (2736), Ionosphere: Electric Fields (2712)
Scientific paper
Prompt daytime ionospheric responses are presented for the following four intense geomagnetic storms: 29 October 2003, 30 October 2003, 20 November 2003, and 7 November 2004. We perform a superposed epoch analysis of the storms by defining the start time of the epoch when the Kan-Lee interplanetary electric field (proportional to the reconnection electric field) first reaches 10 mV/m during a period of continuously southward B z . Measurements from the GPS receiver onboard the CHAMP satellite at 400 km altitude indicate significant low- to middle-latitude daytime total electron content (TEC) increases above the satellite within 1-2 h of the defined start time for three of the storms (~1400 local solar time). The 20 November 2003 data follow a different pattern: the largest TEC increases appear several hours (~5-7) following the interplanetary magnetic field B z event onset. TEC data obtained from ground-based GPS receivers for the November 2003 storm tend to confirm a ``late'' TEC increase for this storm at ~1400 LT. Estimates of vertical plasma uplift near the equator at Jicamarca longitudes (~281 E) using the dual-magnetometer technique suggest that variability of the timing of the TEC response is associated with variability in the prompt penetration of electric fields to low latitudes. It is also found that for the November 2003 magnetic storm the cross-correlation function between the SYM-H index and the interplanetary electric field reached maximum correlation with a lag time of 4 h. Such a large lag time has never been noted before. The long delays of both the ionosphere and magnetosphere responses need to be better understood.
Abdu Mangalathayil Ali
Anderson Daniel
Crowley Geoff
Echer Ezequiel
Gonzalez Walter D.
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