Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998jgr...10311665s&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 103, Issue A6, p. 11665-11684
Physics
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Ionosphere: Ionospheric Dynamics, Ionosphere: Plasma Temperature And Density, Magnetospheric Physics: Magnetosphere/Ionosphere Interactions, Magnetospheric Physics: Storms And Substorms
Scientific paper
We report on a study of three intense ionospheric storms that occurred in September 1989. Using Dst as a reference for storm onset and subsequent main and recovery phases, we analyze the observed worldwide responses of F region heights hmF2 and densities NmF2 as a function of universal and local times, latitudinal domains, and storm onset-times; and we compare the characteristics of all three storms. The following points are among the major findings: (1) The negative phase storm was the dominant characteristic, with the greatest intensity occurring in the regions which were in the nighttime hemisphere during the main phase; (2) at middle and low latitudes negative phase characteristics were observed first in the nighttime hemisphere and then corotated with the Earth into the dayside; (3) the most intense negative response occurred in the recovery phase; (4) observations of the negative phase characteristics supported thermospheric upwelling, increased mean molecular mass, and an associated enhancement in dissociative recombination as the principal cause-effect chain; but the observations suggest greater ion-neutral chemistry effects than accounted for in current models; (5) hmF2 was observed to respond quickly to the storm onset (pointing to the importance of electric fields) with enhanced values in all latitudinal and local time domains; (6) positive storm characteristics were among the issues most difficult to reconcile with current descriptions of cause-effect relationships; and (7) the analysis of all storm phases and comparisons with several modeling efforts show that future advances in understanding require a more accurate accounting of the influences of magnetospherically-imposed and dynamo-driven electric fields, plasmaspheric fluxes, and vibrationally excited N2.
Abdu M.
Blanchard Ph.
Hanbaba R.
Igarashi Kaori
Lester Mark
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