Simultaneous Response of the Mid-Latitude Ionosphere to a Sudden Commencement of Strong Magnetic Storms

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Mar 2003

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Cosmic Research, v. 41, Issue 2, p. 110-118 (2003).

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Using the new technology of global GPS detection of ionospheric disturbances (GLOBDET), it is found that a sharp increase of the time derivative of the magnetic field strength during magnetic storms is accompanied by a simultaneous decrease of the mid-latitude total electron content (TEC) over the entire dayside of the globe. The corresponding negative correlation coefficient is no less than 0.8, and the delay relative to the sudden commencement of magnetic storm is about 3-10 min. The effect is especially clearly pronounced for magnetic storms with sudden commencements (SSC). The analysis is carried out for a set of 90 to 300 GPS stations for 10 days (January 6 and April 23, 1998; April 6, June 8, July 13, 14, and 15, 2000; March 31, April 4 and 11, 2001) with various levels of geomagnetic activity (Dst and Kp varied from -6 to -295 nT and from 0 to 9, respectively). The amplitude of the response in the total electron content for the events considered was 0.1-0.4 × 1016 m-2 (which is a deviation of 0.2-2.6% from the TEC background value). The velocity of the disturbance motion from the dayside to the nightside was about 10-20 km/s. The results obtained agree with the data of ionospheric parameter measurements conducted earlier by methods with high temporal resolution.

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