Impact of Oscillating IMF B z During 17 March 2013 Storm on the Distribution of Plasma Over Indian Low-Latitude and Mid-Latitude Ionospheric Regions

We show evidence of a positive ionospheric storm occurring simultaneously at the equatorial, low-latitude and mid-latitude ionospheric regions in the Indian sector in response to an intense geomagnetic storm on 17 March 2013. The storm had its onset time coinciding with the local noon. An on-site digisonde at Trivandrum (dip equator) recorded a sharp decrease in the height of F region peak in the afternoon, which is a signature of westward electric field associated with a counter electrojet (CEJ).