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TEC measured at Dibrugarh (27.5\textdegreeN, 94.9\textdegreeE, 17.5\textdegreeN Geomag.) from 2009 to 2014 is used to study its temporal characteristics during the ascending half of solar cycle 24. The measurements provide an opportunity to assess the diurnal, seasonal and longterm predictability of the IRI 2012 (with IRI Nequick, IRI01-corr, IRI 2001topside options) during this solar cycle which is distinctively low in magnitude compared to the previous cycles. The low latitude station Dibrugarh is normally located at the poleward edge of the northern EIA. A semi-annual variation in GPS TEC is observed with the peaks occurring in the equinoxes. The peak in spring (March, April) is higher than that in autumn (September, October) irrespective of the year of observation. The spring autumn asymmetry is also observed in IRI TEC. In contrast, the winter (November, December, January, February) anomaly is evident only in high activity years. TEC bears a distinct nonlinear relationship with 10.7\ cm solar flux (F10.7). TEC increases linearly with F10.7 up to about 125\ sfu beyond which it tends to saturate. The correlation between TEC and solar flux is found to be a function of local time and peaks at 10:00\ LT. TEC varies nonlinearly with solar EUV flux similar to its variation with F10.7. The nonlinearity is well captured by the IRI. The saturation of TEC at high solar activity is attributed to the inability of the ionosphere to accommodate more ionization after it reaches the level of saturation ion pressure. Annual mean TEC increased from the minimum in 2009 almost linearly till 2012, remains at the same level in 2013 and then increased again in 2014. IRI TEC shows a linear increase from 2009 to 2014. IRI01-corr and IRI-NeQuick TEC are nearly equal at all local times, season and year of observation while IRI-2001 simulated TEC are always higher than that simulated by the other two versions. The IRI 2012 underestimates the TEC at about all local times except for a few hours in the midday in all season or year of observation. The discrepancy between model and measured TEC is high in spring and in the evening hours. The consistent underestimation of the TEC at this longitude by the IRI may be attributed to the inadequate ingestion of F region data from this longitude sector into the model and exclusion of the plasmaspheric content. Kakoti, Geetashree; Bhuyan, Pradip; Hazarika, Rumajyoti; Published by: Advances in Space Research Published on: 07/2017 YEAR: 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2016.09.002 |
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Kakoti, Geetashree; Bhuyan, Pradip; Hazarika, Rumajyoti; Published by: Advances in Space Research Published on: |
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The effects of the St. Patrick\textquoterights Day geomagnetic storms of 2013 and 2015 in the equatorial and low-latitude regions of both hemispheres in the 100\textdegreeE longitude sector is investigated and compared with the response in the Indian sector at 77\textdegreeE. The data from a chain of ionosondes and GPS/Global Navigation Satellite Systems receivers at magnetic conjugate locations in the 100\textdegreeE sector have been used. The perturbation in the equatorial zonal electric field due to the prompt penetration of the magnetospheric convective under shielded electric field and the over shielding electric field gives rise to rapid fluctuations in the F2 layer parameters. The direction of IMF Bz and disturbance electric field perturbations in the sunset/sunrise period is found to play a crucial role in deciding the extent of prereversal enhancement which in turn affect the irregularity formation (equatorial spread F) in the equatorial region. The northward (southward) IMF Bz in the sunset period inhibited (supported) the irregularity formation in 2015 (2013) in the 100\textdegreeE sector. Large height increase (hmF2) during sunrise produced short-duration irregularities during both the storms. The westward disturbance electric field on 18 March inhibited the equatorial ionization anomaly causing negative (positive) storm effect in low latitude (equatorial) region. The negative effect was amplified in low midlatitude by disturbed thermospheric composition which produced severe density/total electron content depletion. The longitudinal and hemispheric asymmetry of storm response is observed and attributed to electrodynamic and thermospheric differences. Kalita, Bitap; Hazarika, Rumajyoti; Kakoti, Geetashree; Bhuyan, P.; Chakrabarty, D.; Seemala, G.; Wang, K.; Sharma, S.; Yokoyama, T.; Supnithi, P.; Komolmis, T.; Yatini, C; Le Huy, M.; Roy, P.; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: 10/2016 YEAR: 2016 DOI: 10.1002/2016JA023119 |
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The GUVI data used here are provided through support from the NASA MO&DA program. The GUVI instrument was designed and built by The Aerospace Corporation and The John Kalita, Bitap; Hazarika, Rumajyoti; Kakoti, Geetashree; Bhuyan, PK; Chakrabarty, D; Seemala, Gopi; Wang, K; Sharma, S; Yokoyama, T; Supnithi, P; , others; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2016 DOI: 10.1002/2016JA023119 |
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Kalita, Bitap; Hazarika, Rumajyoti; Kakoti, Geetashree; Bhuyan, PK; Chakrabarty, D; Seemala, Gopi; Wang, K; Sharma, S; Yokoyama, T; Supnithi, P; , others; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: |
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Bhuyan, Pradip; Yokoyama, Tatsuhiro; Kalita, Bitap; Seemala, GK; Hazarika, Rumajyoti; Komolmis, Tharadol; Yatini, Clara; Chakrabarty, Dibyendu; Supnithi, Pornchai; Published by: 41st COSPAR Scientific Assembly Published on: |
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Spatial distribution of TEC across India in 2005: Seasonal asymmetries and IRI prediction Total electron content measured simultaneously at 10 locations over India during the low solar activity year 2005 is used to examine the temporal and spatial asymmetries and also to assess the predictability of the International Reference Ionosphere in respect of the observed asymmetrical distribution. The stations are distributed in latitude along 77\textdegreeE and in longitude along 23\textdegreeN forming a meridional and a zonal chain respectively. A longitudinal gradient positive towards east was observed in the daytime hours of equinox and summer. Equinoctial asymmetry was prevalent across India during this year. Within the crest and equator, winter anomaly has been observed. It is found that IRI 2012 (with Ne Quick option, URSI coefficients) is unable to fully capture the temporal variation and spatial gradients of the ionization density in the Indian sector during 2005. The amount of offset between the model and measurement varies with local time and location. Hazarika, Rumajyoti; Bhuyan, Pradip; Published by: Advances in Space Research Published on: 11/2014 YEAR: 2014 DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2014.07.011 Equatorial ionization anomaly; Ionosphere; IRI; solar activity; TEC |
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The present work describes the low-latitude ionospheric variability during an unusually prolonged (~33 h) geomagnetically disturbed condition that prevailed during 15\textendash16 July 2012. The low-latitude electron density in summer hemisphere, investigated using ground- and satellite-based observations, responded to this by generating strong negative ionospheric storm on 16 July. The maximum electron density on 16 July over Indian low latitudes was reduced by more than 50\% compared to that on a geomagnetically quiet day (14 July 2012). In contrast to the extreme reduction in total electron content (TEC) in the Northern Hemisphere, TEC from a winter hemispheric station revealed substantial (~23 total electron content unit, 1 TECU = 1016 el m-2) enhancements on the same day. This contrasting hemispherical response in TEC is suggested to be due to the combined effects of strong interhemispheric and solar-driven day-night winds. Further, very weak equatorial electrojet (EEJ) strength on 16 July indicated that the westward electric field perturbations in the low-latitude ionosphere were possibly due to the disturbance dynamo effect associated with meridional circulation from polar to equatorial latitudes. Interestingly, despite reduction in the integrated EEJ strength on 15 July, the low-latitude electron density showed substantial enhancement, highlighting the significant effect of the positive ionospheric storm on the low-latitude ionosphere. The roles of electrodynamical/neutral-dynamical and compositional disturbances are discussed in view of these observations to understand low-latitude ionospheric response when geomagnetic disturbance persists for longer duration. Bagiya, Mala; Hazarika, Rumajyoti; Laskar, Fazlul; Sunda, Surendra; Gurubaran, S.; Chakrabarty, D.; Bhuyan, P.; Sridharan, R.; Veenadhari, B.; Pallamraju, D.; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: 07/2014 YEAR: 2014 DOI: 10.1002/2014JA020156 low-latitude ionosphere; neutral winds; prolonged southward IMF Bz; thermospheric neutral composition |
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Total electron content (TEC) data obtained from GPS dual frequency measurements during the ascending half of the solar cycle 24 from 2009 to 2012 over Dibrugarh (27.5\textdegreeN, 94.9\textdegreeE; 17.6\textdegreeN MLAT) have been used to study the diurnal, seasonal, annual and solar cycle variation of TEC. The measurements reported here are for the first time from the location situated at the poleward edge of the northern equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) and within the peak region of the longitudinal wave number 4 (WN4) structure in EIA crest TEC. TEC exhibits a minimum around 0600\ LT and diurnal maximum around 1300\textendash1600\ LT. In the low and moderate solar activity years 2009\textendash2010 and 2010\textendash2011, average daytime (1000\textendash1600\ LT) TEC in summer was higher (25.4 and 36.6 TECU) compared to that in winter (21.5 and 26.1 TECU). However, at the peak of the solar cycle in 2011\textendash2012, reversal in the level of ionization between winter and summer takes place and winter TEC becomes higher (50.6 TECU) than that in summer (45.0 TECU). Further, TEC in spring (34.1, 49.9 and 63.3 TECU respectively in 2009\textendash10, 2010\textendash11 and 2011\textendash12) is higher than that in autumn (24.2, 32.3 and 51.9 TECU respectively) thus showing equinoctial asymmetry in all the years of observation. The winter anomaly in high solar activity years and equinoctial asymmetry all throughout may be largely attributed to changes in the thermospheric O/N2 density ratio. A winter to summer delay of \~1\ h in the time of occurrence of the diurnal maximum has also been observed. Daytime maximum TEC bears a nonlinear relationship with F10.7 cm solar flux. TEC increases linearly with F10.7 cm solar flux initially up to about 140\ sfu (1\ sfu\ =\ 10-22\ W\ m-2\ Hz-1) after which it tends to saturate. On the contrary, TEC increases linearly with solar EUV flux (photons cm-2\ s-1, 0.5\textendash50\ nm) during the same period. TEC predicted by the IRI 2012 are lower than the measured TEC for nearly 90\% of the time. Bhuyan, Pradip; Hazarika, Rumajyoti; Published by: Advances in Space Research Published on: 10/2013 YEAR: 2013 DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2013.06.029 |
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Bhuyan, Pradip; Hazarika, Rumajyoti; Published by: Advances in Space Research Published on: |
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