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2016

Direct observational evidence for disturbance dynamo on the daytime low-latitude ionosphere: A case study based on the 28 June 2013 space weather event

A case of the westward disturbance dynamo (DD) electric field, influencing the daytime equatorial and low-latitude ionosphere, during a geomagnetic storm that occurred on 28\textendash29 June 2013 is presented. The GPS total electron content (TEC) observations from a network of stations in the Indian equatorial, low and middle latitude regions along with the radio beacon TEC, ionosonde, and magnetic field observations are used to study the storm time behavior of the ionosphere. Negative ionospheric storm effects were seen over the low and middle latitudes during the storm time due to the presence of a westward DD electric field. Observations show that the suppression of the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) from the morning hours itself on 29 June 2013 took place due to the prevailing westward DD electric field, providing evidence for the model calculations by Balan et al. (2013). Simulations using the GITM model also agree well with our results. The present study gains importance as the direct observational evidences for disturbance dynamo effects on the daytime low-latitude ionosphere and the EIA are sparse, as it has been difficult to delineate it from the compositional disturbances.

Thampi, Smitha; Shreedevi, P.; Choudhary, R.; Pant, Tarun; Chakrabarty, D.; Sunda, S.; Mukherjee, S.; Bhardwaj, Anil;

Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics      Published on: 09/2016

YEAR: 2016     DOI: 10.1002/2016JA023037

On the latitudinal changes in ionospheric electrodynamics and composition based on observations over the 76--77 E meridian from both hemispheres during a geomagnetic storm

The relative contributions of the composition disturbances and the disturbance electric fields in the redistribution of ionospheric plasma is investigated in detail by taking the case of a long-duration positive ionospheric storm that occurred during 18\textendash21 February 2014. GPS total electron content (TEC) data from the Indian Antarctic station, Bharti (69.4\textdegreeS, 76.2\textdegreeE geographic), the northern midlatitude station Hanle (32.8\textdegreeN, 78.9\textdegreeE geographic), northern low-latitude station lying in the vicinity of the anomaly crest, Ahmedabad (23.04\textdegreeN, 72.54\textdegreeE geographic, dip latitude 17\textdegreeN), and the geomagnetic equatorial station, Trivandrum (8.5\textdegreeN, 77\textdegreeE geographic, dip latitude 0.01\textdegreeS) are used in the study. These are the first simultaneous observations of TEC from Bharti and Hanle during a geomagnetic storm. The impact of the intense geomagnetic storm (Dst\~-130\ nT) on the southern hemisphere high-latitude station was a drastic reduction in the TEC (negative ionospheric storm) starting from around 0330 Indian standard time (IST) on 19 February which continued till 21 February, the maximum reduction in TEC at Bharti being \~35 TEC units on 19 February. In the northern hemisphere midlatitude and equatorial stations, a positive ionospheric storm started on 19 February at around 0900 IST and lasted for 3\ days. The maximum enhancement in TEC at Hanle was about \~25 TECU on 19 February while over Trivandrum it was \~10 TECU. This long-duration positive ionospheric storm provided an opportunity to assess the relative contributions of disturbance electric fields and composition changes latitudinally. The results indicate that the negative ionospheric storm over Bharti and the positive ionospheric storm over Hanle are the effect of the changes in the global wind system and the storm-induced composition changes. At the equatorial latitudes, the positive ionospheric storm was due to the interplay of prompt penetration electric field and disturbance dynamo electric field.

Shreedevi, P.; Thampi, Smitha; Chakrabarty, D.; Choudhary, R.; Pant, Tarun; Bhardwaj, Anil; Mukherjee, S.;

Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics      Published on: 02/2016

YEAR: 2016     DOI: 10.1002/2015JA021841

Geomagnetic storms; High latitude low latitude coupling; Ionosphere; positive ionospheric storm



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