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Szuszczewicz, E.P., Lester, M., Wilkinson, P., Blanchard, P., Abdu, M., Hanbaba, R., Igarashi, K., Pulinets, S. and Reddy, B.M. (1998). A comparative study of global ionospheric responses to intense magnetic storm conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research 103: doi: 10.1029/97JA01660. issn: 0148-0227. |
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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. ¿ 1998 American Geophysical Union |
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Keywords
Ionosphere, Ionospheric dynamics, Ionosphere, Plasma temperature and density, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere/ionosphere interactions, Magnetospheric Physics, Storms and substorms |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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