Longitudinal variations of positive dayside ionospheric storms related to recurrent geomagnetic stormsстатья
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Аннотация:We have performed an analysis of case events and statistics of positive ionospheric
storms in the dayside region of the equatorial ionization anomaly during recurrent
geomagnetic storms (RGSs), which dominate in geomagnetic and ionospheric conditions on
the declining phase of solar activity in 2004 to 2008. It is shown that total electron content
(TEC) has a tendency to minimize before the beginning of RGSs and to peak 3 to 4 days
after, i.e., on the RGS recovery phase produced by high-intensity long-duration continuous
auroral activity. The maximum of TEC coincides with the maximum of solar wind velocity
within high-speed solar wind streams. An analysis of electron content vertical profiles,
derived from two independent methods using ionosondes and Constellation Observing
System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate /Formosa Satellite mission-3 radio
occultation, showed that in the maximum of an ionospheric storm on 28 March 2008, the F2
layer thickens, NmF2 increases by ~50%, and hmF2 elevates by a few tens of kilometers.
The response of positive ionospheric storms to solar, heliospheric, and geomagnetic drivers
reveals a prominent longitudinal asymmetry. In the longitudinal range from 90° to 90°, the
solar illumination plays a major role, and in the range from 90° to 120°, the influence of
heliospheric and geomagnetic drivers becomes significant. The highest correlations of the
TEC enhancements with the heliospheric and geomagnetic drivers were found during
December–February (r increased from ~0.3 to ~0.5). We speculate that the dynamics
controlling this might result from an effect of solar zenith angle, storm time effects of
thermospheric ΣO/N2 enhancement, and penetrating electric fields of interplanetary and
magnetospheric origin.