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Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2020, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 145-152

Ionospheric longitudinal variability in the Northern Hemisphere during magnetic storm from the GPS/GLONASS data

M.A. Chernigovskaya 1 , B.G. Shpynev 1 , A.S. Yasyukevich 1 , D.S. Khabituev 1 
1 Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics SB RAS, Irkutsk, Russia
Accepted: 15.09.2020
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2020-17-6-145-152
Longitudinal-temporal variations of the ionization of the mid- and high latitude ionosphere in the Northern Hemisphere are analysed based on the data of the chains of GPS/GLONASS dual frequency phase receivers during the strongest magnetic storms of the current 24 solar activity cycle — in March and June 2015. The observed ionospheric effects exhibit pronounced longitudinal inhomogeneity associated with the presence of longitudinal features background structure and variations of the geomagnetic field. During the recovery storm phase, important role in dynamics of the mid-latitude ionosphere may belong to disturbances in the form of thermospheric waves of molecular gas propagating westward for several days.
Keywords: chain of GPS/GLONASS receivers, ionospheric disturbances, geomagnetic field variations, geomagnetic storm
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