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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, 2021, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 305-317

Longitudinal variations in the response of the mid-latitude ionosphere of the Northern Hemisphere to the October 2016 geomagnetic storm using multi-instrumental observations

M.A. Chernigovskaya 1 , B.G. Shpynev 1 , A.S. Yasyukevich 1 , D.S. Khabituev 1 , K.G. Ratovsky 1 , A.Yu. Belinskaya 2 , A.E. Stepanov 3 , V.V. Bychkov 4 , S.A. Grigorieva 5 , V.A. Panchenko 6 , D. Kouba 7 , J. Mielich 8 
1 Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics SB RAS, Irkutsk, Russia
2 Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
3 Shafer Institute of cosmophysical research and aeronomy SB RAS, Yakutsk, Russia
4 Institute of Cosmophysical Researches and Radio Wave Propagation FEB RAS, Paratunka, Russia
5 Institute of Geophysics UB RAS, Ekaterinburg, Russia
6 Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation RAS, Troitsk, Moscow, Russia
7 Institute of Atmospheric Physics CAS, Prague, Czech Republic
8 Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn, Germany
Accepted: 21.09.2021
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2021-18-5-305-317
A multi-instrumental study of variations in ionospheric and geomagnetic parameters in the Northern Hemisphere during a strong magnetic storm in October 2016 was carried out based on the analysis of data from the Eurasian mid-latitude ionosonde chain, mid-and high-latitude chains of GPS/GLONASS receivers and magnetometers of the global INTERMAGNET network. The manifestations of the longitude inhomogeneity of ionospheric effects associated with the irregular structure of the longitudinal variability of the components of the geomagnetic field have been confirmed. A comparison was made of the scenarios for the development of ionospheric disturbances under equinox conditions during a strong magnetic storms in October 2016 and in March 2015. At the main phase of the magnetic storm in October 2016, as well as the storm in March 2015, a transition from a positive to a negative effect of the ionospheric storm was observed. In the recovery phase of the storm in October 2016 the largest decrease in ionization was observed in the zone of strong variations in geomagnetic field components at longitudes ~130° E (according to the data of the Yakutsk ionosonde) and ~40–60° E (according to ionosondes data Moscow, Ekaterinburg). Over the region of Eurasia at longitudes ~80–110° E (according to data from ionosondes Novosibirsk, Irkutsk), the ionosphere began to recover earlier than other longitudinal zones after geomagnetic disturbances due to the low level of variations in the components of the geomagnetic field at these longitudes.
Keywords: ionosonde chain, chain of GPS/GLONASS receivers, ionospheric disturbances, geomagnetic field variations, geomagnetic storm
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