Longitudinal development of low-latitude ionospheric irregularities during the geomagnetic storms of July 2004

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Title:	Longitudinal development of low-latitude ionospheric irregularities during the geomagnetic storms of July 2004
Authors:	Li,GZ;Ning,BQ;Hu,LH;Liu,LB;Yue,XA;Wan,WX;Zhao,BQ;Igarashi,K;Kubota,M;Otsuka,Y;Xu,JS;Liu,JY
Contributors:	太空科學研究所
Keywords:	EQUATORIAL SPREAD F;PLASMA BUBBLES;ELECTRIC-FIELDS;MIDLATITUDE IONOSPHERE;PHASE FLUCTUATIONS;REGION;DRIFT;SCINTILLATIONS;EVOLUTION;GPS
Date:	2010
Issue Date:	2012-03-27 17:30:29 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	國立中央大學
Abstract:	During the period 22-28 July 2004, three geomagnetic storms occurred due to a sequence of coronal mass ejections. In this paper we present and discuss the ionospheric observations from a set of in situ satellites and ground-based GPS total electron content and scintillation receivers, a VHF radar, and two chains of ionosondes (similar to 300 degrees E and similar to 120 degrees E, respectively) that provide the evolutionary characteristics of equatorial and low-latitude ionospheric irregularities versus longitude during these storm periods. It is found that the irregularities occurred over a wide longitudinal range, extending from around 300 degrees E to 120 degrees E on storm days 25 and 27 July 2004. On 25 July plasma bubbles (PBs) began premidnight in America and postmidnight in Southeast Asia. On 27 July the occurrence of irregularities followed the sunset terminator and was observed sequentially after sunset from American to Southeast Asian longitudes. Past studies have reported that storm-time low-latitude ionospheric irregularities are mostly confined to a narrower longitude range, <90 degrees, after sunset hours and are associated with the prompt penetration of eastward electric fields (PPEFs) into low latitudes. In June solstice months the occurrence of range-type spread F or PBs is very low in Southeast Asian and South American sectors. In contrast, the present results indicate that geomagnetic storms triggered the wide longitudinal development of PBs. In the American sector this was probably due to the effects of PPEFs on both storm days. However, in the Southeast Asian sector the PBs on the 2 days probably arose from disturbance dynamo electric field (DDEF), PPEF, and gravity wave seeding effects. This study further shows that under complex storm conditions, besides the long duration or multiple penetrations, the combined effects of PPEFs and DDEFs could result in a wide longitude extent of ionospheric irregularities at times.
Relation:	JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
Appears in Collections:	[Graduate Institute of Space Science] journal & Dissertation

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