Dynamical Climatology of the Upper Mesosphere, Lower Thermosphere and Ionosphere

The main features of upper atmosphere dynamics as an important part of upper atmosphere climatology are presented. The dynamics of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) are of special interest. The results are based on the long series of investigations in East Siberia and data from a world-wide network of observatories. We present the regional climatic norms for the prevailing wind and semi-diurnal tide and the main features of the quasi-periodic structure of the wind field. The non-zonality of MLT dynamics is demonstrated as well as regional differences in the response of the wind field to stratospheric disturbances, solar activity variations and geomagnetic storms.     

The Response of the Equatorial Ionosphere over Nigeria to a Geomagnetic Storm Event

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - The total electron content (TEC) data obtained from the ground-based GPS receiver stations of the Nigerian GNSS network of stations (NIGNET) have been used in this study...     

Geomagnetic Storm Effects on the Topside Ionosphere and Plasmasphere: A Compact Tutorial and New Results

The coupled ionosphere–thermosphere–plasmasphere system is very complex. The study of its interrelationships during geomagnetically disturbed conditions is an especially challenging task.Significant progress has been achieved during the last few years in developing comprehensive theoretical models to describe its global behaviour.Moreover, more simple, specialized numerical modelling of some specialaspects of storm behaviour and/or regional models have contributedto the progress in this field.This paper summarizes recent developments in upper ionosphereand plasmasphere storm studies and modelling.From an observational point of view the upper ionosphere/plasmasphereregion is well reflected in radio beacon measurements providing the totalelectron content (TEC). The development of space-based radio navigation systems such as GPS offersnew opportunities to derive TEC on both regional and global scale.Combining TEC with ionosonde data enables the variability of the shape of the electron density distribution during storms to be studied.We present some examples of co-ordinated investigation,made during the CEDAR storm study intervals.     

Evolution of High-Latitude Geomagnetic Disturbances during the Magnetic Storm of July 22, 2009

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - The behavior of geomagnetic disturbances during a moderate CIR storm, the most intense magnetic storm of  2009 in the solar activity minimum are considered. It is...     

Influence of the Ionosphere on the Parameters of the GPS Navigation Signals during a Geomagnetic Substorm

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - The influence of geomagnetic activity on slips of navigation signals of the global positioning system (GPS), as well as an increase in the amplitude of jumps in the...     

Studying the Relationship between High-Latitude Geomagnetic Activity and Parameters of Interplanetary Magnetic Clouds with the Use of Artificial Neural Networks

The cause-and-effect relations of the dynamics of high-latitude geomagnetic activity (in terms of the AL index) and the type of the magnetic cloud of the solar wind are studied with the use of artificial neural networks. A recurrent neural network model has been created based on the search for the optimal physically coupled input and output parameters characterizing the action of a plasma flux belonging to a certain magnetic cloud type on the magnetosphere. It has been shown that, with IMF components as input parameters of neural networks with allowance for a 90-min prehistory, it is possible to retrieve the AL sequence with an accuracy to ~80%. The successful retrieval of the AL dynamics by the used data indicates the presence of a close nonlinear connection of the AL index with cloud parameters. The created neural network models can be applied with high efficiency to retrieve the AL index, both in periods of isolated magnetospheric substorms and in periods of the interaction between the Earth’s magnetosphere and magnetic clouds of different types. The developed model of AL index retrieval can be used to detect magnetic clouds.     

Dependence of the Geomagnetic Activity on the Structure of Magnetic Clouds

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - The paper studies high-latitude geomagnetic activity with respect to the structural elements of “fast” solar wind magnetic clouds accompanied by shockwaves....     

Influence of the Solar Wind and Geomagnetic Activity Parameters on Variations in the Cosmic Ray Cutoff Rigidity during Strong Magnetic Storms

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - The correlation between the variations of geomagnetic cutoff rigidity ΔR and interplanetary parameters and the Dst index of geomagnetic activity during one moderate...     

Mapping of Geomagnetic Cutoff Rigidity of Cosmic Rays during the Main Phase of the Magnetic Storm of November 20, 2003

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - In this work, geomagnetic cutoff rigidities are calculated in a model magnetosphere field on the world latitude–longitude 5° × 15° grid during the...     

地磁低点位移以磁暴倍九法作为补充预测的讨论

短临地震预测方法中,中国地震科学家提出了地磁低点位移法与磁暴倍九法。这两种方法经过了几十年时间的验证,但其对地震进行准确的预测还是较为困难的,鉴于此,建议以低点位移作为第一预测方案的主方案,而以磁暴倍九法作为补充的第二预测方案,以这两方法相配合来预测强地震发生的时间。以此为思路,以期今后能有更多资料与数据来提高此方法在短临预测方面的准确性。     

Generation of Geomagnetic Disturbances in the Ionosphere by a Tsunami Wave

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - The mechanism of the generation of the geomagnetic field disturbance accompanying tsunami wave propagation is considered. Electric currents in the marine environment and...     

Magnetic Pulsations: Their Sources and Relation to Solar Wind and Geomagnetic Activity

Ultra low frequency (ULF) waves incident on the Earth are produced by processes in the magnetosphere and solar wind. These processes produce a wide variety of ULF hydromagnetic wave types that are classified on the ground as either Pi or Pc pulsations (irregular or continuous). Waves of different frequencies and polarizations originate in different regions of the magnetosphere. The location of the projections of these regions onto the Earth depends on the solar wind dynamic pressure and magnetic field. The occurrence of various waves also depends on conditions in the solar wind and in the magnetosphere. Changes in orientation of the interplanetary magnetic field or an increase in solar wind velocity can have dramatic effects on the type of waves seen at a particular location on the Earth. Similarly, the occurrence of a magnetospheric substorm or magnetic storm will affect which waves are seen. The magnetosphere is a resonant cavity and waveguide for waves that either originate within or propagate through the system. These cavities respond to broadband sources by resonating at discrete frequencies. These cavity modes couple to field line resonances that drive currents in the ionosphere. These currents reradiate the energy as electromagnetic waves that propagate to the ground. Because these ionospheric currents are localized in latitude there are very rapid variations in wave phase at the Earth’s surface. Thus it is almost never correct to assume that plane ULF waves are incident on the Earth from outer space. The properties of ULF waves seen at the ground contain information about the processes that generate them and the regions through which they have propagated. The properties also depend on the conductivity of the Earth underneath the observer. Information about the state of the solar wind and the magnetosphere distributed by the NOAA Space Disturbance Forecast Center can be used to help predict when certain types and frequencies of waves will be observed. The study of ULF waves is a very active field of space research and much has yet to be learned about the processes that generate these waves.     

Identification of Vortex Currents in the Ionosphere and Estimation of Their Parameters Based on Ground Magnetic Data

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - A system to process data from a 2D network of magnetic stations is proposed for the identification of eddy currents in the ionosphere and the estimation of their...     

Accuracy Estimation of the Modern Core Magnetic Field Models Using DMA-Methods for Recognition of the Decreased Geomagnetic Activity in Magnetic Observatory Data

A new approach to identify the signals of the Earth’s main magnetic field (core field) based on the magnetic observatory data processing is suggested. The algorithms implemented in the approach are based on the Discrete mathematical analysis (DMA). The developed method is used to analyze the data from 49 midand low-latitude observatories of the INTERMAGNET network collected in 2011–2015. The results are compared with the classical method for determining the periods of low magnetic activity of external origin which is adopted by the International Association for Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA). The advantages of the suggested new approach are demonstrated. Based on the data records for the selected time intervals, the time series of the core field components and their secular variations are obtained for each observatory. These data are compared to the values predicted by the most accurate core field models: SIFM, CHAOS-6, and EMM-2015. The accuracy of the models is estimated using a set of statistical parameters: Pearson’s coefficient of linear correlation, Spearman’s and Kendall’s coefficients of rank correlation, the mean and median values over the data sets, and the mean difference between the data obtained by the suggested method from observatory measurements and the model predictions.     

Modeling the Effect of Mesospheric Internal Gravity Waves in the Thermosphere and Ionosphere During the 2009 Sudden Stratospheric Warming

The results of numerical experiments on the modeling of thermospheric and ionospheric disturbances under conditions of sudden stratospheric warming are presented to study the possible mechanisms of such disturbances. Local disturbances caused by a planetary wave with zonal wave number s = 1 and internal gravity waves (IGWs) propagating from the disturbed region in the stratosphere are taken into account as sources of disturbances. It is shown that the inclusion of an additional source of thermospheric disturbances caused by mesospheric variations of atmospheric parameters with IGW periods over the region of sudden stratospheric warming leads to significant changes in the parameters of the thermosphere and ionosphere, including a change in the global structure of the distributions of the gas components of the thermosphere and a shift in maximum concentrations of atomic oxygen to low latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere; there is an increase in the mean values, the diurnal and semidiurnal variations of the ion concentration in the F region of the ionosphere. These features of changes in the parameters of the thermosphere and ionosphere occurred with insignificant disturbances of tidal variations in the thermosphere.     

Analyzing the Variation of Lyapunov Exponents of the Time Derivatives of the Horizontal Geomagnetic Field during the Geomagnetic Storm

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - The geomagnetic disturbance associated with coronal mass ejections (CMEs) of September 8, 2017 was evaluated using the time derivatives of the horizontal geomagnetic...     

Dynamics of Interplanetary Parameters and Geomagnetic Indices during Magnetic Storms Induced by Different Types of Solar Wind

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - Based on the OMNI2 archival data for 1995–2017, the dynamics of geomagnetic activity indices (Dst, ap, AE, and PC) and interplanetary parameters over the periods...     

Assessment of Planetary Indices of Geomagnetic Activity Based on Data from Individual Magnetic Observatories in the Russian Sector

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - The relationships between local indices at stations in the Russian sector and the planetary Ap and Kp indices and the potential to evaluate planetary indices based on...     

Estimating the Frequency and Amplitude Parameters of the Serpentine-Emission Type of Geomagnetic Pulsations

Geomagnetic pulsations of the serpentine-emission (SE) type are considered. A method for estimating the frequency and amplitude parameters in the form of a time function for pulsations—SE and the accompanying spectral components—is suggested. An estimation algorithm is developed on the basis of local approximating polyharmonic models and weighted moving average filtration. Examples of the estimation of the frequency and amplitude parameters of SE pulsations are given. It is proposed that the procedure be used to calculate the estimation errors in SE pulsation frequency parameters and to choose the tuning parameters.