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Multi-Instrument Analysis of Ionospheric Equatorial Plasma Bubbles over the Indian and Southeast Asian Longitudes During the 19–20 April 2024 Geomagnetic Storm
(2025-03-01)
Panda, Sampad Kumar
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Rajana, Siva Sai Kumar
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Vivek, Chiranjeevi G.
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Dabbakuti, Jyothi Ravi Kiran Kumar
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Jamir, Wangshimenla
In this study, we explored the occurrence of near-sunrise equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) and inhibition of dusk-time EPBs during the geomagnetic storm (SYM-Hmin= −139 nT) of 19–20 April 2024 using multi-instrument observations over the Indian and Southeast Asian longitude sectors. The initial phase of this storm commenced around 0530 UT on 19 April 2024 and did not manifest any visible alterations in the ionospheric electric fields during the main phase of the storm, which corresponded to a period between post-sunset to midnight over the study region. However, during the recovery phase of the storm, the IMF Bz suddenly flipped northward and was associated with an overshielding of the penetrating electric fields, which triggered the formation of near-sunrise EPBs. Interestingly, the persistence of EPBs was also noticed for more than three hours after the sunrise terminator. Initially, sunrise EPBs were developed in the Southeast Asian region and later drifted toward the Indian longitude region, along with the sunrise terminator. Moreover, this study suggested that the occurrence of EPBs was suppressed due to the altered storm time electric fields at the dip equatorial region across the 70–90°E longitude sector in the recovery period. This study highlighted that even moderate geomagnetic storms can generate near-sunrise EPBs in a broader longitude sector due to penetrating electric fields in overshielding conditions, which can significantly affect trans-ionospheric signals.
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Ionospheric–Thermospheric Responses to Geomagnetic Storms from Multi-Instrument Space Weather Data
(2023-05-01)
Shahzad, Rasim
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Shah, Munawar
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Tariq, M. Arslan
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Calabia, Andres
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Melgarejo-Morales, Angela
We analyze vertical total electron content (vTEC) variations from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) at different latitudes in different continents of the world during the geomagnetic storms of June 2015, August 2018, and November 2021. The resulting ionospheric perturbations at the low and mid-latitudes are investigated in terms of the prompt penetration electric field (PPEF), the equatorial electrojet (EEJ), and the magnetic H component from INTERMAGNET stations near the equator. East and Southeast Asia, Russia, and Oceania exhibited positive vTEC disturbances, while South American stations showed negative vTEC disturbances during all the storms. We also analyzed the vTEC from the Swarm satellites and found similar results to the retrieved vTEC data during the June 2015 and August 2018 storms. Moreover, we observed that ionospheric plasma tended to increase rapidly during the local afternoon in the main phase of the storms and has the opposite behavior at nighttime. The equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) crest expansion to higher latitudes is driven by PPEF during daytime at the main and recovery phases of the storms. The magnetic H component exhibits longitudinal behavior along with the EEJ enhancement near the magnetic equator.
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Longitudinal Variations in Equatorial Ionospheric TEC from GPS, Global Ionosphere Map and International Reference Ionosphere-2016 during the Descending and Minimum Phases of Solar Cycle 24
(2022-11-01)
Ogwala, Aghogho
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Oyedokun, Oluwole Johnson
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Ogunmodimu, Olugbenga
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Akala, Andrew Ovie
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Ali, Masood Ashraf
Research on longitudinal discrepancies in local ionospheric variability, especially in equatorial and low-latitude regions, is a focal point of interest for the space weather modeling community. The ionosphere over these regions is influenced by complex electrodynamics, wind, and temperature dynamics that can seriously impact dynamic technological systems such as satellite tracking and positioning, satellite radio communication, and navigation control systems. Here, we researched the longitudinal variability in the ionospheric total electron content (TEC) by analyzing observed global positioning system (GPS)-derived TEC values along with those extracted from the most reliable global ionospheric maps (GIMs) and the International Reference Ionosphere (IRI-2016) model at selected stations in the vicinity of the magnetic equator along the American, African, and Asian longitude sectors. The period of study covered the descending (2016–2017) and deep solar minimum (2018–2019) years in the 24th solar cycle. Apart from the decreasing trend of the TEC from the descending to deep solar minimum period irrespective of season and longitude sector, the results showed a relatively higher magnitude of TEC in the African longitude than the other two longitude sectors. Despite evident overestimation and underestimations of TEC in both models, GIM predictions generally looked better in terms of observed variation patterns, especially in the African longitude. The study also highlights the seasonal and semiannual effects of longitudinal variations in TEC, manifesting in local time offsets and some peculiar anomalies, which seemed to be different from previously reported results, especially during the solar minimum years at the three longitude sectors. The insignificant effects of longitudinal variations on the equinoctial asymmetry are attributed to the diverse electron density distribution and ionospheric morphology at the three longitude sectors that will prompt further investigations in the future. The outcomes from this study may augment the past efforts of scientists to understand the seasonal effects of the longitudinal variations in TEC, thereby complementing the improvements of ionospheric representations in global ionosphere models and maps.
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Ionospheric-Thermospheric Responses in South America to the August 2018 Geomagnetic Storm Based on Multiple Observations
(2022-01-01)
Shah, Munawar
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Abbas, Ayesha
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Ehsan, Muhsan
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Aiber, Andres Calabia
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Adhikari, Binod
The ionospheric storm time responses during August 2018 are investigated over South American region using multiple observables, for example, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) derived vertical total electron content (VTEC) from International GNSS Service, magnetic field data, geomagnetic indices, global ionospheric maps, thermospheric mass density (TMD), and [O/N2] ratio measurement. Strong-ionospheric and upper-atmospheric disturbances affected the ionospheric variables with long duration during the storm recovery phase and following after. First, daytime VTEC (9:00-20:00 UT) presented variations of >15 TECU during days 25 to 30 of August 2018 in low and middle latitudes of South America, this after sudden storm commencement (SSC). Furthermore, nighttime (21:00-24:00 and 00:00-05:00 UT) VTEC presented low values (5<TECU<7) in mid-latitude region after SSC event during the main phase, followed by high values (>8 TECU) in the recovery phase. Second, the ionospheric values during the storm main phase and following after, at low-and mid-latitudes, caused the equatorial ionization anomaly to expand due to prompt penetration electric field. Furthermore, VTEC enhancements are likely to occur few hours after the SSC of 25 August 2018, while enhancements of TMD and [O/N2] ratio started to appear later on 26 and 27 of August 2018.

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