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The results of observations of the total electron content (TEC) in periods of storm disturbances of meteorological situation are presented in the paper. The observational results have shown that a passage of a meteorological storm is accompanied by a substantial decrease in values of TEC and critical frequencies of the ionospheric F2 region. The decreases in values of these ionospheric parameters reach 50% and up to 30% in TEC and critical frequency of the F2 layer, respectively, as compared to meteorologically quiet days. Based on qualitative analysis, it is found that the processes related to formation of local regions of thermospheric heating due to a dissipation of AGW coming into the upper atmosphere from the region of the meteorological disturbance in the lower atmosphere are a possible cause of these ionospheric disturbances.
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Original Russian Text © O.P. Borchevkina, I.V. Karpov, 2017, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2017, Vol. 57, No. 5, pp. 670–675.
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Borchevkina, O.P., Karpov, I.V. Ionospheric irregularities in periods of meteorological disturbances. Geomagn. Aeron. 57, 624–629 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793217040041
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