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Ionospheric effects caused by the series of geomagnetic storms of September 9–14, 2005

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This study presents the ionospheric effects caused by the series of geomagnetic storms of September 9–14, 2005. The behavior of different ionospheric parameters over the Yakutsk, Irkutsk, Millstone Hill and Arecibo stations during the considered period have been numerically calculated, using a global self-consistent model of the thermosphere, ionosphere, and protonosphere (GSM TIP) developed at WD IZMI-RAN. The model calculations of disturbances of the ionospheric parameters during storms qualitatively agree with the experimental data at these midlatitude stations. We suggest that the causes of the quantitative differences between the model calculations and the observational data were the use of the 3-hour Kp index of geomagnetic activity and the dipole approximation of geomagnetic field in GSM TIP, with additional contributions from the effects of solar flares which are not considered in GSM TIP.

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  1. Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radiowave Propagation, West Department, Russian Academy of Sciences (WD IZMIRAN), av. Pobedy 41, Kaliningrad, 236017, Russia

    M. V. Klimenko & V. V. Klimenko

  2. Kaliningrad State Technical University, Kaliningrad, Russia

    M. V. Klimenko

  3. Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 4026 (291), Irkutsk, 664033, Russia

    K. G. Ratovsky

  4. Haystack Observatory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Westford, Massachusetts, USA

    L. P. Goncharenko

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Original Russian Text © M.V. Klimenko, V.V. Klimenko, K.G. Ratovsky, L.P. Goncharenko, 2011, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2011, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 368–380.

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Klimenko, M.V., Klimenko, V.V., Ratovsky, K.G. et al. Ionospheric effects caused by the series of geomagnetic storms of September 9–14, 2005. Geomagn. Aeron. 51, 364–376 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793211030108

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