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Latitudinal Dependence of Ionospheric Responses to Some Geomagnetic Storms during Low Solar Activity

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The Latitudinal dependence in the response of the Ionospheric F2-layer electron density (NmF2) and peak height (hmF2) to three geomagnetic storms of May and August 2010 has been examined. The data-sets used for the study were obtained from Ilorin, Nigeria (1.87° S/76.67° E), San Vito, Italy (34.68° N/90.38° E), Hermanus, South Africa (42.34° S/82.15° E), and Pruhonice, Czech Republic (45.66° N/90.38° E) geomagnetic coordinates. The quiet time result shows that the rise in NmF2 began earlier at San Vito, followed by Pruhonice. The rate of ionization was observed to be highest in Ilorin, while, the rate of decay in NmF2 is faster at Hermanus. For disturbed NmF2 condition, remarkable similarities in the NmF2 responses during geomagnetic storms were recorded from Hermanus in the mid-latitude and Ilorin, an equatorial station. NmF2 enhancements (>6 hours) that is consistent with the increase in hmF2 were observed at all the mid-latitude stations during the main phase of the 02 May, 2010 storm, without any noticeable change over ILN. Similarly, 12 hours of positive phase was observed at ILN and HMN, with 30 hours of NmF2 depletions at PRN and SVT during the recovery phase. ILN is in the equatorial Trough, so most of the NmF2 produced at this region is lifted to the higher latitudes by the fountain effect during the main phase. The suppression of the zonal electric field at ILN is responsible for the NmF2 enhancement during the recovery phase, while the mid-latitude responses have been attributed to the effect of the thermospheric winds and neutral composition changes.

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We thank the organizing committee of the first Varsity symposium 2016, for the invitation and financial support to attend the conference, where this work was first presented as a poster.

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The authors also wish to acknowledge the support and contributions of Dr. Huixin Liu of the Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Kyushu University, Japan.

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Joshua, B.W., Adeniyi, J.O., Olawepo, A.O. et al. Latitudinal Dependence of Ionospheric Responses to Some Geomagnetic Storms during Low Solar Activity. Geomagn. Aeron. 61, 418–437 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793221030063

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