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Effect of auroral electrojets and solar wind parameters on variations in the intensity of low-latitude geomagnetic disturbances and Dst during the extremely large magnetic storm of November 20–21, 2003

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The effect of auroral electrojets on the variations in the low-latitude geomagnetic disturbances and Dst during a strong magnetic storm of November 20–21, 2003, with Dst ≈ −472 nT has been studied based on the global magnetic observations. It has been indicated that the magnetospheric storm expansive phase with Δt ≈ 1–2 h results in positive low-latitude disturbances (ΔH) of the same duration and with an amplitude of ∼ 1–2 h results in positive low-latitude disturbances (ΔH) of the same duration and with an amplitude of ∼ 30–100 nT in the premidnight-dawn sector. A growth of negative low-latitude ΔH values and Dst is mainly caused by regular convection electrojets with Δt ≥ 10 h, the centers of which shift to latitudes of ∼ 50°–55° during the storm development. It has been established that the maximal low-latitude values of the field ΔH component at 1800–2400 MLT are observed when the auroral luminosity equatorward boundary shifts maximally southward during an increase in the negative values of the IMF B z component. It has been assumed that, during this storm, a magnetic field depression at low latitudes was mainly caused by an enhancement of the partially-ring current which closes through field-aligned currents into the ionosphere at the equatorward boundary of the auroral luminosity zone.

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    S. I. Solovyev, R. N. Boroyev & A. V. Moiseyev

  2. Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Beijing, China

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Original Russian Text © S.I. Solovyev, R.N. Boroyev, A.V. Moiseyev, A. Du, K. Yumoto, 2008, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2008, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 306–319.

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Solovyev, S.I., Boroyev, R.N., Moiseyev, A.V. et al. Effect of auroral electrojets and solar wind parameters on variations in the intensity of low-latitude geomagnetic disturbances and Dst during the extremely large magnetic storm of November 20–21, 2003. Geomagn. Aeron. 48, 293–306 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793208030031

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