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Observations of atmospheric and ionospheric parameters during meteorological disturbances in November–December 2010 are analyzed. It is shown that a sharp change in atmospheric parameters, in particular, an increase in the wind gust velocity at a height of 10 m, correlates stably with local decreases in the critical frequency of the ionospheric F2 layer and the total electron content, which occur over the meteorological disturbance region ~ 3 h later. The spatial dimensions of ionospheric disturbance regions are governed by the scales of the meteorological disturbance and could reach ~1000 km. It is assumed that processes of acoustic-gravity wave excitation in the lower atmosphere are intensified in conditions of meteorological storms. Their propagation into the upper atmosphere leads to a disturbance of the thermospheric state at spatial–time scales determined by the duration and spatial scales of the meteorological disturbance region. Such large-scale thermospheric disturbances influence the circulation and electrodynamical processes in the thermosphere and ionosphere.
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Data from the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd), NASA Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (www.cddis.nasa.gov), and World Data Center for Geomagnetism of Kyoto (www.wdc.kugi.kyoto-u. ac.jp) have been used in the work.
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The work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 18-05-00184).
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Karpov, I.V., Borchevkina, O.P. & Karpov, M.I. Local and Regional Ionospheric Disturbances During Meteorological Disturbances. Geomagn. Aeron. 59, 458–466 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793219040108
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