Investigating storm-enhanced density and polar tongue of ionization development during the 22 October 1999 great storm

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作者
Horvath, Ildiko [1 ]
Lovell, Brian C. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Queensland, Sch Informat Technol & Elect Engn, Secur & Surveillance Res Grp, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
关键词
polar TOI; SED bulge; SED plume; cross polar cap potential drop; SAPS E-field; plasmaspheric erosion; DETACHED PLASMA REGIONS; TOTAL ELECTRON-CONTENT; IONOSPHERIC SIGNATURES; PLASMASPHERIC IONS; MIDDLE; GPS; IRREGULARITIES; FIELDS;
D O I
10.1002/2014JA020598
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We investigate large-scale plasma density increases occurring during the 22 October 1999 great storm and focus on storm-enhanced density (SED) and polar tongue of ionization (TOI) development. Observations include two-hourly Global Ionosphere Map series coupled with multi-instrument in situ, space-based, and ground-based data plots, with Super Dual Auroral Radar Network two-cell convection maps and with model-generated neutral wind vector maps. Results demonstrate the equatorial electrojet events occurring in the Australian and American sectors, the high-density plasma features, and their underlying plasma transportation processes. During the main phase, a series of four prompt penetration electric field (PPEF) events occurred with subauroral polarization stream E field development forming a plasmaspheric drainage plume. These E field events caused the repeated development of equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA), SED bulge, and SED plume during the local dusk-midnight hours in those sectors that covered these local times. Showing a westward movement in accordance with their local time dependence, the EIA-SED structure developed first in the American sector, later on over the Pacific, and finally in the Australian sector. The SED plume plasma found its way into the polar cap through the dayside cusp region, created in the north some large polar cap enhancements reaching up to seven times of the quiet time levels, and evolved in each hemisphere into a polar TOI. We speculate that the enhanced growth of EIA, transporting high-density solar-produced plasma to the SED bulge via strong net eastward E field effects, and the mechanical effects of equatorward neutral winds contributed to the polar TOI's increasingly better development.
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