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    Ground and satellite-based observations of ionospheric plasma bubbles and blobs at 5.65° latitude in the Brazilian sector
    (Elsevier) Agyei-Yeboah, Ebenezer; Fagundes, Paulo Roberto; Tardelli, Alexandre; Pillat, Valdir Gil; Pignalberi, Alessio; Kavutarapu, Venkatesh; Pezzopane, Michael; Vieira, Francisco
    This investigation uses simultaneous observations from all-sky imager system and an ionosonde collocated at Araguatins (5.65° S, 48.07° W and dip-latitude of 4.17° S), a near-equatorial region in Brazil. These simultaneous observations were used to investigate the occurrence of plasma bubbles and blobs in the field of the imaging system and their association with atypical range Spread-F signature in ionograms. Also, in-situ observation of plasma density from Swarm satellites were used to support the ground-based observations. Using a few cases, a methodology will be established to identify in the plasma blobs (atypical ESF) in the ionograms when there is the simultaneous observation of plasma bubbles and blobs in the field of view of the ionosonde. For this purpose, simultaneous sequence of OI 630.0 nm nightglow images and ionograms are presented for different case studies; 1. when there is the absence of a plasma bubble or blob, 2. when there is only the occurrence of plasma bubbles and 3. when there is the occurrence of plasma bubbles and blobs, in order to compare traces in the ionogram in all these case studies. With these we can cover all kinds of signatures in the ionograms corresponding to no irregularities, plasma bubbles only and plasma bubbles-blobs. These OI 630.0 nm nightglow and ionograms recorded simultaneously make it possible to establish a novel methodology to recognize in ionograms cases when there is the occurrence of Spread-F signature associated with bubble-blob in the FOV of the ionosonde.
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    Ionospheric disturbances over the American and African sectors due to the 2019 major Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW 2019), under low solar activity conditions
    (Elsevier) Vieira, Francisco; Fagundes, Paulo Roberto; Pillat, Valdir Gil; Agyei-Yeboah, Ebenezer; Venkatesh, Kavutarapu; Arcanjo, Mateus de Oliveira
    Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) is one of the most spectacular atmospheric large-scale phenomena, which takes place at high latitudes during winter months and is more frequent in the Arctic region than in the Antarctic region. SSWs can change the vertical, latitudinal, and longitudinal distributions of the neutral atmosphere and its dynamics, which in turn affects the ionospheric electrodynamic processes. Simultaneous inferred VTEC from GPS networks over the American and African sectors are used to investigate the ionospheric response due to the SSW 2019 from DOY 356 to DOY 20 (December 22, 2018–January 20, 2019). This study investigates the VTEC and EIA diurnal and day-to-day responses in the American and African sectors during the SSW. It is noted that the VTEC decreased on most of the days at several latitude regions. However, it is also noted that the VTEC increased on some days and in some latitude regions, particularly during the SSW temperature peak. The EIA exhibits significant changes in its shape, intensity, and symmetry during the SSW. This study using simultaneous observations over American and African sectors covering a large geographical extent demonstrates the similarities and differences in ionospheric response to the SSW 2019 event over different regions.
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    Occurrence of Ionospheric irregularities over Brazil and Africa during the 2019 Antarctic minor sudden stratospheric warming
    (Elsevier) Agyei-Yeboah, Ebenezer; Fagundes, Paulo Roberto; Tardelli, Alexandre; Pillat, Valdir Gil; Vieira, Francisco; Arcanjo, Mateus de Oliveira
    The influence of sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) on the ionosphere and ionospheric irregularities has been studied extensively over the years. However, majority of these investigations have been conducted using warming events originating from the northern hemisphere. Only a few studies have been done on ionospheric variations due to the Antarctic SSW events and to the best of our knowledge, there have not been any studies on southern hemisphere SSW and the occurrence of ionospheric irregularities. In this study, the occurrence of ionospheric irregularities during the 2019 minor Southern hemisphere (SH)/Antarctic SSW is investigated. The event occurs in a relatively calm solar and geomagnetic activity period which makes it possible to identify the effects of SSW on the occurrence of irregularities. Three ionosondes located in different latitudinal regions in Brazil as well as a network of ground-based GPS receiver stations located in both Brazil and Africa were used for this undertaking. Complimentary data from the same ionosonde stations using the same months from 2017 and 2018 were also used. On average more Spread-F was observed in 2019 than in 2017 or 2018 at all stations. ROT observations showed more occurrence in the Brazil sectors followed by West Africa and thenEast Africa. It was observed that the occurrence frequency decreased between 8% and 46 % from the pre-SSW phase to ascending/peak phases and from 2018 to 2019 for the peak phase.