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    Estudo das variações diária e mensal da anomalia de ionização Equatorial (EIA) sobre o setor brasileiro durante 2016 (fase decrescente do ciclo solar 24
    (2020-09-29) Fagundes, Paulo Roberto; Tardelli, Alexandre; Muella, Marcio Tadeu de Assis Honorato; Denardini, Clezio Marcos; Bolzan, Maurício José Alves; Dias, Maukers Alem Lima; São José dos Campos
    O presente estudo investiga as variações das características da Anomalia Ionosférica Equatorial (Equatorial Ionization Anomaly - EIA), no setor brasileiro, em 2016 (fase decrescente do ciclo solar 24), utilizando dados de Conteúdo Eletrônico Total (Total Electron Content - TEC). Os dados foram obtidos por meio de 35 receptores de Sistema de Posicionamento Global (Global Positioning System - GPS) –TEC, de dupla frequência, distribuídos em 3 linhas perpendiculares ao equador magnético, denominadas de setores (oeste, central e leste), do equador magnético até além do pico sul da anomalia. Os dados Conteúdo Eletrônico Total na Vertical (Vertical Total Electron Content - VTEC) foram obtidos a partir de dados de TEC das estações de GPS-TEC, que foram comparados aos dados de VTEC calculados pelo modelo International Reference Ionosphere - IRI. Notou-se que a EIA apresenta uma variação semianual nos três setores, com máximo principal durante o verão, mínimo durante o inverno e máximo secundário durante a primavera. Além disso, a EIA mostra seu comportamento clássico com uma depressão (vale) ao redor do equador magnético e cristas em baixas latitudes (de ± 15° a ± 20°). Quando a EIA não é formada, a ionização máxima se localiza em torno do equador magnético e as cristas da anomalia estão ausentes. Durante a investigação, notou-se a formação da EIA atípica, que apresenta múltiplas estruturas. O número de dias, durante 2016, que mostraram EIA formada nos setores oeste, central e leste é de 248 (78,2%), 236 (74,4%) e 265 (83,6%), respectivamente. A EIA não formada é encontrada com maior frequência durante os meses de inverno, e o número de dias de 2016 em que isso ocorre nos setores oeste, central e leste foram 69 (21,8%), 81 (25,6%) e 52 (16,4%), respectivamente. As cristas da EIA mostraram variabilidade significativa na forma, na intensidade, na extensão e no tempo que permanecem formadas, entre os três setores, durante as diferentes estações do ano. Além disso, foram realizadas análises comparativas entre as variações da EIA obtidas por observações de GPS-TEC e pelo modelo IRI-2016 e os resultados são discutidos.
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    Ionospheric disturbances in a large area of the terrestrial globe by two strong solar flares of September 6, 2017, the strongest space weather events in the last decade
    (Elsevier) Fagundes, Paulo Roberto; Pezzopane, Michael; Habarulema, John Bosco; Venkatesh, Karnam; Dias, Maukers Alem Lima; Tardelli, Alexandre; Abreu, Alessandro José de; Pillat, Valdir Gil; Pignalberi, Alessio; Bolzan, Maurício José Alves; Ribeiro, Brunno Augusto Gomes; Vieira, Francisco; Raulin, Jean-Pierre; Denardini, Clezio Marcos; Seemala, Gopi K.; Arcanjo, Mateus de Oliveira
    On September 6, 2017, the solar active region AR 2673 emitted two solar flares: the first at 08:57 UT (X2.2) and the second at 11:53 UT (X9.3); both were powerful enough to black-out high and low frequency radio waves (where UT is universal time). The X9.3 was the strongest solar flare event in the past decade. In this study, we took the advantage of these two extreme flare events to investigate cor- responding effects on the ionosphere using multi-instrument observations from magnetometers, Global Positioning System – Total Elec- tron content (GPS-TEC) receivers, ionosondes and Swarm satellites over a large geographical extent covering South American, African and European sectors. During the X2.2 flare, European and African sectors were sunlit and during X9.3 European, African, and South American sectors were sunlit and exposed to the solar flare radiation. During the X2.2 flare, there was an ionosonde blackout for a dura- tion of about 45 min, while during the X9.3 flare this blackout lasted for 1 h and 30 min. The blackout are seen over a large global extent which demonstrates the severity of solar flare events in disrupting the radio communication. The horizontal component of Earth’s geo- magnetic field has shown ripples and enhancements during these flare events. The ionospheric Vertical Total Electron Content (VTEC) showed a positive phase along with an intensification of the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA) over the South American and African sectors. The dynamical and physical processes associated with the TEC and EIA variabilities due to solar flare are discussed.
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    Ionospheric GPS-TEC responses from equatorial region to the EIA crest in the South American sector under intense space weather conditions
    (Elsevier) Abreu, Alessandro José de; Correia, Emilia; Denardini, Clezio Marcos; Jesus, Rodolfo de; Venkatesh, Kavutarapu; Roberto, Marisa; Abalde, José Ricardo; Fagundes, Paulo Roberto; Bolzan, Maurício José Alves; Gende, Maurício Alfredo
    We present and discuss the ionospheric F-region observations from equator to the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) regions over the South American sector during an intense space weather event occurred between 27 and May 29, 2017. During this geomagnetic storm, the symmetric-H (SYM-H) reached a minimum of − 142 nT at ~0700 UT on May 28, 2017. For this investigation, we analyze the vertical total electron content (VTEC) observations from a chain of nearly 120 Global Positioning System (GPS) stations. Magnetometer measurements obtained at two stations in the low latitude regions are also presented. The observations do not indicate prompt penetration electric field (PPEF) effects in the VTEC variations. Magnetometer’s observations over Cuiaba ´ (CBA) and Cachoeira Paulista (CXP) in central west and south parts of Brazil, respectively, have shown a strong crosscorrelation with SYM-H in the period between 3 and 48 h. The results also show positive ionospheric storm phase during the recovery phase on May 28, 2017. Positive effect during the recovery phase of the geomagnetic storm is possibly associated with effects of disturbances winds. During the recovery phase, a strong intensification of the EIA took place, possibly related to an additional ionization effect. The VTEC values show differences between the west and east sectors. This indicates that the EIA crest is stronger in the east sector than in the west sector, possibly due to the combination of disturbance wind effects and geomagnetic field geometry where in the east sector the field lines are more inclined.
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    Ionospheric storm due to solar Coronal mass ejection in September 2017 over the Brazilian and African longitudes
    (Elsevier) Fagundes, Paulo Roberto; Tsali-Brown, Vera Yesutor; Pillat, Valdir Gil; Arcanjo, Mateus de Oliveira; Venkatesh, Kavutarapu; Habarulema, John Bosco; Bolzan, Maurício José Alves; Jesusm Rodolfo F. de; Abreu, Alessandro José de; Tardelli, Alexandre; Vieira, Francisco; Denardini, Clezio Marcos
    Coronal mass ejection (CME) occurs when there is an abrupt release of a large amount of solar plasma, and this cloud of plasma released by the Sun has an intrinsic magnetic field. In addition, CMEs often follow solar flares (SF). The CME cloud travels outward from the Sun to the interplanetary medium and eventually hits the Earth’s system. One of the most significant aspects of space weather is the ionospheric response due to SF or CME. The direction of the interplanetary magnetic field, solar wind speed, and the number of particles are relevant parameters of the CME when it hits the Earth’s system. A geomagnetic storm is most geo-efficient when the plasma cloud has an interplanetary magnetic field southward and it is accompanied by an increase in the solar wind speed and particle number density. We investigated the ionospheric response (F-region) in the Brazilian and African sectors during a geomagnetic storm event on September 07–10, 2017, using magnetometer and GPS-TEC networks data. Positive ionospheric disturbances are observed in the VTEC during the disturbed period (September 07–08, 2017) over the Brazilian and African sectors. Also, two latitudinal chains of GPS-TEC stations from the equatorial region to low latitudes in the East and West Brazilian sectors and another chain in the East African sector are used to investigate the storm time behavior of the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA). We noted that the EIA was disturbed in the American and African sectors during the main phase of the geomagnetic storm. Also, the Brazilian sector was more disturbed than the African sector.
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    New Findings of the Sporadic E (Es) Layer Development Around the Magnetic Equator During a High-Speed Solar (HSS) Wind Stream Event
    (Advancing Earth and Space Sciences) Resende, Laysa Cristina Araújo; Zhu, Y.; Denardini, Clezio Marcos; Batista, Inez Staciarini; Shi, Jiankui; Moro, Juliano; Chen, Sony Su; Santos, Fredson Conceição; Silva, Ligia Alves da; Andrioli, Vania Fatima; Muella, Marcio Tadeu de Assis Honorato; Fagundes, Paulo Roberto; Carrasco, Alexander Jose; Pillat, Valdir Gil; Wang, Chi; Liu, Z.
    The equatorial (Esq) and blanketing (Esb) sporadic (Es) layers occur due to the EquatorialElectrojet Current (EEJ) plasma instabilities and tidal wind components, respectively. Both Esq and Esb layers can appear concurrently over some Brazilian equatorial regions due to the peculiar geomagnetic field configuration in this sector. Previous works indicate that the inclination angle limit for the Esq occurrence in ionograms is 7°. However, we found evidence that regions more distant can also experience such equatorial dynamics during disturbed periods. In this context, we deeply investigated this EEJ influence expansion effect by analyzing the Esq layers in regions not so close to the magnetic equator during a high-speed solar wind stream event that occurred on May 05 and 06, 2018. To explain these atypical Esq layer occurrences, we considered the Es layer parameters obtained from digital ionosondes over the Brazilian regions, São Luís (dip: 9.5°), and Araguatins (dip: 10.5°). We use magnetometer data and a model named MIRE (E Region Ionospheric Model) to validate this mechanism. The results show that the eastward electric field of the Gradient Drift instability in the EEJ is effective during the magnetic storm main phase in the boundary equatorial magnetic sites, creating the Es q layers. Thus, the EEJ plasma irregularity superimposes the wind shear mechanism, changing the Es layer dynamics during disturbed periods over the magnetic equator boundary sites. Therefore, this work establishes new findings of the EEJ influence expansion dynamics in the Es layer formation over the Brazilian regions, which was considered in MIRE for the first time.