Ionospheric absorption at Zhongshan Station, Antarctica during magnetic storms in early May, 1998

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Ionospheric absorption at Zhongshan Station, Antarctica during magnetic storms in early May, 1998

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Vol. 10, Issue 2, pp. 133-140 (1999) •

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In the paper the high latitude ionospheric absorption events, monitored by an imaging riometer at Zhongshan Station, Antarctica, are examined during magnetic storms in early May, 1998. The storm absorption at ~0 639 UT on May 2 was mainly an equatorward progressing absorption event, which were associated with a strong negative bay of the magnetic H component and with a large Pc3 range pulsation. There was a time lag of about 1. 5 hours between the onset of the ionospheric disturbance and the IMF southward turning in the solar wind. The event at 2 222 UT on May 2 was a typical midnight absorption spike event. The absorption region took the form of an elongated strip with the length of 100-150 km and the width of 30-40 km. The absorption during 0 830-1 200 UT on May 6 was a polar cap absorption (PCA) event, caused by intense precipitation of high-energy protons erupted after a large solar flare explosion.

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