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Ionospheric Disturbances during Meteorological Storms

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Ionospheric disturbances during meteorological storms in the Kaliningrad region with a wind amplification of 8 points or higher on the Beaufort scale for the period 2010–2018 are analyzed. Ionospheric observations made under conditions of low geomagnetic activity are considered. Analysis shows that all of the selected events were accompanied by disturbances of the total electron content (TEC) and/or the electron concentration at the maximum of the F2 layer ionosphere (foF2) a few hours after reaching the maximum in the surface wind speed. Moreover, in four of six cases, the disturbances exceed the standard deviation of the values from the average median values by two times. Negative disturbances of TEC and foF2 (decrease in values) were observed in four cases, and positive disturbances (an increase in TEC and foF2) were observed in two cases. Disturbances were observed for at least 3 h, mainly in the daytime. The relative disturbances of the TEC due to meteorological storms exceed the corresponding foF2 disturbances.

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The study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 18-05-00184, Karpov I.V.) and the Government of the Kaliningrad Region as part of scientific project no. 19-45-393002 (Karpov M.I.).

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  1. Kaliningrad Branch, Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radio Wave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences, 236035, Kaliningrad, Russia

    M. I. Karpov, I. V. Karpov, O. P. Borchevkina, G. A. Yakimova & N. A. Korenkova

  2. Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, 236016, Kaliningrad, Russia

    M. I. Karpov, I. V. Karpov & O. P. Borchevkina

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Karpov, M.I., Karpov, I.V., Borchevkina, O.P. et al. Ionospheric Disturbances during Meteorological Storms. Geomagn. Aeron. 60, 611–618 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793220050102

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