Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1764444 | Advances in Space Research | 2013 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
The IGS VTEC maps are reorganized and from each daily global dataset, two maps were constructed one at 10 p.m. and the other at 2 a.m. From these two series of VTEC maps covering periods low and high solar activity for each local time we found that: (1) The pre-midnight (10 p.m.) VTEC variability presents a strong semiannual anomaly at equatorial and low geomagnetic latitudes during high solar activity and in low solar activity an annual variation with maximum in summer at low-mid geomagnetic latitude. (2) The post-midnight (2 a.m) VTEC variability shows an annual variation at low and high solar activity, except in the equatorial region for high solar activity where a semiannual variation is recorded (the amplitude is twice lower than the amplitude at pre-midnight). The winter anomaly is present in the northern hemisphere in the American longitude sector and in the north-east of Africa; and a very small region in the south-west of Oceania.
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Authors
M.P. Natali, A. Meza,