Regional response of the mesosphere–lower thermosphere dynamics over Scandinavia to solar proton events and geomagnetic storms in late October 2003 |
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| Institution: | 1. CSAOS, University of Bath, Bath, UK;2. Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn, Germany;3. Geophysical Institute, BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria;1. Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), 30655 Hannover, Germany;2. Augsburg University (UNA), 86135 Augsburg, Germany;3. German Aerospace Center (DLR), 82 234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany;1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA;2. Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA;1. Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, New Panvel, Mumbai, India;2. Department of Physics, University of Bahrain, Bahrain;1. Equatorial Geophysical Research Laboratory, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Tirunelveli 627011, India;2. National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Gadanki 517112, India;3. Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Navi Mumbai 410218, India;1. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India;2. School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK;3. National Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK;4. Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science, York University, Toronto, Canada;1. Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, New Panvel (W), Navi Mumbai 410 218, India;2. Magnetic Observatory, Silchar 788 011, India |
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| Abstract: | The short-term regional responses of the mesosphere–lower thermosphere (MLT) dynamics over Scandinavia to the exceptionally strong solar storms with their accompanying solar proton fluxes on the Earth in late October 2003 have been investigated using radar measurements at Andenes (69°N, 16°E) and Esrange (68°N, 21°E). Several solar activity storms resulted in solar proton events (SPEs) at this time, but a particularly active period of high proton fluxes occurred between 28 and 31 October 2003. The significant temperature drop (∼25 K), detected by the meteor radar at Andenes at altitude ∼90 km, was in line with the enhancement of the proton fluxes and was caused by the dramatic reduction of the ozone in the high-latitude middle atmosphere monitored by satellite measurements. This exceptionally strong phenomenon in late October 2003 was composed of three geomagnetic storms, with the first one occurring in the daytime of 29 October and the other two storms in the nighttime of 29 and 30 October, respectively. The responses of the prevailing wind and the main tides (24- and 12-h tides) were studied in detail. It was found that the response of the MLT dynamics to the first geomagnetic storm occurring in the daytime and accompanied by solar proton fluxes is very different from those to the second and third geomagnetic storms with onsets during the nighttime. Some physical mechanisms have been suggested in order to explain the observed short-term variability of the MLT dynamics. This case study revealed the impact of the SPEs observed in late October 2003 and the timing of the geomagnetic storms on the MLT neutral wind responses observed over Scandinavia. |
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