Thermosphere and ionosphere coupling during geomagnetic disturbed periods in the low-latitude and equatorial region, during the solar cycle 24

• Grant number: 14/10124-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2014
• End date: July 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Geophysics
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Roberto Fagundes
• Grantee: Brunno Augusto Gomes Ribeiro
• Host Institution: Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (IP&D). Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (UNIVAP). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 12/08445-9 - Study of day-to-day variability of the mesosphere, thermosphere and ionosphere at low latitude and equatorial region, during the solar cycle 24, AP.TEM

Abstract

The main propose of this project is study the thermosphere-ionosphere system in low-latitude and equatorial region during the solar cycle 24. In order to study this research topic will be used 4 ionosondes and the IBGE-GPS network. The objective is study the TIDs velocity and propagation direction. In addition, possible changes in the thermosphere-ionosphere system due to the geomagnetic storms. (AU)