Study of ionosphere and thermosphere during extreme space weather conditions during the descending phase of solar cycle 24 (2015, 2016 and 2017)

• Grant number: 16/10495-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: November 01, 2016
• End date: September 30, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Geophysics
• 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 at equatorial, low-latitude and beyond EIA crest regions during the descending phase of solar cycle 24 (2015, 2016, and 2017). In order to study this research topic will be used 4 ionosondes, the IBGE-GPS network, 3 all-sky imaging systems. The following topics will be study: a)The objective is study the Traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) characteristics: Period, velocity and propagation direction; b)Occurrence of plasma bubbles during geomagnetic storm; c)EIA changes during geomagnetic storms; d)Ionospheric positive and negative storm phase during geomagnetic storms. In addition, possible changes in the thermosphere-ionosphere system due to the geomagnetic storms.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

RIBEIRO, B. A. G.; FAGUNDES, P. R.; VENKATESH, K.; TARDELLI, A.; PILLAT, V. G.; SEEMALA, G. K.. Equatorial and low-latitude positive ionospheric phases due to moderate geomagnetic storm during high solar activity in January 2013. Advances in Space Research, v. 64, n. 4, p. 995-1010, AUG 15 2019. (12/08445-9, 16/10495-5)

DIAS, M. A. L.; FAGUNDES, P. R.; VENKATESH, K.; PILLAT, V. G.; RIBEIRO, B. A. G.; SEEMALA, G. K.; ARCANJO, M. O.. Daily and Monthly Variations of the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA) Over the Brazilian Sector During the Descending Phase of the Solar Cycle 24. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS, v. 125, n. 9, SEP 2020. (16/10495-5, 12/08445-9)