Inter-hemispheric comparisons of the ground magnetic response to a solar wind transient: the role of ionospheric conductivity

Zhonghua Xu1, Michael Hartinger1, C. Robert Clauer1, Hyomin Kim2 and Yiqun Yu3, (1)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (2)New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Edison, NJ, United States, (3)Beihang University, Beijing, China