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

Zhonghua Xu1, Michael Hartinger2, C. Robert Clauer2, Hyomin Kim3 and Yiqun Yu4, (1)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States, (2)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (3)New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Edison, NJ, United States, (4)Beihang University, Beijing, China