SA23E-05
Stormtime impact on the ionosphere/plasmasphere system: Campaign events
Tuesday, 15 December 2015: 14:40
2016 (Moscone West)
Joseph Huba1, Tsai-Wei Wu1 and Stanislav Y Sazykin2, (1)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Rice University, Houston, TX, United States
Abstract:
We present simulation results from the self-consistently coupled SAMI3/RCM code on the impact of geomagnetic storms on the ionosphere/plasmasphere system. We consider the campaign storm events: March 17-18, 2013 and September 1-5, 2012. We find that the storms can significantly affect the low- to mid-latitude ionosphere (e.g., stormtime enhanced densities (SEDs)), as well as the plasmasphere (e.g., plume-like development). We compare and contrast the two storms and compare simulation results to available data.
