Electron density variations in the ionospheric D region at mid-latitudes during magnetic storms

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Space and Atmospheric Physics
1Gokov, AM, 1Chernogor, LF
1V.N. Karazin National University of Kharkiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Kosm. nauka tehnol. 2005, 11 ;(5-6):012-021
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2005.05.012
Publication Language: Russian
Abstract: 
Our results of electron density measurements made by the partial reflection radar in the ionospheric D region at mid-latitudes during eleven magnetic storms are presented. The response of the D region to magnetic storms at their onset and during the recovery phase is considered. Quasi-periodic increases in the D-region electron density by more than 50–100 % are revealed to last for tens of minutes with the periods T>30–60 min. The ionization rates are estimated, and the parameters of the energetic particle fluxes are calculated.
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