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Annales Geophysicae

ANGEO

Ann. Geophys.

1432-0576

Copernicus Publications

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10.5194/angeo-25-1721-2007

Anomalous behavior of cutoff rigidity variation in the region of the Mexico station during a magnetic superstorm on 20 November 2003

Pchelkin

V. V.

¹ Pchelkina

E. V.

¹ Golovchanskaya

I. V.

Polar Geophysical Institute RAS, Fersman Str. 14, Apatity, Murmansk region, 184200, Russia

29 08 2007

25 8 1721 1725

2007

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The pioneering storm-time model of magnetospheric magnetic field T01S made possible trajectory calculations for the events of giant magnetic storms. We have performed such calculations for a unique magnetic storm on 20 November 2003. In our previous paper, Belov et al. (2005), dedicated to the magnetospheric effects of cosmic rays (CR) during this storm, we revealed an anomalous behavior of a cutoff rigidity variation at the Mexico station. Here, by trajectory calculations, we demonstrate that this peculiarity persists in the latitudinal and longitudinal curves of cutoff rigidity (Rc) for both quiet and storm-time conditions and thus should be considered as physically meaningful.

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