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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-163-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-163-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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05 Feb 2020
Regular paper |
| 05 Feb 2020
| 05 Feb 2020
Equatorial plasma bubbles developing around sunrise observed by an all-sky imager and global navigation satellite system network during storm time
Kun Wu
State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
College of Earth Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, China
Jiyao Xu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
College of Earth Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, China
Xinan Yue
Key Laboratory of Earth and Planetary Physics, Institute of Geology
and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
College of Earth Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, China
Chao Xiong
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473
Potsdam, Germany
Wenbin Wang
High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research,
Boulder, CO, USA
Wei Yuan
State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
College of Earth Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, China
Chi Wang
State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
College of Earth Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, China
Yajun Zhu
State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-7), Forschungszentrum
Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
Ji Luo
State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
College of Earth Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, China
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Short summary
An equatorial plasma bubble (EPB) event, emerging near dawn and developing after sunrise, was simultaneously observed by an all-sky imager and the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) network. The observed EPBs showed westward drifts, different from post-sunset EPBs. The EPBs occurred in the recovery phase of a geomagnetic storm, possibly playing a key role in initializing their developments. The results provide a new perspective of EPBs, enriching our knowledge of ionospheric irregularity.
An equatorial plasma bubble (EPB) event, emerging near dawn and developing after sunrise, was...
