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Study of the equatorial and low-latitude total electron content response to plasma bubbles during solar cycle 24–25 over the Brazilian region using a Disturbance Ionosphere indeX
Giorgio Arlan Silva Picanço
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos
Campos, SP, Brazil
Clezio Marcos Denardini
National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos
Campos, SP, Brazil
Paulo Alexandre Bronzato Nogueira
Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of São Paulo (IFSP), Jacareí, SP, Brazil
Laysa Cristina Araujo Resende
National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos
Campos, SP, Brazil
National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Science (NSSC/CAS), Beijing, China
Carolina Sousa Carmo
National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos
Campos, SP, Brazil
Sony Su Chen
National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos
Campos, SP, Brazil
Paulo França Barbosa-Neto
National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São José dos
Campos, SP, Brazil
Esmeralda Romero-Hernandez
Facultad de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas (UANL/FCFM), Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
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Short summary
In this work, we use the Disturbance Ionosphere indeX (DIX) to study equatorial plasma bubble (EPB) events over the Brazilian equatorial and low latitudes. Our results showed that the DIX detected EPB disturbances in terms of their intensity and occurrence times. Therefore, these responses agreed with the ionosphere behavior before, during, and after the studied EPBs. Finally, these disturbances tended to be higher (lower) in high (low) solar activity.
In this work, we use the Disturbance Ionosphere indeX (DIX) to study equatorial plasma bubble...
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