Influence of winter cyclones of Kamchatka region on ionosphere electron distribution

Bogdanov V.V.1, Kaisin A.V.1, Polyukhova A.L.1, Romanov A.A.2
  1. Institute of Cosmophysical Researches and Radio Wave Propagation FEB RAS, Russia
  2. JSC ''Russian Space Systems'', Russia

   The paper presents the results of research of possible cyclone effect on
   ionosphere parameters. Monitoring of the ionosphere was carried out by
   automatic sounding devices applying low-orbit spacecraft navigation.
   Receiving stations are located in the meridional direction of Kamchatka
   peninsula, in Paratunka, Milkovo and Esso villages. Using wavelet
   decomposition, height dynamics of ionosphere electron density variation
   was investigated. It was shown that during the cyclones on 31.12.2012 and
   18.01.2013, considerable decrease of nighttime electron concentration took
   place over Kamchatka. The work is supported by the Russian Fund for Basic
   Research, Project N11-05-00915 and by RAS Project N12-1-P22-01.