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Ionospheric effects of the December 16–18, 1971 geomagnetic storm

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The post-storm effect (PSE) of the December 16–18, 1971 geomagnetic storm is studied with the use of the ionospheric radio wave absorption measurements and fmin data from a network of the GDR, USSR and Czechoslovak observatories. Only a high latitude effect of the storm was found. We found more significant absorption effects associated with later weaker enhancements of geomagnetic activity. The part played by the interplanetary magnetic field is demonstrated. A magnetospheric explanation of the observed variability of PSE based on the time-development of filling up the slot region is suggested.

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  1. Geophysical Institute, Czechosl. Acad. Sci., Prague

    Jan Laštovička

  2. Inst. of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation, Acad. Sci. of the USSR, Akademgorodok

    Z. Ts Rapoport

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Laštovička, J., Rapoport, Z.T. Ionospheric effects of the December 16–18, 1971 geomagnetic storm. Stud Geophys Geod 23, 263–274 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01633917

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