April 2019

A study on the effects of solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field on geomagnetic H-component during geomagnetic storms

During geomagnetic storms, the geomagnetic H component is depressed which is preceded by a sudden storm commencement (SSC) or not and this is categorized as sudden or gradual storms. Using the method of cross correlation analysis, we have studied the associations of geomagnetic H components at four low latitude stations at longitudinal separations of 145° - 215° with solar wind density and interplanetary...

Author(s): S. O. Chiaha, O. J. Ugonabo and K. C. Okpala