PCA analysis of the nighttime anomaly in far-from-geomagnetic pole regions from VTEC GNSS data

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Meza, Amalia Margarita; Natali, Maria Paula; Fernandez, Laura Isabel
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2015
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The Weddell Sea Anomaly (WSA) is defined when the nighttime plasma density is greater than the daytime density in the area near the Weddell Sea, more specifically in the region limited by 50° S-70°S in latitude and 225° E-315° E in longitude. A similar ionospheric anomaly is also observed near the Okhotsk Sea in the northern hemisphere, and such a feature was named as Okhotsk Sea Anomaly (OSA). The objective of this work is to infer possible physical causes of the WSA and OSA phenomena. To that end, we applied the principal component analysis (PCA) technique to the vertical total electron content (VTEC) from global International GNSS Service (IGS) in order to analyze the temporal and spatial variations of the ionosphere during noon and night in far-from-magnetic pole regions, during a 3-year period at high (2000-2002) and low (2006-2008) solar activity conditions. The first mode of PCA applied on VTEC scattering represents on average the 93 % of the total VTEC variability. Thus, the PCA expansions up to mode 1 resulted enough to show WSA and OSA during summer solstices in both solar activity conditions, as well as WSA during spring equinox during low solar activity. Besides, the analysis of the temporal variations of these first modes should provide the interpretation of a probable physical explanation to the observed anomalies. We conclude that the main contributors to the anomalies should be a combination of the same physical mechanisms that explain annual variation and semiannual anomaly in that regions located far from the magnetic poles.
Fil: Meza, Amalia Margarita. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina
Fil: Natali, Maria Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina
Fil: Fernandez, Laura Isabel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina
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ANOMALIES
GLOBAL IGS VTEC MAPS
PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS
WEDDELL SEA ANOMALY
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spelling PCA analysis of the nighttime anomaly in far-from-geomagnetic pole regions from VTEC GNSS dataMeza, Amalia MargaritaNatali, Maria PaulaFernandez, Laura IsabelANOMALIESGLOBAL IGS VTEC MAPSPRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSISWEDDELL SEA ANOMALYhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The Weddell Sea Anomaly (WSA) is defined when the nighttime plasma density is greater than the daytime density in the area near the Weddell Sea, more specifically in the region limited by 50° S-70°S in latitude and 225° E-315° E in longitude. A similar ionospheric anomaly is also observed near the Okhotsk Sea in the northern hemisphere, and such a feature was named as Okhotsk Sea Anomaly (OSA). The objective of this work is to infer possible physical causes of the WSA and OSA phenomena. To that end, we applied the principal component analysis (PCA) technique to the vertical total electron content (VTEC) from global International GNSS Service (IGS) in order to analyze the temporal and spatial variations of the ionosphere during noon and night in far-from-magnetic pole regions, during a 3-year period at high (2000-2002) and low (2006-2008) solar activity conditions. The first mode of PCA applied on VTEC scattering represents on average the 93 % of the total VTEC variability. Thus, the PCA expansions up to mode 1 resulted enough to show WSA and OSA during summer solstices in both solar activity conditions, as well as WSA during spring equinox during low solar activity. Besides, the analysis of the temporal variations of these first modes should provide the interpretation of a probable physical explanation to the observed anomalies. We conclude that the main contributors to the anomalies should be a combination of the same physical mechanisms that explain annual variation and semiannual anomaly in that regions located far from the magnetic poles.Fil: Meza, Amalia Margarita. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; ArgentinaFil: Natali, Maria Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; ArgentinaFil: Fernandez, Laura Isabel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; ArgentinaTerra Scientific Publishing2015-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/77598Meza, Amalia Margarita; Natali, Maria Paula; Fernandez, Laura Isabel; PCA analysis of the nighttime anomaly in far-from-geomagnetic pole regions from VTEC GNSS data; Terra Scientific Publishing; Earth Planets And Space; 67; 12-2015; 106-1201880-59811343-8832CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1186/s40623-015-0281-4info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://earth-planets-space.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40623-015-0281-4info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:17:09Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/77598instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:17:10.229CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv PCA analysis of the nighttime anomaly in far-from-geomagnetic pole regions from VTEC GNSS data
title PCA analysis of the nighttime anomaly in far-from-geomagnetic pole regions from VTEC GNSS data
spellingShingle PCA analysis of the nighttime anomaly in far-from-geomagnetic pole regions from VTEC GNSS data
Meza, Amalia Margarita
ANOMALIES
GLOBAL IGS VTEC MAPS
PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS
WEDDELL SEA ANOMALY
title_short PCA analysis of the nighttime anomaly in far-from-geomagnetic pole regions from VTEC GNSS data
title_full PCA analysis of the nighttime anomaly in far-from-geomagnetic pole regions from VTEC GNSS data
title_fullStr PCA analysis of the nighttime anomaly in far-from-geomagnetic pole regions from VTEC GNSS data
title_full_unstemmed PCA analysis of the nighttime anomaly in far-from-geomagnetic pole regions from VTEC GNSS data
title_sort PCA analysis of the nighttime anomaly in far-from-geomagnetic pole regions from VTEC GNSS data
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Meza, Amalia Margarita
Natali, Maria Paula
Fernandez, Laura Isabel
author Meza, Amalia Margarita
author_facet Meza, Amalia Margarita
Natali, Maria Paula
Fernandez, Laura Isabel
author_role author
author2 Natali, Maria Paula
Fernandez, Laura Isabel
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ANOMALIES
GLOBAL IGS VTEC MAPS
PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS
WEDDELL SEA ANOMALY
topic ANOMALIES
GLOBAL IGS VTEC MAPS
PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS
WEDDELL SEA ANOMALY
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The Weddell Sea Anomaly (WSA) is defined when the nighttime plasma density is greater than the daytime density in the area near the Weddell Sea, more specifically in the region limited by 50° S-70°S in latitude and 225° E-315° E in longitude. A similar ionospheric anomaly is also observed near the Okhotsk Sea in the northern hemisphere, and such a feature was named as Okhotsk Sea Anomaly (OSA). The objective of this work is to infer possible physical causes of the WSA and OSA phenomena. To that end, we applied the principal component analysis (PCA) technique to the vertical total electron content (VTEC) from global International GNSS Service (IGS) in order to analyze the temporal and spatial variations of the ionosphere during noon and night in far-from-magnetic pole regions, during a 3-year period at high (2000-2002) and low (2006-2008) solar activity conditions. The first mode of PCA applied on VTEC scattering represents on average the 93 % of the total VTEC variability. Thus, the PCA expansions up to mode 1 resulted enough to show WSA and OSA during summer solstices in both solar activity conditions, as well as WSA during spring equinox during low solar activity. Besides, the analysis of the temporal variations of these first modes should provide the interpretation of a probable physical explanation to the observed anomalies. We conclude that the main contributors to the anomalies should be a combination of the same physical mechanisms that explain annual variation and semiannual anomaly in that regions located far from the magnetic poles.
Fil: Meza, Amalia Margarita. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina
Fil: Natali, Maria Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina
Fil: Fernandez, Laura Isabel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina
description The Weddell Sea Anomaly (WSA) is defined when the nighttime plasma density is greater than the daytime density in the area near the Weddell Sea, more specifically in the region limited by 50° S-70°S in latitude and 225° E-315° E in longitude. A similar ionospheric anomaly is also observed near the Okhotsk Sea in the northern hemisphere, and such a feature was named as Okhotsk Sea Anomaly (OSA). The objective of this work is to infer possible physical causes of the WSA and OSA phenomena. To that end, we applied the principal component analysis (PCA) technique to the vertical total electron content (VTEC) from global International GNSS Service (IGS) in order to analyze the temporal and spatial variations of the ionosphere during noon and night in far-from-magnetic pole regions, during a 3-year period at high (2000-2002) and low (2006-2008) solar activity conditions. The first mode of PCA applied on VTEC scattering represents on average the 93 % of the total VTEC variability. Thus, the PCA expansions up to mode 1 resulted enough to show WSA and OSA during summer solstices in both solar activity conditions, as well as WSA during spring equinox during low solar activity. Besides, the analysis of the temporal variations of these first modes should provide the interpretation of a probable physical explanation to the observed anomalies. We conclude that the main contributors to the anomalies should be a combination of the same physical mechanisms that explain annual variation and semiannual anomaly in that regions located far from the magnetic poles.
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