@Article{SilvaAESSCPS:2024:EvDBAm,
author = "Silva, Graziela Belmira Dias da and Alves, Livia Ribeiro and
Espinosa Sarmiento, Karen Viviana and Souza, Vitor Moura Cardoso e
Silva and Silva, Ligia Alves da and Costa, Joaquim Eduardo Rezende
and P{\'a}dua, Marcelo Banik de and S{\'a}nchez Juarez,
Sa{\'u}l Alejandro",
affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto
Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de
Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas
Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
(INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and
{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto
Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
title = "Evaluation of dB/dt amplitudes and sources over the Brazilian
region during geomagnetic storms in the 2021–2022 biennium",
journal = "Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics",
year = "2024",
volume = "258",
pages = "e106196",
month = "May",
keywords = "Ascending phase of solar cycle 25, Ground magnetic field, Low
latitude region, Rate of change (dB/dt).",
abstract = "The rate of change of the geomagnetic field (dB/dt) observed at
Earth's surface has been used as a proxy of geomagnetically
induced currents, which are known to be hazardous for grounded
technological systems such as high-voltage power grid systems. The
dB/dt rates have been well characterized in the high latitude
region (\≳60°), but much less information is available for
the low latitudes to date. To overcome this limitation, we have
examined dB/dt rates on the H component of the geomagnetic field
as measured by an array of stations operated by the EMBRACE
Magnetometer Network in Brazil. The main focus is to characterize
dB/dt occurrence at very low latitudes (\≲22°) of the
Brazilian peculiar territory, whose magnetic measurements are
influenced by the equatorial electrojet and the presence of the
South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly (SAMA). The period investigated is
from 2021 to 2022, over the ascending phase of the solar cycle 25.
The statistical analysis demonstrates that dB/dt peak magnitudes
are generally below 0.5 nT/s during magnetic storms, and exhibit a
dependence on the solar cycle for the station near the center of
the SAMA. However, we obtain for a particular case in 2021 that
dB/dt reached 1.35 nT/s in magnitude at the magnetic equator
during daytime, which is a significant value even for higher
latitudes. A case study of the induced geoelectric fields during
this event shows that the conductivity structure beneath two
compared sites plays a major role in the amplitude of such fields
than dB/dt amplitude. Also, the MLT distributions of dB/dt
indicate that ultra-low frequency waves can be a major source of
these signals in lower latitudes.",
doi = "10.1016/j.jastp.2024.106196",
url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2024.106196",
issn = "1364-6826",
label = "self-archiving-INPE-MCTIC-GOV-BR",
language = "en",
targetfile = "1-s2.0-S1364682624000245-main.pdf",
urlaccessdate = "15 jun. 2024"
}