RT Journal Article
T1 Storm and Substorm Causes and Effects at Midlatitude Location for the St. Patrick's 2013 and 2015 Events
A1 Guerrero Ortega, Antonio
A1 Palacios Hernández, Judith
A1 Rodríguez Bouza, Marta
A1 Rodríguez Bilbao, I.
A1 Aran Sensat, Maria dels Àngels
A1 Cid Tortuelo, Consuelo
A1 Herraiz Sarachaga, Miguel
A1 Saiz Villanueva, Elena
A1 Rodríguez Caderot, Gracia
A1 Cerrato Montalbán, Yolanda
AB Midlatitude locations are unique regions exposed to both geomagnetic storm and substorm effects, which may be superposed on specific events imposing an extra handicap for the analysis and identification of the sources and triggers. We study space weather effects at the midlatitude location of the Iberian Peninsula for the St. Patrick's day events in 2013 and 2015. We have been able to identify and separate storm and substorm effects on ground magnetometer data from San Pablo-Toledo observatory during storm time revealing important contributions of the Substorm Current Wedge on both events. The analysis of these substorm local signatures have shown to be related to the production of effective geomagnetically induced currents and ionospheric disturbances as measured from Global Navigation Satellite Systems data at MAD2 IGS permanent station and not directly related to the storm main phase. The whole Sun-to-Earth chain has been analyzed in order to identify the solar and interplanetary triggers. In both events a high-speed stream (HSS) and a coronal mass ejections (CME) are involved, though for 2015 event, the HSS has merged with the CME, increasing the storm geoeffectiveness. The enhancement of substorm geoeffectiveness is justified by the effects of the inclined magnetic axes of the Sun and of the Earth during equinox period.
PB Amer Geophysical Union
SN 2169-9380
YR 2017
FD 2017-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18375
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18375
LA eng
NO Guerrero, A., Palacios Hernández, J., Rodríguez Bouza, M. et al. «Storm and Substorm Causes and Effects at Midlatitude Location for the St. Patrick’s 2013 and 2015 Events». Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, vol. 122, n.o 10, octubre de 2017, p. 9994. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA024224.
NO Ministerio de Economía, Comercio y Empresa (España)
NO Universidad de Alcalá
NO Instituto Geográfico Nacional (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 13 jun 2025