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The influence of geomagnetic disturbances on electron density Ne at F1 layer altitudes in different conditions of solar activity during the autumnal and vernal seasons of 2003–2015, according to the data from the Irkutsk digital ionospheric station (52° N, 104° Е) is examined. Variations of Ne at heights of 150–190 km during the periods of twenty medium-scale and strong geomagnetic storms have been analyzed. At these specified heights, a vernal–autumn asymmetry of geomagnetic storm effects is discovered in all periods of solar activity of 2003–2015: a considerable Ne decrease at a height of 190 km and a weaker effect at lower levels during the autumnal storms. During vernal storms, no significant Ne decrease as compared with quiet conditions was registered over the entire analyzed interval of 150−190 km.
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Original Russian Text © G.P. Kushnarenko, O.E. Yakovleva, G.M. Kuznetsova, 2018, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2018, Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 211–216.
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Kushnarenko, G.P., Yakovleva, O.E. & Kuznetsova, G.M. Geomagnetic Storm Effects at F1 Layer Altitudes in Various Periods of Solar Activity (Irkutsk Station). Geomagn. Aeron. 58, 201–206 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793218020135
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793218020135