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Event: 2012-08-01

SUMMARY OF THE EVENT: Following the M6-class flare of the 28th of July, a coronal mass ejection (CME) was heading toward Earth the 31st of July at 15:00 UTC (source: spaceweather.com). Above Europe, we observed ionospheric disturbances with an increase of TEC the 1st and 2nd of August.

VTEC Time Series

Figure 1: VTEC Time Series

VTEC point locations

Figure 2: VTEC extracting locations

Figure 1 shows the time evolution of the Vertical Total Electron Content (VTEC) (in red) extracted from the near-real time VTEC maps at 3 different latitudes (Figure 2): a) Northern part (top), b) Brussels (middle) and c) Southern part (bottom). Also shown, the model based on the median from the 15 previous days (in grey).

About this event, see also:

  • Comparisons with the median of the last 15 days: here
  • about the origin of the ionospheric disturbances: spaceweather.com
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