2021-2023 | Development of cosmic and geophysical field monitoring, and investigation of their dynamics and correlation under the influence of thunderstorm activity

  • IRN: AP09259375
  • Completion Date: 01.01.2021 – 31.12.2023
  • Project Manager: Zhantaev Zhumabek Shabdenamovich
  • Project Goal: Development and modernization of the experimental base for monitoring space and geophysical fields, identification of cause and effect relationships in the “atmosphere-ionosphere” system under the influence of thunderstorm activity, creation of a system for collecting, processing and analyzing data with high speed, visualization, interactive user access to measurement results.
Project Tasks

2021: Investigate lightning activity at the high-altitude Tien Shan station depending on the phase of the solar activity cycle and its sporadic manifestations. Create a system for collecting, storing and displaying data from networks of GNSS stations for a local database of the information system being developed.

2022: To investigate the structure of the upper (region F) ionosphere during thunderstorm activity according to the data of the Alma-Ata ionospheric station in a calm geomagnetic field. Create an experimental installation for monitoring the electrical conductivity of the surface atmosphere at a high-altitude cosmic ray station. Testing the information system for calculating the complete electronic content in a separate region in various conditions.

2023: Investigate the structure of the upper (region F) ionosphere during thunderstorm activity according to the data of the Alma-Ata ionospheric station under conditions of a disturbed geomagnetic field. Create a database of space and geophysical parameters with visualization and interactive user access to experimental measurements. Obtain a picture of variations in the total electronic content in the zone of high thunderstorm activity according to the data of the developed information system.

Expected results

2021: Features of lightning activity at the high-altitude Tien Shan station depending on the phase of the solar activity cycle and its sporadic manifestations. System for collecting, storing and displaying data from networks of GNSS stations for the local database of the developed information system Scientific report.

2022: Features of variations in the critical frequencies of the F layer of the ionosphere during thunderstorm activity in a calm geomagnetic field. An experimental installation for monitoring atmospheric conductivity at a high-altitude cosmic ray station. Results of testing the information system for reproducing characteristic features in variations of the complete electronic content for various conditions Scientific report.

2023: Features of variations in the critical frequencies of the F layer of the ionosphere during thunderstorm activity under conditions of a disturbed geomagnetic field. Database of space and geophysical parameters with visualization and interactive user access to experimental measurements. The pattern of variations in the total electronic content in the zone of high thunderstorm activity according to the data of the developed information system. Scientific report.

Results Obtained

2021: Lightning activity patterns were determined at a high-altitude Tien Shan station depending on the solar activity cycle phase and its sporadic manifestations. A system for collecting, storing, and displaying data and GNSS station networks was created for the local database of the information system being developed.

2022: Ionospheric foF2 variations were determined during thunderstorm activity in a calm geomagnetic field. An atmospheric conductivity monitoring system was created. Test results were obtained for the information system for reproducing characteristic features in TEC variations under various conditions.

2023: Ionospheric foF2 variations were determined during thunderstorm activity in a disturbed geomagnetic field. A database of cosmo- and geophysical parameters with visualization and interactive user access to experimental measurements was created. A picture of TEC variations in a zone of high thunderstorm activity was obtained based on data from the developed information system.

Project Publications

2021

– non-CIS countries:

1. Shepetov A., Antonova V., Kalikulov O., Kryakunova O., Karashtin A., Lutsenko V., Mamina S., Mukashev K., Piscal V., Ptitsyn M., Ryabov V., Saduev N., Sadykov T.,Salikhov N., Shlyugaev Yu., Vil’danova L., Zhukov V. The prolonged gamma ray enhancement and the short radiationburst events observed in thunderstorms at Tien Shan // Atmospheric Research – 2021 –Vol.248. – P. 105266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105266. CiteScore = 8.4, Процентиль 94-й, квартиль Q1.

International conferences (abstracts and papers):

1. Antonova V., Kryukov S., Lutsenko V., Malimbayev A. Impact sporadic sources of disturbances on the atmospheric electric field оn Tien- Shan // Proc. European Geophysical Union, EGU, General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 19-30 April. – 2021, EGU21-7250, https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-7250.html

2. Antonova V.P., Gordienko G.I., Kryukov S.V., Lutsenko V.Yu. Study of the impact of sporadic cosmo- and geophysical sources of disturbances on the dynamics of the atmospheric electric field // Proceedings of the Fifth All-Russian Conference “Global Electric Circuit”, Borok, Russia. – 2021. – pp. 30-31.

3. Andreev A.B., Malimbaev A.M., Lutsenko V.Yu. Development of a software system for monitoring ionospheric wave disturbances based on GPS tec data. Bishkek, Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

2022

– non-CIS countries:

1. Valentina Antonova , Vadim Lutsenko, Galina Gordiyenko, Sergey Kryukov. Impact of various sources of disturbances on the atmospheric electric field and the lower ionosphere // Environ. Sci. Proc. – 2022. – Vol. 19(1). – P. 41; https://doi.org/10.3390/ecas2022-12868.

2. Yakovets A.F., Gordiyenko G.I., Litvinov Y.G. et al. Comparison of ionospheric response to two types of electron concentration disturbances. // Atmosphere. – 2022. – Vol. 13, Issue 4. – P. 602. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13040602. IF 3.222, CiteScore = 4.1. Quartile Q2. Percentile 69.

2023

– non-CIS countries:

1. Valentina Antonova , Vadim Lutsenko, Galina Gordiyenko, Sergey Kryukov. Impact of various disturbance sources on the atmospheric electric field and thunderstorm activity of the Northen Tien-Shan // Atmosphere. – 2023. – Volume 14(1). – P. 164. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14010164 IF=1.986. CiteScore = 4.1. Quartile Q2. Percentile 69.

2. Gordiyenko G. Ionospheric response over the middle ASIAN region to the may 1967 geomagnetic storm // Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. – 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2023.106151 CiteScore = 4.2. Quartile Q2. Percentile 69.

– Journals in peer-reviewed domestic publications recommended by the Committee on Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics of the Ministry of Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan:

1. Andreyev A., Lutsenko V., Malimbaev A. A method to determine exact wave parameters of TID. // International Journal of Mathematics and Physics – 2023. – Vol. 13, No. 2. – P. 20-24. ISSN 2409-5508. https://doi.org/10.26577/ijmph.2022.v13.i2.03

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