Speaker
Mrs
Tshimangadzo Merline Matamba
(South African National Space Agency Space Science, Hermanus, South Africa)
Description
Geomagnetic storms are mainly driven by Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) and Co-rotating Interaction Regions (CIRs). In response to the magnetosphere-ionosphere system, different ionospheric storm effects may be observed in mid, low and equatorial latitude regions depending on the driving mechanisms of any particular geomagnetic storm. This work will discuss ionospheric storm effects during both CME and CIR driven storms over the African sector for the period 2000 - 2015. The dependence of ionospheric storm effects on solar activity and some mechanism that influences the ionospheric storm effects are presented.
Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution
Dr John Bosco Habarulema
jhabarulema@sansa.org.za
South African National Space Agency Space Science, Hermanus, South Africa
Department of Physics and Electronics, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Level for award<br> (Hons, MSc, <br> PhD, N/A)?
PhD
Apply to be<br> considered for a student <br> award (Yes / No)?
Yes
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?
No
Primary author
Mrs
Tshimangadzo Merline Matamba
(South African National Space Agency Space Science, Hermanus, South Africa)
Co-author
Dr
John Bosco Habarulema
(South African National Space Agency Space Science, Hermanus, South Africa)
