Articles | Volume 37, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-37-775-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-37-775-2019
Regular paper
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05 Sep 2019
Regular paper |  | 05 Sep 2019

Diurnal, seasonal and solar cycle variation in total electron content and comparison with IRI-2016 model at Birnin Kebbi

Aghogho Ogwala, Emmanuel Olufemi Somoye, Olugbenga Ogunmodimu, Rasaq Adewemimo Adeniji-Adele, Eugene Oghenakpobor Onori, and Oluwole Oyedokun

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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (30 Mar 2019) by Ana G. Elias
AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (13 May 2019)  Author's response
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (13 May 2019) by Ana G. Elias
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (23 May 2019)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (23 May 2019) by Ana G. Elias
AR by Anna Mirena Feist-Polner on behalf of the Authors (01 Jul 2019)  Author's response
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (03 Jul 2019) by Ana G. Elias
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (31 Jul 2019)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (04 Aug 2019) by Ana G. Elias
AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (07 Aug 2019)  Author's response
ED: Publish as is (09 Aug 2019) by Ana G. Elias
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Short summary
Higher total electron content (TEC) day-to-day variations during the daytime than at night were observed for all years. The diurnal variation shows observed TEC (OBS-TEC) rising rapidly from a minimum just before sunrise at 03:00–05:00 LT (∼2 TECU) in 2011, 04:00–05:00 LT (∼3 TECU) in 2012, 03:00–05:00 LT in 2013 (∼3 TECU) and 03:00–05:00 LT in 2014 (∼3 TECU). OBS-TEC is found to increase to a broad daytime maximum at 00:12–00:16 LT for all years before falling to a minimum after sunset.