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The Geomagnetic Stations Network of Mexico (REGMEX): The initial steps towards a real-time monitoring of geomagnetic activity in Mexico

2024; Elsevier BV; Volume: 256; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jastp.2024.106204

1879-1824

P. Corona‐Romero, A. González-Esparza, P. Villanueva‐Hernandez, E. Andrade‐Mascote, C.I. Castellanos-Velazco, Adan Espinosa-Jimenez, Maria A. Sergeeva,

Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics

In this paper we present our first steps towards the monitoring, in near real-time, of the geomagnetic activity in the continental territory of Mexico by the Space Weather National Laboratory (LANCE) via the Geomagnetic Stations Network of Mexico (REGMEX). REGMEX aims to monitor the geomagnetic field at five different sites in real-time. The collected data will be processed to promptly calculate and publish Mexico's regional geomagnetic-activity indices (ΔH and K). Currently, Mexico lacks facilities to simultaneously monitor geomagnetic activity in real-time across its territory. This work shows the way in which LANCE endeavors to solve the lack of such geomagnetic data by presenting the REGMEX's development plan and its current development status. In addition, we show geomagnetic storms as registered by our available regional geomagnetic indices and compare those records with their planetary counterparts.