Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge J. H. King and N. Papatashvilli at NASA and CDAWeb for solar wind data (http://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov) and Daniel Weimer at Space

Science Center for Space Science and Engineering Research (Virginia Tech) who provided the ionospheric electrodynamic model. The authors would also like to thank the MACC and ERA-Interim project data provider. The reanalysis data were provided by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and can be downloaded from the ECMWF Data Server (http://apps.ecmwf.int/ datasets). Measurements of the geomagnetic field fluctuations at Terra Nova Bay are supported by the Italian PNRA (Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide, PdR2013/B2.09).

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