The South American K Index - Initial Steps from the Embrace Magnetometer Network

C. M. Denardini (National Institute for Space Research (INPE), S. J. Campos-SP, Brazil), M. Rockenbach (Instituto de Pesquisas e Desenvolvimento, Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (UNIVAP), S. J. Campos-SP, Brazil), M. A. Gende (Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata - Buenos Aires, Argentina), S. S. Chen (National Institute for Space Research (INPE), S. J. Campos-SP, Brazil) (Universidade de Taubaté (UNITAU), Taubaté-SP, Brazil), P. R. Fagundes (Instituto de Pesquisas e Desenvolvimento, Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (UNIVAP), S. J. Campos-SP, Brazil), N. J. Schuch (Southern Regional Space Research Center in collaboration with the LACESM/CT-UFSM, Santa Maria-RS, Brazil), A. Petry (Southern Regional Space Research Center in collaboration with the LACESM/CT-UFSM, Santa Maria-RS, Brazil), L. C. A. Resende (National Institute for Space Research (INPE), S. J. Campos-SP, Brazil), J. Moro (National Institute for Space Research (INPE), S. J. Campos-SP, Brazil)

TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT MONITORING OVER SOUTH AMERICA REGION DURING THE LAST SOLAR MINIMUM

PATRICIA M. DE SIQUEIRA CEA-DAE-INPE, EURICO R. DE PAULA CEA-DAE-INPE, AND YUICHI OTSUKA STELAB-NAGOYA