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Acknowledgements
This work was supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI Grant no. 15H05815,
16H06286, 16H05736 20H00197, 20H01959, 20K14546, JP21H01144, JSPS Bilateral Joint Research Projects no.
JPJSBP120226504, and JSPS Core-to-Core Program, B. Asia-Africa Science Platforms. We used the Inter-university Upper atmosphere Observation NETwork (IUGONET) database (IUGONET Type-A) and data analysis
software. The GNSS data collection and processing were performed using the National Institute of Information
and Communications Technology Science Cloud. Himawari-8 gridded data are distributed by the Center for
Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University, Japan. Science data of the Exploration of energization and
Radiation in Geospace (ERG) (Arase) satellite were obtained from the ERG Science Center operated by Institute
of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University (https://ergsc.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/index.shtml.en).
Author contributions
A.S. conceived and designed the study, analyzed the data, and wrote the initial draft. Y.O., M.N. and S.P. gathered
worldwide GNSS data and developed the method to derive GNSS-TEC and ROTI data used in this study together
with A.S. and T.S., Y.O., S.N. and Y.M. oversaw the production of the data sets and discussed their interpretations.
T.T. developed the procedure to analyze TIR grid data from the Himawara-8 satellite and discussed the results.
I.S. and Y.M. oversaw the ERG project and discussed the interpretation of the event. Y.K. led the development
and operation of PWE with the contribution of S.M., A.K. and F.T. S.M. contributed to the processing of the PWE
data. A.M. led the development and operation of MGF. All authors reviewed the manuscript.
Funding
The funding was provided JSPS KAKENHI Grant 15H05815, JSPS KAKENHI Grant 16H06286, JSPS KAKENHI
Grant 16H05736, JSPS KAKENHI Grant 20H00197, JSPS KAKENHI Grant 20H01959, JSPS KAKENHI Grant
20K14546, JSPS KAKENHI Grant 21H01144.
Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests.
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