Abstract
We report on an extreme density enhancement and scintillation at dawn,
observed within the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) region, which
was accompanied by a convective ionosphere storm (CIS). A region of
Central America experienced an increase in total electron content (TEC)
of up to $\sim$50 TECu, starting at a sunrise at the
magnetic conjugate footpoints. The enhanced EIA expanded poleward and
westward with the local sunrise terminator. Amplitude and phase
scintillation at Global Positioning system (GPS) frequencies emerged
with the TEC enhancement, and moved with the expanding EIA. The
scintillation lasted for $\sim$5 hours, and decayed
away in 2 hours after local sunrise.