利用太阳活动低年2007—2010共计4年的COSMIC(Constellation Observing System for Meteorology,Ionosphere,and Climate satellite)掩星观测数据,在修正地磁纬度-磁地方时标系下(地磁坐标系),计算了极区电离层平均电子含量(mPEC)表征...利用太阳活动低年2007—2010共计4年的COSMIC(Constellation Observing System for Meteorology,Ionosphere,and Climate satellite)掩星观测数据,在修正地磁纬度-磁地方时标系下(地磁坐标系),计算了极区电离层平均电子含量(mPEC)表征极区电离层的世界时(UT)变化特征。结果表明地磁坐标系下南北极区电离层UT变化特征明显,主要是由于极区的太阳光致电离区域随UT变化所致。以mPEC表征的极区电离层电子密度UT变化规律呈正余弦型,在南北极约有12小时的相位差;南极的UT变化强度要大于北极,约是北极的2~3倍,这些特征主要归因于地理轴与地磁轴的夹角在南极大于北极。通过与地理纬度-地方时坐标系下mPEC的UT变化特征对比,发现地磁坐标系下的UT变化强度更大,原因是地磁坐标系下极区电离层的UT变化是太阳光致电离叠加水平输运调制共同作用的结果,而地理坐标系下极区电离层UT变化主要由水平输运产生。展开更多
It has been more than 30 years since the first Chinese Antarctic Expedition took place. Polar upper atmospheric observations started at this time. First began at Great Wall Station and then at Zhongshan Station in Ant...It has been more than 30 years since the first Chinese Antarctic Expedition took place. Polar upper atmospheric observations started at this time. First began at Great Wall Station and then at Zhongshan Station in Antarctica, and later in the Arctic at Yellow River Station, Kjell Henriksen Observatory on Svalbard, and at the China-Iceland Joint Aurora Observatory in Iceland. In this paper, we reviewed the advances in polar upper atmosphere physics (UAP) based on the Chinese national Arctic and Antarctic research over the last five years. These included newly deployed observatories and research instruments in the Arctic and Antarctic; and new research findings, from grotmd-based observations, about polar ionosphere dynamics, aurora and particle precipitation, polar plasma convection, geomagnetic pulsations and space plasma waves, space weather in the polar regions, simulations of the polar ionosphere-magnetosphere. In conclusion, suggestions were made for future polar upper atmosphere physics research in China.展开更多
Zhongshan HF radar, as one component of SuperDARN, has been established and in operation since April, 2010. Using data from the first two years of its operation, this paper investigates the radar's performance, the d...Zhongshan HF radar, as one component of SuperDARN, has been established and in operation since April, 2010. Using data from the first two years of its operation, this paper investigates the radar's performance, the diurnal and seasonal variations o1 ionospheric echoes, and their dependence on geomagnetic activity. Statistical studies show that the occurrence of echoes in different beams varies at different frequencies, which arises from the direction of the beam and the area over which the beam can achieve the orthogonality condition between the wave vector and the Earth's magnetic field. The diurnal variation is obvious with double peak structures both in the occurrence rate and average power at 04-08 UT and 16-17 UT. The line-of-sight velocities are mainly positive on the dayside and negative on the nightside for Beam 0, which is the opposite of the trend for Beam 15. The spec- tral widths on the dayside are often higher than those on the nightside owing to the high energy particle precipitation in the cusp region. The seasonal variations are more obvious for those beams with larger numbers. The occurrence, the average power, the line-of-sight velocity, and the spectral widths are generally larger in the winter months than in the summer months. The influence of geomagnetic activity on radar echoes is significant. The peak echo occurrence appears on the dayside during geomagnetically quiet times, and shifts toward the nightside and exhibits an obvious decrease with increasing Kp. With increasing geomagnetic activity, the line-of-sight velocities increase, whereas the spectral widths decrease. The frequency dependence is investigated and it is found that in the operating frequency bands in 2010, 9-10 MHz is the most appropriate band for the SuperDARN Zhongshan radar.展开更多
A Chinese Antarctic Magnetometer (CAM) chain from Zhongshan Station (ZHS) to Dome-A (DMA) has been established since February 2009. A regular magnetometer is operated at ZHS, and four low power magnetometers are...A Chinese Antarctic Magnetometer (CAM) chain from Zhongshan Station (ZHS) to Dome-A (DMA) has been established since February 2009. A regular magnetometer is operated at ZHS, and four low power magnetometers are operated along the interior route from ZHS to DMA in the cusp latitude, extending over a distance of 1260 km. These stations fill an important void in the Antarctic magnetometer network. Furthermore, the CAM chain is magnetically conjugated with the Arctic region reaching from the Svalbard archipelago to Daneborg, on the east coast of Greenland. Conjugate measurements using the Arctic and Antarctic magnetometers provide excellent opportunities to investigate phenomena related to the coupling of the solar wind to the magnetosphere and ionosphere, such as magnetic impulse events, flux transfer events, traveling convection vortices and ultra-low frequency waves.展开更多
Using high temporal resolution optical data obtained from three-wavelength all-sky imagers at Chinese Yellow River Station in the Arctic, together with the EISCAT Svalbard radar (ESR) and SuperDARN radars, we invest...Using high temporal resolution optical data obtained from three-wavelength all-sky imagers at Chinese Yellow River Station in the Arctic, together with the EISCAT Svalbard radar (ESR) and SuperDARN radars, we investigated the dayside pole- ward moving auroral forms (PMAFs) and the associated plasma features in the polar ionosphere under difibrent interplanetary magnetic field (1MF) conditions, between 0900 and 1010 UT on 22 December 2003. Simultaneous optical and ESR observations revealed that all PMAFs were clearly associated with pulsed particle precipitations. During northward IMF, particles can precipi- tate into lower altitudes and reach the ionospheric E-region, and there is a reverse convection cell associated with these PMAFs. This cell is one of the typical signatures of the dayside high-latitude (lobe) reconnection in the polar ionosphere. These results indicate that the PMAFs were associated with the high-latitude reconnection. During southward IMF, the PMAFs show larger lati- tudinal motion, indicating a longer mean lifetime, and the associated ionospheric features indicate that the PMAFs were generated by the dayside low-latitude reconnection.展开更多
Long-duration conjugate observations by the EISCAT Svalbard Radar (ESR) and the ionosonde at Zhongshan station from the International Polar Year (IPY) during solar minimum conditions are analyzed, with respect to ...Long-duration conjugate observations by the EISCAT Svalbard Radar (ESR) and the ionosonde at Zhongshan station from the International Polar Year (IPY) during solar minimum conditions are analyzed, with respect to variability in the F2-1ayer peak parameters. A comparison between International Reference Ionosphere- 2007 (IRI-2007) and observation data clearly demonstrates good agreement in summer, but greater deviations in winter. The IRI model reproduces the F2 peak parameters dominated by solar photoionization reasonably well, but it does not address the effect of electron precipitation. Hence, the discrepancies become large in the winter auroral ionosphere.展开更多
Adopting the autocorrelation method in the ionospheric short-term forecasting, we put for- ward a simple and practical forecasting method― the sectional autocorrelation method, that is, for pre- dictions of one hour ...Adopting the autocorrelation method in the ionospheric short-term forecasting, we put for- ward a simple and practical forecasting method― the sectional autocorrelation method, that is, for pre- dictions of one hour to four hours ahead the auto- correlation coefficient of RDF with the “iteration” method is selected, for prediction of more than four hours ahead, the autocorrelation coefficient of f0F2 with the “at once” method is used. The prediction precisions have been quantitatively estimated based on the data from Chongqing and Guangzhou Ionos- onde Stations. It is shown that the method is much improved for the predictions of one hour to four hours ahead. For the predictions of more than four hours ahead the prediction error reaches a saturation value, which is still lower than that of the “median” method. This new method could also be applied to the short-term forecasting of other ionospheric parame- ters.展开更多
Based on the ionosphere observation data obtained by EISCAT Svalbard Radar (ESR) in solar minimum year-2007, we analyzed diurnal variations of F2-peak electron density (NmF2) in four seasons under disturbed and quiet ...Based on the ionosphere observation data obtained by EISCAT Svalbard Radar (ESR) in solar minimum year-2007, we analyzed diurnal variations of F2-peak electron density (NmF2) in four seasons under disturbed and quiet geomagnetic conditions. It indicated that the soft precipitation electron had an evident effect on the NmF2 increase at magnetic noon in spring, summer and autumn and the electron precipitation effects were prominent in winter. The comparison between the IRI-2007 model and the observation exhibited that the IRI (International Reference Ionosphere) model had a better NmF2 prediction when the photoionization was dominant during the polar day, but worse when the electron precipitation was dominant during the polar night. We showed that the electrons in lower energy band decreased when the geomagnetic disturbance went greater, which resulted in the lower NmF2. By analyzing the spectrum of precipitation electron under different geomagnetic conditions, it was found that this phenomenon was induced by the energy flux enhancement of precipitation electron of low energy.展开更多
A number of backscatter power enhancement events with "equatorward-moving radar auroral forms" in the high-latitude ionosphere were observed by SuperDARN CUTLASS Finland radar when the IMF was northward duri...A number of backscatter power enhancement events with "equatorward-moving radar auroral forms" in the high-latitude ionosphere were observed by SuperDARN CUTLASS Finland radar when the IMF was northward during 09:00 -10:00 UT on 26 March 2004. These events were also associated with sunward flow enhancements at each location in the Northern Hemisphere which were shown in ionospheric convections measured by the SuperDARN radars. These are typical features of high-latitude (lobe) magnetic reconnections. The durations of the velocity enhancements imply that the evolution time of the lobe reconnections is about 8-16 min from their origin at the reconnection site to their addition to the magnetotail lobe again. In additional, the Double Star TC-1 spacecraft was moving from magnetosheath into magnetosphere, and crossing the magnetopause near the subsolar region during this interval, and observed typical low-latitude magnetic reconnection signatures. This infers that the dayside high- and low-latitude reconnections may occur simultaneously.展开更多
文摘利用太阳活动低年2007—2010共计4年的COSMIC(Constellation Observing System for Meteorology,Ionosphere,and Climate satellite)掩星观测数据,在修正地磁纬度-磁地方时标系下(地磁坐标系),计算了极区电离层平均电子含量(mPEC)表征极区电离层的世界时(UT)变化特征。结果表明地磁坐标系下南北极区电离层UT变化特征明显,主要是由于极区的太阳光致电离区域随UT变化所致。以mPEC表征的极区电离层电子密度UT变化规律呈正余弦型,在南北极约有12小时的相位差;南极的UT变化强度要大于北极,约是北极的2~3倍,这些特征主要归因于地理轴与地磁轴的夹角在南极大于北极。通过与地理纬度-地方时坐标系下mPEC的UT变化特征对比,发现地磁坐标系下的UT变化强度更大,原因是地磁坐标系下极区电离层的UT变化是太阳光致电离叠加水平输运调制共同作用的结果,而地理坐标系下极区电离层UT变化主要由水平输运产生。
基金supported by the Chinese Polar Environment Comprehensive Investigation and Assessment Programs (Grant nos. CHINARE 2017-04-01, and 2017-02-04)National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant nos. 41274164, 41374159, 41431072, and 41274148)+1 种基金Pudong Development of Science and Technology Program (Grant no. Pkj2013-z01)Top-Notch Young Talents Program of China
文摘It has been more than 30 years since the first Chinese Antarctic Expedition took place. Polar upper atmospheric observations started at this time. First began at Great Wall Station and then at Zhongshan Station in Antarctica, and later in the Arctic at Yellow River Station, Kjell Henriksen Observatory on Svalbard, and at the China-Iceland Joint Aurora Observatory in Iceland. In this paper, we reviewed the advances in polar upper atmosphere physics (UAP) based on the Chinese national Arctic and Antarctic research over the last five years. These included newly deployed observatories and research instruments in the Arctic and Antarctic; and new research findings, from grotmd-based observations, about polar ionosphere dynamics, aurora and particle precipitation, polar plasma convection, geomagnetic pulsations and space plasma waves, space weather in the polar regions, simulations of the polar ionosphere-magnetosphere. In conclusion, suggestions were made for future polar upper atmosphere physics research in China.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 41031064)the Ocean Public Welfare Scientific Research Project of China (Grant no. 201005017)the Chinese Meridian Project,the Chinese Polar Environment Comprehensive Investigation & Assessment Programmes (Grant no. CHINARE 2012-02-03)
文摘Zhongshan HF radar, as one component of SuperDARN, has been established and in operation since April, 2010. Using data from the first two years of its operation, this paper investigates the radar's performance, the diurnal and seasonal variations o1 ionospheric echoes, and their dependence on geomagnetic activity. Statistical studies show that the occurrence of echoes in different beams varies at different frequencies, which arises from the direction of the beam and the area over which the beam can achieve the orthogonality condition between the wave vector and the Earth's magnetic field. The diurnal variation is obvious with double peak structures both in the occurrence rate and average power at 04-08 UT and 16-17 UT. The line-of-sight velocities are mainly positive on the dayside and negative on the nightside for Beam 0, which is the opposite of the trend for Beam 15. The spec- tral widths on the dayside are often higher than those on the nightside owing to the high energy particle precipitation in the cusp region. The seasonal variations are more obvious for those beams with larger numbers. The occurrence, the average power, the line-of-sight velocity, and the spectral widths are generally larger in the winter months than in the summer months. The influence of geomagnetic activity on radar echoes is significant. The peak echo occurrence appears on the dayside during geomagnetically quiet times, and shifts toward the nightside and exhibits an obvious decrease with increasing Kp. With increasing geomagnetic activity, the line-of-sight velocities increase, whereas the spectral widths decrease. The frequency dependence is investigated and it is found that in the operating frequency bands in 2010, 9-10 MHz is the most appropriate band for the SuperDARN Zhongshan radar.
基金supported by the CNSF project(Grant nos.41574164,41431072)the International Cooperation Project(Grant no.IC201509)of the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration,State Oceanic Administration
文摘A Chinese Antarctic Magnetometer (CAM) chain from Zhongshan Station (ZHS) to Dome-A (DMA) has been established since February 2009. A regular magnetometer is operated at ZHS, and four low power magnetometers are operated along the interior route from ZHS to DMA in the cusp latitude, extending over a distance of 1260 km. These stations fill an important void in the Antarctic magnetometer network. Furthermore, the CAM chain is magnetically conjugated with the Arctic region reaching from the Svalbard archipelago to Daneborg, on the east coast of Greenland. Conjugate measurements using the Arctic and Antarctic magnetometers provide excellent opportunities to investigate phenomena related to the coupling of the solar wind to the magnetosphere and ionosphere, such as magnetic impulse events, flux transfer events, traveling convection vortices and ultra-low frequency waves.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant nos. 40974083, 41031064, 41104091,41104090, 41274149 and 41274164)the Ocean Public Welfare Scientific Research Project of China (Grant no. 201005017)+1 种基金the Polar Strategic Research Foundation of China (Grant nos. 20100202, 20100203 and 20120304)the Polar Environment Comprehensive Investigation & Assessment Programs(Grant no. CHINARE 2012-02-03)
文摘Using high temporal resolution optical data obtained from three-wavelength all-sky imagers at Chinese Yellow River Station in the Arctic, together with the EISCAT Svalbard radar (ESR) and SuperDARN radars, we investigated the dayside pole- ward moving auroral forms (PMAFs) and the associated plasma features in the polar ionosphere under difibrent interplanetary magnetic field (1MF) conditions, between 0900 and 1010 UT on 22 December 2003. Simultaneous optical and ESR observations revealed that all PMAFs were clearly associated with pulsed particle precipitations. During northward IMF, particles can precipi- tate into lower altitudes and reach the ionospheric E-region, and there is a reverse convection cell associated with these PMAFs. This cell is one of the typical signatures of the dayside high-latitude (lobe) reconnection in the polar ionosphere. These results indicate that the PMAFs were associated with the high-latitude reconnection. During southward IMF, the PMAFs show larger lati- tudinal motion, indicating a longer mean lifetime, and the associated ionospheric features indicate that the PMAFs were generated by the dayside low-latitude reconnection.
基金supported by the youth fund of the State Oceanic Administration, People's Republic of China (Grant no.2010614)the Polar Strategic Research Foundation of China (Grant no.20100201)+2 种基金the Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean (Grant no.201005017)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no.40874082,40890164)the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant no.2010CB950503-06)
文摘Long-duration conjugate observations by the EISCAT Svalbard Radar (ESR) and the ionosonde at Zhongshan station from the International Polar Year (IPY) during solar minimum conditions are analyzed, with respect to variability in the F2-1ayer peak parameters. A comparison between International Reference Ionosphere- 2007 (IRI-2007) and observation data clearly demonstrates good agreement in summer, but greater deviations in winter. The IRI model reproduces the F2 peak parameters dominated by solar photoionization reasonably well, but it does not address the effect of electron precipitation. Hence, the discrepancies become large in the winter auroral ionosphere.
基金This work was supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 863-703-105)the National Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Environment (Grant No. 51486010104QT8901) the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 49990455).
文摘Adopting the autocorrelation method in the ionospheric short-term forecasting, we put for- ward a simple and practical forecasting method― the sectional autocorrelation method, that is, for pre- dictions of one hour to four hours ahead the auto- correlation coefficient of RDF with the “iteration” method is selected, for prediction of more than four hours ahead, the autocorrelation coefficient of f0F2 with the “at once” method is used. The prediction precisions have been quantitatively estimated based on the data from Chongqing and Guangzhou Ionos- onde Stations. It is shown that the method is much improved for the predictions of one hour to four hours ahead. For the predictions of more than four hours ahead the prediction error reaches a saturation value, which is still lower than that of the “median” method. This new method could also be applied to the short-term forecasting of other ionospheric parame- ters.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41104105)the Youth Fund of State Oceanic Administration of China (Grant No. 2010614)+2 种基金the Polar Strategic Research Foundation of China (Grant No. 20100201)Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean of China (Grant No. 201005017)the National Basic Research Program of China ("973" Program) (Grant No. 2010CB950503-06)
文摘Based on the ionosphere observation data obtained by EISCAT Svalbard Radar (ESR) in solar minimum year-2007, we analyzed diurnal variations of F2-peak electron density (NmF2) in four seasons under disturbed and quiet geomagnetic conditions. It indicated that the soft precipitation electron had an evident effect on the NmF2 increase at magnetic noon in spring, summer and autumn and the electron precipitation effects were prominent in winter. The comparison between the IRI-2007 model and the observation exhibited that the IRI (International Reference Ionosphere) model had a better NmF2 prediction when the photoionization was dominant during the polar day, but worse when the electron precipitation was dominant during the polar night. We showed that the electrons in lower energy band decreased when the geomagnetic disturbance went greater, which resulted in the lower NmF2. By analyzing the spectrum of precipitation electron under different geomagnetic conditions, it was found that this phenomenon was induced by the energy flux enhancement of precipitation electron of low energy.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41104091, 41031064, 40890164)the Youth Scientific and Technological Innovation Foundation, Polar Research Institute of China (Grant No. JDQ201001)+1 种基金the International Collaboration Supporting Project, Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration (Grant No. IC201112)the Ocean Public Welfare Scientific Research Project, State Oceanic Administration People's Republic of China (Grant No. 201005017)
文摘A number of backscatter power enhancement events with "equatorward-moving radar auroral forms" in the high-latitude ionosphere were observed by SuperDARN CUTLASS Finland radar when the IMF was northward during 09:00 -10:00 UT on 26 March 2004. These events were also associated with sunward flow enhancements at each location in the Northern Hemisphere which were shown in ionospheric convections measured by the SuperDARN radars. These are typical features of high-latitude (lobe) magnetic reconnections. The durations of the velocity enhancements imply that the evolution time of the lobe reconnections is about 8-16 min from their origin at the reconnection site to their addition to the magnetotail lobe again. In additional, the Double Star TC-1 spacecraft was moving from magnetosheath into magnetosphere, and crossing the magnetopause near the subsolar region during this interval, and observed typical low-latitude magnetic reconnection signatures. This infers that the dayside high- and low-latitude reconnections may occur simultaneously.