The paper investigates the temporal variations of GPS irregularities at quasi-conjugate points in the polar region during the October-Novemebrr 2003 Halloween storm. The pseudorange and carrier phase observables obtai...The paper investigates the temporal variations of GPS irregularities at quasi-conjugate points in the polar region during the October-Novemebrr 2003 Halloween storm. The pseudorange and carrier phase observables obtained from dual frequency GPS receivers of Trimble 5700 at Scott Base Station in Antarctica and Ashtech Z-X113 at Resolute Bay in Nunavut, Arctic are employed in determination the ionospheric total electron content (TEC) and scintillation parameters. The comparison of TEC and scintillation parameters at both stations show: dominant occurrence of positive storm phases over the nightside hemisphere, dominant occurrence of negative storm phases over the dayside hemisphere ,the periods of pronounced scintillation activity at both hemispheres were coincident with the TEC enhancement periods, the weak scintillation periods are coincident with the TEC depletion periods. The strong TEC enhancement during the sudden storm commencement of the geomagnetic storm was only seen over the nightside station, and finally obvious asymmetry in the ionospheric TEC and scintillation activity between summer and winter hemispheres was observed. The results over the polar were in good agreement with previous measurements made by other researchers over the subauraral and midlatitude regions.展开更多
Using the observations of the 630-nm all-sky imagers(ASIs)located in the geomagnetic conjugate points in the American sector from 2014 to 2017,this study statistically analyzed the features of conjugate equatorial pla...Using the observations of the 630-nm all-sky imagers(ASIs)located in the geomagnetic conjugate points in the American sector from 2014 to 2017,this study statistically analyzed the features of conjugate equatorial plasma bubbles(EPBs),including their occurrence rate,zonal width,location and zonal drift velocity.The results show that the occurrence rate of the EPBs that occur simultaneously at geomagnetic conjugate points is~84%.The zonal widths of the EPBs are mainly~100 km,and the width differences of EPBs between the northern and southern hemispheres are mainly within±30 km.The zonal displacements of the center locations of the northern and southern EPBs are within±50 km.The zonal drift velocities of the northern and southern EPBs are nearly equal.However,it should be noted that the velocity of the EPBs in the northern hemisphere is 10%faster than that in the southern hemisphere.The results suggest that conjugate EPBs are common.Moreover,the non-conjugate EPBs in the northern and southern hemisphere can occur occasionally,which is probably associated with the different ionospheric backgrounds between the two hemispheres.The features of the conjugate EPBs as shown in this study provides support for the nowcasting of EPBs in the conjugate hemispheres.展开更多
文摘The paper investigates the temporal variations of GPS irregularities at quasi-conjugate points in the polar region during the October-Novemebrr 2003 Halloween storm. The pseudorange and carrier phase observables obtained from dual frequency GPS receivers of Trimble 5700 at Scott Base Station in Antarctica and Ashtech Z-X113 at Resolute Bay in Nunavut, Arctic are employed in determination the ionospheric total electron content (TEC) and scintillation parameters. The comparison of TEC and scintillation parameters at both stations show: dominant occurrence of positive storm phases over the nightside hemisphere, dominant occurrence of negative storm phases over the dayside hemisphere ,the periods of pronounced scintillation activity at both hemispheres were coincident with the TEC enhancement periods, the weak scintillation periods are coincident with the TEC depletion periods. The strong TEC enhancement during the sudden storm commencement of the geomagnetic storm was only seen over the nightside station, and finally obvious asymmetry in the ionospheric TEC and scintillation activity between summer and winter hemispheres was observed. The results over the polar were in good agreement with previous measurements made by other researchers over the subauraral and midlatitude regions.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41874185,41574147,41904142,42104165)the West Light Cross-Disciplinary Innovation team of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.E1294301)。
文摘Using the observations of the 630-nm all-sky imagers(ASIs)located in the geomagnetic conjugate points in the American sector from 2014 to 2017,this study statistically analyzed the features of conjugate equatorial plasma bubbles(EPBs),including their occurrence rate,zonal width,location and zonal drift velocity.The results show that the occurrence rate of the EPBs that occur simultaneously at geomagnetic conjugate points is~84%.The zonal widths of the EPBs are mainly~100 km,and the width differences of EPBs between the northern and southern hemispheres are mainly within±30 km.The zonal displacements of the center locations of the northern and southern EPBs are within±50 km.The zonal drift velocities of the northern and southern EPBs are nearly equal.However,it should be noted that the velocity of the EPBs in the northern hemisphere is 10%faster than that in the southern hemisphere.The results suggest that conjugate EPBs are common.Moreover,the non-conjugate EPBs in the northern and southern hemisphere can occur occasionally,which is probably associated with the different ionospheric backgrounds between the two hemispheres.The features of the conjugate EPBs as shown in this study provides support for the nowcasting of EPBs in the conjugate hemispheres.
