Plasma flow in the near and distant geomagnetic tail

Measurements of the bulk flow of plasma in the outer magnetosphere were first made a little over a decade ago with Los Alamos instruments on the Vela satellites. During the intervening years, as flow measurements have been made with improved instruments and by other satellites they have come to play a crucial role in the development of our understanding of the structure and dynamics of the magnetosphere. For example, they were the means of discovery of the magnetosphere's boundary layer and of plasma vortices within the plasma sheet. They were the essential ingredient in the identification of signatures of magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause. And they were indispensible in clarifying the complex phenomena in the magnetotail accompanying substorms and in showing that these phenomena are consistent with a substorm model involving magnetic reconnection at a near-earth neutral line. Most recently, magnetotail plasma flow measurements by the ISEE-3 satellite at distances as great as 230 R_E have been instrumental in fixing the average location of the “distant” neutral line at ～ 60 to 120 R_E and in identifying plasmoids (i.e., severed sections of the plasma sheet), released during substorms and escaping down-tail. This paper reviews the features of magnetotail plasma flow, describes the most recent observations, and discusses their implications for magnetospheric physics.     

Characteristics of arctic ocean ice determined from SMMR data for 1979: Case studies in the seasonal sea ice zone

Sea ice data derived from the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer are examined for sections of the Arctic Ocean during early summer 1979. The temporary appearance of spuriously high multiyear ice fractions in the seasonal ice zones of the Kara and Barents Seas is a result of surface melt phenomena and the relative responses of the different channels to these effects. These spurious signatures can provide early identification of melt onset and additional information on surface characteristics.     

基于回归模型的液体火箭发动机试验数据的验证与重构

由于传感器设计、制造水平和工作环境等原因,传感器工作异常、出现故障或失效现象时有发生,影响了试验的完成和试验数据的使用。在研究液体火箭发动机地面试验各测点参数相关性的基础上,建立了传感器验证网络,利用测点参数间的线性回归模型对传感器数据进行验证和重构。经过实例验证表明,利用线性回归模型建立传感器验证网络,验证与重构发动机试验数据是可行的、有效的。     

The local time dependence of the anisotropic solar cosmic ray flux.

The distribution of the solar cosmic radiation flux over the earth is not uniform, but the result of complex phenomena involving the interplanetary magnetic field, the geomagnetic field and latitude and longitude of locations on the earth. The latitude effect relates to the geomagnetic shield; the longitude effect relates to local time. For anisotropic solar cosmic ray events the maximum particle flux is always along the interplanetary magnetic field direction, sometimes called the Archimedean spiral path from the sun to the earth. During anisotropic solar cosmic ray event, the locations on the earth viewing "sunward" into the interplanetary magnetic field direction will observe the largest flux (when adjustments are made for the magnetic latitude effect). To relate this phenomena to aircraft routes, for anisotropic solar cosmic ray events that occur during "normal quiescent" conditions, the maximum solar cosmic ray flux (and corresponding solar particle radiation dose) will be observed in the dawn quadrant, ideally at about 06 hours local time.     

太阳活动对EUV辐射在大气中吸收过程的影响

本文利用A-E卫星在太阳活动21周峰年间观测到的EUV辐射资料,高层大气成分的吸收截面,以及MSIS-86热层大气模式,研究了EUV辐射在大气中的吸收过程;在透射比为1/e和0.1/100时分别计算了透射高度随波长及太阳活动的变化。在波长范围50—1050内对37个波段分别求出了透射高度随太阳天顶角的变化。结果表明,当太阳活动增强时各波段的透射高度均升高,而且透射比越大则透射高度随太阳活动的变化也越剧烈。当透射比为一定时,太阳天顶角越大则透射高度随太阳活动的变化也越大。除此之外还存在一个相反效应,即太阳活动会使Chapman函数变小,这反过来又促使透射高度降低。这两种效应的综合作用结果可较好地解释某些电离层观测中的日没效应。     

Research Progress of Solar Corona and Interplanetary Physics in China: 2010-2012

The scientific objective of solar corona and interplanetary research is the understanding of the various phenomena related to solar activities and their effects on the space environments of the Earth. Great progress has been made in the study of solar corona and interplanetary physics by the Chinese space physics community during the past years. This paper will give a brief report about the latest progress of the corona and interplanetary research in China during the years of 2010?2012. The paper can be divided into the following parts: solar corona and solar wind, CMEICME, magnetic reconnection, energetic particles, space plasma, space weather numerical modeling by 3D SIP-CESE MHD model, space weather prediction methods, and proposed missions. They constitute the abundant content of study for the complicated phenomena that originate from the solar corona, propagate in interplanetary space, and produce geomagnetic disturbances. All these progresses are acquired by the Chinese space physicists, either independently or through international collaborations.      

Possible influence of solar radiation variability on the stratospheric temperature

Using daily temperature data available from radio-sonde measurements over Barajas (Madrid), La Coruña and Palma de Mallorca stations, for the time span 1971–1982 and an altitude range 100-30 mb, a study is made comparing temperatures at differents levels with the 10.7 cm flux in order to check whether radiation variability must be included in lower stratospheric models. At the latitude studied, stratospheric temperatures are uninfluenced by sudden warming phenomena avoiding difficulties of masking found in previous studies.     

Hypervelocity acceleration techniques: A review of exisiting capabilities and prospects for future developments

During the last few decades various techniques have made it possible to accelerate microparticles (10⁻⁶ – 10⁻¹⁵ gr) up to tens of km/sec and macroparticles (1 gr or so) up to 10 km/sec, thus furthering our understanding of many impact related phenomena occurring on the surfaces of celestial bodies.

This review will deal with existing techniques for the acceleration of hypervelocity projectiles. The performance of electrostatic accelerators, electromagnetic rail guns and related systems, plasma drag accelerators, light gas guns and explosive accelerating techniques is reviewed, and the capabilities and limitations of each type are briefly discussed. An attempt is made to assess the future promise of existing techniques and the realism of some current suggestions.     

Digisonde observations of TIDs with frequency and angular sounding technique

A technique for studying ionospheric wavelike phenomena, primarily AGW/TID events, is developed based on the solution of the problem of radio wave propagation in ionospheric plasma disturbed by wavelike processes. A perfectly reflecting surface model is used for representing TIDs propagating at ionospheric heights. This technique is a generalization of the Frequency-and-Angular Sounding (FAS) method developed earlier for oblique TID diagnostics using transmitters of opportunity. Trial measurements were made in November 2003 with two DPS-4 systems at Millstone Hill Observatory, providing experimental validation of the developed method by comparing the results of disturbance diagnostics to those simultaneously obtained with the original (oblique) FAS method. The TID parameters recovered during the November 2003 campaign suggest that the observed disturbances predominately propagated equatorward which likely indicates their sources to be in the auroral region. The equatorward propagating AGW/TIDs are typical for disturbed geomagnetic conditions which were observed during the campaign. Implementation of the generalized FAS technique in the DPS sounder allowed development of a dedicated data acquisition system for ionospheric disturbance diagnostics. Routine measurements with the developed technique using the existing world-wide network of Digisondes (GIRO) will make it possible to conduct large-scale studies of the AGW/TID phenomena.     

Analysis of the nucleus and circumnuclear area of comet Halley with the “I.K.S.” infrared sounder from the “Vega” flyby probes

The “Vega” Soviet flyby probes to comet Halley will carry a French infrared sounder, called “I.K.S.”. In order to assess its observing capabilities, a theoretical model of the comet infrared emission was constructed. We show how the experiment results will be used to derive the nucleus size and radiative properties, and to study the distribution of gas and dust in the inner coma and circumnuclear area. A preliminary discussion is made of the relevance of the data in instances where the cometary phenomena would be more complex than assumed in the model.     

Comparative anatomy of the day- and night-time radar echoes from the 130–170 km region of the low latitude ionosphere

Recent observations of daytime 150 km echoes made from Gadanki have revealed ‘descending layer type’ echoing pattern, which are remarkably different from their well known ‘necklace’ pattern. These descending layer type echoing pattern have close resemblance to those of the nighttime valley region echoes that are presumably linked with the intermediate layer formed by the meridional wind shear associated with the semidiurnal/terdiurnal tidal winds. The observed close resemblance between the two echoing patterns reminds the plausible role of the semidiurnal/terdiurnal tidal wind and metallic ions in the governing physical processes. We present a comparative anatomy of these two echoing phenomena by making a close examination of the radar observations from Gadanki. Importantly, we bring out the similarities and dissimilarities in their characteristics and discuss the results in the light of currently available theoretical frameworks in an effort to further our understanding on the origin of these echoing phenomena, which have been addressed so far in isolation.     

Spectroscopic observations of coronal waves and coronal mass ejections

It is common to use imaging instruments such as EUV and X-ray imagers and coronagraphs to study large-scale phenomena such as coronal mass ejections and coronal waves. Although high resolution spectroscopy is generally limited to a small field of view, its importance in understanding global phenomena should not be under-estimated. I will review current spectroscopic observations of large-scale dynamic phenomena such as global coronal waves and coronal mass ejections. The aim is to determine plasma parameters such as flows, temperatures and densities to obtain a physical understanding of these phenomena.     

VELOCITY FIELD OF THERMOCAPILLARY CONVECTION IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE OXIDE SOLUTION

We have investigated experimentally and theoretically the thermocapillary convec tive flow phenomena in a loop-shaped Pt wire heater of KNbO3 (20wt.%) and Li2B4O7 solutions. Optical evaluations in connection with thermocouple measure ments made it possible to get a new type of thermocapillary convective flow in the considered system. To study the kinematical behaviour of thermocapillary convec tion, we have measured the stream flow velocities. In a theoretical analysis, the flow velocity due to the thermocapillary effect alone was estimated by balancing the sur face tension forces by viscous forces. The velocity distribution in the solution near the margin of the heater was obtained, which is in agreement with the experimental result.     

VHF/UHF振幅闪烁和VHF快速法拉弟旋转起伏

本文利用1988年9月至1989年5月在武昌(114.4°E,30.6°N)同时接收日本ETS-Ⅱ卫星(130.0°E)发出的VHF(136MHz)信标信号和苏联静止站-T卫星(99.0°E)发出的UHP(714MHz)广播电视信号时获得的观测记录,对夜间出现的双频(VHF/UHF)闪烁和VHF快速(每分钟大于5次的起伏)法拉弟旋转起伏(以下用FRF表示法拉弟旋转起伏)进行了统计分析,结果发现在临近太阳黑子最大年份观测到的双频夜间闪烁主要为急始型,呈赤道特性,且在临近二分点的月份里有最大出现率,秋季更为明显;伴随VHF振幅闪烁出现的快速FRF常与UHF振幅闪烁共存,以及产生这种现象的不规则体由西向东漂移,东-西向的漂移速度分量,在子夜前为140m/s,在子夜后为90m/s。      

旋转篦齿封严泄漏与换热的准则研究

应用方向性单位制的方程无量纲化方法,研究了旋转等因素对篦齿封严泄露流动、换热的影响,推导出可供实验模化用的相似准则.虽然方向性单位制和以往的SI或工程单位制均遵守Gauss准则,但它们选用和处理各单位各不相同,对于以往的单位制,由于相似理论研究的实际情况复杂,需要研究具有灵活性和特殊性;对于后者,基于所有现象能发生的可能性,研究则具有一般性和不变性.相关的讨论证明其合理性.      

抗振晶体振荡器的仿真设计CSCD

本文介绍了利用仿真软件进行抗振晶体振荡器设计的方法,通过建立晶体振荡器结构仿真模型,对其力学特性进行深入细致的分析,并在此基础上对比分析减振材料的剪切模量和被减振物质量对晶体振荡器抗振性能的影响,优化晶体振荡器减振结构。然后,根据仿真设计制做了抗振晶体振荡器,并进行了随机振动试验。结果表明,试验现象与仿真结果基本一致,验证了仿真分析的有效性,且振动下晶体振荡器相位噪声达到-145d Bc/Hz@1k Hz,极大地提高了晶体振荡器的抗振性能。     

Empirical models of the thermosphere and requirements for improvements

The different types of variation in the thermosphere are briefly examined and the solar-activity effect is singled out for special attention. To this day, empirical models have made use of the decimetric solar flux F_10.7 as an index of the variable XUV radiation from the sun. To account for the change in the relative intensity of the different types of emissions in the course of the solar cycle, F_10.7 is made to perform double duty: The daily values are used to represent the day-to-day and “27-day” variations, while its averages over several solar rotations are used to represent the variations with the 11-year cycle. The availability of direct solar XUV data should eventually eliminate the need for such a make-shift procedure. Accuracy and continuity requirements of XUV intensity measurements are discussed and a strategy is outlined for sorting out the relevant features from the observational material and putting them to practical use in thermospheric modeling. It is suggested that future models of the diurnal and the geomagnetic variation use as a guide theoretical models which have achieved considerable success in qualitatively representing the observed phenomena.     

Japanese polar patrol balloon experiments from 2002 to 2004

Polar patrol balloon experiments were carried out at Syowa Station in Antarctica from 2002 to 2004. Two balloons were launched for the purpose of observing phenomena in the polar atmosphere and one was done for the observation of high energy cosmic electrons. We developed a new housekeeping system including communication device using the Iridium satellite network, an auto-level controller driven by a new program for keeping the flight altitude, and a power management system for solar cells combined with secondary batteries.Two balloons for studying phenomena in the Antarctic atmosphere launched on January 13, 2003 made flights for 18 days and 25 days, respectively. All the housekeeping system worked well during the flights as we expected. Based on these experiments, we adjusted parameters for the altitude control system and the power management system. We launched a balloon for the cosmic electron observation on January 4, 2004. It flew 13 days around the Antarctica with the perfect operation of the onboard housekeeping system. We hope that fruitful scientific results will be obtained from these long-duration flights.     

Artificial particle and wave stimulation in the trigger experiment

The Trigger experiment was designed to test the response of the auroral ionosphere to an impulsive release of a hot, dense plasma. It consisted of a sounding rocket payload divided into two parts, an instrumented diagnostic section and a cesium doped high explosive canister. When the two sections were separated by about 1 km, but close to the same magnetic field line, the cesium high explosive was ignited and the plasma around the payload was observed to increase briefly by a factor of 4 in density and a factor of 2 in temperature.A variety of particle and field phenomena occurred in rapid succession after the cesium release. A drastic increase in the field aligned charged particle flux was observed over the approximate energy range 10 eV to more than 300 keV, starting about 150 ms after the release and lasting about 1 second. There is also evidence of a second particle burst, starting one second after the release and lasting for tens of seconds. A transient electric field pulse of 200 mV/m appeared just before the particle flux increase began. Additional effects include electrostatic waves associated with the cesium cloud boundary. The field aligned currents associated with the electric field pulse and cloud conductivity gradient may be responsible for the observed electron acceleration in a manner similar to the electrodynamic origin of auroral arcs.     

非地球同步卫星相对于太阳的几何关系

给出确定非地球同步卫星轨道的日照边界点在天球上投影的位置、太阳光在卫星及其携带仪器各个平面上的投射角以及星载红外分光计内部冷黑体被太阳照射到的轨道部份和概率的计算公式。最后以极轨气象卫星上的红外分光计为例进行了计算。其结果可以提供给分光计某些部份的设计以及极轨气象卫星发射时间的选择作参考。