电离层中小尺度扰动的多频多普勒快速探测与分析

电离层反射回波的高频多普勒频移测量是研究电离层扰动的重要方法之一.利用基于单频信号相位变化率测量的实时探测方法,获取连续高精度多频多普勒频高图,以实现中小尺度电离层扰动的快速探测研究.该方法被应用于敏捷式高性能电离层无线电多频探测系统样机平台.经验证在该平台上获取的多普勒频移分辨率可达0.039Hz,频高图探测周期最短小于1min.基于这种快速探测方法和平台在武汉观测站进行了较长时间的观测和数据采集,获得高精度多普勒频移并反演出电子浓度等值面法向运动速度,得到电离层反射寻常波的多普勒频高图和垂直扰动速度等信息,进而推演出电离层扰动随时间和空间的实时变化特征.对这些时域信号进行频谱分析,初步结果显示这些扰动主要是由极区活动激发的中国中部地区冬季出现率较高的中尺度TID.此外,对三种常用的电离层扰动反演分析方法进行了对比研究,结果显示电离层扰动的变化趋势基本一致,说明观测数据和研究方法可靠稳定,为多频多点电离层扰动的传播特性观测研究提供了基础.      

敏捷数字电离层测高仪系统研制及初步观测

在小型天线和低发射功率条件下，保证电离层测高仪观测数据质量和提高观测速度一直是电离层垂测的技术难点.针对这一问题，基于新近发展的高速数字芯片和射频器件，采用窄带跟踪滤波、脉冲压缩、编码复用和天线均衡匹配等技术，设计和研制一种敏捷数字电离层测高仪.该系统采用数米高的小型收发天线和便携式主机系统，配置任意频率扫描方式频高图、高分辨率多普勒频高图和斜向探测等多种工作模式，具有可流动观测布站、系统参数灵活捷变及适合快速电离层扰动探测等能力.敏捷数字电离层测高仪为组网观测获得大范围电离层时空变化和电离层快速扰动及传播提供了一种有效的探测手段.      

由高频无线电波反射回波参数反演电离层运动和结构的高度剖面

本文从广义电波射线微分方程组出发,导出了时变、不均匀和各向异性电离层介质中高频无线电波反射回波的可测参数与电离层的运动和结构参数之间的积分方程组,并给出了利用现代数字测高仪中的多普勒图、定向图、频高图和测距图,反演电离层的结构和运动随高度的分布剖面的计算方法.根据这种反演方法,单站探测电离层运动和结构剖面时有多种可测参量的组合方式.文中提出了一种最佳的参量组合方案,为探测设备的改进和观测记录的分析提供了理论依据.      

电离层多普勒接收机的设计与实验

利用软件无线电技术设计了一种电离层多普勒接收机. 该接收机采用DSP, FPGA等数字芯片与PXI总线进行架构, 使用GPS作为接收机的时间和频率同 步模块, 能够灵活设置系统参数. 实验接收来自中国蒲城陕西天文台的高 频时间信号, 实时获取由于电离层扰动所产生的多普勒频率偏移信息. 使用通过MATLAB语言实现的信号处理软件平台, 对接收到的高频信号进行处理. 观测结果表明, 接收机能够分析电离层回波信号的多普勒频移随时间的变化, 是获取不同空间尺度电离层扰动信息的一种有效手段.      

电离层虚高的高精度测量与分析

为了提高电离层虚高测量精度,介绍了利用电离层回波相位实现高精度虚高测量的方法,并以CADI(Canadian Advanced Digital Ionosonde)电离层数字测高仪为研究平台,进行组合脉冲控制和回波相位测量分析,开展了一系列虚高测量实验,并与传统的利用回波时间延迟的虚高测量方法进行了分析比较.实验结果表明,基于回波相位的测量分析方法与回波时延测量分析方法相比,其虚高测量精度高一个量级以上,这对精确反演电离层峰下电子浓度剖面及研究电离层精细结构具有重要意义.      

电离层数字测高仪被动接收观测模式研究

利用CADI(Canadian Advanced Digital Ionosonde)电离层数字测高仪平台,实现了新的电离层数字测高仪被动接收观测模式.利用新开发的观测模式,在观测台站开展了一系列实验观测研究,经过信号处理和信息提取,获得了电离层特征参量f0F2回归方程,高频信道背景噪声分布,电离层D层对电波的吸收等电离层探测信息.实验观测结果表明,所获取的f0F2与主动探测结果相关性在0.84以上,高频信道背景噪声分布以及电离层D层吸收状况与电离层实际分析结果相吻合.     

用电离层特性参量提取等效风场信息

导出了利用中低纬电离层特性参量获取电离层F层峰区高度上等效风场（包含电场和风场信息在内）的基本方程，并尝试用该方法从电离层特性参量（峰高和临频）提取等效风场信息，利用武汉站DGS-256电离层数字测高仪数据及由美国Massachusetts Lowell大学最新版的剖面反演程序换算得到F层峰高，获得了武汉地区夏季至日点附近，冬季至日点附近，冬季地磁特别宁静的九天和冬季平均等效风场的初步特征，并利用Fejer经验电场模式计算冬季电场引起的垂直漂移，估计电场和风场对武汉地区的垂直等效风场的贡献大小，结果表明：等效风场呈现出白天与夜晚幅度和方向的差异。至日点附近冬季与夏季白天的幅度差异以及明显的凌晨凹陷现象；平均情况下，垂直等效风场幅度和方向的变化主要是由中性风引起，受电场的影响不大。     

典型电离层多普勒记录及其讨论

由于地面电离层多普勒频率偏移测量具有时间连续、设备相对简便等固有特征，它特别适合于扰监测。本文在整理北京大学电离层高频多普勒台站观测资料的基础上，给出了一些典型电离层多普勒效应观测现象，这些现象反映了多普勒的细致分析对电离层形态学研究有其特殊意义。利用IRI模型，对多普勒频移的太阳耀斑效应及电离层不规则结构对多普勒频移的影响进行了模拟计算，理论结果与观测基本一致，从而大体上解释了这些响应的物理机制。论文最后对观测到的一种特殊的记录类型－－S型描迹的具体成因作了详细的分析和讨论，指出在一定条件下，以一定相位速度水平传播的声重波可以产生这类记录，给出了相位速度和振幅等声重波参数与记录描迹形状的关系，这对从多普勒频移记录推演电离层中的波动特征有一定的帮助。     

高频返回散射回波频谱测量

本文采用脉冲多普勒雷达技术, 测量了电离层高频返回散射回波的时延-功率-多普勒频率的三维频谱图.对典型的频谱图作了分析, 并由谱图推算了电离层等效反射面的垂直运动速度, 它与垂直探测资料推算的结果相符.      

中纬地区日间类扩展F不规则结构的观测研究

基于高频多普勒观测,研究中纬地区日间类扩展F现象及其与其他电离层扰动现象的关联.结果表明:日间类扩展F具有出现时间覆盖面广、持续时间长、与其他电离层扰动相互伴随等特征;形态特征表现为回波弥散（与夜间扩展F相似）,弥散回波的频移多倾向于正向偏移,有时与行进电离层扰动（TIDs）相互伴随.日间类扩展F现象虽然是偶发事件,且发生率极低,但其出现时间及区域的广泛性充分体现了该现象对空间天气及空间环境的影响具有不可忽视的重要性.      

Use of global ionospheric maps for HF Doppler measurements interpretation

The HF Doppler technique, a method of measurement of Doppler frequency shift of ionospheric signal, is one of the well-known and widely used techniques of ionosphere research. It allows investigation of various disturbances in the ionosphere. There are different sources of disturbances in the ionosphere such as geomagnetic storms, solar flashes, meteorological effects and atmospheric waves. The HF Doppler technique allows us to find out the influence of earthquakes, explosions and other processes on the ionosphere, which occurs near the Earth. HF Doppler technique has high sensitivity to small frequency variations and high time resolution but interpretation of results is difficult. In this paper, we attempt to use GPS data for Doppler measurements interpretation. Modeling of Doppler frequency shift variations with use of TEC allows separation of ionosphere disturbances of medium scale.     

电离层等折射指数面速度剖面的无线电反演研究

本文对三种反演等值面运动速度的方法:(1)等效镜反射面的方法;(2)Bertel等提出的积分反演方法;(3)同时利用寻常波和非常波多普勒频移的反演方法进行了讨论。对给定的电子密度分布模型(卡普曼层)和等折射指数面扰动速度剖面进行了上述三种反演方法的自我检验。结果表明同时使用寻常波和非常波的多普勒数据的反演方法的结果的最好。      

Ionospheric wave processes during HF heating experiments

Effects of ionospheric modification produced by powerful high frequency radio waves are studied using the method of field-aligned scattering of diagnostic HF radio signals. Observations of scattered HF signals have been made by the Doppler spectrum method. Analysis of the experimental data shows the appearance of quasiperiodic variations in Doppler frequency shift f_d, with periods 30–60 s during the heating cycles. Powerful HF waves are assumed to excite the Alfvén resonator generating oscillations of the magnetic field lines in the heated region and giving rise to f_d artificial variations and magnetic pulsations. In the case of continuous action of the powerful HF transmitter ionospheric waves are sometimes observed with periods 12–25 min, typical of medium-scale travelling ionospheric disturbances.     

Method of the HF wave absorption evaluation based on GIRO network data

High frequency (HF) communication is strongly dependent on the state of the ionosphere, which specifies the mode structure of the radio wave propagating in ionosphere. Another core factor defining the strength of the HF signal at the receiving site is the ionospheric absorption. Accurate modelling the effect of absorption is an essential part of many studies of the HF propagation in the ionosphere.This paper proposes a method for estimating the absorption. The method is based on analysis of vertical sounding ionograms. The main idea of the approach is to compare the main parameters retrieved from measured and simulated ionograms. The combination of Global Ionospheric Radio Observatory (GIRO, http://giro.uml.edu) data and ionograms modelling allows for developing the empiric absorption model available at near real-time. The ionogram simulation taking into account absorption utilizes the NIM-RT (North Ionospheric Model and Ray Tracing) software. As a result, the proposed technique provides more reliable and accurate evaluation of minimum frequency at which echoes are observed in vertical incidence ionosonde soundings. The values of these frequencies should be used in the following simulation to optimize parameters in the empirical formulae for defining absorption HF wave in ionosphere.The ultimate objective of this work is the designing the method, which allows the simulating of HF radio channel accounting for regular absorption due to UV radiation of the Sun. Eventually it could be considered as some kind of the HF propagation forecasting.     

Histogram-based ionogram displays and their application to autoscaling

A simple method is described for displaying and auto scaling the basic ionogram parameters foF2 and h’F2 as well as some additional layer parameters from digital ionograms. The technique employed is based on forming frequency and height histograms in each ionogram. This technique has now been applied specifically to ionograms produced by the IPS5D ionosonde developed and operated by the Australian Space Weather Service (SWS). The SWS ionograms are archived in a cleaned format and readily available from the SWS internet site. However, the method is applicable to any ionosonde which produces ionograms in a digital format at a useful signal-to-noise level. The most novel feature of the technique for autoscaling is its simplicity and the avoidance of the mathematical imaging and line fitting techniques often used. The program arose from the necessity to display many days of ionogram output to allow the location of specific types of ionospheric event such as ionospheric storms, travelling ionospheric disturbances and repetitive ionospheric height changes for further investigation and measurement. Examples and applications of the method are given including the removal of sporadic E and spread F.     

Studying characteristics of traveling ionospheric disturbances using U-shaped traces on vertical incidence ionograms

This paper presents a case study when due to the descending additional U-shaped trace on vertical incidence ionograms, increased critical frequency stabilizes. This corresponds to an ionospheric disturbance that moves toward the ionosonde and then stays overhead.Within a 2D model, traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) are superimposed on the inverted background ionosphere. So ray tracing is used to obtain propagation paths through non-stratified ionosphere thus synthesizing the disturbed ionogram traces. Investigated are changes in the cusp shape caused by varying TID parameters. A cusp-fitting method to determine the TID amplitude, spatial scale, and horizontal drift velocity are shown.