等离子体鞘层效应对磁层探测电场仪设计的影响

在空间环境探测中,卫星与等离子体的相互作用会改变背景环境的粒子和电位的分布,从而影响探测器对空间电场的测量.为了给磁层卫星电场探测仪器的研制和设计提供参考,本文以中国未来的磁层电离层探测为背景,针对不同轨道高度的等离子体环境,利用SPIS (Spacecraft Plasma Interaction Software)...     

新型倒装式旋转电场仪

介绍了一种全新设计的倒装式旋转电场仪,通过测量大气电场强度和极性的变化,对局部地区潜在的雷暴活动及静电电击事故发出报警,可用于气象、航天、航空、石油、电力、工矿及森林防火、露天体育场地等易起静电和易受静电及雷电危害的场所安全监测的预警仪器．     

能量粒子进入磁层的数值模拟研究

来自行星际的能量粒子进入磁层的过程一直是磁层研究的热点,也是空间天气研究关注的焦点之一,而以往的工作大都集中在讨论不同行星际条件下粒子进入磁层的统计规律.本文在T89磁层模式的基础上,建立了太阳能量粒子进入磁层运动的程序,计算了几种不同能量的质子从不同方位角入射到磁层的运动轨迹.模拟结果表明,能量粒子沿着磁力线方向才可能穿越磁层到达地球表面,越偏离这个方向,则越早被反弹.能量越高的粒子进入到地球磁层上空的角度范围越大,但仍然只有沿着磁力线入射的粒子才能到达地球表面.这些结果与理论预言是一致的.      

中国空间磁层线辐射现象探究

对2008-2010年覆盖中国空间的DEMETER卫星电场探测数据进行分析,共识别出328例磁层线辐射（MLR）事件。根据已有MLR事件的频谱特征,研究了中国空间的MLR事件的特征及其可能的原因。对所有MLR事件进行统计分析,结果表明这些事件白昼的出现率高于夜晚,秋冬季的出现率高于春夏季;与地磁活动水平无明显关联,主要出现在中国中低纬度地区空间;频率间隔主要分布在55~95 Hz,频率漂移速率大都在0~0.4 Hz/s,并且频谱最高强度与地理纬度无明确关联。中国空间MLR事件的特征与中国空间所观测到的电力线谐波辐射（PLHR）事件的特征相似,与国外已发现的MLR事件的特征有所不同。     

MMS星座对磁层顶磁通量绳内离子惯性尺度结构的观测

利用MMS观测数据,对磁层顶通量绳内离子惯性尺度（d_i）的结构进行分析研究.结果发现,许多不同尺度（约1d_i至数十d_i）的通量绳内都存在具有d_i尺度的电流 j _m,其方向在磁层顶局地坐标系的-M方向,即与磁层顶查普曼-费拉罗电流同向,由电子在+M方向的运动（ v _em）携带.这些电流结构具有以下特征：磁鞘与磁层成分混合,磁场为开放形态;离子去磁化,电子与磁场冻结;N方向（即垂直于磁层顶电流片方向）的电场 E _n显著增大,幅度达到约20mV·m^-1,并伴有明显的尖峰状起伏,该增强和尖峰状起伏的电场对应于霍尔电场.分析表明,电流、电子与离子运动的偏离以及霍尔电场之间遵从广义欧姆定律,三者密切关联.进一步对磁层顶磁重联的探测数据进行分析发现,在很多重联区内也存在与通量绳内相似的结构,其尺度约为d_i量级,其中霍尔电场 E _N、电流 j _M和电子速度 v _eM均与通量绳内对应物理量的方向相同且幅度相近.基于上述观测事实,采用经典FTE通量绳模型,对通量绳内电流、电子运动和霍尔电场的起源进行了初步探讨,认为其来源于磁层顶无碰撞磁重联区内的相应结构,并且后者在离子尺度通量绳的形成过程中起到重要作用.     

1993年9月12—14日磁暴期间磁层—电离层耦合分析

采用具有明确物理意义的多个地磁指数,以及地面台站链观测的地磁和电离层参数,对一次典型磁暴期内从极光区到赤道附近电离层电流、电场演化发展的耦合过程作了具体分析．结果表明,地磁指数和观测参数能较好地说明磁层－电离层耦合理论结果的主要特征．     

自旋平台双球型电场仪数据校正方法

双球型电场仪通过测量两探针的电势差和间距获得空间电场.当电场仪应用于自旋平台时,因柔性伸杆扰动带来的双球位置偏差会影响电场计算结果.本文提出一种利用自旋平台上两个电探针的电场探测自洽特性对探针位置进行校正的方法,实现了对双球型电场仪在轨数据的校正.对探空火箭电场仪的实测数据处理过程是在消除平台对电场仪的干扰后,使用所提出的校正方法对测量电场的矢量大小和方向进行校正.通过将修正结果与未校正数据和理论模型数据进行对比,验证了方法的有效性.     

基于MHD模拟数据的正午午夜子午面磁层顶位形研究

通过分析太阳风-磁层-电离层系统的三维全球磁流体力学(MHD)模型的计算数据, 给出了正午-午夜子午面磁层顶位形的定量模型. 分析表明, 正午-午夜子午面磁层顶位形可以用文献[3]提出的基于卫星观测数据的、描述赤道面磁层顶位形的函数来描述. 与赤道面磁层顶不同, 正午-午夜子午面磁层顶位形更为复杂. 在忽略极尖区(cusp)的简化条件下, 磁层顶位形仍需利用两条曲线来拟合. 太阳风动压Dp与行星际磁场分量Bz是控制磁层顶位形的主要因素. 行星际磁场为北向时, 磁场增强, 日下点距离r0增大; 行星际磁场为南向时, 磁场增强, 磁层顶日下点距离r0减小. 整体而言, 行星际磁场分量Bz由南转北时, r0增大, 且Bz对r0的影响减弱. 太阳风动压Dp是控制磁层顶日下点的主要因素, Dp增大, r0减小. 磁层顶位形的另一个参数磁层顶磁尾张角α, 随着行星际磁场南向分量增强而增大, 即磁层顶张开程度更加显著, 更多的磁通量由向阳侧传输到夜侧; Dp增大, α略增大, 这意味着Dp对磁通量由日侧向夜侧的传输也有一定的贡献.     

火星磁层顶形成和变化的理论研究

考虑太阳风动压与行星电离层中的带电粒子热压及磁压之和平衡,建立了有大气（电离层）的行星磁层顶形成的理论模型,结合卫星对火星的观测数据,对子午面内向日侧火星磁层顶位形进行了数值计算和分析,研究了火星磁层顶位形及其与太阳风动压之间的变化关系．结果认为,火星磁层顶位形与地球磁层顶相似．太阳风动压越大,火星磁层顶越靠近火星;太阳风动压越弱,火星磁层顶越远离火星．根据火星内秉磁矩从古到今逐渐减小的观点,探索了大尺度磁场（内禀磁矩）对火星磁层顶的贡献作用,结果认为大尺度磁场越强,火星磁层顶越远离行星．这对于进一步研究火星磁层的长期演化以及其他行星磁层的位形变化都具有重要的意义．     

太阳风向磁层输入电磁能量研究

利用全球磁流体力学（MHD）模拟结果,通过确立包含磁层顶的太阳风流线内边界来识别三维磁层顶位形,并以极尖区位置作为磁层顶日侧与夜侧的分界线,在此基础上定量研究了不同条件下穿过磁层顶向磁层内输入的电磁能量. 研究发现,磁层顶的能量传输与太阳风条件密切相关,磁重联是控制电磁能量传输的重要机制. 结果表明,当IMF（行星际磁场）南向时,极尖区后方的磁尾附近存在电磁能输入最大值,当IMF北向时,电磁能输入最大值发生在极尖区附近;南向IMF条件下,在IMF强度增大或太阳风密度增大时,磁层顶电磁能传输的电磁能量比北向IMF条件时增加更显著. 太阳风通过调节磁层顶面积间接影响到磁层顶能量传输大小. 研究还发现,北向IMF与南向IMF条件下穿过磁层顶的电磁能输入的比值范围约为10%～30%,此比值一定程度上反映了北、南方向IMF与地磁场磁重联效率的比值.     

地球磁尾的电场模式

地球磁层中的电场是磁层等离子体运动的主要驱动力.目前常用的磁层电场为均匀晨昏电场和投影电场.本文假定磁力线为电场的等位线,地球电离层电场看做磁层电场沿磁力线在电离层的投影.利用Tsyganenko磁场模式(T89),沿磁力线把电离层电场投影到磁尾,得到了一个新的磁层电场模式,文中对偶极磁场和T89磁场模式下的投影场作了比较,说明本模式突破了偶极磁场的局限,在磁层有更大的适用范围     

Swarm – An Earth Observation Mission investigating Geospace

The Swarm mission was selected as the 5th mission in ESA’s Earth Explorer Programme in 2004. This mission aims at measuring the Earth’s magnetic field with unprecedented accuracy. This will be done by a constellation of three satellites, where two will fly at lower altitude, measuring the gradient of the magnetic field, and one satellite will fly at higher altitude. The measured magnetic field is the sum of many contributions including both magnetic fields and currents in the Earth’s interior and electrical currents in Geospace. In order to separate all these sources electric field and plasma measurements will also be made to complement the primary magnetic field measurements. Together these will allow the deduction of information on a series of solid earth processes responsible for the creation of the fields measured. The completeness of the measurements on each satellite and the constellation aspect, however, implies simultaneous observations of a unique set of important electrodynamical parameters crucial for the understanding of the physical processes in Geospace, which are an important part of the objectives of the International Living With a Star Programme, ILWS. In this paper an overview of the Swarm science objectives, the mission concept, the scientific instrumentation, and the expected contribution to the ILWS programme will be summarized.     

张衡一号卫星探测的赤道附近电场分布及其与电离层分布的关系

利用张衡一号卫星搭载的电场探测仪（Electric Field Detector,EFD）获得的VLF频段2019年电场功率谱数据,研究赤道附近区域近东西向电场的背景分布、季节变化以及与电离层背景的关系。结果表明：白天电场背景在赤道及其附近随季节呈不同波形结构,以3波、4波为主;夜间电场背景规律性稍差,仍呈随季节变化的经向波形结构分布特征;白天电场背景与电离层背景的季节变化呈高度正相关性,春秋季为峰值;夜间电场背景的季节变化特征是夏冬季峰值,与夜间电离层背景整体上呈负相关性。VLF电场功率谱观测数据与电离层观测数据在较大和较小空间尺度上的统计特征上都具有一致性。EFD载荷为电离层相关科学问题的研究及应用提供了一个可以使用的电场观测数据集。     

卫星通信用低噪声放大器的研制

本文介绍C波段卫星通信用低噪声放大器主要技术指标、工作原理、设计计算公式、CAD程序说明及流程图、设计算结果、实测结果及其误差分析。     

The BepiColombo/MMO model payload and operation plan

The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan plans to contribute the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO) to the BepiColombo program, the ESA Cornerstone mission to the planet Mercury. The principal objective of the MMO is to study the magnetic field and magnetosphere of Mercury. The ISAS Mercury exploration working group has performed the definition study of the MMO mission in cooperation with the ESA/ESTEC BepiColombo project team. This paper briefly reviews the scientific objectives, and describes the model payload and its operation plan.     

On high-altitude electric fields in the auroral downward current region and their coupling to ionospheric electric fields

The downward field-aligned current region plays an active role in magnetosphere–ionosphere coupling processes associated with aurora. A quasi-static electric field structure with a downward parallel electric field forms at altitudes between 800 km and 5000 km, accelerating ionospheric electrons upward, away from the auroral ionosphere. Other phenomena including energetic ion conics, electron solitary waves, low-frequency wave activity, and plasma density cavities occur in this region, which also acts as a source region for VLF saucers. Results are presented from high-altitude Cluster observations with particular emphasis on the characteristics and dynamics of quasi-static electric field structures. These, extending up to altitudes of at least 4–5 Earth radii, appear commonly as monopolar or bipolar electric fields. The former occur at sharp boundaries, such as the polar cap boundary whereas the bipolar fields occur at softer boundaries within the plasma sheet. The temporal evolution of quasi-static electric field structures, as captured by the pearls-on-a-string configuration of the Cluster spacecraft, indicates that the formation of electric field structures and of ionospheric plasma density cavities are closely coupled processes. A related feature of the downward current is a broadening of the current sheet with time, possibly related to the depletion process. Preliminary studies of the coupling of electric fields in the downward current region, show that small-scale structures are typically decoupled from the ionosphere, similar to what has been found for the upward current region. However, exceptions are also found where small-scale electric fields couple perfectly between the ionosphere and Cluster altitudes. Recent FAST results indicate that the degree of coupling differs between sheet-like and curved structures, and that it is typically partial. The electric field coupling further depends on the current–voltage relationship, which is highly non-linear in the downward current region, and still unrevealed, as to its specific form.     

Electron acoustic solitary waves in the Earth’s magnetotail region

Satellite observations have revealed solitary potential structures in the Earth’s magnetotail region. These structures have both positive (compressive) and negative (rarefactive) electrostatic potentials. In this paper we study the electron-acoustic solitary waves (EASWs) in an unmagnetized plasma consisting of cold plasma electrons and isothermal ions with two different temperatures. Using the reductive perturbation method, the nonlinear evolution of such structures is studied. The numerical computations are performed to study the role of two temperature ions in the generation of EASWs. In this case, the model supports the existence of both positive and negative electrostatic potentials with bipolar pulses. The electric field associated with these positive and negative solitary structures are numerically computed. The present study could be useful to construe the compressive and rarefactive electric field bipolar pulses associated with the BEN type emissions in the magnetospheric regions where the electron beams are not present.     

The solar wind control of the equatorial ionosphere dynamics during geomagnetic storms

The interplanetary magnetic field, geomagnetic variations, virtual ionosphere height h′F, and the critical frequency foF2 data during the geomagnetic storms are studied to demonstrate relationships between these phenomena. We study 5-min ionospheric variations using the first Western Pacific Ionosphere Campaign (1998–1999) observations, 5-min interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) and 5-min auroral electrojets data during a moderate geomagnetic storm. These data allowed us to demonstrate that the auroral and the equatorial ionospheric phenomena are developed practically simultaneously. Hourly average of the ionospheric foF2 and h′F variations at near equatorial stations during a similar storm show the same behavior. We suppose this is due to interaction between electric fields of the auroral and the equatorial ionosphere during geomagnetic storms. It is shown that the low-latitude ionosphere dynamics during these moderate storms was defined by the southward direction of the B_z-component of the interplanetary magnetic field. A southward IMF produces the Region I and Region II field-aligned currents (FAC) and polar electrojet current systems. We assume that the short-term ionospheric variations during geomagnetic storms can be explained mainly by the electric field of the FAC. The electric fields of the field-aligned currents can penetrate throughout the mid-latitude ionosphere to the equator and may serve as a coupling agent between the auroral and the equatorial ionosphere.