重庆与兰州电离层Es出现率的比较研究

对重庆(29.5,106.6)与兰州(36,103.9)f₀E_s>5MHz的Es出现率和E层临界频率f₀E进行了详细对比研究.结果表明:(1)此两地Es出现率的变化特征显著.白天重庆高于兰州;晚上则正相反.(2)出现率的这种变化与Es环境电离密度的变化趋势十分一致.(3)上述特征的形成,除了此两地纬度上的差异外,与兰州地处地磁S_q电流系的焦点很有关系.      

武汉上空偶发E层与流星雨的联系

利用全天空流星雷达和数字测高仪联合观测数据,初步分析了武汉(30°32′N,114°22′E)上空2002年3次大的流星雨(英仙座、狮子座、双子座)及2003年象限座流星雨爆发期间Es的出现率变化趋势及其与流星观测量的关系.结果表明,在流星雨爆发时,雷达观测到的流星数目会显著增加;流星雨峰值过后,Es出现率也会增大.流星数和Es出现率间的平均互相关函数有两个峰值,第一个峰值平均出现在流星雨爆发后的第2天前后,第二个峰值平均出现在流星雨后第6天前后.我们认为,第一个峰值对应于流星雨期间的大量流星雨电离产生的Es,第二个峰值对应于流星雨后沉积的金属离子在风剪切作用下形成的Es.     

中国典型区域Es特性研究

利用中国海口、长春和拉萨三个站1976-1986年一个太阳周的观测数据, 对中国典型区域的Es特性进行了研究. 分析了不同强度Es (f₀E_s > 3, 5, 7, 9MHz)出现概率随本地时、季节以及太阳活动的变化规律, 并对电离层Es遮蔽情况(包括全遮蔽和半遮蔽)进行了系统分析. 研究结果表明, 各种强度的Es出现概率均是白天大于夜间, 夏季高于其他季节, 随太阳活动性变化规律不明显, 地区差异较大, 大部分情况拉萨站Es出现概率最高; 对于全遮蔽和半遮蔽特性, 不同站也表现出不同的分布规律.      

飞行员视觉信息流强度模拟及适人性分析

为了合理地确定飞行员在执行飞行任务时的视觉信息流强度,开发了飞机座舱显示界面仿真模型,以被试的正确反应率和反应时间来评价作业绩效.通过实验和数据分析得到以下结果:所建立的视觉信息流模型中视觉信息流强度曲线符合正态分布.不同的视觉信息量完成任务差异显著,信息量增加到一定程度时辨识变慢,出现错误的几率升高;在相同视觉信息量情况下,夜晚与白天、动态与静态执行任务辨识和绩效差异显著,白天要比夜晚、静态要比动态辨识效率和绩效更好.      

远东地区电离层Es的增强及其相关因素

本文考察了远东地区电离层Es的增强与地磁活动的关系.因采用了时间迭加法和地方磁情指数K,且着重于夜间和变化幅度较大的Es,所以所得结果特征显著.以本文所用的1213次Es增强事件,70%左右的夜间Es在增强前11小时内有K≥4或△K≥2;另外30%左右的夜间Es增加,或出现于磁静日,且与邻近的印度海德拉巴地磁台所记录到的缓始磁暴有关;或发生在全球性大磁暴前.      

远东地区的微粒E层事件

本文给出了1983-1985年磁暴期间,我国乌鲁木齐等七个站及日本国分寺等五个站出现微粒E层的情况;得到了微粒E层的日变化、月变化和纬度变化;结合同时的地磁、宇宙线、TEC和电离层的变化,对微粒E层出现率作了分析。初步证实:微粒E层的形成和维持与赤道环电流指数(Dst)负变幅大小密切相关,此外还同宇宙线的FD(Forbushdecreases)事件的出现有关。作者认为,沉降粒子可能是低纬地区微粒E层事件的主要粒子来源。      

海南地区电离层Es特性研究

利用中国科学院空间科学与应用研究中心海南电离层观测站DPS-4电离层测高仪2002年3月至2005年2月的观测数据,对太阳活动下降期间海南地区上空发生的偶发E层(Es)的逐年变化和季节变化进行了统计分析.主要结果表明,在这3年中海南地区Es事件出现次数逐年增加;Esr,Esq出现最频繁,其次是Esr,而Esc和Esf出现次数较少,出现次数最少的是Esh;Es事件在夏季出现最为频繁,秋季和冬季次之,春季最为稀少;各季节不同类型Es事件的出现率也不同,其中Esl和Esq一般在各季节占主导地位,Esr其次,Esc,Esf和Esh出现次数较少,尤其是Esf在秋季几乎没有出现.这些结果对于进一步研究Es产生的物理机制提供了探测基础,同时对于电离层空间天气预报模型的建立也具有重要的意义.      

电离层不规则结构的多普勒谱特性

利用武汉电离层观象台连续5年的高频多普勒记录,研究电离层中不规则结构反射回波的各种频谱特性及其变化。通常,扩展F回波总是引起扩散的多普勒诺;而Es回波的多普勒图白天一般呈平直光滑谱,晚上变得扩散,其多普勒展宽常比未扩散时大2-3倍,达1Hz以上。多普勒图上有时会出现斜描迹多普勒谱,这种谱结构反映了Es或扩展F中电子云团的漂移运动。      

电离层Es电波传播模型研究

考虑大气折射的影响,对不同高度Es层条件下大圆路径传播距离与仰角的关系进行计算.基于电离层Es电子密度时空分布特点,建立高阶Es反射模型;运用高阶修正贝塞尔函数表示电离层Es电子密度扰动的自相关函数,综合考虑电离层Es各向异性结构的尺度关系,建立高阶Es散射模型.仿真计算Es层VHF斜入射传播衰减与频率、距离的关系.对于反射模型,Es层厚度越厚,电波衰减越大.对于散射模型,Es层不规则体水平尺度相同,垂直水平漂移的尺度越大,衰减越大;而垂直水平漂移的尺度相同,水平尺度越大,衰减越小.无论反射模型还是散射模型,f₀E_s越高,衰减越小;电波工作频率越高,衰减越大.对比建立的模型与VHF链路的测量结果,明确不同强度的电离层Es反射/散射机制,证明了建立模型的正确性.      

电离层Es离子分布数值建模

从离子连续性方程和动量方程出发,比较全面地考虑了太阳光电离、星光电离、地冕电离、星际背景电离和流星离子流等电离源,综合分析Es层的主要动力学过程和光化学过程,以风剪切理论为基础,研究中性成分碰撞、电场作用、金属离子作用和分子离子作用等机制对离子分布的影响,建立了一维时变电离层Es物理模型.对离子产生率、垂直方向的离子速度在高度和时间上的变化进行仿真和计算,得到了在电场及风剪切作用下的离子密度剖面24h内的变化规律.根据建立的模型,以昆明相干散射雷达观测的径向风结果作为模型输入参考,仿真并得到了电离层Es电子密度的时空分布,据此反演出电离层Es临界频率f₀E_s.与昆明站电离层测高仪同时间观测的情况进行对比,结果比较一致,验证了建立的Es层物理模型正确性.      

大气潮汐风场诱导中纬突发E层的观测证据及理论模拟分析

统计分析了中纬突发E层的测高仪数据,给出了潮汐风场诱导Es层的观测证据,证实了大气潮汐风场和突发E层的强烈相关性.另外,依据风剪切理论,从连续性方程出发,并结合运动方程,运用特征线方法求解,模拟了Es层在潮汐风场作用下的形成.模拟结果证实了风剪切理论的合理性及潮汐风场导致突发E层形成的可能性.      

晴天大气电场时空变化特征分析

利用子午工程5个大气电场观测站点近10年的近地面晴天大气电场观测数据,在年变化、季节变化、日变化三种不同时间尺度上进行了对比分析。结果表明:不同纬度站点的日平均晴天大气电场峰谷类型不同,且部分站点的波峰出现了逐年左移或右移的趋势;在电场幅值变化方面,位于中低纬度地区的站点呈现出逐年减小的变化特征,而位于中高纬度的站点呈现出逐年增加的变化趋势,且这种年变化均是线性的;多元回归分析表明,最大波峰出现时间与地理经度呈负相关,而与地理纬度呈正相关;各站点在近10年中均未出现明显的纬度效应;冬季的晴天大气电场日平均值水平较高,夏季较低,且各季节的日平均晴天大气电场最小值及最大值均近似呈正态分布;最小值及最大值在年度和季节两个时间尺度上的变化规律是基本一致的。这些研究结果揭示了晴天大气电场在不同时间尺度上的变化特征。      

中纬电离层暴负相的开始时间与磁暴主相开始时间的对应关系及其理论模式

本文分析了满洲里、Freiburg、Billerica三个站的电离层暴负相开始时间与磁暴主相开始时间的相关关系,并且提出了一个电离层暴负相开始时间的计算模式。假定在磁暴主相开始时,在极光椭圆上空出现了含有较多分子的气体。气体被热层风携带,同时向外膨胀。当富含分子的气体到达台站上空时,负相电离层暴就开始了。计算结果与满洲里。Freiburg和Billerica三个站的统计结果相符合。      

Ionospheric parameters in the European sector during the magnetic storm of August 25–26, 2018

Variations of ionospheric parameters Total Electron Content (TEC) by GNSS, critical frequency (foF2) by vertical sounding and electron density (Ne) by low-altitude satellite were studied at high, mid and low latitudes of the European sector during the magnetic storm of August 25–26, 2018. During the main phase of the storm the ionospheric F2-layer was under the positive disturbance at mid and low latitudes. Then the transition from the positive to negative ΔfoF2 values occurred at all latitudes. The recovery phase was characterized by negative ionospheric disturbance at all latitudes. This is due to the decrease of thermospheric O/N2 ratio during the recovery phase of the storm. The intense Es layers screened the reflections from the F2-layer on August 26th at high and at low latitudes but at different times. Some blackouts occurred due to the high absorption level at high latitudes. In general, foF2 and TEC data were highly correlated. The major Ne changes were at the low latitudes. In general, Ne data confirmed the ionospheric dynamics revealed with foF2 and TEC.     

Statistical characteristics of low latitude Pc4s: Influence of solar wind and IMF parameters

Pc4 signatures for the year 2013, extracted from geomagnetic north–south and east–west components of induction coil magnetometer (LEMI 30) from low latitude station Desalpar (DSP), operated by Institute of Seismological Research (ISR), India have been investigated vis-à-vis the prevalent interplanetary parameters (IMF) as well as the geomagnetic activity indices. A clear dominance of Pc4-5 (467 events) over Pc3 (17 events) is observed. Local time variation of Pc4 shows a peak in the noon sector in both X and Y components. Our investigations show that the dominant peak frequency is 10 mHz at low latitude region. Correlations with solar wind and IMF parameters illustrate highest occurrence of Pc4 for a solar wind speed of 300–400 km/s and average IMF B field of 3–6 nT. The amplitude of Pc4s at DSP shows an increase with increasing solar wind speed, plasma density, solar wind dynamic pressure and average B field which is also reflected in the trend of frequency variation of these pulsations. We report that IMF clock angle at low latitude does not have influence on Pc4 occurrence. Based on the characteristics of these events, detected in latitudinally distributed stations from low and mid-latitudes from northern and southern hemisphere, we infer that modes were compressional, which could be driven by K-H instability or solar wind dynamic pressure, as compressional modes can propagate to low latitude with little attenuation.     

Feasibility study of LEO,GEO and Molniya orbit based satellite solar power station for some identified sites in India

The analysis of satellite solar power station (SSPS) is carried out for some specified locations (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bengaluru) in India and consequently the performance of the system is evaluated for geostationary earth orbit (GEO) based SSPS, low earth orbit (LEO) based SSPS and Molniya (quasi geostationary) orbit based SSPS for sites located at different latitudes. The analysis of power; received energy over a year and weight of the rectenna array for the same beam intensity showed varied results for Molniya orbit based SSPS, LEO based SSPS and GEO based SSPS. The power delivered by the LEO SSPS was highest which indicated that this SSPS may be efficient for the short term power requirement. However, it is observed from the results of the energy received over a year that the GEO based system is suitable for base load power plant as it is capable of delivering constant energy through out a year. Further, the weight of the rectenna and hence the space required for ground station for same power output is smallest for Molniya orbit based system for a range of rectenna array radius considered. It is thus envisaged that the Molniya orbit based system would be a better choice for commercial use of SSPS. These findings may help for judicious selection of satellite orbit and ground station location for placing the satellite for SSPS for various applications.     

Spread-F occurrence during geomagnetic storms near the southern crest of the EIA in Argentina

This work presents, for the first time, the analysis of the occurrence of ionospheric irregularities during geomagnetic storms at Tucumán, Argentina, a low latitude station in the Southern American longitudinal sector (26.9°S, 294.6°E; magnetic latitude 15.5°S) near the southern crest of the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA). Three geomagnetic storms occurred on May 27, 2017 (a month of low occurrence rates of spread-F), October 12, 2016 (a month of transition from low to high occurrence rates of spread-F) and November 7, 2017 (a month of high occurrence rates of spread-F) are analyzed using Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers and ionosondes. The rate of change of total electron content (TEC) Index (ROTI), GPS Ionospheric L-band scintillation, the virtual height of the F-layer bottom side (h'F) and the critical frequency of the F2 layer (foF2) are considered. Furthermore, each ionogram is manually examined for the presence of spread-F signatures.The results show that, for the three events studied, geomagnetic activity creates favorable conditions for the initiation of ionospheric irregularities, manifested by ionogram spread-F and TEC fluctuation. Post-midnight irregularities may have occurred due to the presence of eastward disturbance dynamo electric fields (DDEF). For the May storm, an eastward over-shielding prompt penetration electric field, (PPEF) is also acting. A possibility is that the PPEF is added to the DDEF and produces the uplifting of the F region that helps trigger the irregularities. Finally, during October and November, strong GPS L band scintillation is observed associated with strong range spread-F (SSF), that is, irregularities extending from the bottom-side to the topside of the F region.     

低纬(海南)地区电离层偶发E层的潮汐类周期研究

基于低纬(海南)台站(19.5°N,109.1°E)电离层测高仪在2004年观测到的偶发E层(Es)临界频率(f₀E_s)和虚高(h'E_s)数据,利用谱分析方法,给出了中国低纬地区Es层在全年和不同季节内的短周期变化特性.对全年数据谱分析表明,Es层除具有非常强的24h周期外,还具有显著的12h和8h周期.对不同季节内两个参数的谱分析进一步表明,8h周期主要出现在f₀E_s参数的春秋分季和夏末及在h'E_s参数的几乎所有季节;6h周期主要出现在f₀E_s参数的11-12月.海南低纬Es层中具有显著的6h和8h周期特性,特别是这两个周期还能同时出现在冬季,这是以往研究中不曾发现的新结果.初步分析认为,Es层的6h和8h周期极可能是分别由1/4日和1/3日潮汐所造成的.