Ionospheric precursors observed at low latitudes around the time of koyna earthquake

On December 11, 1967 at 05:21 LT, an immense earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck Koyna, the Indian province of Maharashtra. Its epicenter was located at geographic latitude 17.37°N and longitude 73.75°E with depth of about 3 km. Ground based measurements show variation in the critical frequency of ionospheric F2 layer (foF2) before and after the shock. In the present study the behavior of F2-region of ionosphere has been examined over the equatorial and low latitudinal region ionosphere during the month of December 1967 around the time of Koyna earthquake. For this purpose, the ionospheric data collected with the help of ground-based ionosondes installed at Hyderabad (located close to the earthquake epicenter) Ahmedabad, Trichirapulli, Kodaikanal and Trivendrum have been utilized. The upper and lower bound of Interquartile range (IRQ) are constructed to monitor the variations in foF2 other than day-to-day and diurnal pattern for finding the seismo-ionospheric precursors. Some anomalous electron density variations are observed between post midnight hours to local pre-noon hours at each station. These anomalies are strongly time dependent and appeared a couple of days before the main shock. The period considered in this study comes under the quiet geomagnetic conditions. Hence, the observed anomalies (which are more than the usual day-to-day variability) over all stations are likely to be associated with this imminent earthquake. The possible mechanism to explain these anomalies is the effect of seismogenic electric field generated just above the surface of earth within the earthquake preparation zone well before the earthquake due to emission of radioactive particles and then propagated upward, which perturbs the F-region ionosphere.     

中国南京地区L波段电离层闪烁初步统计分析

利用南京地区2008年11月至2009年10月电离层闪烁监测数据, 统计分析了该地区一年间L波段电离层幅度闪烁发生率的逐日变化、逐月变化、地方时变化和空间分布等特征. 统计结果表明, 在此期间, 南京地区L波段电离层幅度闪烁活动比较平静, 主要以0.14<0.2的闪烁为主, S₄>0.2的闪烁很少发生.不同强度幅度闪烁表现出一致的时间变化和空间分布特征, 2008年11月为最小,2009年6月、8至10月闪烁发生率都有明显的增强, 在10月达到最大, 在8月和10月的S₄>0.2的闪烁主要出现于正午到日落前这段时间; 对于闪烁的空间分布, 单站一年数据统计显示, 测站北向闪烁的发生频率高于南向, 但该统计结果需要更多的数据样本进行进一步的验证.      

北斗系统格网电离层延迟算法研究

介绍了北斗系统下格网电离层延迟算法原理及建模方法。利用25个参考站的模拟数据,建立了覆盖我国地区的格网电离层延迟模型。通过仿真给出格网点(35°N,115°E)的格网电离层垂直误差及用户穿透点(36.94°N,118.44°E)的用户电离层垂直误差在一天内的变化,结果显示一天内格网电离层垂直误差及用户电离层垂直误差的平均值分别为0.871m和0.877m。     

计及电离层倾斜的P—D变换及其短波通信MUF的预报方法

本文提出了计及电离层倾斜的高频返回散射电离图的最小时延换算为大圆距离的计算方法，并讨论利用返回散射电离图进行最高可用频率预报。在Ｄ＞１０００ｋｍ条件下，Ｐ－Ｄ变换的最大误差在３．５％以内，实时预报结果与ＣＣＩＲ提供的频率预报的月平均值相差±１．５ＭＨＺ．     

IMF effect on ionospheric trough occurrence at equinoxes

Previous observations have shown that there is a relationship between the F region trough and both B_z and B_y components of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). Since IMF governs the polar cap convection, we investigate here if this relationship can be explained by means of polar cap convection. The study is limited to equinox seasons. The poleward and equatorward edges of the trough are determined from satellite tomographic observations and their locations are plotted in magnetic coordinates together with the convection pattern given by Papitashvili and Rich [Papitashvili, V.O., Rich, F.J. High-latitude ionospheric convection models derived from DMSP ion drift observations and parameterized by the IMF strength and direction. J. Geophys. Res. 107, 2002, doi:10.1029/2001JA000264] using IMF measurements coincident with trough observations. The results indicate a close relationship between the troughs and convection. Most of the troughs are seen within the dusk cell and the pattern of trough observations rotates with the convection pattern, when B_y changes its sign. More dayside troughs are observed when B_z is negative than in the opposite case, i.e. fast convective flow favours the dayside trough occurrence. Nightside troughs are observed more frequently when B_y is negative. In both evening and morning sectors the trough is situated close to the edges of convection cells, which partly contradicts previous results showing that the troughs are associated with the convection reversal. It is concluded that plasma convection has an important role in trough generation, although the effect of a strong electric field and other mechanisms like precipitation certainly have a role of their own.     

磁暴期间中低纬电离层暴形态和物理机制分析

本文利用东亚地区１２个低纬电离层台站的测高仪观测数据，对１９７８年８月２７日发生的一次曲型磁暴期间电离层峰值高度和密度的变化进行了分析。采用滑动平均区分开电离层中不同时间尺度的扰动，分析了影响中低纬度电离层暴的几种扰动形态特征，并对其物理机制进行了讨论。结果表明：伴随磁暴急始的磁层压缩，电离层中表现出峰值密度增加和峰值高度下降；磁暴主相期间热层大气暴环流及其所引起的中性大气成分变化控制着电离层的大     

一种电离层物理模型及其在F1谷区形成讨论中的应用

在电离层F区考虑了三种中性成分的4种离子(O~+、No~+、N_2~+和O_2~+),从严格的电子和离子密度连续方程出发,由中性风所满足的动力学方程和离子运动方程解出水平中性风,从而得到离子垂直漂移速度,由此建立了一种电离层的物理模式;并用此模式,针对我国中、低纬(116°E,30°N)地区,讨论了光化学作用对F_1层的影响和动力学效应在F层中的作用。着重讨论由水平中性风引起的离子垂直漂移运动对F_1谷区的影响。结果表明:在光化平衡模式下,E区明显形成。在太阳活动低年夏季可产生明显的F_1“凸缘”。但仅靠光化平衡作用不能产生深的F_1谷区,也不能解释F_2层的形成;双极扩散是F_2层形成的主要机制;中性风的因素对E层影响不大,却可以在太阳活动低年夏季产生谷深在0.05—0.1的深F_1谷区。用此模式还计算了F_1谷区日变化,结果表明:中性风影响模式能较好地反映我国中低纬地区F_1谷区变化的地域特征。     

磁暴期间中纬度电离层剖面结构变化的数值模拟

利用电离层理论模型模拟了磁暴期间热层大气温度、成分、中性风和电场扰动对电离层电子密度剖面结构，特别是峰值密度和峰值高度变化的影响，结果表明，热层大气温度变化所引起光化反应系数的改变对电离层剖面结构影响不大；热层大气成分特别是Ｎ２／Ｏ的变化能有效地引起密度剖面变化，Ｎ２增加足以使峰值密度产生所观测到的负相暴；由中性风和电场引起等离子体漂移是峰值高度ｈｍＦ２变化的主要原因，但对电子密度的影响不足以抵消     

Ionospheric response to the 17 March and 22 June 2015 geomagnetic storms over Wuhan region using GNSS-based tomographic technique

By using the data of GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) observation from Crustal Movement Observation Network of China (CMONOC), ionospheric electron density (IED) distributions reconstructed by using computerized ionospheric tomography (CIT) technique are used to investigate the ionospheric storm effects over Wuhan region during 17 March and 22 June 2015 geomagnetic storm periods. F-region critical frequency (foF2) at Wuhan ionosonde station shows an obvious decrease during recovery phase of the St. Patrick’s Day geomagnetic storm. Moreover, tomographic results present that the decrease in electron density begins at 12:00 UT on 17 March during the storm main phase. Also, foF2 shows a long-lasting negative storm effect during the recovery phase of the 22 June 2015 geomagnetic storm. Electron density chromatography presents the evident decrease during the storm day in accordance with the ionosonde observation. These ionospheric negative storm effects are probably associated with changes of chemical composition, PPEF and DDEF from high latitudes.     

An update global model of hmF2 from values estimated from ionosonde and COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 radio occultation

In this paper, we present our recent work on developing an updated global model of the ionospheric F2 peak height hmF2 parameter by combining data from the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3) radio occultation (RO) measurements and from the extended global ionosonde stations. In particular, 10 Chinese ionosonde stations’ data are newly introduced into this study. The modeling technique used is based on a two-layer empirical orthogonal function (EOF) expansion. Global distributions of hmF2 maps calculated using the newly constructed global model and the one provided by the International Reference Ionosphere model (IRI-ITU-R) are compared with the global distributions of hmF2 obtained by the COSMIC RO measurements and quantitative statistical analysis of the differences between the model results and those of the COSMIC RO measurements is made for the low (2008) and high (2012) solar activity years. The obtained average root-mean-square differences (RMSEs) for our model are 27.7 km (11.1%) and 31.0 km (9.8%), respectively for the years 2008 and 2012, whereas those for the IRI-ITU-R model are 39.9 km (16.9%) and 35.0 km (11.6%), respectively. Comparison of the results calculated both by our model and the IRI-ITU-R model with the digisonde observation is also made. The comparisons show that the newly constructed global hmF2 model can reproduce reasonably well the observations and perform better than IRI-ITU-R model.