Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004jastp..66.1093l&link_type=abstract
Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 66, Issue 12, p. 1093-1102.
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Ionospheric Storm, Incoherent Scatter Radar, Data Assimilation, Modeling And Forecasting
Scientific paper
A theoretical ionospheric model is employed to investigate the ionospheric behavior as observed by the incoherent-scatter radar (ISR) at Millstone Hill during the September 21-27, 1998 storm. The observed NmF2 presented a significant negative phase on September 25, and a G condition (hmF2<200km) was also observed. The model results based on the standard input parameters (climatological model values) are in good agreement with the observed electron densities under quiet conditions, but there are large discrepancies during disturbed periods. The exospheric temperature Tex, neutral winds, atomic oxygen density [O] and molecular nitrogen density [N2], and solar flux are inferred from the ISR ion temperature profiles and from the electron density profiles. Our calculated results show that the maximum Tex is higher than 1700K, and an averaged decrease in [O] is a factor of 2.2 and an increase in [N2] at 300km is about 1.8 times for the disturbed day, September 25, relative to the quiet day level. Therefore, the large change of [N2]/[O] ratio gives a good explanation for the negative phase at Millstone Hill during this storm. Furthermore, at the disturbed nighttime the observations show a strong NmF2 decrease, accompanied by a significant hmF2 increase after the sudden storm commencement (SSC). Simulations are carried out based on the inferred Tex. It is found that the uplift of F2 layer during the period from sunset to post-midnight is mainly associated with the large equatorward winds, and a second rise in hmF2 after midnight results from the depleted Ne in the bottom-side of F2 layer due to the increased recombination, while the ``midnight collapse'' of hmF2 is attributed to the large-scale traveling atmospheric disturbances.
Lei Jiuhou
Liu Libo
Wan Weixing
Zhang Shun-Rong
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