Climatology of medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances observed by a GPS network in central China

Details Climatology of medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances observed by a GPS network in central China Climatology of medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances observed by a GPS network in central China

Sep 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011jgra..11609327d&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 116, Issue A9, CiteID A09327

Physics

Ionosphere: Ionospheric Disturbances, Ionosphere: Ionospheric Dynamics, Ionosphere: Midlatitude Ionosphere, Ionosphere: Wave Propagation (0689, 3285, 4275, 4455, 6934)

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The 15-month climatology of medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances (MSTIDs) during a solar minimum period has been constructed from observations of a dense GPS receiver array in Central China. In total, 793 MSTID events are identified, with peaks in occurrence at 1500 LT and 0100 LT. The occurrence of MSTIDs decreases following an increase in geomagnetic activity, with 46% of the MSTIDS occurring in the daytime. Daytime MSTIDs are characterized by a major occurrence maximum around the winter solstice and by an equatorward propagation direction. The period, phase velocity, azimuth, and amplitude of daytime MSTIDs are 20-60 min, 100-400 m/s, 130°-270°, and 0.8-1.5%, respectively. The remaining 54% of the MSTIDs occurred at night, and were characterized by a peak in occurrence at the summer solstice and by a southwestward propagation direction. The period, phase velocity, azimuth, and amplitude of nighttime MSTIDs are 20-70 min, 50-230 m/s, 170°-300°, and 2-7%, respectively. The propagation directions and the seasonal behaviors support the view that daytime MSTIDs are an ionospheric manifestation of atmospheric gravity waves from the lower atmosphere, while a possible excitation mechanism of nighttime MSTIDs is the electrodynamics process caused by plasma instability in the F layer.

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