GPS-CHAMP掩星探测的E_S层不规则结构经度变化规律(2001—2008)  

Longitudinal variations of E_S layers irregularities based on GPS-CHAMP occultation measurements(2001—2008)

作　　者：廖孙旻 徐继生[1] 程洁[1] 

机构地区：[1]武汉大学电子信息学院,武汉430072

出　　处：《地球物理学报》2016年第8期2739-2746,共8页Chinese Journal of Geophysics

基　　金：国家自然科学基金(41274160)项目资助

摘　　要：本文利用GPS-CHAMP高分辨率的掩星探测数据,考察了ES层不规则结构随地理经度和随季节、倾角磁纬与太阳活动的变化特征.研究发现,ES层不规则结构的经度变化以波数1~5分量为主,呈现出多重波数特征.在低纬度带存在显著的波数4分量,其幅度存在季节依赖,在夏季和秋季明显高于春季和冬季.ES层不规则结构出现率随倾角磁纬的变化表现为赤道区和中纬度区较低,低纬区和极区较高.ES层不规则结构出现率的季节变化和年均值的逐年变化表现为夏季出现最频繁,秋季次之,冬春季最弱,随太阳活动水平的减弱而降低.In order to obtain information about ionospheric scintillation caused by small-scale irregularities in the sporadic E （ES） layer, the data from GPS-CHAMP radio occultation measurements with 50 Hz resolution were treated and analyzed in this paper. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the longitudinal variations which are represented by the occurrence rates of the scintillation caused by irregularities in the ES layer. Also, the statistical analysis of the relationship between the occurrence rate of irregularities in the ES layer and season, dip latitude and solar activity is carried out.For our purpose to get the longitudinal variation of irregularities, the data from GPS-CHAMP radio occultation was binned for every 10° in longitude into 36 geographical longitude bins. The bins are all 30° wide in zonal and 5° wide in meridional. To get the dip latitudinal variation, the data was binned for every 1° in dip latitude into 171 dip latitude bins （85°S to 85°N） which are all 10° wide in meridional. Then we calculated the occurrence rates of ES layer irregularities in each bin which were defined as the ratio of the number of occultation events occurring scintillation to the total number of all occultation events in the same bin. The method of Fourier analysis was applied to decompose them to extract the different order harmonic waves especially the WN-4. To examine the seasonal dependence of the longitudinal variations, each year was divided into four seasons. The periods during one and half month before and after the vernal equinox, the summer solstice, the autumn equinox and the winter solstice are defined as spring, summer, autumn and winter, respectively.By using the data from GPS-CHAMP radio occultation and the Fourier series decomposition technology, we quantitatively investigated the feature of the wavelike fluctuation in longitudinal structure of occurrence rates of irregularities in the ES layer and their dependence on the season, dip latitude and solar activity. The main results can

关 键 词：ES层 闪烁 不规则结构 经度变化 GPS-CHAMP掩星 

分 类 号：P352[天文地球—空间物理学]