NmF2 enhancement during ionospheric F2 region nighttime: A statistical analysis based on COSMIC observations during the 2007-2009 solar minimum

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作者：
Chen, Yiding [1 ,2 ]
Liu, Libo [1 ,2 ]
Le, Huijun [1 ,2 ]
Wan, Weixing [1 ,2 ]
Zhang, Hui [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, Key Lab Earth & Planetary Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, Beijing Natl Observ Space Environm, Beijing, Peoples R China
来源：
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS | 2015年 / 120卷 / 11期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
TOTAL ELECTRON-CONTENT; INCOHERENT-SCATTER RADAR; F-REGION; MILLSTONE HILL; WINTER; IONIZATION; DENSITY; NWA; PLASMAPAUSE; INCREASES;
D O I：
10.1002/2015JA021652
中图分类号：
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号：
0704 ;
摘要：
In this paper the global features of NmF2 enhancement occurring during ionospheric F-2 region nighttime (the period when the sunlight is occulted by the Earth in the altitudinal range of ionospheric F-2 region) and lasting for more than 2 h were investigated based on Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) measurements during the 2007-2009 solar minimum. This nighttime enhancement of NmF2 mainly appears at the latitudes with dips larger than 45 degrees in the winter hemisphere in solstice seasons. The magnitude of NmF2 enhancement reaches latitudinal maxima (minima) at the geomagnetic latitudes of about 4 degrees-50 degrees (60 degrees-70 degrees), with larger magnitudes in the northern winter hemisphere than in the southern winter hemisphere. The longitudinal variation of nighttime enhancement is also evident; especially themagnitude of NmF2 enhancement shows a significant longitudinal modulation in the southern winter hemisphere. The controlling factors of the spatial variations of NmF2 nighttime enhancement were analyzed. The longitudinal variation of NmF2 nighttime enhancement is suggested to be related to the longitudinal differences in background NmF2, thermospheric density, and interhemispheric plasma transport, and the latitudinal variation of NmF2 nighttime enhancement is possibly related to the latitudinal variations of geomagnetic inclination and the plasma storage in the topside ionosphere and the plasmasphere. The configuration of the geomagnetic field plays an important role in the longitudinal and latitudinal variations of NmF2 nighttime enhancement.
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页码：10083 / 10095
页数：13
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