Profiles of ionospheric storm-enhanced density during the 17 March 2015 great storm

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作者
Liu, Jing [1 ]
Wang, Wenbin [1 ]
Burns, Alan [1 ]
Yue, Xinan [2 ]
Zhang, Shunrong [3 ]
Zhang, Yongliang [4 ]
Huang, Chaosong [5 ]
机构
[1] Natl Ctr Atmospher Res, High Altitude Observ, Pob 3000, Boulder, CO 80307 USA
[2] Univ Corp Atmospheric Res, COSMIC Program Off, Boulder, CO USA
[3] MIT, Haystack Observ, Westford, MA 01886 USA
[4] Johns Hopkins Univ, Appl Phys Lab, Dept Space, Laurel, MD USA
[5] US Air Force, Res Lab, Kirtland AFB, NM USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
ionospheric storm-enhanced density; TOTAL ELECTRON-CONTENT; GLOBAL PLASMASPHERIC TEC; INCOHERENT-SCATTER RADAR; MIDDLE LATITUDES; QUIET CONDITIONS; SOLAR STORMS; APRIL; 2002; F-LAYER; THERMOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE;
D O I
10.1002/2015JA021832
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Ionospheric F-2 region peak densities (NmF2) are expected to have a positive correlation with total electron content (TEC), and electron densities usually show an anticorrelation with electron temperatures near the ionospheric F-2 peak. However, during the 17 March 2015 great storm, the observed TEC, NmF2, and electron temperatures of the storm-enhanced density (SED) over Millstone Hill (42.6 degrees N, 71.5 degrees W, 72 degrees dip angle) show a quiet different picture. Compared with the quiet time ionosphere, TEC, the F-2 region electron density peak height (hmF2), and electron temperatures above similar to 220km increased, but NmF2 decreased significantly within the SED. This SED occurred where there was a negative ionospheric storm effect near the F-2 peak and below it, but a positive storm effect in the topside ionosphere. Thus, this SED event was a SED in TEC but not in NmF2. The very low ionospheric densities below the F-2 peak resulted in a much reduced downward heat conduction for the electrons, trapping the heat in the topside in the presence of heat source above. This, in turn, increased the topside scale height so that even though electron densities at the F-2 peak were depleted, TEC increased in the SED. The depletion in NmF2 was probably caused by an increase in the density of the molecular neutrals, resulting in enhanced recombination. In addition, the storm time topside ionospheric electron density profiles were much closer to diffusive equilibrium than the nonstorm time profiles, indicating less daytime plasma flow between the ionosphere and the plasmasphere.
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