Plasma Depletion Bays in the Equatorial Ionosphere Observed by FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC During 2007–2014

F. Y. Chang, J. Y. Liu, T. W. Fang, P. K. Rajesh, C. H. Lin

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A new feature of plasma depletion bay (PDB) on the longitudinal structure over the equatorial and low latitudes is observed by the FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC (F3/C) electron density profiles. The existence of the PDB feature is confirmed by the OI 135.6 nm radiance from TIMED/GUVI, which together with F3/C electron density shows that one North PDB extending to the Southern Hemisphere prominently appears over Southwest America while three South PDBs extending to the Northern Hemisphere occur over North Atlantic, India Ocean, and Southeast Asia. Three-dimensional F3/C ionospheric electron densities are further used to examine PDB structures at various local times, seasons, solar activities, and altitudes during 2007−2014. It is found that the north PDB is observed during October−March, while the south PDBs mostly exist during April−September. These PDBs can be observed within 250–350 km altitudes in the nighttime, appearing pronounced over 275–300 km altitudes around 2300–0100 LT, in the low solar activity year of 2007. Global effective wind patterns computed using the horizontal wind model HWM93 in solstice months suggest that summer-to-winter field-aligned winds projected from zonal neutral winds play an important role.

原文English
文章編號e2019JA027501
期刊Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
125
發行號9
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 2020 9月 1

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 空間與行星科學
  • 地球物理

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