Deriving the effective scale height in the topside ionosphere based on ionosonde and satellite in situ observations

doi:10.1002/2014JA020505

	Deriving the effective scale height in the topside ionosphere based on ionosonde and satellite in situ observations
	Liu, Libo 1,2; Huang, He 1,2,3; Chen, Yiding 1,2; Le, Huijun 1,2; Ning, Baiqi 1,2; Wan, Weixing 1,2; Zhang, Hui 1,2
刊名	JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
	2014-10-01
卷号	119 期号:10 页码:8472-8482
关键词	topside ionosphere scale height plasma density ionospheric profile
ISSN号	2169-9380
DOI	10.1002/2014JA020505
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Chapman scale height is a valuable key parameter measuring the shape of the profile of plasma density in the F-2 layer ionosphere. Currently, the data of Chapman scale height are routinely derived from ionogram observations at many ionosonde stations in terms of the SAO explorer software. In this report, we collected the in situ observations of plasma density at altitudes around 600km from the ROCSAT-1 satellite and of simultaneous F peak parameters from an ionosonde operated at Wuhan (30.6 degrees N, 114.4 degrees E), a low-latitude station in central China, to estimate the topside plasma density profiles by using the Chapman function and further retrieve Chapman scale height. Evident solar cycle, seasonal variation, and local time variation are presented in the retrieved Chapman scale height over Wuhan. The climatological features of the derived Chapman scale height are significantly different from those from the ground-based ionograms. Such significant discrepancy suggests that further improvements are required in the present extrapolating topside electron density profiles from ionosonde observations. Furthermore, the attempt to constructing plasma density profiles through combining ionosonde and satellite in situ observations provides a new way to reanalyze observations from different sources and normalize plasma density recorded at varying altitudes to specified altitudes, which is critical and more convenient for ionospheric climatology studies.
WOS关键词	TOTAL ELECTRON-CONTENT ; QUIET-CONDITION ; SOUTH-AFRICA ; F2 PEAK ; DENSITY ; MODEL ; DIGISONDE ; PROFILES ; IRI ; GRAHAMSTOWN
WOS研究方向	Astronomy & Astrophysics
语种	英语
出版者	AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
WOS记录号	WOS:000345445400035
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China(41231065 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41231065 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41231065 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41231065 ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-01-3) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-01-3) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-01-3) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-01-3) ; National Key Basic Research Program of China(2012CB825604) ; National Key Basic Research Program of China(2012CB825604) ; National Key Basic Research Program of China(2012CB825604) ; National Key Basic Research Program of China(2012CB825604) ; 41174137 ; 41174137 ; 41174137 ; 41174137 ; 41321003) ; 41321003) ; 41321003) ; 41321003) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41231065 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41231065 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41231065 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41231065 ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-01-3) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-01-3) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-01-3) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-01-3) ; National Key Basic Research Program of China(2012CB825604) ; National Key Basic Research Program of China(2012CB825604) ; National Key Basic Research Program of China(2012CB825604) ; National Key Basic Research Program of China(2012CB825604) ; 41174137 ; 41174137 ; 41174137 ; 41174137 ; 41321003) ; 41321003) ; 41321003) ; 41321003) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41231065 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41231065 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41231065 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41231065 ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-01-3) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-01-3) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-01-3) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-01-3) ; National Key Basic Research Program of China(2012CB825604) ; National Key Basic Research Program of China(2012CB825604) ; National Key Basic Research Program of China(2012CB825604) ; National Key Basic Research Program of China(2012CB825604) ; 41174137 ; 41174137 ; 41174137 ; 41174137 ; 41321003) ; 41321003) ; 41321003) ; 41321003) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41231065 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41231065 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41231065 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41231065 ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-01-3) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-01-3) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-01-3) ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZZD-EW-01-3) ; National Key Basic Research Program of China(2012CB825604) ; National Key Basic Research Program of China(2012CB825604) ; National Key Basic Research Program of China(2012CB825604) ; National Key Basic Research Program of China(2012CB825604) ; 41174137 ; 41174137 ; 41174137 ; 41174137 ; 41321003) ; 41321003) ; 41321003) ; 41321003)
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.iggcas.ac.cn/handle/132A11/85645]
专题	中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所
通讯作者	Liu, Libo
作者单位	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 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Liu, Libo,Huang, He,Chen, Yiding,et al. Deriving the effective scale height in the topside ionosphere based on ionosonde and satellite in situ observations[J]. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS,2014,119(10):8472-8482.
APA	Liu, Libo.,Huang, He.,Chen, Yiding.,Le, Huijun.,Ning, Baiqi.,...&Zhang, Hui.(2014).Deriving the effective scale height in the topside ionosphere based on ionosonde and satellite in situ observations.JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS,119(10),8472-8482.
MLA	Liu, Libo,et al."Deriving the effective scale height in the topside ionosphere based on ionosonde and satellite in situ observations".JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS 119.10(2014):8472-8482.