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| 2022 |
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Following the 2022 Tonga Volcano eruption, dramatic suppression and deformation of the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) crests occurred in the American sector ∼14,000 km away from the epicenter. The EIA crests variations and associated ionosphere-thermosphere disturbances were investigated using Global Navigation Satellite System total electron content data, Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk ultraviolet images, Ionospheric Connection Explorer wind data, and ionosonde observations. The main results are as follows: (a) Following the eastward passage of expected eruption-induced atmospheric disturbances, daytime EIA crests, especially the southern one, showed severe suppression of more than 10 TEC Unit and collapsed equatorward over 10° latitudes, forming a single band of enhanced density near the geomagnetic equator around 14–17 UT, (b) Evening EIA crests experienced a drastic deformation around 22 UT, forming a unique X-pattern in a limited longitudinal area between 20 and 40°W. (c) Thermospheric horizontal winds, especially the zonal winds, showed long-lasting quasi-periodic fluctuations between ±200 m/s for 7–8 hr after the passage of volcano-induced Lamb waves. The EIA suppression and X-pattern merging was consistent with a westward equatorial zonal dynamo electric field induced by the strong zonal wind oscillation with a westward reversal. Aa, Ercha; Zhang, Shun-Rong; Wang, Wenbin; Erickson, Philip; Qian, Liying; Eastes, Richard; Harding, Brian; Immel, Thomas; Karan, Deepak; Daniell, Robert; Coster, Anthea; Goncharenko, Larisa; Vierinen, Juha; Cai, Xuguang; Spicher, Andres; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2022 DOI: 10.1029/2022JA030527 EIA suppression and X-pattern; Equatorial ionization anomaly; GNSS TEC; GOLD UV images; ICON MIGHTI neutral wind; Tonga volcano eruption |
| 2021 |
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A new method to remove the dayglow components for auroral observations from the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Spectrographic Imager (SSUSI) aboard the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F16 in Lyman-Birge-Hopfield (LBH) ranges based on the improved Atmospheric Ultraviolet Radiance Integrated Code (AURIC) algorithm is proposed in this study. This method is developed by determining the coefficients between the dayglow intensities calculated by the improved AURIC algorithm and the dayglow components from SSUSI in the whole 2005. The least-square polynomials are used to fit the calculations to the observations and the coefficients of the polynomials are divided by Ap indices and solar zenith angles (SZA). This algorithm can be used to simulate the dayglow intensity in the northern polar region at an altitude of 110 Km. Three examples with Ap indices 5, 27, 154 are tested to verify the effectiveness of the algorithm. The consistency between the original AURIC and the improved AURIC at nadir direction, the derived auroral images and the simulated dayglow images, also the fitting precisions and deviations between the dayglow intensities from improved AURIC and the dayglow intensities from SSUSI, demonstrate that this method is feasible and reliable. The proposed method provides us with a useful tool to separate the dayglow and aurora for space FUV observation. Wang, JiaKe; Ding, GuangXing; Yu, Miao; Wang, HaiFeng; Published by: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics Published on: jan YEAR: 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2020.105517 |
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Wide-field aurora imager onboard Fengyun satellite: Data products and validation New observations of auroras based on the wide-field aurora imager (WAI) onboard Fengyun-3D (FY-3D) satellite are exhibited in this paper. Validity of the WAI data is analyzed by comparing auroral boundaries derived from WAI observations with results obtained from data collected by the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Spectrographic Imager (SSUSI) aboard the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP F18). Dynamic variations of the aurora with the solar wind, interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) parameters, and the SYM-H index are also investigated. The comparison of auroral boundaries indicates that the WAI data are morphologically valid and suitable to the study of auroral dynamics. Effective responses to solar wind parameters indicate that the WAI data can be useful to monitor and predict the Earth s space weather. Since the configuration of aurora is a good indicator of the solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere (SW-M-I) coupling system, and can reflect the disturbance of the space environment, the WAI will provide important data to help us to study the physical processes in space. Ding, GuangXing; Li, JiaWei; Zhang, Xiaoxin; He, Fei; He, LingPing; Song, KeFei; Sun, Liang; Dai, Shuang; Liu, ShiJie; Chen, Bo; Yu, Chao; Hu, Xiuqing; Gu, SongYan; Yang, Zhongdong; Zhang, Peng; Published by: Earth and Planetary Physics Published on: YEAR: 2021 DOI: 10.26464/epp2021003 |
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In near-Earth space, variations in thermospheric composition have important implications for thermosphere-ionosphere coupling. The ratio of O to N2 is often measured using far-UV airglow observations. Taking such airglow observations from space, looking below the Earth s limb allows for the total column of O and N2 in the ionosphere to be determined. While these observations have enabled many previous studies, determining the impact of nonmigrating tides on thermospheric composition has proved difficult, owing to a small contamination of the signal by recombination of ionospheric O+. New ICON observations of far-UV are presented here, and their general characteristics are shown. Using these, along with other observations and a global circulation model, we show that during the morning hours and at latitudes away from the peak of the equatorial ionospheric anomaly, the impact of nonmigrating tides on thermospheric composition can be observed. During March–April 2020, the column O/N2 ratio was seen to vary by 3–4\% of the zonal mean. By comparing the amplitude of the variation observed with that in the model, both the utility of these observations and a pathway to enable future studies is shown. England, Scott; Meier, R.; Frey, Harald; Mende, Stephen; Stephan, Andrew; Krier, Christopher; Cullens, Chihoko; Wu, Yen-Jung; Triplett, Colin; Sirk, Martin; Korpela, Eric; Harding, Brian; Englert, Christoph; Immel, Thomas; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2021 DOI: 10.1029/2021JA029575 airglow; atmospheric composition; Atmospheric tides; thermosphere |
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Conjugate Photoelectron Energy Spectra Derived From Coincident FUV and Radio Measurements We present a method for estimating incident photoelectrons energy spectra as a function of altitude by combining global scale far-ultraviolet (FUV) and radio-occultation (RO) measurements. This characterization provides timely insights important for accurate interpretation of ionospheric parameters inferred from the recently launched Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) observations. Quantification of photoelectron impact is enabled by the fact that conjugate photoelectrons (CPEs) directly affect FUV airglow emissions but not RO measurements. We demonstrate a technique for estimation of photoelectron fluxes and their spectra by combining coincident ICON and COSMIC2 measurements and show that a significant fraction of ICON-FUV measurements is affected by CPEs during the winter solstice. A comparison of estimated photoelectron fluxes with measured photoelectron spectra is used to gain further insights into the estimation method and reveals consistent values within 10–60 eV. Urco, J.; Kamalabadi, F.; Kamaci, U.; Harding, B.; Frey, H.; Mende, S.; Huba, J.; England, S.; Immel, T.; Published by: Geophysical Research Letters Published on: YEAR: 2021 DOI: 10.1029/2021GL095839 airglow; conjugate photolectrons; COSMIC2; energy spectra; ICON |
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A method to derive global O/N2 ratios from SSUSI/DMSP based on Re-AURIC algorithm Global thermospheric O/N2 column density ratios are obtained using the SSUSI/DMSP far-ultraviolet (FUV) dayglow data and the Re-AURIC simulation results. The Re-AURIC is derived from the AURIC algorithm after some old modules are updated. The calculation processes of O/N2 ratio are then established using the simulations of Re-AURIC to calibrate the ratios of the OI 135.6\ nm emission and N2 LBHS emission from SSUSI observations. The standard deviation (1σ) and correlation coefficient are 0.045 and 0.769 compared with the O/N2 ratios provided by the SSUSI EDR data. The statistical errors between the calculated ratios and the EDR references are generally less than 0.2 with 96.40\% at 2σ (95.44\%) and less than 0.1 with 60.51\% at about 1σ (68.26\%). Two global O/N2 ratio maps are obtained using this method to study its variations when the magnetic storm occurs. The significant O/N2 depletion can be seen in one O/N2 ratio map whose Kp index is 6. Also, the depletion is not uniform at different longitudes and the scales extend from high latitude to low latitude during magnetic storm. This proposed method provides us with a simple and useful tool to obtain the global O/N2 distribution and even the future modeling from the observations on satellites. Ding, GuangXing; Chen, Bo; Zhang, Xiaoxin; He, Fei; Published by: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics Published on: 03/2020 YEAR: 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2020.105196 |
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Remote sensing of the OI 130.4-nm emission is potentially a useful means for routine monitoring of the atomic oxygen abundance in the upper atmosphere, especially for altitudes above urn:x-wiley:jgra:media:jgra55449:jgra55449-math-0001300 km where the OI 135.6-nm emission becomes too dim to be useful. However, to date, the interpretation of the OI 130.4-nm emission as a proxy for the O density remains ambiguous in that the relative contribution of the external and internal sources to the production of this emission has not been fully understood. In this study, we perform a comparative analysis of the OI 130.4-nm dayglow observed by NASA's Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) mission using a Monte Carlo radiative transfer model to investigate the consistency between models and the TIMED/Global UltraViolet Imager (GUVI) data. T Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: YEAR: 2020 DOI: 10.1029/2019JA027520 |
| 2019 |
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Wide-field auroral imager onboard the Fengyun satellite The newly launched Fengyun-3D (FY-3D) satellite carried a wide-field auroral imager (WAI) that was developed by Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CIOMP), which will provide a large field of view (FOV), high spatial resolution, and broadband ultraviolet images of the aurora and the ionosphere by imaging the N2 LBH bands of emissions. The WAI consists of two identical cameras, each with an FOV of 68\textdegree in the along-track direction and 10\textdegree in the cross-track direction. The two cameras are tilted relative to each other to cover a fan-shaped field of size 130\textdegree \texttimes 10\textdegree. Each camera consists of an unobstructed four-mirror anastigmatic optical system, a BaF2 filter, and a photon-counting imaging detector. The spatial resolution of WAI is ~10 km at the nadir point at a reference height of 110 km above the Earth\textquoterights surface. The sensitivity is \>0.01 counts s-1 Rayleigh-1 pixel-1 (140\textendash180 nm) for both cameras, which is sufficient for mapping the boundaries and the fine structures of the auroral oval during storms/substorms. Based on the tests and calibrations that were conducted prior to launch, the data processing algorithm includes photon signal decoding, geometric distortion correction, photometric correction, flat-field correction, line-of-sight projection and correction, and normalization between the two cameras. Preliminarily processed images are compared with DMSP SSUSI images. The agreement between the images that were captured by two instruments demonstrates that the WAI and the data processing algorithm operate normally and can provide high-quality scientific data for future studies on auroral dynamics. Zhang, Xiao-Xin; Chen, Bo; He, Fei; Song, Ke-Fei; He, Ling-Ping; Liu, Shi-Jie; Guo, Quan-Feng; Li, Jia-Wei; Wang, Xiao-Dong; Zhang, Hong-Ji; Wang, Hai-Feng; Han, Zhen-Wei; Sun, Liang; Zhang, Pei-Jie; Dai, Shuang; Ding, Guang-Xing; Chen, Li-Heng; Wang, Zhong-Su; Shi, Guang-Wei; Zhang, Xin; Yu, Chao; Yang, Zhong-Dong; Zhang, Peng; Wang, Jin-Song; Published by: Light: Science \& Applications Published on: 05/2019 YEAR: 2019 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-019-0157-7 |
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First radiative transfer analysis of the OI 130.4-nm emission observed by NASA's TIMED mission observed by the Global UltraViolet Imager (GUVI) aboard NASA s TIMED mission. The solar O densities, and/or that the GUVI and SEE calibrations may need to be revisited. We will Published by: Published on: |
| 2018 |
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Inversion of space-borne remote sensing measurements of the resonantly scattered solar Lyman alpha (121.6-nm) emission in planetary atmospheres is the most promising means of quantifying the H density in a vast volume of space near terrestrial planets. Owing to the highly nonlinear nature of the inverse problem and the lack of sufficient data constraints over the large volume of space where H atoms are present, previous inversion methods relied on physics-based parametric formulations of the H density distributions to guarantee solution uniqueness. Those physical formulations, such as the Chamberlain model, were developed with simple assumptions of the atmospheric conditions. The use of such formulations as constraints significantly limits the range of possible solutions, which might lead to large errors in the case when those assumptions are invalid. In this study, we demonstrate for the first time the feasibility of estimating the H density through regularized nonlinear inversion of the Ly-α emission in an optically thick atmosphere, without using parametric formulations. Specifically, Occam\textquoterights inversion algorithm is used to demonstrate that the H density can be estimated in a large volume of space near the planet, with accuracy in different atmospheric regions depending on the observation scheme. Two distinctly different schemes are examined, including a low-Earth orbit and a geostationary orbit. Modeling results show that the low-Earth orbit is better for H density estimation in the thermosphere, while the high-altitude orbit is better for estimation in the exosphere. Our results could provide useful information for designing the observation schemes of future missions. Qin, Jianqi; Harding, Brian; Waldrop, Lara; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: 09/2018 YEAR: 2018 DOI: 10.1029/2018JA025954 |
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The Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) Far Ultraviolet (FUV) imager, ICON FUV, will measure altitude profiles of OI 135.6 nm emissions to infer nighttime ionospheric parameters. Kamalabadi, Farzad; Qin, Jianqi; Harding, Brian; Iliou, Dimitrios; Makela, Jonathan; Meier, RR; England, Scott; Frey, Harald; Mende, Stephen; Immel, Thomas; Published by: Space science reviews Published on: |
| 2017 |
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A new auroral boundary determination algorithm based on observations from TIMED/GUVI and DMSP/SSUSI An automatic auroral boundary determination algorithm is proposed in this study based on the partial auroral oval images from the Global Ultraviolet Imager (GUVI) aboard the Thermosphere\textendashIonosphere-Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics satellite and the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Spectrographic Imager (SSUSI) aboard the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP F16). This algorithm based on the fuzzy local information C-means clustering segmentation can be used to extract the auroral oval poleward and equatorward boundaries from merged images with filled gaps from both GUVI and SSUSI. Both extracted poleward and equatorward boundary locations are used to fit the global shape of the auroral oval with a off-center quasi-elliptical fitting technique. Comparison of the extracted auroral oval boundaries with those identified from the DMSP SSJ observations demonstrates that this new proposed algorithm can reliably be used to construct the global configuration of auroral ovals under different geomagnetic activities at different local times. The statistical errors of magnetic latitudes of the fitted auroral oval boundaries were generally less than 3\textdegree at 2 sigma and indicate that the the fitted boundaries agree better with b2e and b5e than b1e and b6 boundaries. This proposed algorithm provides us with a useful tool to extract the global shape and position of the auroral oval from the partial auroral images. Ding, Guang-Xing; He, Fei; Zhang, Xiao-Xin; Chen, Bo; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Published on: 01/2017 YEAR: 2017 DOI: 10.1002/jgra.v122.210.1002/2016JA023295 |
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Where does Earth’s atmosphere get its energy? The Sun is Earth’s primary source of energy. In this paper, we compare the magnitude of the Sun to all other external (to the atmosphere) energy sources. These external sources were Kren, Andrew; Pilewskie, Peter; Coddington, Odele; Published by: Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate Published on: YEAR: 2017 DOI: 10.1051/swsc/2017007 |
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Wan, W.; Ren, Z.; Ding, F.; Xiong, J.; Liu, L.; Ning, B.; Zhao, B.; Li, G.; Zhang, M.-L.; Published by: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics Published on: Jan-12-2012 YEAR: 2012 DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2012.04.011 |
| 2010 |
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Correlation between the ionospheric WN4 signature and the upper atmospheric DE3 tide Wan, W.; Xiong, J.; Ren, Z.; Liu, L.; Zhang, M.-L.; Ding, F.; Ning, B.; Zhao, B.; Yue, X.; Published by: Journal of Geophysical Research Published on: Jan-01-2010 YEAR: 2010 DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015527 |
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Wavenumber-4 patterns of the total electron content over the low latitude ionosphere Wan, W; Liu, L; Pi, X; Zhang, M-L; Ning, B; Xiong, J; Ding, F; Published by: Geophysical Research Letters Published on: |
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