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Impact of Soft Electron Precipitation on the Thermospheric Neutral Mass Density During Geomagnetic Storms: GITM Simulations

In this study, the impact of improving soft (0.1–1 keV) electron precipitation on the F-region neutral mass density has been evaluated using the Global Ionosphere Thermosphere Model (GITM). Two types of electron energy spectra having the same total energy flux and average energy but different spectral shapes have been used to specify the electron precipitation in GITM. One is the Maxwellian spectrum and the other is from an empirical model, Auroral Spectrum and High-Latitude Electric field variabilitY (ASHLEY), which provides stronger (up to 2–3 orders of magnitude) soft electron precipitations than the Maxwellian spectrum. Data-model comparisons indicate that the storm-time orbital averaged neutral density can be increased by 10\%–40\% and is more consistent with the observation if the non-Maxwellian ASHLEY spectrum is used. This study reveals the importance of accurate soft electron precipitation specifications in the whole auroral zone to improving the F-region neutral mass density estimations.

Zhu, Qingyu; Deng, Yue; Sheng, Cheng; Anderson, Philip; Bukowski, Aaron;

Published by: Geophysical Research Letters      Published on:

YEAR: 2022     DOI: 10.1029/2021GL097260

ASHLEY; GITM; neutral mass density; soft electron precipitation

Progresses and Challenges to specifying the IT system during weak storms

Deng, Yue; Heelis, Roderick; Paxton, Larry; Lyons, Larry; Nishimura, Toshi; Zhang, Shunrong; Bristow, Bill; Maute, Astrid; Sheng, Cheng; Zhu, Qingyu; , others;

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YEAR: 2021     DOI:

Development of a new aurora model for the small-and meso-scale structures through deep-learning methods and their influence on the upper atmosphere

Deng, Y; Chen, Z; , Wang; Sheng, Cheng; , Jin; Zhang, Yongliang; Paxton, Larry; Deng, Xiaohua; Huang, Chung-Ming;

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YEAR: 2018     DOI:

Observations and modeling of UHF-band scintillation occurrence probability over the low-latitude region of China during the maximum activity of solar cycle 24

The climatological characteristics of UHF-band scintillations over the low-latitude region of China were investigated by analyzing the observations recorded at three stations of our

Zhang, Hongbo; Liu, Yumei; Wu, Jian; Xu, T; Sheng, D;

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YEAR: 2015     DOI: 10.5194/angeo-33-93-2015

Height-integrated Pedersen conductivity in both E and F regions from COSMIC observations

Altitudinal distribution of Joule heating is very important to the thermosphere and ionosphere, which is roughly proportional to the Pedersen conductance at high latitudes. Based on the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) satellites observations from 2008 to 2011, the height-integrated Pedersen conductivities in both E (100\textendash150\ km) and F (150\textendash600\ km) regions and their ratio _γPγP (_∑PE/_∑PF∑PE/∑PF) have been calculated. The result shows that the maximum ratio in the northern summer hemisphere is ~5.5, which is smaller than that from the Thermosphere\textendashIonosphere\textendashElectrodynamics General Circulation Model (TIE-GCM v1.94) simulation (~9). This indicates that the energy inputs into the F region may be underestimated in the model. The seasonal variations of the ratio have been investigated for both hemispheres, and an interhemispheric asymmetry has been identified. The variational trend of the ratio is similar in both hemispheres, which reaches minimum at local summer and maximum at local winter. However, the difference of the ratio from local summer to local winter in the southern hemisphere is larger than that in the northern hemisphere.

Sheng, Cheng; Deng, Yue; Yue, Xinan; Huang, Yanshi;

Published by: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics      Published on: 08/2014

YEAR: 2014     DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2013.12.013

COSMIC; Interhemispheric asymmetry; Joule heating; Pedersen conductivity

Optical System Design of a Spaceborne Broadband Far Ultraviolet Hyperspectral Imager

According to the application requirements for remote sensing of upper atmosphere,a reflective optical system of spaceborne far ultraviolet hyperspectral imager is designed.Which is composed of a scan mirror,an off-axis parabolic telescope and a toroidal grating spectrometer.An aberration-correction method for concave toroidal grating is developed.The initial parameters are solved based on the geometrical aberration theory of concave grating and then optimized using the optical design software Zemax,and the toroidal gating spectrometer is designed.The root mean square of spot radius is less than 16 μm in the working waveband.Aberration is corrected simultaneously in broadband and the requirement of spectral resolution of 0.6 nm is satisfied,which indicates the aberration-correction method is feasible.Ray tracing and analysing are performed by Zemax software.Analyzed results demonstrate that the modulation transfer function for different wavelength is more than 0.8,which satisfies the design requirements.The construction is compact and suitable for application in space remote sensing.

Qingsheng, Xue;

Published by: Acta Optica Sinica      Published on:

YEAR: 2012     DOI:

optical design hyperspectral imager toroidal grating far ultraviolet geometrical aberration

Design of FUV imaging spectrometer based on crossed Czerny-Turner structure

This article describes the characteristics of the far ultraviolet (FUV) radiation and its applications in the space weather s research and prediction. The FUV imaging spectrometer is irreplaceable to get the FUV radiation data of the earth s upper atmosphere. Some key technologies of FUV spectrometer are analyzed respectively, including window materials, FUV light source, FUV detectors and FUV coating, which offer theoretical foundation for FUV imaging spectrometer. The paper presents a FUV band imaging spectrometer s optical system which is based on crossed Czerny-Turner structure with all reflective components in it. The wavelength range of the FUV spectrometer optical system is from 100nm to 200nm and the initial structure is simulated and optimized by Zemax in order to improve the spectral resolution. The theoretical spectral resolution of the system is better than 1nm, and it has a certain imaging capacity.

Wu, Yan; Tang, Yi; Ni, Guoqiang; Sheng, Yunlong; Wang, Yongtian; Zeng, Lijiang;

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YEAR: 2009     DOI: 10.1117/12.806967

space weather; far ultraviolet; Imaging spectrometer; crossed Czerny-Turner system; optical design