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A Simulation Study on the Variation of Thermospheric O/N2 With Solar Activity


AuthorLi, Zhongli; Luan, Xiaoli; Lei, Jiuhou; Ren, Dexin;
Keywordscirculation; O/N2; photochemistry; solar cycle; thermosphere
AbstractThe ratio of number density of atomic oxygen (O) to that of molecular nitrogen (N2) in the thermosphere (O/N2) on the constant pressure surface, which has complex temporal and spatial characteristics, is widely regarded as an important parameter connecting the terrestrial thermosphere and daytime ionosphere. Previous studies demonstrated that the thermospheric O/N2 increases with increasing solar activity, and the changes in O/N2 with solar activity show significant difference between winter and summer hemispheres. However, the root causes, which are responsible for the solar activity variation of O/N2, are not fully understood. In this study, the contributions of various physical and chemical processes on the response of O/N2 to the solar radiation change were quantitatively investigated through a series of controlled simulations from the Thermosphere Ionosphere Electrodynamics General Circulation Model. The simulation results suggested that the chemical processes lead to the increase of thermospheric O/N2 over the globe with increasing solar activity. The increase of O/N2 with solar activity is dominated by the enrichment of O abundance and the loss of N2 abundance in the lower and upper thermosphere, respectively. Moreover, the simulation results suggested that the stronger hemispheric asymmetry is attributed to the stronger thermospheric circulation, which changes the vertical advection of O/N2 through both direct and indirect effects.
Year of Publication2022
JournalJournal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Volume127
Number of Pagese2022JA030305
Section
Date Published
ISBN
URLhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2022JA030305
DOI10.1029/2022JA030305