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标题：Assimilative Modeling of Ionospheric Disturbances with FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC and Ground-Based GPS Measurements
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作者：Xiaoqing Pi ; Anthony J. Mannucci ; Byron A. Iijima 等
期刊名称：Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1017-0839
出版年度：2009
卷号：20
期号：1
页码：273-285
DOI：10.3319/TAO.2008.01.04.01(F3C)
出版社：Chinese Geoscience Union
摘要：The four-dimensional Global Assimilative Ionospheric Model (GAIM) is applied to a study of ionospheric disturbances. The investigation is focused on disturbance features, particularly in the altitude and latitude dimensions, at low latitudes during a geomagnetic storm on 7 August 2006, under solar minimum conditions. The modeling of storm-time ionospheric state (electron density) is conducted by assimilating an unprecedented volume of line-of-sight TEC data collected by the Global Positioning System (GPS) occultation receivers on board six FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC satellites and geodetic-quality GPS receivers at two hundred globally-distributed ground tracking stations. With a band-limited Kalman filter technique to update the ionospheric state, the assimilative modeling reveals a pronounced enhancement in the equatorial anomaly in the East Asia sector during dusk and evening hours. The disturbance characteristics, obtained by comparing with the quiet conditions prior to the storm also modeled in this study through data assimilation, include lifted F layer and reduced electron density in the equatorial region, enhanced density at the magnetically conjugate anomaly latitudes, and tilted feature of density increase towards higher altitudes at lower latitudes. The characteristics are attributed to the enhanced plasma fountain effect driven by an enhanced eastward zonal electric field. These results enable us to distinguish the storm-time electric field perturbations clearly from other sources during the storm. The possible origins of electric field perturbations are also discussed, including penetration of the magnetospheric electric field and wind dynamo disturbances.
关键词：Assimilative ionospheric modeling; GPS observation system; Ionospheric storm; Electric field perturbation;