Quarterdiurnal signature in sporadic E occurrence rates and comparison with neutral wind shear
Autor: | C. Jacobi, C. Arras, C. Geißler, F. Lilienthal |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Zdroj: | Annales Geophysicae, Vol 37, Pp 273-288 (2019) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 0992-7689 1432-0576 |
DOI: | 10.5194/angeo-37-273-2019 |
Popis: | The GPS radio occultation (RO) technique is used to study sporadic E (Es) layer plasma irregularities of the Earth's ionosphere on a global scale using GPS signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) profiles from the COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 satellite. The maximum deviation from the mean SNR can be attributed to the height of the Es layer. Es are generally accepted to be produced by ion convergence due to vertical wind shear in the presence of a horizontal component of the Earth's magnetic field, while the wind shear is provided mainly by the solar tides. Here we present analyses of quarterdiurnal tide (QDT) signatures in Es occurrence rates. From a local comparison with mesosphere/lower thermosphere wind shear obtained with a meteor radar at Collm (51.3∘ N, 13.0∘ E), we find that the phases of the QDT in Es agree well with those of negative vertical shear of the zonal wind for all seasons except for summer, when the QDT amplitudes are small. We also compare the global QDT Es signal with numerical model results. The global distribution of the Es occurrence rates qualitatively agrees with the modeled zonal wind shears. The results indicate that zonal wind shear is indeed an important driving mechanism for the QDT seen in Es. |
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