Petropavlovsk base seismic station for the tsunami warning service

Hardware and software are developed for the first base seismic station in the modernized seismic subsystem for tsunami warning on Kamchatka. The station is formed as a seismic array. The structure of the equipment and its communication systems are described. The station is introduced into experimental operation. The first results of recording of a local strong earthquake at points of the Petropavlovsk station are discussed.     

基于北斗、GLONASS和GPS系统的中低纬电离层特性联合探测

基于GNSS(Global Navigation Satellite Systems)的发展,我们利用具有北斗、GLONASS和GPS三系统信号接收功能的接收机观测的数据,结合电离层总电子含量(Total Electron Content, TEC)的反演算法,提取出GNSS三系统观测的电离层TEC;同时,将GNSS三系统获取的TEC应用到电离层TEC地图、行进式扰动、不规则体结构和电离层的太阳耀斑响应等方面的研究中,这也是首次使用三种GNSS系统数据对电离层进行联合探测研究.研究结果表明,增加了北斗系统的GNSS三系统在研究中国地区电离层TEC地图、周日变化、逐日变化,行进式扰动以及电离层的实时监测等方面较单系统的GPS具有明显的优势.     

基于选权拟合法的电离层电子密度层析重构

附加约束的电离层层析算法是解决电离层电子密度反演中不适定问题的主要方法,为避免此类方法中约束权阵的选取不当对电子密度分布重构产生的不良影响,本文将选权拟合法应用到电离层层析成像技术中.该方法特别设计了依据电子密度空间分布特性构造参数权矩阵的方案.新方法有明确的物理意义,挖掘了隐含的信息量,为解决电离层电子密度反演中由于观测数据的不足等因素引起的不适定问题提供了一种新途径,可以得到符合客观实际的结果.数值模拟实验和实测数据的反演结果证实了该算法有效性、可靠性和优越性.     

利用日本GPS网探测2011年Tohoku海啸引发的电离层扰动

海平面的海啸波会产生大气重力波进而引发电离层扰动.本文利用日本GPS总电子含量数据来探测2011年3月11日Tohoku海啸引发的电离层扰动.观测结果表明,在日本上空的电离层中存在两种重力波信号,分别由海平面的海啸波以及地震破裂过程产生.地震产生的电离层重力波分布在震中周围（包括海洋上空以及远离海洋的区域）,而海啸引发的电离层重力波主要分布在海洋上空.地震产生的电离层重力波具有不同的水平速度,包括约210 m·s^-1以及170 m·s^-1,其频率为1.5 mHz;而海啸引发的电离层重力波水平速度快于前者,约为280 m·s^-1,其频率为1.0 mHz.此外,海啸引发电离层重力波与海平面上的海啸波有相似的水平速度、方向、运行时间、波形以及频率等传播特征.本文的研究将电离层中的海啸信号与地震信号区分开来,进一步确认电离层对海啸波的敏感性.     

中低纬地区电离层对CIR和CME响应的统计分析

本文利用中低纬日本地区(131°E,35°N)GPS-TEC格点化数据,分析了2001—2009年间109个共转相互作用区(CIR)事件、45个日冕物质抛射(CME)事件引起的地磁扰动期间电离层的响应.结果表明,电离层暴的类型随太阳活动的变化而有不同的变化,CIR事件引发的电离层正相暴、正负双相暴多发生在太阳活动下降年,负相暴多发生在高年,负正双相暴多发生在低年;CME事件引发的电离层正相暴和负相暴多发生在高年.CIR和CME引发的不同类型的电离层暴的季节性差异不大,在夏季多发生正负双相暴.电离层暴发生时间相对地磁暴的时延大部分在-6~6h之间,但CIR引发的电离层暴时延范围更广,在-12~24h之间,而CME引发的电离层暴时延主要在-6~6h之间.中低纬的电离层暴多发生在主相阶段,其中CIR引发的双相暴也会发生在初相阶段.电离层负暴多发生在AE最大值为800~1200nT之间.CIR引起的电离层扰动持续时间较长,一般在1~6天左右,而CME引起的电离层扰动持续时间一般在1~4天左右.     

An upgrade of the solar-wind-driven empirical model for the middle latitude ionospheric storm-time response

Based on recent advances in ionospheric storm dynamics that correlate the ionospheric storm effects with space weather parameters such as the magnitude of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), its rate of change and the IMF's orientation in the north–south direction and on the availability of these parameters in real time by NASA ACE spacecraft from the vantage L1 point, an empirical storm-time ionospheric model for the middle latitude ionosphere, namely STIM, was recently envisaged. STIM is significantly upgraded and validated here. The model introduces a correction factor to the quiet daily ionospheric variation to anticipate storm conditions. It is triggered by an alert signal for upcoming ionospheric disturbances obtained from the analysis of the IMF measurements provided by ACE spacecraft. In its final version, STIM method includes quantitative criteria for the online analysis of the ACE's observations. The determination of the ionospheric storm onset and the empirical formulation of the ionospheric storm-time response, both in terms of the local time and the latitude of the observation point are also specified here. STIM's forecasts are provided from 13 to 45 h ahead for any middle latitude ionospheric location. Validation tests carried out for 27 storm-time intervals and for four European locations show that the model captures successfully the onset and the recovery of the ionospheric disturbance and follows sufficiently the disturbance pattern, providing also significant improvement over climatology during storm days. STIM was also compared with two well-known prediction models, the IRI2001 and the GCAM, and the findings demonstrate improved performance in favour of STIM, in both quantitative and qualitative aspect. In general, the results presented here support the efficiency of the proposed methodology in providing reliable ionospheric forecasts at middle latitudes several hours in advance. The operational implementation of STIM can support ionospheric forecasting space weather services and is based on the availability of real-time IMF observations from the vantage L1 point.     

Hour-to-hour variability of the ionosphere: An application of the classical multidimensional scaling method

The classical multidimensional scaling(MDS) method is introduced and applied in the study of the hour-to-hour ionospheric variability based on the ionospheric fo F2 observed at three ionosonde stations in East-Asia in 2002 and 2007. Results from the matrix eigen decompositions indicate that the annual part of the ionospheric variation is large in middle latitude and solar maximum period(2002) while low in the low latitude and solar minimum period(2007). The connectivity maps of the hour-to-hour ionospheric variability based on MDS method show some common diurnal features. The ionospheric connectivity between adjacent hours near noon hours and near midnight hours is high. The ionospheric connectivity between adjacent hours near sunrise hours and near sunset hours is poor, especially for the sunrise hours. Also there are latitudinal and solar activity dependences in this kind of connectivity. These results revealed from the ionospheric connectivity maps are useful physically and in practice for the ionospheric forecasting on the hour-to-hour scale.     

电离层高频多普勒记录在扩展-F研究中的应用

本文通过观测实例探讨并论证了电离层高频多普勒观测在扩展-F研究中的应用.实例和相应分析表明:首先,由于高频多普勒记录的时间连续性,有利于从观测角度了解扩展-F的时间演化过程;其次,高频多普勒偏移对不规则结构造成的回波弥散、对不同尺度行进电离层扰动(TID)以及耀斑引起的突然频率偏移(SFD)效应都很敏感,这些现象在记录上出现的时间关系有利于了解扩展-F的触发因素或扩展-F与其他电离层背景扰动之间的联系或相互作用;最后,高频多普勒记录对于持续时间较长(几小时以上)或很短(小于1小时)的扩展-F都能够完整地反映,不会产生因为观测间歇形成的缺失,也可以有效区分究竟是连续一次还是一段时间内断续的扩展-F现象.高频多普勒观测有其自身的优点同时也具有一定的局限性,本文对其局限性诸如缺乏空间分辨率等也做了分析.指出发挥高频多普勒观测的优势,综合应用多种资料,通过不同手段的数据分析和比较,可以更好地为电离层扰动的物理机制和预报研究提供正确的观测依据.     

On the production of traveling ionospheric disturbances by atmospheric gravity waves

This paper deals with how atmospheric gravity waves produce the traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) that are observed by ionosondes. It is shown that, rather than directly producing variations of ionospheric height, a likely mechanism involves changes in ionization density by gradients in the horizontal atmospheric gravity wave air motion. These density changes can be observed as variations of the height of an ionospheric isodensity surface (the usual way of measuring TIDs). This mechanism involving enhancement/depletion of ionospheric density requires quite moderate atmospheric gravity wave air motion speeds, and works well at almost all latitudes.     

Derivation and test of ionospheric activity indices from real-time ionosonde observations in the European region

New ionospheric activity indices are derived from automatically scaled online data from several European ionosonde stations. These indices are used to distinguish between normal ionospheric conditions expected from prevailing solar activity and ionospheric disturbances caused by specific solar and atmospheric events (flares, coronal mass ejections, atmospheric waves, etc.). The most reliable indices are derived from the maximum electron density of the ionospheric F 2-layer expressed by the maximum critical frequency foF 2. Similar indices derived from ionospheric M(3000)F 2 values show a markedly lower variability indicating that the changes of the altitude of the F 2-layer maximum are proportionally smaller than those estimated from the maximum electron density in the F 2-layer. By using the ionospheric activity indices for several stations the ionospheric disturbance level over a substantial part of Europe (34°N–60°N; 5°W–40°E) can now be displayed online.     

大震前后电离层的扰动

本文主要分析、讨论了大震前后电离层峰以下的总电子含量、200km 高度处电子浓度以及最大电子浓度所在高度等几个主要电离层参数的变化.对其他电离层直观形态的变化也进行了初步分析.作者认为,地震前的电离层扰动是存在的,并提出了一些可能与地震有关的定性的指标.      

Changes in the ionosphere prior to weak earthquakes in the Irkutsk region

Data from 15-minute measurements at the vertical ionospheric sounding station in Irkutsk during the summer months of 2008–2011 are analyzed in order to detect in the ionosphere effects of preparation of weak earthquakes of the K = 10–12 energy class. The method of revealing disturbances in ionospheric parameters by simultaneous observations of the sporadic E layer and regular F2 layer, which was previously applied by the authors in the case of stronger earthquakes, was used. The efficiency of using this method to detect ionospheric disturbances preceding earthquakes also in the case of weak earthquakes is demonstrated. Possible ionospheric precursors of the selected series of earthquakes are identified. For them, an empirical dependence relating the time of advance of the shock moment by the probable ionospheric precursor on the energy class of the earthquake and the epicenter distance to the observation point is found.     

A statistical survey of dayside pulsed ionospheric flows as seen by the CUTLASS Finland HF radar

Nearly two years of 2-min resolution data and 7- to 21-s resolution data from the CUTLASS Finland HF radar have undergone Fourier analysis in order to study statistically the occurrence rates and repetition frequencies of pulsed ionospheric flows in the noon-sector high-latitude ionosphere. Pulsed ionospheric flow bursts are believed to be the ionospheric footprint of newly reconnected geomagnetic field lines, which occur during episodes of magnetic flux transfer to the terrestrial magnetosphere - flux transfer events or FTEs. The distribution of pulsed ionospheric flows were found to be well grouped in the radar field of view, and to be in the vicinity of the radar signature of the cusp footprint. Two thirds of the pulsed ionospheric flow intervals included in the statistical study occurred when the interplanetary magnetic field had a southward component, supporting the hypothesis that pulsed ionospheric flows are a reconnection-related phenomenon. The occurrence rate of the pulsed ionospheric flow fluctuation period was independent of the radar scan mode. The statistical results obtained from the radar data are compared to occurrence rates and repetition frequencies of FTEs derived from spacecraft data near the magnetopause reconnection region, and to ground-based optical measurements of poleward moving auroral forms. The distributions obtained by the various instruments in different regions of the magnetosphere were remarkably similar. The radar, therefore, appears to give an unbiased sample of magnetopause activity in its routine observations of the cusp footprint.     

欧洲扇区不同纬度电离层暴特征的统计分析

本文利用Madrigal数据库的TEC数据对2001—2010年间的156次单主相型磁暴事件,统计分析了欧洲扇区从赤道到极光带共5个纬度区域的电离层暴特征,结果表明:(1)电离层暴有明显的纬度分布特征,正负暴出现次数的比例随纬度的降低呈现明显的增加趋势,但夏季赤道地区趋势相反,正负暴比例比更高纬度的反而降低;(2)与主相相比,恢复相期间大部分纬度地区正暴数量减少,负暴数量增加,但赤道地区恢复相期间正暴数量反而增加;(3)中低纬地区电离层暴随磁暴MPO地方时分布特征明显,正暴所对应的MPO主要分布在白天,而MPO发生在夜间容易引起负暴;(4)电离层负暴主要发生在夜间,中、高纬地区负暴的开始时间存在‘时间禁区’,但不同纬度‘时间禁区’的地方时分布有一定差异,正暴分布则相对分散.     

利用GPS网观测反射海啸波引发的电离层扰动

震中产生的海啸波传播到海岸或者遇到水下障碍时会发生反射,从而形成反射海啸波.本文利用稠密的日本GEONET网,首次在电离层扰动图中观测到2011年3月11日Tohoku地震引发的反射海啸波信号.观测到的电离层扰动与海平面的反射海啸波具有相似的波形、水平速度、方向、周期以及到达时间等传播特征,表明观测的电离层扰动为反射海啸波所引起,本文的观测结果表明反射海啸产生的大气内重力波也能向上传播到电离层与等离子体作用.     

Spatiotemporal distributions of the electron density in the ionosphere by records of the total electron content and phase of VLF radio signals

Features of the structure and dynamics of the ionospheric plasma are studied in a comparison the ionospheric total electron content measurements with the phase and amplitude measurements of VLF–LF radio signals on global and regional paths. The ionospheric structure over Europe is reconstructed. The spatiotemporal dynamics of moving ionospheric disturbances under conditions of a powerful geomagnetic storm of March 17, 2015, is examined based on the reconstruction results. Analysis of the phase variation of VLF radio signals, together with the TEC measurement data, is not only an additional tool in the study of the dynamics of ionospheric disturbances; it also makes it possible to estimate electron density disturbances in different ionospheric layers.     

汶川M_s8.0地震前电离层VTEC的异常变化

利用地基GPS观测资料反演的垂直电子总含量(VTEC),本文考察了2008年5月12日汶川M_s8.0地震期间的电离层变化.在考察过程中,以前10天的VTEC均值和伴随的2倍标准偏差作为参考来识别电离层异常.最终的考察分析结果表明:(1)VTEC的异常增加出现在5月3日和5月9日,而VTEC的异常减小出现在4月29日和5月6日;(2)所有这4天的电离层VTEC异常持续时间均超过了4 h,且异常自东向西漂移;(3)相对于电离层的非扰动状态,在5次电离层异常的峰值时刻,震中附近VTEC增加或减小超过30%的空间区域沿经、纬向分别超过了4000 km和1500 km.鉴于地震期间的日-地空间环境和电离层VTEC异常特征,我们认为,5月3日下午和5月9日的VTEC正异常可能是本次汶川地震的电离层前兆.     

昆仑山口西8.1级地震前电离层与磁场短期异常对比研究

利用中国电离层台站和地磁台网资料, 总结了8.1级地震前出现的电离层f₀F₂(F₂层临界频率)异常以及地磁低点位移、 地磁日变化异常现象。 对比研究了电离层与磁场短期异常分布及特征, 结果显示: 磁场与电离层时空异常特征有较好的一致性。 2001年10月8日出现低点位移, 其突变分界线通过震中地区; 震前1.5个月之内震中及周围地区出现地磁日变化异常, 拉萨台电离层f₀F₂出现明显异常。     

汶川Ms8.0地震前电离层VTEC的异常变化

利用地基GPS观测资料反演的垂直电子总含量（VTEC）,本文考察了2008年5月12日汶川Ms8.0地震期间的电离层变化.在考察过程中,以前10天的VTEC均值和伴随的2倍标准偏差作为参考来识别电离层异常.最终的考察分析结果表明：（1）VTEC的异常增加出现在5月3日和5月9日,而VTEC的异常减小出现在4月29日和5月6日;（2）所有这4天的电离层VTEC异常持续时间均超过了4 h,且异常自东向西漂移;（3）相对于电离层的非扰动状态,在5次电离层异常的峰值时刻,震中附近VTEC增加或减小超过30％的空间区域沿经、纬向分别超过了4000 km和1500 km.鉴于地震期间的日－地空间环境和电离层VTEC异常特征,我们认为,5月3日下午和5月9日的VTEC正异常可能是本次汶川地震的电离层前兆.     

Propagation and dispersion of electrostatic waves in the ionospheric E region

Low-frequency electrostatic fluctuations in the ionospheric E region were detected by instruments on the ROSE rockets. The phase velocity and dispersion of plasma waves in the ionospheric E region are determined by band-pass filtering and cross-correlating data of the electric-field fluctuations detected by the probes on the ROSE F4 rocket. The results were confirmed by a different method of analysis of the same data. The results show that the waves propagate in the Hall-current direction with a velocity somewhat below the ion sound speed obtained for ionospheric conditions during the flight. It is also found that the waves are dispersive, with the longest wavelengths propagating with the lowest velocity.