Frequency band of mirroring and bands of increased transmissivity of ULF waves through the ionosphere

Summary Using methods of numerical modelling of the propagation of ULF waves through the ionosphere, the characteristics of the vertical flux of electromagnetic energy are analysed in the ULF range — at the outer boundary of the modelled ionosphere (altitude 1000 km) the reflexibility and penetrability of the energy, at the Earth's surface the transmissivity of the energy. The existence of two frequency bands is proved within the ULF range with different forms of ionospheric wave filtration: a) The band of extremely low frequencies, f<0.1–0.2 Hz (pc3–5 and Pc2 pulsation ranges) with a mirroring effect of the ionosphere-Earth system, but with small absorption; b) the band f>0.2 Hz (the Pc1 range) with increased absorption, but with resonance windows and wave emissions with a very well defined frequency structure.     

Filtration of Pc1 wave packets in the ionosphere. Conjugated experiment GEOS-1 — husafell and results of numerical modelling

Summary The spectral analysis of an hourly section of a synchronized conjugated record of an ULF signal made on the GEOS-1 satellite and the Husafell Observatory (Iceland) on July 13, 1977, has been carried out. The time variations of the spectral frequency-amplitude characteristics of the Pc1 wave packet in the neighbourhood of f 0.5 s^–1 at both measurement sites were examined. The transmissibility of the amplitude of the total magnetic component of the wave through the ionosphere towards the Earth's surface, found in the frequency range of the packets, varies from 0.03 to 0.07. Moreover, its time behaviour with the development of the micropulsation disturbance was studied. The frequency shift of the packet spectrum centre towards higher frequencies 0.04 s^–1) was determined at the Earth's surface as compared with the satellite conditions. Experimental results served to test the developed automated methods of numerical modelling of ionospheric filtration in the ULF range of Pc1 micropulsations. Good agreement between the experimental and numerical results of the two constructed limiting models of the daytime ionosphere at higher latitudes (low and high solar activity) was achieved. The values of the transmissibility calculated for the Pc1 packet frequencies vary from 0.075 to 0.3 and from 0.025 to 0.06.     

Sudden ionospheric disturbances and flare activity in the course of the solar cycle no 20

a¶rt;a ma nu an u u (SID) u nu n a (a n¶rt; au) mu 1965–1975 . u u SID na¶rt;am nau, mum u nm R.     

Numerical modeling of the high-latitude F-layer anomalies

The results of a detailed numerical study of the behaviour of the convective polar ionosphere are presented. The developed theoretical model produces three-dimensional distribution of electron density, electron and ion temperature. The effects of auroral particle precipitation on the density and temperature structures are studied for winter and low solar activity conditions. The high-latitude ionospheric features, such as the tongue of ionization, the main trough the polar ionization peak, the auroral ionization peak, the high-latitude ionization hole, the tongue of electron temperature, the high latitude minima of electron, temperature, and the ion temperature hot spot are obtained from calculations.Numerically obtained results are used for determining the HF propagation paths in the polar ionosphere. The effects of ionospheric irregularities on high frequency ionospheric radio waves are investigated by using a three-dimensional ray-tracing computer program. Ray-path trajectories are presented for different values of the elevation angle of transmission. From our study, it was found that large-scale irregularity structures of the high-latitude ionosphere, in the presence of the earth's magnetic field, significantly affect high frequency radio wave propagation.     

Long-period fluctuations observed in the ionospheric absorption variations

Summary By subsequent application of power spectrum analysis, autocorrelation analysis and fast Fourier transform (FFT) of the day- and night-time absorption values of five LF radio-paths (164 kHz, 155 kHz, 185 kHz, 218 kHz and 272 kHz) in Europe during the interval 1 June 1979–30 June 1980, fluctuations with the following basic (fundamental), commonly recurrent periods were found: 3.5–5 days and 10.5–12 days. They exist in all investigated time series, while 6- and 9-day fluctuations are observed on the northern radio-paths (185 kHz and 272 kHz). Shorterperiod oscillations are most active during autumn and especially during winter, while the longerperiod oscillation (10.5–12-day) has significant amplitudes also in summer.

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n n¶rt;am nuu aaua nma mu, amu aaua u m maauu () ¶rt; u ¶rt;a n nu u nmu a¶rt;u ma (164 , 155 , 185 , 218 u 272 ) a¶rt; n nu¶rt; 1 u 1979–30 u 1980. u a¶rt; ¶rt;u (¶rt;ama) nmu nu¶rt;: 3.5–5 ¶rt; u 10.5–12 ¶rt. u nummm u¶rt;a ¶rt;a. 6- u 9-m au a¶rt;am m a¶rt;umaa (185 u 272 ). ama au a amu u u u. ¶rt;nu¶rt; (10.5–12 ¶rt;) um aum anum¶rt; u m.

     

Linear modelling in vertical ionospheric sounding

Summary Applying the methods of computing N(h) profiles to scalar product spaces provides a more general view of the differences between the individual ionospheric models, which enables a better selection of the optimum model.

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u n¶rt; m¶rt;uu ama N(h) nu nmama a nu¶rt;u anauam u ¶rt; a au ¶rt; m¶rt;u uu ¶rt;u, m nm nmm uam nmua ¶rt;.

     

Characteristics of the mid-latitude ionosphere suitable for modelling ionospheric filtration of ULF waves

Summary An approximate method of one-dimensional modelling of the plasma of the Earth's ionosphere is demonstrated for purposes of studying the ionospheric filtration of ULF waves (micropulsations). Apart from the basic local parameters, characterizing the plasma, also derived local characteristics have been defined, i.e. the mass of the so-called effective ion and its effective collision frequency . Drawing on existing empirical models of the mid-latitude ionosphere, vertical profiles (50 km h 1000 km) were determined of the characteristics N_e N_i, v_e, and for the daytime and nighttime mid-latitude ionosphere under low and enhanced solar activity, which can be used to study the ionospheric ULF filter.

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aa nu uum m¶rt; ¶rt;a ¶rt;uau na ¶rt; u ¶rt; nmm uu u umauu (unau). ¶rt; u mu naamau na n¶rt; mu m aamumuu — aa m. a. mu ua, , u mua amma mu, . a mu nuuu ¶rt; ¶rt;um u u n¶rt; mua nuu (50 h 1000 ) aamumu N_e N_i, v_e, u ¶rt; u u ¶rt;u um nu u u amumu. ¶rt;u nam nu uuu u uma.

     

Day-time ionospheric disturbances of corpuscular origin in the midlatitudeD-region

¶rt;m uu nau mu m a nu a¶rt;u ¶rt; D-amu u. a¶rt; m nu u u. u¶rt;a a a mu nma u nma mu m (20 ¶rt; 150 ).     

Mid-latitude ionospheric perturbation associated with the Spacelab-2 plasma depletion experiment at Millstone Hill

Elevation scans across geomagnetic mid latitudes by the incoherent scatter radar at Millstone Hill captured the ionospheric response to the firing of the Space Shuttle Challenger OMS thrusters near the peak of the F layer on July 30, 1985. Details of the excitation of airglow and the formation of an ionospheric hole during this event have been reported in an earlier paper by Mendillo et al.. The depletion (factor 2) near the 320 km Shuttle orbital altitude persisted for 35 min and then recovered to near normal levels, while at 265 km the density was reduced by a factor of 6; this significant reduction in the bottomside F-region density persisted for more than 3 hours. Total electron content in the vicinity of the hole was reduced by more than a factor of 2, and an oscillation of the F-region densities with 40-min period ensued and persisted for several hours. Plasma vertical Doppler velocity varied quasi-periodically with a 80-min period, while magnetic field variations observed on the field line through the Shuttle-burn position exhibited a similar 80-min periodicity. An interval of magnetic field variations at hydromagnetic frequencies (95 s period) accompanied the ionospheric perturbations on this field line. Radar observations revealed a downward phase progression of the 40-min period density enhancements of -1.12° km–1, corresponding to a 320-km vertical wavelength. An auroral-latitude geomagnetic disturbance began near the time of the Spacelab-2 experiment and was associated with the imposition of a strong southward IMF Bz across the magnetosphere. This created an additional complication in the interpretation of the active ionospheric experiment. It cannot be determined uniquely whether the ionospheric oscillations, which followed the Spacelab-2 experiment, were related to the active experiment or were the result of a propagating ionospheric disturbance (TID) launched by the enhanced auroral activity. The most reasonable conclusion is that the ionospheric oscillations were a result of the coincident geomagnetic disturbance. The pronounced depletion of the bottomside ionosphere, however, accentuated the oscillatory behavior during the interval following the Shuttle OMS burn.     

Influence of the IMF sector boundaries on cosmic rays and tropospheric vorticity

Summary The effect of the IMF sector boundary crossing (IMF SBC) in the vorticity area index (VAI) — the well-known dip in the VAI after IMF SBC — is found to be independent of the IMF SBC effect in the cosmic ray flux. This finding refutes a recent suggestion by Lundstedt [1] that the IMF SBC effect in VAI is caused by a decrease in cosmic ray flux, but supports the concept of the IMF SBC effects in the ionosphere and atmosphere developed by Latovika [2–4]. Cosmic rays seem to affect the troposphere in another way.

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¶rt;mu nu mau nam aum n ( ) a u¶rt; na¶rt;u aumu () — um uu n — a¶rt; auu m ma nm uu . mm mam nam ¶rt;a n¶rt;u ¶rt;m¶rt;a [1], m m a nuu nma uu , n¶rt;¶rt;uam nu m u u am, aum amu [2–4]. am m uu u m um a mn ¶rt;u a.

     

The ionospheric response to flux transfer events: the first few minutes

We utilise high-time resolution measurements from the PACE HF radar at Halley, Antarctica to explore the evolution of the ionospheric response during the first few minutes after enhanced reconnection occurs at the magnetopause. We show that the plasma velocity increases associated with flux transfer events (FTEs) occur first 100–200 km equatorward of the region to which magnetosheath (cusp) precipitation maps to the ionosphere. We suggest that these velocity variations start near the ionospheric footprint of the boundary between open and closed magnetic field lines. We show that these velocity variations have rise times 100 s and fall times of 10 s. When these velocity transients reach the latitude of the cusp precipitation, sometimes the equatorward boundary of the precipitation begins to move equatorward, the expected and previously reported ionospheric signature of enhanced reconnection. A hypothesis is proposed to explain the velocity variations. It involves the rapid outflow of magnetospheric electrons into the magnetosheath along the most recently reconnected field lines. Several predictions are made arising from the proposed explanation which could be tested with ground-based and space-based observations.     

Deflections of the vertical on the territory of Europe from satellite data

amu n¶rt;ma u ma mum au n¶rt;¶rt; m unu¶rt;a, amu n u amu uu, u n nmu ¶rt;a [2]; ¶rt;am nu uum, n m uum ¶rt;um au mau u ma ¶rt; muu¶rt;a.     

Changes in the reflectivity of the midlatitude ionosphere with respect to the ULF (Pc1) signal

Summary The method of numerical modelling of ionospheric filtration of the Fourier components of a signal from the frequency range of Pc1 micropulsations is employed in the spectral analysis (frequency f, angle of incidence ) of the relative characteristic of the amplitude and energy reflectivity of the ionospheric layer with respect to ordinary Alfvén modes incident in the meridional plane. The results are presented for four different models characterizing the midlatitude day- and night-time ionosphere under low and high solar activity. The results indicate the specificity of filtration of ordinary Alfvén waves. It is proved that the lower region of the modelled ionosphere, as part of the midlatitude ionospheric wave guide (in particular the F2 layer), behaves like an Alfvén resonator in the given spectral range.

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m¶rt; u ¶rt;uau u umauu -mau uaa u amm ¶rt;uanaa unau 1 n¶rtum nma aau (amma f, a¶rt;u ) mum anum¶rt; u mu maamu u ¶rt; ¶rt; a, a¶rt;au a u u¶rt;ua nmu. mam n¶rt;aam ¶rt; m a ¶rt; ¶rt;um m ¶rt; u u nu u u nu amumu. aam nuum umauu a. naa, m ua am ¶rt;ua u (a am F2-u ¶rt;um ¶rt;a) ¶rt;m nma ¶rt;uana a am a.

     

On the mathematical modelling of the spectral structure of geomagneticPC1 pulsations via the response of Alfvén's ionospheric resonator

Summary A method of numerical simulation of the coefficient of reflection of the ionospheric transition layer as a function of frequency is applied to the experimental data related to several series of pearl-type pulsations Pc1 (f = 0.2 – 2 Hz) recorded at the observatories of Kerguelen, Sogra and Nurmijarvi. The inverse problem of modelling, i.e. determining the vertical profiles of ionospheric electron concentration corresponding to the actual experimental situations, was solved approximately. The initial assumption for interpreting the specific nature of the series of Pc1 micropulsations parallel in time was their resonance origin under reflection of the signal at magnetically conjugate ionospheres, Alfvén's resonators, in both of the Earth's hemispheres.     

Relationships between GPS-signal propagation errors and EISCAT observations

When travelling through the ionosphere the signals of space-based radio navigation systems such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) are subject to modifications in amplitude, phase and polarization. In particular, phase changes due to refraction lead to propagation errors of up to 50 m for single-frequency GPS users. If both the LI and the L2 frequencies transmitted by the GPS satellites are measured, first-order range error contributions of the ionosphere can be determined and removed by difference methods. The ionospheric contribution is proportional to the total electron content (TEC) along the ray path between satellite and receiver. Using about ten European GPS receiving stations of the International GPS Service for Geodynamics (IGS), the TEC over Europe is estimated within the geographic ranges –20° 40°E and 32.5° ø 70°N in longitude and latitude, respectively. The derived TEC maps over Europe contribute to the study of horizontal coupling and transport processes during significant ionospheric events. Due to their comprehensive information about the high-latitude ionosphere, EISCAT observations may help to study the influence of ionospheric phenomena upon propagation errors in GPS navigation systems. Since there are still some accuracy limiting problems to be solved in TEC determination using GPS, data comparison of TEC with vertical electron density profiles derived from EISCAT observations is valuable to enhance the accuracy of propagation-error estimations. This is evident both for absolute TEC calibration as well as for the conversion of ray-path-related observations to vertical TEC. The combination of EISCAT data and GPS-derived TEC data enables a better understanding of large-scale ionospheric processes.     

A3 ionospheric absorption measurements on 1539 kHz at Panská Ves

u¶rt;m mam uu u nu a¶rt;u m¶rt;3 (a na¶rt;u) a amm 1539 a amuu aa a nu¶rt; am 1978 — am 1981. u m nuau nu mma. a¶rt;am u¶rt;aa ma (a aumu) u a auau nu, u u aauu u an u u. numa u am au nu ¶rt; =60° na¶rt;am. au naa, m nu u um a a ¶rt;a ¶rt;m a nu¶rt;, nu a m n u nua nu mma am 1980.     

Results of the earth-tide measurements at the Pecný station (CSSR)

¶rt;mam mam a¶rt;u, m u a nuu mauu nu¶rt; 1970–1977. nauaumGs 11 No 131, 201 uGs 15 No 228. a¶rt; ¶rt;uam mauau ¶rt;u um. ¶rt;uu au naam nuu nu¶rt; ma. 2,uuu au ma. 3.

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Paper presented at the IUGG XVII Plenary Meeting, Canberra, Dec. 1979.     

Power radiated by a VLF loop antenna in the ionospheric plasma

Summary The radiation power a VLF loop antenna with an arbitrary orientation of the loop's plane relative to the direction of the external magnetic field is calculated and its portion, transferred to the electromagnetic part of the excited spectrum, is determined.

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am umaa m uu am c nu umau nmu uma n m¶rt; a¶rt;um¶rt; n u n¶rt;a ma am mu uu, u¶rt;a ma¶rt;um am am cnma ¶rt;a au.

     

Derived geometrical constants of the geodetic reference system 1980

Summary A large number of the users of the geomtrical constants of the reference ellipsoid know only the IAG resolutions and not the related special publications; consequently, the numerical values of the derived geometrical constants may be interpreted differently. Some values of possible differences (max. 32 mm) are given, and it is proposed that the GRS-80 geometrical constants be defined by the values of a and f ^–1 with unlimited accuracy in the next IAG resolution.

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¶rt;a um nam zmuuu nmu n-unu¶rt;a am m uu ¶rt;a¶rt; auauu n z¶rt;uu, a nua nuauu; nm m num a mau u au nu¶rt; zmuu nm. mam nu¶rt;m m au am (a. 32 ) u n¶rt;azam n¶rt; uu n¶rt;m muu nm GRS-80 uuau a, f ^–1 zau mm.

     

Spherical harmonic expansion of the continents and oceans distribution function

Summary An algorithm is derived to compute the coefficients of a spherical harmonic series for the functionE(, ) representing the distribution of continents and oceans with the least-squares method. Some properties of the system of normal equations, when measuring points are distributed in a regular grid, are discussed. The fully normalized complex coefficients to the ninth degree are given in the table.

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m mam nuam n uu uum ¶rt; uau ¶rt;a ¶rt; uu (, ), ma nm n¶rt;um an¶rt;u mum u a nu nu m¶rt;a auu a¶rt;am. ¶rt;am m ma um a au ¶rt; a, ¶rt;a uum mu an mu. m aua n um ¶rt;o ¶rt;m mnu nu¶rt;m mau.