GPS／LEO掩星方法中的电离层延迟量对太阳射电辐射流量的响应

对无线电信号在电离层中的传播路径进行了数值模拟；针对掩星观测中的五组实际卫星轨道数据(包括GPS和LEO卫星)，给出了在太阳射电辐射流量(FLUX)分别为0，70，160和240等几种情况下的电离层延迟量对10．7cm波长的太阳辐射流量的响应结果；这分别对应着无太阳辐射、太阳射电辐射处于活动低谷、平静期和高峰期等几种情形。从中可以发现，掩星观测中电离层延迟量对10．7cm波长的太阳射电辐射流量的响应表现为如下特性：电离层延迟同参数FLUX的大小有明显的对应关系，即FLUX越大，则掩星观测中的电离层延迟越大；对于上升掩星情况而言，掩星观测中电离层延迟量起先逐渐增加，然后达到某一峰值，其后逐渐下降；在掩星观测的初期和中期，太阳射电辐射处于活动低谷、平静期和高峰期等几种情形之间的电离层延迟量差异都较为显著，而在掩星观测的后期，几种情形相互间电离层延迟量的差异都比较小。     

火星电离层无线电掩星探测仿真研究

对中俄联合火星星-星电离层掩星技术体制进行了分析和介绍,采用三维射线追踪方法对电离层掩星事件的电波观测值进行了模拟计算,并利用模拟的掩星观测数据进行了电子密度廓线反演,结果说明仿真算法可靠.利用仿真的方法,分别对掩星电波相位观测误差和卫星轨道误差等带来的反演误差进行了个例计算和分析,结果得到:5%周的相位测量误差对白天电离层掩星探测结果的影响可以忽略,而夜间电子密度测量的绝对误差小于4×108 m-3;卫星轨道误差对掩星的主要影响是导致电离层高度抬升或下降.结果表明,中俄联合火星电离层掩星探测技术体制先进,可望获得高精度的电子密度廓线;其技术体制也可以用于月球电离层环境的探测.     

紫金山天文台太阳射电频谱仪定标

定标是射电天文观测中基础而重要的工作.定标工作可以得到太阳观测中的一个重要物理量:太阳射电辐射流量,可以扣除射电频谱仪的通道不均匀性,清晰显示射电频谱特征.结合紫金山天文台射电频谱仪的观测数据,详细介绍了定标的基本方法,分析了定标常数的变化情况,最后给出了定标结果,并与野边山射电偏振计以及RHESSI(The Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager)卫星硬X射线波段的几个太阳耀斑的观测结果进行了比较,结果符合耀斑的光变特征.其中对一个耀斑脉冲相硬X射线流量和微波光变的相关性的分析表明这些观测可以用来研究有关的辐射机制以及相应的能量释放和粒子加速过程.     

1980年2月16日日全食昆明色球掩食观测

本文提供了八○年二月十六日在昆明观测到的太阳色球层的日全食掩食过程。文中给出太阳可见面上各活动对象(包括黑子、谱斑、暗条、日珥等)的月掩时间,它们是射电观测、电离层观测以及日全食各项光学观测资料分析研究的重要依据。     

GIM在LEO卫星单频GPS定轨中的应用

电离层延迟误差是单频GPS(Global Positioning System)数据最主要的误差源,为提高基于单频GPS数据的LEO(Low Earth Orbiting)卫星定轨精度,必须消除/减弱GPS观测数据中电离层延迟影响.研究了全球电离层模型GIM(Global IonosphericMaps)在基于单频GPS伪距数据的低轨卫星运动学和动力学定轨中的应用,并通过估算电离层尺度因子的方法消除C/A码伪距观测量中电离层延迟影响.由于LEO卫星星载GPS信号受电离层延迟影响与卫星轨道高度相关,选取了轨道高度在300～800 km的CHAMP(CHAllenging Mini-satellite Payload)、GRACE(Gravity Recovery AndClimate Experiment)、TerraSAR-X及SAC-C等LEO卫星C/A码伪距观测量作为试算数据.CHAMP等卫星实测数据计算结果表明:以JPL(Jet Propulsion Laboratory)发布的GIM模型作为背景模型,通过电离层比例因子法能很好地消除C/A码伪距观测量中电离层延迟影响,提高LEO卫星运动学和动力学定轨精度,其中,CHAMP卫星轨道最低,受电离层延迟影响最严重,定轨精度提高最显著,分别为55.6%和47.6%;SAC-C卫星轨道高度最高,受电离层延迟影响最小,相应的定轨精度提高幅度也最低,分别为47.8%和38.2%.     

8.6毫米波段太阳射电亮温度分布的日环食测定

本文根据１９８７年９月２３日的８．６毫米波段射电日食观测资料，计算了太阳射电的径向亮温度分布，计算结果表明：８．６毫米波段太阳径向亮温度分布呈临边增亮；增亮幅度相对于日面中心部分为５．１％，中国部分也存在着增亮的征兆；日食当天８．６毫米波段太阳射电辐射的剖流量为２３４６Ｓ、ｆ、Ｕ；食甚时的剩余流量约为１２．５％，掩食半径为１．０１４光学太阳半径。     

1968年9月22日日食射电观测

本文综合分析了1968年9月22日新疆日全食3.2、11.1和21厘米波长的射电观测资料,得出了射电源的流量和活动区活动性的关系、射电源辐射与谱斑及黑子的相关等观测结果。另外,从综合三个波段的资料通盘考虑了射电源流量值的误差分析、射电源的角径和高度、射电食甚、射电太阳等效半径和日面小爆发等。     

2840MHz太阳射电辐射流量计的升级改造

叙述了国家天文台升级改造后的2 840 MHz太阳射电辐射流量计的设计特点、性能、结构及观测结果。升级改造后的太阳射电辐射流量计将在较高时间分辨率上实时得到2 840 MHz频率上的太阳流量,为太阳物理研究积累丰富的观测数据,是太阳活动监测和预报的重要参数之一。     

基于PSP观测的行星际Ⅲ型射电爆发的研究进展

与太阳射电爆发相比,通常认为频率较低的行星际射电爆发产生于远离低日冕的行星际空间.地球电离层的截止导致地基设备无法对其进行观测.美国国家航空航天局(National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA)发射的帕克太阳探测器(Parker Solar Probe, PSP)是迄今为止距离太阳最近的空间探测器.其搭载的射电频谱仪能够对10 k Hz–19.17 MHz频段范围内的射电辐射进行观测. PSP能够靠近甚至可能穿越行星际III型射电爆发的辐射源区,因此使用PSP对行星际射电爆发进行观测具有前所未有的优势.简要介绍了目前为止使用PSP的射电观测数据对行星际III型射电爆发的多方面研究,包括爆发的发生率、偏振、散射、截止频率、可能的辐射机制和相关的辐射源区等方面的研究进展,并讨论了其未来的研究前景.     

大天线太阳射电观测和流量归算的一种方法

本文介绍了高空间分辨率的太阳射电观测流量的归算方法，即对观测的太阳天线温度值作天线功率方向图Ｋ因子的修正，即可得到太阳射电流量值．文中推导了不同温度分布模型下的Ｋ因子表达式，并计算了日面宁静太阳流量值和部分射电源的ＳＶＣ辐射流量值．对日面宁静区的射电辐射而言，因Ｋ的年变化（０．０２３６—０．０２５２）不大，因此按其平均值０．０２４４可计算出２２ＧＨｚ频率上宁静太阳流量ｓ。＝０．１５Ｔａ。（以ｓｆｕ为单位，Ｔａ。是宁静区辐射的太阳天线温度），相应的宁静太阳温度为１０１００土３００Ｋ．１９９０年７月２日源区的ＳＶＣ辐射计算结果表明：日面源区的ＳＶＣ辐射总和为２０ｓｆｕ，约占日面总辐射的２．４％．     

An Emulation Research on the Radio Occultation Exploration of Martian Ionosphere

The technical system of the Sino-Russian joint satellite-to-satellite Mars ionosphere occultation is analyzed and introduced. The analogue computation of the observed values of the radio waves of the ionosphere occultation event is carried out by adopting the three-dimensional ray tracking method and the electron density profile inversion is conducted by means of the simulated occultation observational data, with the result showing that the emulation algorithm is reliable. By taking advantage of the emulation method the case computation and analysis of the inversion errors caused by the observational error of the occultation radio wave phase and the satellite orbital error are respectively carried out, and it is obtained from the result that the effect of the phase measuring error of the 5% circle on the result of the daytime ionosphere occultation exploration may be neglected, while the absolute error of the night electron density measurement is less than 4 × 108 m^?3, and the main effect of the satellite orbital error on the occultation leads to the lifting or falling of the ionospheric height. The result shows that the technical system of the Sino-Russian joint Mars ionosphere occultation exploration is advanced. It can be expected that the high accuracy electron density profile is obtained and the technical system can be applied to the exploration of the lunar ionospheric environment.     

Model of photoelectron impact ionization within the high latitude ionosphere at Mars: Comparison of calculated and measured electron density

The production rate, ion density and electron density are calculated between longitudes 0° and 360° E due to incident radiation of wavelength range 1-102.57 nm in the dayside atmosphere of Mars. These calculations are made by using global analytical yield spectrum (AYS) model at solar zenith angle 80° between latitudes 50° and 70° N for spring equinox and medium solar activity condition. These conditions are appropriate for Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Phase 2 aerobraking period during which both the accelerometer and the radio occultation data are used. The calculated results are compared with MGS radio occultation measurements carried out at different latitudes (64.7°-67.3° N) and longitudes (0°-360° E) in December 1998 between solar zenith angle 78° and 81°. This measurement shows primary and secondary ionization peaks, which are varying with longitudes. Our calculation suggests that first peak is produced by photoionization and photoelectron impact ionization processes due to absorption of solar EUV radiation (9-102.57 nm). The second peak is produced by photoelectron impact ionization of soft X-ray photon (1-9 nm). There is a good agreement between our calculation and measurement as far as the maximum and the minimum values of primary peak altitude/peak density of electrons are concerned. However, the calculated values of secondary peak density and peak altitude are higher than the measured values by a factor of 1.5-2.0 and 1.1, respectively. The secondary peak is brought into agreement with the measurement using low X-ray flux by a factor of 2 to 3 below 9 nm. The longitudinal distribution of calculated and measured peak density and peak altitude are fitted by least-square method with 0.95 confidence limits.     

Maximum Entropy Regularization Method of Ionospheric Occultation

With the increasing of applications of Global Positioning System (GPS), the research on the factors affecting the radio signals is becoming more and more important. One of the most significant effects on ionosphere monitoring is the ionospheric radio occultation (IRO), and the IRO data is now serving as one of the most important monitoring sources for the ionospheric measurements. Meanwhile the inversion of the occultation data is a popular topic. The traditional Abel inversion process through compensated total electron content (TEC) is a linear inversion method, thus it would transfer the measurement errors directly to the inversion results. In order to improve the occultation results, we introduce in this paper two nonlinear methods, namely the regularization method and the maximum entropy regularization method. Through designed simulative experiments, we verify and compare these three methods, and conclude that the maximum entropy regularization method can reduce significantly the influence of measurement errors.     

电离层掩星反演的正则最大熵法

电离层掩星数据现已成为电离层观测数据的重要来源,对掩星数据的反演研究一直是掩星研究的热点.传统采用的改正TEC(1btal Electron Content)的Abel变换反演法为线性反演法,它会把测量误差带入反演结果中.为改善反演效果受测量误差的影响,引入两种非线性的反演方法一正则化和正则最大熵反演法.随后设计模拟试验,对3种方法进行验证、比较,得到正则最大熵反演法可以很好地减小测量误差的影响.     

Riometer absorption events at SANAE,L=4.0

The absorption of cosmic radio noise passing through the ionosphere may be described as a function of radio wave frequencyA(f _e ) f _e ^-n , with n 2.0 for spatially uniform precipitation of electrons and n < 2.0 for spatially nonuniform precipitation. Using multifrequency riometer recordings at SANAE, the following observations are reviewed: (1) The frequency distribution of the power index, n, obtained from 4 min averaged absorptions during 1983, shows a most probable value around n 1.5, indicating that mostly energetic electrons are precipitated spatially structured onto the upper atmosphere, as in optical aurora. (2) Multifrequency riometer recordings suggest that field-aligned ionospheric irregularities have scattered additional cosmic radio waves from the central region of the Galaxy into the fields of views of the riometer antennae during an auroral absorption event in the early morning hours of 27 July, 1982. With the power reflectivity by ionospheric irregularities inversely proportional to the fourth power of radio wave frequency, as required by the Bragg condition, an estimated 70% increase in the 20 MHz radio flux at 01:22 UT, at the strong absorption peak, can explain the strongly reduced absorption observed in 20 MHz relative to 30 and 51.4 MHz. (3) Gradual increases in absorptions observed at all three riometer frequencies from onset at 11:50 UT of the largest solar proton ground level enhancement on 29 September, 1989, until 18:00 UT, suggest diffusion of the much more intense low energy protons from the polar cap to the L=4.0 geomagnetic field shell and subsequent precipitation at SANAE due to the South Atlantic Geomagnetic Anomaly. (4) The flux of electron energy deposited per second at SANAE is closely related to geomagnetic activity, but has a lower maximum during the years 1971 and 1980 of solar polar magnetic reversals than in the years 1976 and 1986/87 of minimum solar activity. (5) A significant correlation has been found between the arrival of single-hop whistlers and 30 MHz riometer absorption events, using point statistics. The maximum absorption at 30 MHz was 0.04 dB with a delay of 3 ± 2 s relative to the whistler.     

Interrelation between monthly mean values ofionospheric and solar parameters and their effect on 5577 Å night airglow emission

The paper presents the relations between different solar and ionospheric parameters. Variation of 5577 line intensity with the variation of solar and ionospheric parametersis also discussed. A study have been made and following important results are obtained:(i) Virtual height ofF layer is decreased exponentially with the increase of solar flare numbers, sunspot number and 10.7 cm solar flux.(ii) Linear relations between critical frequency ofF layer and different solar parameters are obtained.(iii) Empirical relations between ionospheric and solar parameters are established.(iv) It is concluded that airglow intensity will also be affected with the variation of different solar and ionospheric parameters.(v) It is concluded that airglow intensity is mainly affected by 10.7 cm solar flux among different solar parameters and virtual height plays important role than critical frequency ofF layer.     

On the generation of high-energy particles in solar flares

This paper discusses the relationship between some characteristics of microwave type IV radio bursts and solar cosmic ray protons of MeV energy. It is shown that the peak flux intensity of those bursts is almost linearly correlated with the MeV proton peak flux observed by satellites near the Earth and that protons and electrons would be accelerated simultaneously by a similar mechanism during the explosive phase of solar flares.Brief discussion is given on the propagation of solar cosmic rays in the solar envelope after ejection from the flare regions.     

An impulsive solar X-ray burst in the energy range 90–400 keV

A hard solar X-ray burst in the energy range 90–400 keV was observed at about 0528:30 UT on 13 April 1974. This event is peculiar in the sense that the X-ray flux is considerably high whereas the corresponding radio and optical flares are of moderate sizes, that the duration of the X-ray burst is very short, and that the X-ray peak is delayed by about 2.5 min relative to the first radio peak.     

A comparison of the thick-target model with stereo data on the height structure of solar hard x-ray bursts

The height structure of a thick-target solar hard X-ray source is predicted for a beam injected vertically downward with a power-law spectrum and dominated by Coulomb collisional energy losses. This structure is characterised by the ratio of hard X-ray flux from an upper part of the source to that from the entire source, and is essentially a function only of the atmospheric column density ΔN (cm^?2) in the upper region. These predictions are compared with the flux ratios at 150 keV and 350 keV observed by two spacecraft for five events in which the solar limb occults part of the source for one spacecraft. In three events the occulting levels h ranged from 0 to 2500 km. For these the theoretical and observed ratios are found to be comparable for values of ΔN in reasonable accord with those found at these altitudes by optical and UV spectroscopic modelling of flare chromospheres. In one event the occultation ratio was observed to rise after the burst peak and it is found that this rise is consistent with an increase in ΔN due to conductively driven chromospheric evaporation. However the energy dependence of the occultation ratio is not consistent with that predicted by the model and it is concluded that non-collisional losses must be significant in beam dynamics. In the other two events, the occultation level h was ? 25 000 km. For these the energy dependence of the occultation ratio is comparable with the model predictions. However the values of ΔN required demand extremely high coronal densities and/or acceleration altitudes. Furthermore, the one observed evolution of the occultation ratio is entirely inconsistent with the model. It is concluded that in these, bremsstrahlung emissions other than that from a beam must be important.