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.     

Modelling F2-layer seasonal trends and day-to-day variability driven by coupling with the lower atmosphere

This paper presents results from the TIME-GCM-CCM3 thermosphere–ionosphere–lower atmosphere flux-coupled model, and investigates how well the model simulates known F2-layer day/night and seasonal behaviour and patterns of day-to-day variability at seven ionosonde stations. Of the many possible contributors to F2-layer variability, the present work includes only the influence of ‘meteorological’ disturbances transmitted from lower levels in the atmosphere, solar and geomagnetic conditions being held at constant levels throughout a model year.In comparison to ionosonde data, TIME-GCM-CCM3 models the peak electron density (NmF2) quite well, except for overemphasizing the daytime summer/winter anomaly in both hemispheres and seriously underestimating night NmF2 in summer. The peak height hmF2 is satisfactorily modelled by day, except that the model does not reproduce its observed semiannual variation. Nighttime values of hmF2 are much too low, thus causing low model values of night NmF2. Comparison of the variations of NmF2 and the neutral [O/N₂] ratio supports the idea that both annual and semiannual variations of F2-layer electron density are largely caused by changes of neutral composition, which in turn are driven by the global thermospheric circulation.Finally, the paper describes and discusses the characteristics of the F2-layer response to the imposed ‘meteorological’ disturbances. The ionospheric response is evaluated as the standard deviations of five ionospheric parameters for each station within 11-day blocks of data. At any one station, the patterns of variability show some coherence between different parameters, such as peak electron density and the neutral atomic/molecular ratio. Coherence between stations is found only between the closest pairs, some 2500 km apart, which is presumably related to the scale size of the ‘meteorological’ disturbances. The F2-layer day-to-day variability appears to be related more to variations in winds than to variations of thermospheric composition.     

Current and Future Applications of 3-D Global Earth-Ionosphere Models Based on the Full-Vector Maxwell’s Equations FDTD Method

Advances in computing technologies in recent decades have provided a means of generating and performing highly sophisticated computational simulations of electromagnetic phenomena. In particular, just after the turn of the twenty-first century, improvements to computing infrastructures provided for the first time the opportunity to conduct advanced, high-resolution three-dimensional full-vector Maxwell’s equations investigations of electromagnetic propagation throughout the global Earth-ionosphere spherical volume. These models, based on the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method, are capable of including such details as the Earth’s topography and bathymetry, as well as arbitrary horizontal/vertical geometrical and electrical inhomogeneities and anisotropies of the ionosphere, lithosphere, and oceans. Studies at this level of detail simply are not achievable using analytical methods. The goal of this paper is to provide an historical overview and future prospectus of global FDTD computational research for both natural and man-made electromagnetic phenomena around the world. Current and future applications of global FDTD models relating to lightning sources and radiation, Schumann resonances, hypothesized earthquake precursors, remote sensing, and space weather are discussed.

A study on three-dimensional structures of the ionospheric dynamo currents induced by the neutral winds simulated by the Kyushu-GCM

Three-dimensional structures of the ionospheric dynamo currents are examined using the neutral winds in a general circulation model of the middle atmosphere at Kyushu University. A quasi-three-dimensional ionospheric dynamo model is constructed assuming an infinite parallel conductivity in the ionosphere. This model is able to simulate both the equatorial electrojet and the global Sq current system successfully. The simulated results reveal that the equatorial electrojet is confined in quite narrow latitudes around the equator accompanied with meridional current circulations and satisfies a non-divergent structure mainly within the E region. A vertically stratified double layered structure is seen in the east–west current density near the focus latitude of the global Sq current system. It is shown that the stratified structure mainly consists of the east–west Hall current associated with the eastward wind of zonal wavenumbers 1 and 2 in the lower altitudes and the westward wind of zonal wavenumber 2 in the upper altitudes. The day-to-day variation of the neutral winds can significantly vary the induced ionospheric dynamo current system, which is recognized as changes of the focus latitude and/or the maximum value of the equatorial electrojet.     

A climatological study of nocturnal equatorial F-region irregularities at the west Pacific longitudes by using phase fluctuations of the global positioning system

This study investigated a long-term climatology of nocturnal equatorial F-region irregularities by using phase fluctuations of the global positioning system during the solar cycle of 1996–2006 at the west Pacific longitudes. The results showed that the distribution of the occurrence of irregularities is a two-peak pattern, which peaks in equinoxes with a shallow/deep dip in June/December solstice during high solar activity but with two about the same dips in magnitude in both June and December solstices during low solar activity. Moreover, the most interesting longitudinal effect in the area is in solstice occurrences of irregularities during high solar activity that the irregularities in December solstice months develop easier in the west area but those in June solstice months develop easier in the east area.     

一次中强磁暴期间低纬电离层响应的CT成像

为考察赤道异常区电离层对中等强度磁暴的响应特性,用电离层ＣＴ成像方法重建电离层电子密度二维剖面．重建结果表明,暴时低纬电离层电子密度以降低为主,但暴相随纬度和高度而异;磁暴期间,赤道异常峰结构仍然存在,但恢复相期间峰的位置向赤道移动;磁暴急始之后约２０ｍｉｎ,在赤道异常峰区出现电子密度深度耗空,这种耗空遍及从底到顶的整个Ｆ区,朝赤道一侧显现水平梯度非常大的陡壁．这种与磁暴急始相联系的电子密度深度耗空现象很有意义,值得进一步研究．     

非差非组合电离层加权PPP-RTK/INS紧组合模型

PPP-RTK是一种可实现快速模糊度固定的精密单点定位（PPP）技术,它的组成包括由多个接收机构成的网端用于生成各类精密改正产品,以及单站构成的用户端以实现快速高精度定位.当网端是中等尺度参考网,即参考站之间的站间距在百余公里,有必要引入电离层加权模型,其优势在于能够增强PPP-RTK函数模型.此外,从非差非组合观测值层面出发,其能够兼容单/双频用户.然而,单凭卫星导航定位技术很难在复杂环境下提供连续导航定位服务.本文从理论到应用,基于非差非组合电离层加权PPP-RTK模型,构建了单/双频PPP-RTK/INS紧组合模型.在距离最近参考站约70 km的区域进行了两次车载实验,并分别利用单/双频PPP-RTK以及PPP-RTK/INS紧组合模型的实时处理结果进行分析.结果表明,双频PPP-RTK/INS紧组合在半城市环境能从分米级定位提升至厘米级定位,重收敛时间从11 s提升至3.6 s.以水平偏差小于0.2 m评估定位可用率,双频PPP-RTK/INS紧组合模型在半城市环境和复杂城市环境中分别可实现100%和96.97%.考虑车道级定位,单频PPP-RTK/INS紧组合模型在半城市和复杂城市环境内分别可实现分米以及亚米级定位,其在水平偏差在0.5 m内的可用率分别为98.97%和76.1%.

     

附加电离层延迟约束的实时动态PPP快速重新初始化方法

传统模式下,由于卫星信号中断等原因导致的实时动态PPP重新初始化问题将严重影响PPP的实际应用效果.针对上述问题,本文提出了一种有效的解决思路,首先设计了电离层延迟变化预报模型,并提出预报信息的定权方法,进而将上述预报结果作为虚拟观测值,联合历元间/星间差分观测数据估计得到周跳参数浮点解,并尝试固定,从而实现PPP快速重新初始化.该方法通过实现电离层预报结果权重的自适应确定,改善了参数估计结果的精度,提高了周跳修复成功率及可靠性.利用不同区域和不同时期的大量观测数据分析表明,周跳修复效果与测站位置、太阳活动及中断时长存在密切关系,当中断时间较短（90 s以内）时,均可以获得较高的成功率,平均达到90%以上,由此验证了本方法的有效性;随着中断时长进一步增大,不同地区和太阳活动情形下的修复效果存在显著差异,纬度越低,太阳活动越剧烈,成功率越低.     

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.     

一种基于LEO卫星信标的电离层层析成像新算法

LEO卫星信标是电离层监测的重要手段之一. 利用电离层层析成像算法, LEO卫星信标能够实现区域电离层电子密度的快速重构. 针对LEO卫星信标的特点, 本文提出了一种函数基模型与像素基模型组合的电离层层析成像新算法. 选择差分相对电离层总电子含量作为输入数据源, 先通过函数基模型法获取电离层电子密度初始分布, 再利用像素基模型法对初始分布进行二次迭代重构, 该方法可有效降低电离层层析成像对背景电离层模型的依赖, 同时能够实现电离层小尺度扰动结构的有效反演. 利用数值仿真方法及低纬度电离层层析成像网的实测数据的反演结果验证了本文提出的新算法的可行性和可靠性.