A STUDY OF ELECTRIC FIELDS IN THE HIGH-LATITUTE IONOSPHERE BY USING AURORAL RADAR SYSTEM STARE——PHYSICAL DISCUSSIONS
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摘要: 本文以极区双雷达STARE系统观测到的高纬E区电场(65°—70°范围内)之形态为基础,用简单模式法对其中部分有趣现象进行了讨论。静日(1≤Kp≤3)形态与Vasyliunas模式符合较好。其晨一昏不对称性可部分地由电导率日一夜不均匀性解释,同时也说明在磁层中亦应有晨-昏不对称因素。本文还提出了两个简单模式,以讨论扰日对流圈的西向旋转。其一讨论了场向电流一、二区的相对强度产生之效果;其二考虑了Hall和Pederson电导率之比的作用,并对此两模式进行了比较。为了进一步搞清这个问题,需对磁层过程有更多的了解,也需要对电场和场向电流进行同时性的观测。Abstract: Some features of STARE observed convection pattern both at relatively quiet days (1≤Kp≤3) and disturbed days (∑Kp>27) are discussed with simple model method.The electric field variations at quiet days are found to be reasonably in agreement with one of Vasyliunas' models.The observed deviation from the dawn-dusk symmetric pattern can be partly explained by the day-to-night gradient of the ionospheric conductivity.It also implies the existence of asymmetric factors within the magnetosphere.Two simple models are suggested to interpret the westward rotation of the convection pattern during disturbed days.The feature is referred to the effect of the relative intensity of the two field-aligned current regions in one of the models and attributed to the modulation of the ratio between the Hall and Pederson conductivities in another.The comparison between the two is made and it is shown that in order to make clear that which factor is more important the futher understanding of the magnetosphere and the simultaneous observations of E-field,field-aligned current are both necessary.
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