Spatiotemporal Characteristics of the Nighttime High-Latitude Ionospheric Electric Field Based on CSES Observations
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摘要: 电离层电场是磁层-电离层耦合过程中的关键物理量,其时空分布特征对理解空间电动力学过程及空间天气演化具有重要意义。本文利用张衡一号卫星电场探测仪(EFD)在一年时间尺度内获取的重访轨道观测数据,在地心地固坐标系(ECEF)下系统研究了夜侧高纬电离层电场的时空变化特征。首先对电场三分量波形数据进行预处理,并统计分析其在65°S–65°N纬度范围内的全年分布结构;在此基础上选取多个固定纬度位置,对电场Y分量(Ey)的时间序列变化进行分析,以揭示其年内变化规律。同时利用电场仪VLF频段功率谱密度(PSD)数据,对11.5–12 kHz频段电场扰动能量的纬向分布及时间变化特征进行了统计研究。结果表明:在固定重访轨道条件下,电场三分量随纬度变化呈现稳定的大尺度空间结构,其中Ey对电场变化最为敏感,并在固定纬度位置上表现出明显的阶段性年内变化特征,且其变化幅度随纬度升高而增强。在VLF频段,功率谱密度整体呈现“中纬稳定、高纬增强”的空间分布特征,高纬区域更容易出现显著的电磁扰动增强事件。研究结果表明,夜侧高纬电离层电场及其电磁扰动能量在年内尺度上具有明显的时空变化规律。本研究为理解高纬电离层电动力学过程及磁层-电离层耦合机制提供了新的卫星观测证据。Abstract: The ionospheric electric field is a crucial parameter in magnetosphere–ionosphere coupling, and its spatiotemporal distribution is fundamental to understanding space electrodynamics and space weather evolution. This study utilizes one year of revisit-orbit observations from the Electric Field Detector (EFD) aboard the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES) to systematically analyze the spatiotemporal characteristics of the nighttime high-latitude ionospheric electric field in the Earth-Centered Earth-Fixed (ECEF) coordinate system. First, waveform data for the three electric field components were preprocessed, and their statistical distributions over a full year were analyzed across latitudes from 65°S to 65°N. Subsequently, temporal variations of the Y-component (Ey) were examined at selected fixed latitudes to characterize its annual evolution. In parallel, power spectral density (PSD) data from the EFD’s VLF band were used to investigate the latitudinal and temporal patterns of electric field disturbance energy in the 11.5–12 kHz range. The results reveal that, under fixed revisit-orbit conditions, the three electric field components exhibit a stable large-scale spatial structure as a function of latitude. Among them, Ey is the most sensitive indicator of electric field variations, displaying pronounced stage-like annual variations at fixed latitudes, with the amplitude increasing toward higher latitudes. In the VLF band, the PSD generally exhibits a latitudinal pattern characterized by stable values at middle latitudes and enhanced intensities at high latitudes, where significant electromagnetic disturbances are more likely to occur. These findings demonstrate that the nighttime high-latitude ionospheric electric field and its associated electromagnetic disturbance energy exhibit pronounced spatiotemporal variability on an annual scale. This study provides new observational evidence from satellite measurements for understanding high-latitude ionospheric electrodynamics and magnetosphere–ionosphere coupling mechanisms.
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