A case study of the large-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances in the eastern Asian sector during the 2015 St. Patrick's Day geomagnetic storm

doi:10.5194/angeo-37-673-2019

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	A case study of the large-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances in the eastern Asian sector during the 2015 St. Patrick's Day geomagnetic storm
	Liu, Jing 1; Zhang, Dong-He 1; Coster, Anthea J.2; Zhang, Shun-Rong 2; Ma, Guan-Yi 3; Hao, Yong-Qiang 1; Xiao, Zuo 1
刊名	ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE
	2019-08-05
卷号	37 期号:4 页码:673-687
ISSN号	0992-7689
DOI	10.5194/angeo-37-673-2019
英文摘要	This study presents a comprehensive observation of the large-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances (LSTIDs) in the eastern Asian sector during the 2015 St. Patrick's Day (17 March 2015) geomagnetic storm. For the first time, three dense networks of GPS receivers in China and Japan are combined together to obtain the two-dimensional (2-D) vertical total electron content (VTEC) perturbation maps in a wider longitudinal range than previous studies in this region. Results show that an LSTID spanning at least 60 degrees in longitude (80-140 degrees E) occurs as a result of possible atmospheric gravity waves (AGWs) propagating from high to lower latitudes at around 09:40-11:40UT (universal time), and the crest of this LSTID shows a tendency of dissipation starting from the eastern side. The manifestation of the 2-D VTEC perturbation maps is in good agreement with the recordings from two high-frequency Doppler sounders and the iso-frequency lines from eight ionosondes. Then, the propagation parameters of the LSTIDs are estimated by applying least-square fitting methods to the distinct structures in the 2-D VTEC perturbation plots. In general, the propagation parameters are observably longitudinally dependent. For example, the propagation direction is almost due southward between 105 and 115 degrees E, while it is slightly southwest and southeast in the western and eastern sides of this region. This feature is probably related to the regional geomagnetic declination. The mean values of the period, trough velocity (V-t), crest velocity (V-c), and wavelength of the LSTIDs in the studied longitudinal bands are 74.8 +/- 1.4 min, 578 +/- 16 m s(-1), 617 +/- 23 m s(-1), and 2691 +/- 80 km, respectively. Finally, using the VTEC map data from the Madrigal database of the MIT Haystack Observatory, the characteristics of the ionospheric disturbances over the European sector (30-70 degrees N, 10-20 degrees E) are also studied. The results are very different from those in the eastern Asian sector in parameters like the occurrence time, oscillation period, and propagation velocities.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41674157]
WOS关键词	ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY-WAVES ; TOTAL ELECTRON-CONTENT ; GPS NETWORKS ; NORTH ; PROPAGATION ; TIDS ; PERTURBATIONS ; AMERICA ; ORIGIN ; JAPAN
WOS研究方向	Astronomy & Astrophysics ; Geology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
语种	英语
出版者	COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
WOS记录号	WOS:000478739200001
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.bao.ac.cn/handle/114a11/27205]
专题	中国科学院国家天文台
通讯作者	Zhang, Dong-He
作者单位	1.Peking Univ, Dept Geophys, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 2.MIT, Haystack Observ, Westford, MA 01886 USA 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Astron Observ, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Liu, Jing,Zhang, Dong-He,Coster, Anthea J.,et al. A case study of the large-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances in the eastern Asian sector during the 2015 St. Patrick's Day geomagnetic storm[J]. ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE,2019,37(4):673-687.
APA	Liu, Jing.,Zhang, Dong-He.,Coster, Anthea J..,Zhang, Shun-Rong.,Ma, Guan-Yi.,...&Xiao, Zuo.(2019).A case study of the large-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances in the eastern Asian sector during the 2015 St. Patrick's Day geomagnetic storm.ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE,37(4),673-687.
MLA	Liu, Jing,et al."A case study of the large-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances in the eastern Asian sector during the 2015 St. Patrick's Day geomagnetic storm".ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE 37.4(2019):673-687.