Multi-beam sounding ionograms in the polar cap region: Absorption induced by proton precipitations

被引:7
作者
Moskaleva, E. V. [1 ]
Zaalov, N. Y. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ St Petersburg, St Petersburg, Russia
关键词
Propagation HF waves; Ionogram; Polar cap; PROPAGATION; PATCHES; PATHS;
D O I
10.1016/j.asr.2014.07.006
中图分类号
V [航空、航天];
学科分类号
08 ; 0825 ;
摘要
The simulation of the multi-beam ionograms in the polar cap region, assessing absorption effect is performed. It is reasonable to distinguish among four different mechanisms responsible for absorption: regular absorption due to solar UV illumination, absorption associated with energetic particles precipitation, absorption connected with X-rays flare and additional absorption in Auroral oval area. In this paper the absorption attributed to proton precipitations is envisaged. The computational model of the high-latitude ionosphere with irregularities oriented to application for the high frequency wave propagation problem was elaborated (Zaalov et al., 2005). A number of the quasi-vertical ionograms in the polar cap region were simulated on the basis of this model. A well-known algorithm (Sauer and Wilkinson, 2008) is applied for the absorption effects calculation. The simulated high-latitude ionograms with the absorption effect and the measured ionograms exhibit quite a good resemblance. This paper illustrates the importance of the understanding and taking into account the absorption effect in the presence of the various structural features in the polar ionosphere (in particular, patches of enhanced electron density) in interpreting ionosonde data. (C) 2014 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:1743 / 1750
页数:8
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