Annual asymmetry in thermospheric density: Observations and simulations
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| 作者 | Lei, Jiuhou; Dou, Xiankang; Burns, Alan; Wang, Wenbin; Luan, Xiaoli; Zeng, Zhen; Xu, Jiyao |
| 刊名 | JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
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| 出版日期 | 2013 |
| 卷号 | 118期号:5页码:2503-2510 |
| 关键词 | Annual asymmetry Upper thermosphere Empirical orthogonal functions Sun-Earth distance |
| ISSN号 | 2169-9380 |
| 通讯作者 | Dou, XK (reprint author), Univ Sci & Technol China, CAS Key Lab Geospace Environm, Hefei 230026, Peoples R China. |
| 英文摘要 | In this paper, the Challenging Minisatellite Payload (CHAMP) and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) observations during 2002-2010 are utilized to study the variation of the annual asymmetry in thermospheric density at 400 km under low solar activity condition (F10.7=80) based on the method of empirical orthogonal functions (EOFs). The derived asymmetry index (AI) in thermospheric density from the EOF analysis shows a strong latitudinal variation at night but varies a little with latitudes in daytime. Moreover, it exhibits a terdiurnal tidal signature at low to middle latitudes. The global mean value of the AI is 0.191, indicating that a 47% difference in thermosphere between the December and June solstices in the global average. In addition, the NCAR Thermosphere-Ionosphere Electrodynamics Global Circulation Model (TIEGCM) is used to explore the possible mechanisms responsible for the observed annual asymmetry in thermospheric density. It is found that the standard simulations give a lower AI and also a weaker day-to-night difference. The simulated AI shows a semidiurnal pattern in the equatorial and low-latitude regions in contrast with the terdiurnal tide signature seen in the observed AI. The daily mean AI obtained from the simulation is 0.125, corresponding to a 29% December-to-June difference in thermospheric density at 400 km. Further sensitivity simulations demonstrated that the effect of the varying Sun-Earth distance between the December and June solstices is the main process responsible for the annual asymmetry in thermospheric density, while the magnetic field configuration and tides from the lower atmosphere contribute to the temporal and spatial variations of the AI. Specifically, the simulations show that the Sun-Earth distance effect explains 93% of the difference in thermospheric density between December and June, which is mainly associated with the corresponding changes in neutral temperature. However, our calculation from the density observations reveals that the varying Sun-Earth distance effect only accounts for similar to 67% of the December-to-June difference in thermosphere density, indicating that the TIEGCM might significantly underestimate the forcing originating from the lower atmosphere. |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.nssc.ac.cn/handle/122/4992]  |
| 专题 | 国家空间科学中心_空间科学部 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Lei, Jiuhou,Dou, Xiankang,Burns, Alan,et al. Annual asymmetry in thermospheric density: Observations and simulations[J]. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS,2013,118(5):2503-2510. |
| APA | Lei, Jiuhou.,Dou, Xiankang.,Burns, Alan.,Wang, Wenbin.,Luan, Xiaoli.,...&Xu, Jiyao.(2013).Annual asymmetry in thermospheric density: Observations and simulations.JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS,118(5),2503-2510. |
| MLA | Lei, Jiuhou,et al."Annual asymmetry in thermospheric density: Observations and simulations".JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS 118.5(2013):2503-2510. |
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