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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS
卷 119, 期 8, 页码 -出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2014JA019996
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- China (CRIRP)
- France (CNRS)
- Finland (SA)
- Germany (DFG)
- Japan (NIPR)
- Japan (STEL)
- Norway (NFR)
- Sweden (VR)
- United Kingdom (NERC)
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [13J00048, 26247082] Funding Source: KAKEN
We have conducted a statistical analysis of the ionospheric F region trough, focusing on its seasonal variation and solar activity dependence under geomagnetically quiet and moderate conditions, using plasma parameter data obtained via Common Program 3 observations performed by the European Incoherent Scatter (EISCAT) radar between 1982 and 2011. We have confirmed that there is a major difference in frictional heating between the high-and low-latitude sides of the EISCAT field of view (FOV) at similar to 73 degrees 0'N-60 degrees 5'N (geomagnetic latitude) at an altitude of 325 km, which is associated with trough formation. Our statistical results show that the high-latitude and midlatitude troughs occur on the high- and low-latitude sides of the FOV, respectively. Seasonal variations indicate that dissociative recombination accompanied by frictional heating is a main cause of trough formation in sunlit regions. During summer, therefore, the occurrence rate is maintained at 80-90% in the postmidnight high-latitude region owing to frictional heating by eastward return flow. Solar activity dependence on trough formation indicates that field-aligned currents modulate the occurrence rate of the trough during the winter and equinox seasons. In addition, the trough becomes deeper via dissociative recombination caused by an increased ion temperature with F-10.7, at least in the equinox and summer seasons but not in winter.
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