Variation of ionospheric slab thickness analysis using GPS observations at Qingdao
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摘要: 基于青岛站2000年8月至2006年4月间半个太阳活动周的GPS和测高仪的同步观测,提取期间的电离层TEC和 fo F2的小时观测数据,联合分析该地区电离层板厚的日变化、季节变化和随太阳活动变化,研究表明青岛地区电离层板厚在日出前时段出现明显的增强峰,并随季节和太阳活动呈现出较复杂的变化关系.利用板厚的相对偏差,探讨了电离层板厚扰动变化分布特征.Abstract: The slab thickness is an important ionospheric parameter and is defined as the ratio of the total electron content (TEC) to the F2-layer peak electron density (NmF2). The variation of ionospheric slab thickness is analyzed by using GPS and ionosonde observations from August 2000 to April 2006 at Qingdao (120.3oE, 36.0o N). An enhanced peak of slab thickness occurs around 04-06LT in different season and solar activity. The slab thickness changes mainly between 200 and 500 kilometers. The slab thickness is greater for day-time in summer and for night-time in winter. The slab thickness of day-time reduces with the degradation of solar activity at same season, but the one of night-time changes less between high and low solar activities. Moreover, analyzes the distribution of the relative deviation of slab thickness and finds the perturbation of slab thickness happens easier in night-time than day-time.
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Key words:
- ionosonde /
- TEC /
- ionospheric slab thickness /
- fo F2
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