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- Title
Variations of the ionospheric TEC using simultaneous measurements from the China Crustal Movement Observation Network.
- Authors
Y. W. Wu; R. Y. Liu; B. C. Zhang; Z. S. Wu; J. S. Ping; J. M. Liu; Z. J. Hu
- Abstract
Variations of the ionospheric Total Electron Content (TEC) over China are investigated using the TEC data obtained from China Crustal Movement Observation Network in the year 2004. The results show a single-peak occurred in post-noon for the diurnal variation and two peaks exit around two equinox points, respectively, for the seasonal variation. Overall, the values of TEC increased from the north to the south of China. There were small but clear longitudinal differences in both sides of the longitudes with zero magnetic declination. The intensity of the day-to-day variation of TEC was not a monotonic change along the latitudes. It was usually weaker in the middle of China than that in the north or south. Comparing with the maximum F-layer electron density (NmF2) derived from the ionosonde stations in China, it is found that the day-to-day variation of TEC was less significant than that of NmF2, and that the northern crest of the equatorial anomaly identified from the NmF2 data can reach Guangzhou-region. While, the TEC crest was hardly observed in the same location. This is probably caused by the tilt of topside ionosphere near the northern anomaly crest region at lower latitudes.
- Subjects
CHINA; ELECTRONS; IONOSPHERIC electron density; ELECTRON distribution; MAGNETIC fields; PARTICLES (Nuclear physics); GEOGRAPHY
- Publication
Annales Geophysicae (ANGEO) (09927689), 2012, Vol 30, Issue 10, p1423
- ISSN
0992-7689
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/angeo-30-1423-2012