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Longitude Structure of Wavenumber 4 of the Ionosphere after Midnight Based on the OI135.6 nm Night Airglow Using FY-3D Ionospheric Photometer
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  • Bin Zhang,
  • liping fu,
  • Tian Mao,
  • Xiuqing Hu,
  • Yungang Wang,
  • fang jiang,
  • Nan Jia,
  • Tianfang Wang,
  • Ruyi Peng,
  • Jing-Song Wang
Bin Zhang
National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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liping fu
Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Tian Mao
National Satellite Meteorological Center
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Xiuqing Hu
National Satellite Meteorological Center, China Meteorological Administration
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Yungang Wang
National Satellite MeteorologicalCenter
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fang jiang
National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Nan Jia
National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Tianfang Wang
National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Ruyi Peng
National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Jing-Song Wang
China Meteorological Administration
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Abstract

In this study, based on the OI135.6 nm night airglow data of the FY-3D Ionospheric Photometer (IPM) during the 2018-2021 geomagnetically quiet period, the global wavenumber 4 longitudinal structure of the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) at 2:00 local time was discovered, and the component of the wavenumber 4 was extracted from these structures. Compared with the OI135.6 nm night airglow data of the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Spectrographic Imager (SSUSI) F18 during 2011-2014, there were significant differences in the variation pattern of the relative amplitude of the two versus solar activity and the seasonal variation in the proportion of the component of the wavenumber 4. Based on the neutral wind speed observation results of Global High-Resolution Thermospheric Imaging (MIGHTI) on board the Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) from 2020-2021, the longitudinal structures of the 4 ionospheric waves after midnight are related to the cross-equatorial meridional wind. We believe that the wavenumber 4 longitudinal structures after midnight originate from the eastward nonmigrating tidal semidiurnal wave (SE2) with a wavenumber of 2 in the cross-equatorial neutral wind rather than the eastward nonmigrating tidal semidiurnal wave (DE3) with a wavenumber of 3 in from the zonal wind, which modulates the daytime wavenumber 4 longitudinal structures.
15 Mar 2024Submitted to ESS Open Archive
15 Mar 2024Published in ESS Open Archive