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The composition of the impact plasma produced by fast dust particles (v > 1 km/sec) hitting an Au or W target was measured both with a model of the HELIOS micrometeoroid experiment (low electric field at the target) and a high field detector. The plasma composition and the total plasma charge depend strongly on the impact velocity and the electric field strength at the target. Spectra of 9 different projectile-target combinations were analysed. Two types of spectra could be observed, depending on the projectile material. (1) Spectra of metals and hard dielectrics (Mohs' hardness ? 5). Particle constituents of low ionisation energy (e · u ? 7eV, e.g. Na, K, Al) dominate the spectra of these materials at impact velocities below 10 km/sec. At higher speed the relative intensities change and new ions with higher ionisation energies appear. (2) Spectra of soft dielectrics (Mohs' hardness < 3). Below 9 km/sec these materials produced less total charge than did the others. The highest masses were detected at 74 amu. The relative abundance of ions with low ionization energies such as Li, Na, K, etc. is comparatively small. Negative ions were also observed in the impact plasma. Their total number was found to be approximately 3–6% of that of the positive ions at 6 km/sec particle speed.  相似文献   

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Six values of the rate of rotation of the Earth's upper atmosphere have been obtained by analysis of the orbital inclinations of four balloon satellites in the intervals just before the final decay of their orbits. The effective heights of these results range from about 350 to about 675 km. The values themselves range from 0·8 to 1·4 times the Earth's rotation and correspond to zonal wind speeds between 100 m/sec westward and 200 m/sec eastward. All the results correspond to fairly specific local times and are consistent with a diurnal wind pattern in low latitudes having a strong eastward maximum near local midnight and a lesser westward maximum near 10:00 LT. They argue against the contention of a sharp decrease in the rate with respect to that of the Earth, which is supposed to begin at about 360 km. The factors involved in the determination of these values and the method used are discussed in considerable detail.  相似文献   

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An expression for the vertical velocity of the neutral atmosphere in the F-region is derived for Joule heating by the electric field that drives the auroral electrojet. When only vertical expansion is allowed, it is found that the vertical wind must always increase monotonically with altitude. The heating rate is proportional to the F-region ion density, so that appreciable heating, even during high electric fields, requires some production mechanism of ionization such as auroral secondary ionization or solar photoionization, in the lower F-region. Once started at night, when an ionizing source is present in the lower F-region, the expansion of the atmosphere transports ionization upward, thereby increasing the heating rate, and hence the expansion rate, i.e. positive feedback. Electric field strengths and F-region ion densities of 50 mV/m and 2 × 1011e/m3, respectively, will produce vertal neutral wind speeds of several tens of m/sec in the 300–500 km altitude range. During periods of high magnetic activity, i.e. high electric field, Joule heating can produce large increases in the relative N2 concentration in the upper F-region; computations made with a simple model suggest that tenfold increases can occur at 400 km altitude 12?1 hr after the onset of magnetic activity, a result in agreement with satellite observations. When the Joule heating theory is applied to incoherent scatter data taken during one period of high heating, the horizontal electric field in the F-region is found to decrease markedly, possibly approaching zero as the field penetrates a weak, discrete auroral arc; the decrease began 10–20 km from the arc.  相似文献   

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Observations with a meridional chain of riometers in the auroral zone show that the onset of an auroral absorption substorm is usually preceded by weak activity. This activity sometimes takes the form of a weak bay-like event, moving slowly equatorward. Its velocity (typically 200–500 m/sec) is consistent with the inward convection of energetic plasma in the magnetosphere— that is, with E × B drift in an electric field of about 1.3 mV/m. The bay intensifies as it moves, indicating energization of the plasma during convection.  相似文献   

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The Venera 8 descent module measured pressure, temperature, winds and illumination as a function of altitude in its landing on July 22, 1972, just beyond the terminator in the illuminated hemisphere of Venus. The surface temperature and pressure is 741 ± 7°K and 93 ± 1.5kgcm?2, consistent with early Venera observations and showing either no diurnal variation or insignificant diurnal variation in temperature and pressure in the vicinity of the morning terminator. The atmosphere is adiabatic down to the surface. The horizontal wind speed is low near the surface, about 35m/sec between 20 and 40km altitude, and increasing rapidly above 48km altitude to 100–140m/sec, consistent with the 4-day retrograde rotation of the ultraviolet clouds. The illumination at the center of the day hemisphere of Venus is calculated to be about 1% of the solar flux at the top of the atmosphere, consistent with greenhouse models and high enough to permit photography of the Venus surface by future missions. The attenuation below 35km altitude is explained by Rayleigh scattering with no atmospheric aerosols; above 35km there must be substantial extinction of incident light.  相似文献   

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During very intense geomagnetic storm of November 7–8, 2004 simultaneous presence of storm time disturbance dynamo and eastward and westward directed prompt penetration electric fields inferred from the ground based magnetometer data in the 75° E sector is presented. Magnetometer observations show that, on the whole, average ΔH variation on 8 November remains below the night time level compared to its quiet day variation. A number of upward and downward excursions have been observed between 0130 UT and 0800 UT in the ΔH variation on 8 November. These excursions in ΔH have been attributed to the episodes of eastward and westward prompt penetrating electric fields. Ionospheric response in the equatorial ionization anomaly region along 75° E has also been studied using the total electron content data recorded at five GPS stations, namely Udaipur, Bengaluru (IISC), Hyderabad (HYDE), Maldives (MALD) and Diego Garcia (DGAR). Observation of markedly suppressed EIA, in conjunction with ΔH variation which was m negative during the daytime on 8 November, indicates the presence of an external field of opposite polarity (the disturbance dynamo electric field) that either undermined, or overshadowed the daytime ambient (eastward) electric field to the extent that the equatorial plasma fountain could not become effective.  相似文献   

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The satellite 1970-114F, the final-stage rocket of the Molniya 1S communications satellite, decayed in the atmosphere on 3 March 1973. During the last 20 days of its life the orbit suffered exceptionally rapid decay, with the apogee height decreasing from 7000 to 1000 km while the perigee height remained near 110 km. About 650 observations, made by visual observers in Britain and by U.S. Navy sensors, have been used with the PROP6 orbit refinement program to determine orbits at 14 epochs. Although the decay rate was more than ten times greater than in any previous orbit determination with PROP, good orbits were obtained, the standard deviation in inclination being less than 0.002° on eight orbits.The combination of high drag and good accuracy allows three techniques in orbital analysis to be successfully applied for the first time. Since zonal winds have little effect on the orbit, the changes in inclination are analysed to determine meridional winds near perigee, at heights of 110–120 km, latitudes of 63–65°S, and 6–12 hr LT. The changes in right ascension of the node are also successfully analysed for the same purpose. The two methods agree in indicating a south-to-north wind of 40 ± 30 m/sec from 11 to 21 February, a geomagnetically quiet period, and a south-to-north wind averaging 150 ± 30 m/sec from 22 February to 3 March, a geomagnetically disturbed period. Thirdly, the changes in the argument of perigee are analysed to determine atmospheric oblateness, which is found to be equal to the Earth's oblateness, to within ±20%. Lastly, the drag coefficient in transition flow is evaluated and found to be 0.85 ± 0.20.  相似文献   

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A study has been undertaken of the vertical fluxes of ionization in the F2 region over Millstone Hill (L = 3.2) utilizing incoherent scatter measurements of electron density, electron and ion temperatures, ion composition and vertical velocity, made over 24-hr periods twice per month during 1969. The paper presents the results for all these parameters on five representative days, and discusses the distribution of the vertical flux observed during the daytime at other times during the year.Near noon the downward flux reached a peak near 300 km with an average value of ～3 × 109 el/cm2/sec in winter and ～1.6 × 109 el/cm2/sec in summer. The difference is thought to be real and be caused by the higher loss rates prevailing in summer. Above 550 km there is usually a transition to upward flux, which appears to be fully established by 700 km and has an average value of the order of 5 × 107 l/cm2/sec. From ion composition measurements, it appears that this flux is carried almost entirely by O+ ions to at least ～900 km, as the H+ ion concentration is small (<2% at ～775 km altitude) in this region by day. While the value of the escape flux appears in fair agreement with theoretical estimates of the limiting flux for this portion of the sunspot cycle, the extremely low H+ concentrations do not appear to be in accord with existing models.The diurnal variation of the upward flux through 650 km exhibits an abrupt onset close to the time of sunrise at the 200 km level (χ = 103°). A reversal to downward flux usually begins before sunset, often in the early afternoon.  相似文献   

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A sudden commencement occurred at 2348 UT on 15 February 1967, when the ATS-1 satellite was about 2 hr past local noon at a geocentric distance of 6.6R E. Plasma was observed by the Suprathermal Ion Detector (SID) first to flow in the antisolar direction, as expected, but then to flow westward, for about 2 min, at about 50 km/sec. Analysis of ground magnetograms suggests that the surprising westward flow, which must have involved an electric field of about 10 mV/m at 6.6R E, resulted from the ionosphere's reaction to the sudden commencement. Beginning about 2 min before the start of the westward flow at ATS-1, ground magnetometers near the foot of the ATS-1 field line typically recorded magnetic-field deflections of about 70 γ, to the northeast. No attempt is made in this paper to explain these ground observations. However, taking the ground observations, assuming a height-integrated Hall conductivity of 1 mho, and a standoff distance of 7.2R E inferred from Explorer 33 solar-wind data, we derive a magnetospheric electric field that agrees in magnitude and direction with that required to produce the observed flow at ATS-1.  相似文献   

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Dynamic behavior of the coupled ionosphere-protonosphere system in the magnetospheric convection electric field has been theoretically studied for two plasmasphere models. In the first model, it is assumed that the whole plasmasphere is in equilibrium with the underlying ionosphere in a diurnal average sense. The result for this model shows that the plasma flow between the ionosphere and the protonosphere is strongly affected by the convection electric field as a result of changes in the volume of magnetic flux tubes associated with the convective cross-L motion. Since the convection electric field is assumed to be directed from dawn to dusk, magnetic flux tubes expand on the dusk side and contract on the dawn side when rotating around the earth. The expansion of magnetic flux tubes on the dusk side causes the enhancement of the upward H+ flow, whereas the contraction on the dawn side causes the enhancement of the downward H+ flow. Consequently, the H+ density decreases on the dusk side and increases on the dawn side. It is also found that significant latitudinal variations in the ionospheric structures result from the L-dependency of these effects. In particular, the H+ density at 1000 km level becomes very low in the region of the plasmasphere bulge on the dusk side. In the second model, it is assumed that the outer portion of the plasmasphere is in the recovery state after depletions during geomagnetically disturbed periods. The result for this model shows that the upward H+ flux increases with latitude and consequently the H+ density decreases with latitude in the region of the outer plasmasphere. In summary, the present theoretical study provides a basis for comparison between the equatorial plasmapause and the trough features in the topside ionosphere.  相似文献   

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Westward electric fields of 0–0.4 mV/m well inside the plasmasphere (L ~ 2.3) are found from the measured doppler shifts and group delay times of whistler-mode signals during quiet times.  相似文献   

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The direction of motion of the auroral forms in several sectors of the auroral oval during substorms is studied. The creation phase is characterized by the equatorward displacement of the luminous region in evening (15–21 LT) and in day (09–15 LT) hours, while individual forms in the luminous region drift mainly poleward with a mean velocity of 230 m/sec in day hours and equatorward with the mean velocity of 230 m/sec in evening hours. The equatorial shift of the luminous region correlates well with the BZ-component of the interplanetary magnetic field. The onset of the displacement coincides with the southward BZ-rotation and is accompanied by auroral intensity increase for about 10–20 min.During the expansive and recovery phases the day auroras drift poleward with mean velocities of 330 and 300 m/sec, respectively. In the evening sector the individual auroral forms drift both poleward and equatorward during the expansive phase and drift mainly towards the pole during the recovery phase with a mean velocity of 200 m/sec. In the morning sector characteristics of the motion of the individual auroral forms are more complicated than in the other sectors. The well defined shifts of the luminous region are not discovered. The possible relation between the motions of individual auroral forms with the magnetosphere convection is discussed.  相似文献   

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A simple model of the motion of charged particles in the closed field line magnetic field for L ? 4·5 is used together with Injun 3 measurements of 40 keV precipitated electrons made in the northern hemisphere to estimate theoretically the extent of electron precipitation, the energy input and the 3914 Å airglow in the South Atlantic geomagnetic anomaly. Using average values of the northern hemisphere precipitated electron flux, two regions of significantly enhanced electron precipitation are found in the southern hemisphere. One occurs in the region 10–20°E and 40–50°S, with L ≈ 2, and the second near 30°E and 65°S, with L ≈ 4.5. Approximately 0.04 erg cm?2 sec?1 are deposited by 40 keV electrons for 50 per cent of the time in the first region and half that amount in the second. This increases to ～0·1 and 0·02 erg cm?2 sec?1 respectively for 15 per cent of the time for near sunspot minimum conditions. The results show a gradual increase in precipitation on the western side of the anomaly followed by a rapid increase and sudden cut-off in precipitation within a few degrees west of minimum B. The flux on L = 2 reaches a “spike” in the southern hemisphere ～f35 times greater than the average flux precipitated on L = 2 in the northern hemisphere. This increase in precipitation arises from the loss of “trapped” particles to the atmosphere where the mirror heights are lowest.  相似文献   

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The horizontal electric field has been measured with balloons over the Pacific Ocean near the Sanriku Coast in Japan. By comparing the electric-field data obtained during magnetically disturbed periods, 16–17 October 1973, 6–7 October 1975 and 3–4 October 1977, with IMF Bz, auroral zone AU and AL, equatorial Dst and Δ(Dst)Δt, mid-latitude magnetic fields (H, D, Z at Kakioka), and the ionospheric electron density (?0F2 at Kokubunji), it is found that the observed electric fields of about 9 mVm?1 made the clockwise rotation during the growth and recovery stages of the magnetospheric substorms. Relations between high and middle latitude ionospheres and between the magnetosphere and the ionosphere are discussed in relation to the origin and propagation of these electric fields.  相似文献   

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Observations are reported of field aligned etectron fluxes in the energy range 50–500 eV at altitudes below 270 km from two rocket flights in the auroral zone. The regions of field aligned suprathermal electrons occurred in bursts of a few seconds duration, and in some instances the energy of the peak field aligned flux was in the range 100–500 eV. Theoretical calculations of the pitch angle distribution were made using the Monte Carlo technique for two model atmospheres having exospheric temperatures of 750 and 1500 K bracketing the expected auroral zone exospheric temperature. The calculations were made for the case of incident field aligned suprathermal fluxes with no local parallel electric field and also for the case of a local constant parallel electric field. Comparison of theoretical and experimental pitch angle distributions showed that in one case at 270 km a parallel electric field of 1–2 mV/m fitted the data whereas another burst at 210 km required a parallel electric field of about 10 mV/m to produce a field aligned distribution of 230 eV electrons as pronounced as was observed. Furthermore in this latter case the lack of strong field alignment at 500 eV pointed to localisation of the parallel electric field to an altitude range of 20–30 km about the rocket altitude.  相似文献   

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The data from observations of the geomagnetic field, ionospheric parameters and atmospheric emissions, carried out at four midlatitude station in Bulgaria are analysed. The observations refer to the geomagnetic disturbance on 28/30 October 1973 (Kpmax = 7) and also to a very quiet period before it. It is shown that all four geomagnetic substorms during the night of 29/30 October influenced the midlatitude F-region. This is indicated by a lowering of the height of the F-region by ca. 50–70 km. Owing to this downward drift of ionisation the dissociative recombination and the intensity of the red line is accordingly increased. As an explanation of this phenomenon we suggest the action of the electric fields, which can at the same time be transported from the magnetosphere to the ionosphere.  相似文献   

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The average rotation rate of the upper atmosphere can be found by analysis of the changes in the orbital inclinations of satellites, and results previously obtained have indicated that the atmospheric rotation rate appreciably exceeds the Earth's rotation rate at heights between 200 and 400 km.We have examined all such results previously published in the light of current standards of accuracy: some are accepted, some revised, and some rejected as inadequate in accuracy. We also analyse a number of fresh orbits and, adding these to the accepted and revised previous results, we derive the variation of zonal wind speed with height and local time. The rotation rate (rev/day) averaged over all local times increases from near 1.0 at 150 km height to 1.3 near 350 km (corresponding to an average west-to-east wind of 120 m/s), and then decreases to 1.0 at 400 km and probably to about 0.8 at greater heights. The maximum west-to-east winds occur in the evening hours, 18–24 h local time: these evening winds increase to a maximum of about 150 m/s at heights near 350 km and decline to near zero around 600 km. In the morning, 4–12 h local time, the winds are east to west, with speeds of 50–100 m/s above 200 km. We also tentatively conclude that, at heights above 350 km, the average rotation rate is greater in equatorial latitudes (0–25°) than at higher latitudes.  相似文献   

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A. Seiff 《Icarus》1982,51(3):574-592
The state properties observed by Pioneer Venus experiments in Venus' mesosphere and thermosphere impose constraints on the dynamics at those altitudes and, in fact, suggest a very vigorous dynamics, by virtue of the extremely large day-night pressure contrasts. At both the morning and evening terminators, these are directed to accelerate the flow from the day hemisphere to the night, and are thus consistent with subsolar to antisolar circulation, possibly somewhat unsymmetrical. There is a major vertical contraction of the atmosphere above 100 km as it crosses the terminators, associated with the nightside cooling. Flow across both terminators is thus descending, but at rather gentle angles (～0.003 rad), and there is a consequent downward transport of composition from the dayside to the nightside. The pressure differences and gravitational acceleration in the descending flow are sufficient to generate supersonic speeds in the flow crossing the terminator in the absence of viscosity. However, the equation of continuity cannot be satisfied with such high velocities, given the measured state properties. This is interpreted to be evidence for strong viscous deceleration and dissipation at the 110 to 120-km level, and possibly extending above 120 km. The viscosity required is that of turbulent motion, rather than laminar. It is noteworthy that the basic dynamic models of Dickinson and Ridley are for laminar viscosity. With moderate flow velocities approaching the terminator (～65 m/sec), as measured by A.L. Betz et al. (1977, Proceedings, Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres, pp. 29–33), and for an essentially unaccelerated flow crossing the terminator in the presence of viscous dissipation, as indicated by the continuity equation applied to the data, the observed nightside cooling below 140 km was found to be approximately that given by the 15-μm CO2 band radiative cooling model of R.E. Dickinson (1976, Icarus27, 479–493). This may be an indirect indication that the velocities are indeed low (i.e., less than 100 m/sec) in the subsolar-antisolar circulation, and are kept low by viscous forces. Calculations based on R.E. Dickinson and E.C. Ridley's equations (1977, Icarus30, 163–178) indicate that the radiative cooling continues into the nightside at a level sufficient to approximate the observed cooling zone width. Above 140 km, where CO2 becomes a minor constituent, another cooling mechanism is needed. It is suggested that this could be vertical diffusion with long mean free path, accompanied by exchange of thermal for potential energy. This could become important on the nightside above 140 km, where the mean free path λ ～ 0.5 km, and λg/cp ～ 5°K. Below 100 km, pressures depend primarily on latitude, which, on the basis of similar conditions in the deeper atmosphere, suggests zonal flow in cyclostrophic balance. Under this assumption, pressure differences between 30 and 60° latitude indicate a peak zonal velocity of ～130 m/sec at the cloud tops. The veocity decreases above this level toward zero near 90 km. The wind profile from the north and night probes is generally similar to that obtained earlier from north-day probe pressure differences. The pressure data thus suggest the existence of two dynamical regimes, a primarily subsolar-antisolar regime above 100 km, and a cyclostrophically balanced zonal regime below 100 km, which is an upward continuation of the circulation regime of the atmosphere below the clouds.  相似文献   

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The development of an auroral absorption substorm has been studied using riometer measurements in the northern hemisphere. In the events studied, the onset is preceded by an absorption bay which begins to develop 1?112h before the onset. The bay may occur between L-values 3–19 and can cover as much as 150° of geomagnetic longitude, generally in the same longitudinal sector where the substorm breaks up and to the west of it. Whereas the substorm breaks up at or near the midnight meridian, the preceding bay may, in some geophysical conditions, appear in the afternoon sector. The preceding bay moves southward with a velocity between 60 and 600 ms?1, intensifying during the movement. This equatorward movement is consistent with an E × B drift in a cross-magnetotail electric field of between 0.5 and 1 mV m?1. The absorption at the onset exceeds that in the bay, and in the sector of break up the absorption shows a minimum just before the onset; to the west-of the break up the preceding bay continues its southward movement. In 14 cases studied, the sharp onset moved to the west with a velocity of 1–31 km s?1, median 6 km s?1. The onset was seen at higher L-values to the west than in the break-up sector. This applied also to the preceding bay. Whereas most onsets showed westward movement, in only about half of the cases studied was there movement towards the east. The injection area affected during the first minute of the onset was typically 1–2 L-value units, but as much as 30° of geomagnetic longitude. The onset later spread to cover 1–10 L-value units, and up to 130° of longitude. The contouring method used in the analysis of the data from the riometer is described in the Appendix.  相似文献   

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