Characteristics of low altitude ionospheric electric field over Hainan Island,China |
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| Authors: | RenKang Li Tao Chen Feng Man XiuJie Jiang Jing Luo ZhaoHai He HuiMing Zhang LinFeng Wang Cheng Liu Francisco Carlos de Meneses GuoJun Wang JiYao Xu |
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| Institution: | 1.State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,China;2.College of Earth Science,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,China;3.National Institute for Space Research,S?o José dos Campos,Brazil |
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| Abstract: | A sounding rocket experiment undertaken by the Chinese Meridian Project from a low latitude station on Hainan Island (19.5°N, 109.1°E), China, measured the DC electric field during 05:45–05:52 LT on April 5, 2013. The data observed using a set of electric field double probes, as part of the rocket’s scientific payload, revealed the special profile of how the vectors of the DC electric field vary with altitude between 130 and 190 km. During the experiment, the vertical electric field was downward, and the maximum vertical electric field was nearly 5.1 mV/m near the altitude of 176 km. The zonal electric field was eastward and slightly less than 0.6 mV/m. The plasma drift velocity was estimated from the E×B motion, and the zonal drift velocity was eastward and of the order of 100 m/s. The zonal wind velocity was also estimated using the drift velocity near the maximum density height in the F1-region, and it was found to be nearly 120 m/s. This work constituted the first in situ measurement of the DC electric field conducted within the F1-region (between 130 and 190 km) in the East Asian Sector. |
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