Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019

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P (Space and Planetary Sciences ) » P-EM Solar-Terrestrial Sciences, Space Electromagnetism & Space Environment

[P-EM09] Vertical coupling in the atmosphere and Ionosphere

Wed. May 29, 2019 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM A03 (TOKYO BAY MAKUHARI HALL)

convener:Huixin Liu(Earth and Planetary Science Division, Kyushu University SERC, Kyushu University), Loren Chang(Institute of Space Science, National Central University), Yuichi Otsuka(Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University), Chairperson:Patrick Espy(Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Astrid Maute(National Center for Atmospheric Research, US)

2:55 PM - 3:15 PM

[PEM09-05] Ionospheric Variability Associated with the Quasi-6-day Planetary Wave

★Invited Papers

*Yosuke Yamazaki1 (1.GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences)

Keywords:ionosphere/thermosphere, quasi-6-day wave, equatorial region

The state of the ionosphere varies from day to day. This is partly due to atmospheric waves that propagate to the upper atmosphere from below. The present study investigates the ionospheric variability associated with the quasi-6-day wave (Q6DW), which is a westward-traveling planetary wave with zonal wave number s=1 and period around t=6d. First, the Q6DW effect on the equatorial ionospheric electric field is examined using the equatorial electrojet measurements from CHAMP and Swarm satellites, as well as ground-based magnetometer and radar observations. Case studies are presented where westward-propagating disturbances with s=1 and t~6d are observed in the daytime equatorial ionospheric electric field. Geopotential height measurements from the Aura satellite confirm the presence of the Q6DW in the lower thermosphere during those events. Next, the impact of the Q6DW on the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) is assessed using global maps of total electron content (TEC) from Global Positioning System data. It is shown that the amplitude of the Q6DW in TEC is largest at the EIA crest latitudes and its intra-annual variability closely follows the Q6DW variability in the lower thermosphere.