Modes of Daily Mean Thermospheric ΣO/N2 Variability Over a Solar Cycle Observed by TIMED/GUVI

IF 2.6 2区 地球科学 Q2 ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
C. E. Cantrall, Y. Zhang, L. J. Paxton, R. K. Schaefer
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The relative column abundance of monatomic oxygen to molecular nitrogen (ΣO/N2) in the lower thermosphere has been measured for over two decades by TIMED/GUVI. This data set provides an opportunity to assess how well current empirical thermosphere climatologies reproduce observed composition variations on timescales of days to a solar cycle. Here, we characterize and compare the primary modes of daily mean thermospheric ΣO/N2 variability measured by TIMED/GUVI and generated from NRLMSIS 2.0 over a solar cycle from 2008 to 2019 using principal component analysis. The geophysical significance of these modes and their dependence on solar and geomagnetic drivers is further determined. We find that the ΣO/N2 variability over this period observed by GUVI is dominated by three distinct modes; two associated with intra-annual variations, that is, the annual and semiannual oscillations (AO and SAO), and one associated with the response to geomagnetic activity. These three modes account for 88% of the total global variability over the time period; the AO accounts for 53%, the SAO accounts for 28%, and geomagnetic activity response accounts for 7%. The separation of the AO and SAO denotes unique spatial structures and driver modulation for each of these modes. NRLMSIS 2.0 shows strong agreement with GUVI for the geomagnetic activity mode. In contrast, the two modes associated with intra-annual variations displayed different spatial structures and dependencies on solar-geomagnetic conditions, particularly solar EUV radiative flux, compared to GUVI. These results highlight important discrepancies in intra-annual variations of composition in the lower thermosphere between the NRLMSIS climatology and long-term GUVI observations.

用TIMED/GUVI观测太阳周期内日平均热层ΣO/N2变率的模态
利用TIMED/GUVI对低层热层中单原子氧与分子氮(ΣO/N2)的相对柱丰度进行了20多年的测量。该数据集提供了一个机会来评估当前的经验热层气候学如何很好地再现观测到的以日为一个太阳周期的时间尺度上的成分变化。本文利用主成分分析方法,对2008 - 2019年一个太阳周期内由TIMED/GUVI测量和NRLMSIS 2.0生成的日平均热层ΣO/N2变率的主要模态进行了表征和比较。进一步确定了这些模态的地球物理意义及其对太阳和地磁驱动的依赖。GUVI观测到的这一时期ΣO/N2变率主要由三种不同的模态主导;两个与年内变化有关,即年度和半年度振荡(AO和SAO),另一个与地磁活动的响应有关。这三种模态在一定时期内占全球总变率的88%;AO占53%,SAO占28%,地磁活动响应占7%。AO和SAO的分离表示每个模式的独特空间结构和驱动调制。NRLMSIS 2.0在地磁活动模式上与GUVI具有较强的一致性。与GUVI相比,与年内变化相关的两种模态表现出不同的空间结构和对太阳地磁条件的依赖关系,特别是太阳EUV辐射通量。这些结果突出了NRLMSIS气候学与长期GUVI观测之间低层热层成分年际变化的重要差异。
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics Earth and Planetary Sciences-Geophysics
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