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Verfasst von:Pignalberi, A.
 Giannattasio, F.
 Truhlik, V.
 Coco, I.
 Pezzopane, M.
 Alberti, T.
Titel:Investigating the Main Features of the Correlation Between Electron Density and Temperature in the Topside Ionosphere Through Swarm Satellites Data
Verlagsort:Washington
Verlag:Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Jahr:2024
Umfang:21 S.
Inhalt:Electron density (Ne) and electron temperature (Te) observations collected by Langmuir Probes on board the European Space Agency (ESA) Swarm B satellite are used to characterize their correlation in the topside ionosphere at an altitude of about 500 km. Spearman correlation coefficient values (RSpearman) are calculated on joint probability distributions between Ne and Te for selected conditions. The large data set of Swarm B observations at 2‐Hz rate, covering the years 2014–2022, allowed investigating the correlation properties of the topside ionospheric plasma on a global scale, for different diurnal and seasonal conditions, with both a coverage and a detail never reached before. Results are given as maps of RSpearman as a function of the Quasi‐Dipole (QD) magnetic latitude and magnetic local time (MLT) coordinates. The characterization of the correlation at high latitudes, along with the description of the diurnal trend at all latitudes, are the new findings of this study. The main correlation features point out a negative correlation at the morning overshoot, during daytime at mid latitudes, and during nighttime at the ionospheric trough and subauroral latitudes. Conversely, a positive correlation dominates the nighttime hours at mid and low latitudes and, to a minor extent, the low latitudes from 09 MLT onwards. A seasonal dependence of the correlation is noticeable only at very high latitudes where the general pattern of the negative correlation does not hold around ±75° QD latitude in the summer season. Results from Swarm B have been statistically compared and discussed with observations from the Arecibo, Jicamarca, and Millstone Hill incoherent scatter radars. Key Points The correlation between the electron density and temperature in the topside ionosphere has been investigated through 9 years of Swarm B in‐situ observations The latitudinal, diurnal, and seasonal variations of the correlation have been studied on a global scale at an unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution First ever study of the correlation at high latitudes, which highlighted a general pattern of negative correlation except for the summer season at the polar cusp
ISSN:2169-9380
Titel Quelle:Journal of geophysical research. Space physics
Jahr Quelle:2024
Band/Heft Quelle:129, 3
DOI:doi:10.1029/2023JA032201
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 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JA032201
Sprache:English
Sach-SW:Correlation coefficient
 Correlation coefficients
 Dipoles
 Electron density
 Electron energy
 electron temperature
 Electrons
 ESA Swarm B satellite
 Incoherent scattering
 Ionosphere
 Ionospheric plasma
 Ionospheric trough
 Langmuir probes
 Latitude
 Mathematical analysis
 Night
 Satellites
 Spearman correlation coefficient
 topside ionosphere
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