Affiliation:
1. Electronic Information School Wuhan University Wuhan China
2. Beijing Institute of Applied Meteorology Beijing China
3. School of Earth and Space Sciences CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment University of Science and Technology of China Hefei China
4. Beijing National Observatory of Space Environment Institute of Geology and Geophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
Abstract
AbstractThe total electron content (TEC) derived from ground‐based BeiDou geostationary orbit (GEO) satellite receivers lying on both sides of the eclipse path is used to study the ionospheric variations in southern China, particularly targeting eclipse‐induced gravity waves in the ionosphere during the annular solar eclipse on 21 June 2020. Eclipse‐induced gravity waves (GWs) signatures with periods of about 70 min, from wavelet analysis, were identified on both sides of TEC observations, which are most likely to be induced in the thermosphere. However, there were significant differences in the intensity of the gravity waves on both sides of the eclipse path, gravity waves are stronger on the northern side of the eclipse path than on the southern side. Moreover, a postponement of TEC depletion shows on the northern side of the eclipse path which is caused by the convergence effect of the wind field. And at the same obstruction rate, GWs possibly can slightly adjust the postponement of TEC depletion on a small scale.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Publisher
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Subject
Space and Planetary Science,Geophysics