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研究生： 黎藹琳
Lai, Ai-Lin
論文名稱： 應用福衛三號小型電離層光度計之觀測資料分析探討極光區之範圍
Determination of the Auroral Oval Region Based on FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Tiny Ionospheric Photometer Data
指導教授： 談永頤
Tam, Wing-Yee
學位類別： 碩士
Master
系所名稱： 理學院 - 太空天文與電漿科學研究所
Institute of Space, Astrophysical and Plasma Sciences(ISAPS)
論文出版年： 2010
畢業學年度： 98
語文別： 英文
論文頁數： 90
中文關鍵詞： 福衛三號 、小型電離層光度計 、極光圈 、極光區電噴流
外文關鍵詞： FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC, Tiny Ionospheric Photometer, Auroral Ovals, Auroral Electrojets
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    • 福衛三號小型電離層光度計用以量測135.6nm 波段的輻射光，為高空間解析度可計算水平方向的電離層結構，夜晚時此輻射光會隨著電離層電子密度的改變而改變。此篇研究中，我們使用2006年八月至2009年八月此光度計在北半球夜晚部分的衛星資料搭配量測地球磁場擾動的指標之一，AE指標，並以機率統計的方式定義出一種係數，此係數用於表示光度計測得之輻射光與AE指標的相關性。
    本篇研究主要目的為利用此係數模式計算出在不同強度的地球磁場擾動下極光圈的邊界範圍，進一步比較極光圈範圍內光度計的輻射光與地球磁場擾動的相關性。研究結果顯示，當地球磁場擾動增強時，極光圈的邊界範圍會向赤道方向移動，而平均寬度則大致保持相同約 地磁緯度，隨著地磁當地時間不同極光圈的邊界範圍及寬度也有所不同。另外，當受到沈降粒子進入地球使得極光區電噴流增強進而增加地球磁場擾動，其影響的地磁緯度範圍也會增加，已於此篇研究結果作為驗證。

    The Tiny Ionospheric Photometer (TIP) on FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC measures the radiance due to the emission at 135.6 nm with high spatial resolution of the horizontal structure of the ionosphere. During nighttime, this radiance varies with the electron density in the ionosphere below the satellite. In this research, we use both the nighttime data of TIP measurements, Auroral Electrojet index (AE index) from 2006 August to 2009 August, and apply the probability theory to define a coefficient statistically. The coefficient represents the relationships between the radiance measured by TIP and AE index.
    The major purpose of this thesis is to apply the coefficient to determine the auroral oval boundaries during different intensities of geomagnetic disturbances. Furthermore, we investigate the relations of radiance and AE index inside the auroral oval. The results show that the auroral oval boundaries shift equatorward when geomagnetic disturbances increase, and the average widths of the auroral oval remain constant around magnetic latitudes. The auroral oval boundaries and widths vary with different magnetic local time. In addition, during precipitation of energetic particles down to the auroral oval, the auroral electrojet currents are enhanced, AE index are also affected by these currents. As AE increases, this can extend to higher and lower magnetic latitudes and the scenario is consistent with the results of this research.

    摘要 II ABSTRACT III ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS V CONTENTS VII LIST OF FIGURES IX LIST OF TABLES XIII 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background 1 1.1.1 Introduction to the Auroral Oval 1 1.1.2 Auroral Particle Precipitation 2 1.1.3 Brief Introduction to Ionosphere 3 1.2 Motivation and Objectives 6 1.3 Thesis Outline 7 2 INSTRUMENT AND OBSERVATIONS 8 2.1 Introduction to FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC 8 2.2 Introduciton to the Instrument 9 2.2.1 GPS Occultation Experiment(GOX) 9 2.2.2 Tiny Ionospheric Photometer(TIP) 9 2.3 Chemical Reaction Processes Related to TIP Measurements 11 2.4 Measurement of TIP 15 3 DATA PROCESSING 16 3.1 Data Processing of AE Index 16 3.1.1 Introduction to Auroral Electrojet(AE)Indices 16 3.1.2 Interpolation of AE Values 21 3.2 Introduciton to TIP Data 22 3.3 Process of Filtering TIP Data 25 4 METHODOLOGY 34 4.1 Introduction to Probability Density Function 34 4.1.1 Definition of Probability Density Functions 34 4.1.2 Application of Probability Density Functions 34 4.1.3 Discussion of PDFs for the Three Examples 38 4.2 Introduction to Cumulative Distribution Functions 39 4.2.1 Definition of Cumulative Distribution Functions 39 4.2.2 Comparison of Distributions using CDFs 41 4.2.3 Application of CDFs 44 4.2.4 Examples of the Application of Coefficients ƒ 51 4.3 Finding the Locations of the Boundaries of the Auroral Oval 54 4.3.1 Superposition of Data 54 4.3.2 Determining the Boundaries of Auroral Oval 56 4.3.3 Finding Boundaries Based on the Probabilities 59 4.3.3.1 Determination of the Peak Magnetic Latitude of Pp 59 4.3.3.2 Profile of Pp Relative to the Peak Magnetic Latitude 60 4.3.3.3 Determination of Boundaries 61 4.3.3.4 Additional Criterion for Boundaries under Special Circumstances 62 5 OBSERVATION AND DISCUSSIONS 65 5.1 Determination and Discussions of the Boundaries 65 5.2 Comparison of Coefficients in the Auroral Oval 78 6 CONCLUSIONS 85 6.1 Concluding Remarks 85 6.2 Future Works 85 REFERENCES 87 VITA 90

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    Reference Websites:
    1.AE values:http://wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp
    2.TIP measurements:http://tacc.cwb.gov.tw/cdaac

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