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Statistical Study of Medium-Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances Observed with a GPS Receiver Network in Japan

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Using densely spaced GPS receivers in Japan, we investigated two-dimensional maps of total electron content (TEC) perturbations with a spatial resolution of 0.15×0.15° in longitude and latitude to reveal the statistical characteristics of medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances (MSTIDs). We found that MSTIDs can be categorized into three groups: daytime, nighttime, and dawn and dusk MSTIDs. Daytime MSTIDs frequently occur in winter and tend to propagate southeastward. We speculate that daytime MSTIDs are caused by atmospheric gravity waves in the thermosphere. Nighttime MSTIDs frequently occur in summer and propagate southwestward. This propagation direction supports the notion that polarization electric fields could play an important role in generating nighttime MSTIDs. Dawn and dusk MSTIDs frequently occur in summer and propagate eastward and north-northwestward, respectively.

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GEONET GPS data were provided by the Geographical Survey Institute of Japan.

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  1. Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

    Y. Otsuka, N. Kotake & K. Shiokawa

  2. Mitsubishi Electric, Tokyo, Japan

    N. Kotake

  3. National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan

    T. Ogawa & T. Tsugawa

  4. Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    A. Saito

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Otsuka, Y., Kotake, N., Shiokawa, K., Ogawa, T., Tsugawa, T., Saito, A. (2011). Statistical Study of Medium-Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances Observed with a GPS Receiver Network in Japan. In: Abdu, M., Pancheva, D. (eds) Aeronomy of the Earth's Atmosphere and Ionosphere. IAGA Special Sopron Book Series, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0326-1_21

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