Yakutsk, Russian Federation
Yakutsk, Russian Federation
Yakutsk, Russian Federation
We present results of modeling of the electron temperature distribution in the F region of the subauroral ionosphere for different helio-geomagnetic conditions with consideration for magnetospheric heat fluxes. It is shown that under quiet geomagnetic condi-tions during a winter period in the dawn and dusk sec-tors “hot” zones with a higher electron temperature are formed, and under disturbed geomagnetic conditions an annular “hot” region is formed in a time interval 04–06 UT as a result of heat inflow from Earth’s magnetosphere along magnetic field lines. The analysis of the DE-2 satellite data demonstrates that such zones can be formed during geomagnetic disturbances.
subauroral ionosphere, electron temperature, heat flux, three-dimensional model, ring current, F2 region, elevated electron temperature regions, longitudinal features
INTRODUCTION
In [Koffman, 1984], the effects of electron temperature elevation in the subauroral ionosphere, i.e. “hot spots” (Te≥5000 K), were revealed by experimental data. Numerical simulation of the thermal regime of the high-latitude ionosphere based on Lagrange approach has been discussed in a number of works [Schunk et al., 1986; Klimenko et al., 1991; Mingalev et al., 2002], which analyzed, in particular, the reasons for the formation of hot spots.
In this work, the effect of magnetospheric heat fluxes is studied based on the Euler approach with consideration for the displacement of poles in the electron temperature distribution in the F2 region of the high-latitude ionosphere during a winter period. We use a three-dimensional model of the high-latitude ionosphere (HLI) in Euler variables in terms of its thermal regime [Golikov et al., 2012; Gololobov et al., 2014]. The displacement of geomagnetic and geographic poles, which causes the longitudinal effect in electron density distribution, is taken into account [Kolesnic et al., 1983]. Here, we present the results of space-time distribution of the electron temperature in the F2 region for 05 and 17 UT when the Eastern and Western hemispheres were on the illuminated side. Calculations have been made for winter solstice conditions, solar minimum (F10.7=70), and moderate geomagnetic activity (Kp=3).
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