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Niu Jun, Fang Hanxian, Weng Libin. Correlations between solar activity and thermospheric density[J]. Journal of Space Science, 2014, 34(1): 73-80. doi: 10.11728/cjss2014.01.073
Citation: Niu Jun, Fang Hanxian, Weng Libin. Correlations between solar activity and thermospheric density[J]. Journal of Space Science, 2014, 34(1): 73-80. doi: 10.11728/cjss2014.01.073
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Correlations between solar activity and thermospheric density

doi: 10.11728/cjss2014.01.073

  • Institute of Meteorology and Ocean, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 211101

  • Received Date: 2013-01-21
  • Rev Recd Date: 2014-04-13
  • Publish Date: 2014-01-15
    Abstract
  • The periodic characteristics of solar F10.7 index and the thermospheric density at 250km, 400km and 550km altitude have been investigated. The results show that the thermospheric density correlates well with the solar activities, and both of them have significant period of 27 days and 11 years. Besides, the thermospheric density also has 7～11 days' period, semiannual and annual variations. The response of thermospheric density lags the solar activity for three days. No matter what the level of geomagnetic activity is, the correlation between solar activity and thermospheric density at 400km is larger than 250km, minimum at 550km. The relationships between the neutral density and solar activity show linear, saturation and amplification features. The thermospheric density in higher altitude is more sensitive to the solar activities.

     

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