• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.117-126
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• 2022

The Ionospheric Anomaly Monitoring by Magnetometer And Plasma-probe (IAMMAP) is one of the scientific instruments for the Compact Advanced Satellite 500-3 (CAS 500-3) which is planned to be launched by Korean Space Launch Vehicle in 2024. The main scientific objective of IAMMAP is to understand the complicated correlation between the equatorial electro-jet (EEJ) and the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) which play important roles in the dynamics of the ionospheric plasma in the dayside equator region. IAMMAP consists of an impedance probe (IP) for precise plasma measurement and magnetometers for EEJ current estimation. The designated sun-synchronous orbit along the quasi-meridional plane makes the instrument suitable for studying the EIA and EEJ. The newly-devised IP is expected to obtain the electron density of the ionosphere with unprecedented precision by measuring the upper-hybrid frequency (f_UHR) of the ionospheric plasma, which is not affected by the satellite geometry, the spacecraft potential, or contamination unlike conventional Langmuir probes. A set of temperature-tolerant precision fluxgate magnetometers, called Adaptive In-phase MAGnetometer, is employed also for studying the complicated current system in the ionosphere and magnetosphere, which is particularly related with the EEJ caused by the potential difference along the zonal direction.

• 우주기술과 응용
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.239-256
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• 2023

지구 전리권은 고층대기의 일부가 이온화되어 전파에 영향을 주는 플라즈마 상태로 존재하는 영역으로 통신과 관련하여 실생활에 직접적으로 영향을 주어 오랜 기간 연구되어온 분야이다. 고도에 따라 전자밀도를 이루는 주된 이온에 따라 D-층, E-층, F-층으로 구분되며, 전자 밀도에 비해 중성대기 밀도가 매우 커서 그 영향을 고려한 플라즈마로 기술되어야 한다. 또한 태양에서 시작되어 지표면에 이르는 영역까지 전리권 외부의 영향이 직접적으로 반영되는 영역으로 복잡하고 다양한 영역의 연구가 연관되는 분야이다. 본 논문에서는 지구 고층대기가 이온화되어 전리권을 형성하는 과정을 설명하고 중·저위도 전리권의 특성에 대해 소개하였다. 또한 현재까지 전리권과 관련하여 국내 연구자들이 참여한 연구를 소개하고 향후 전리권 연구 분야의 교류 활성화에 활용되기를 기대한다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2003

SPS(Space Physics Sensor)는 1999년 발사된 다목적 실용 위성 1호(KOMPSAT-I)에 실린 관측 장비로서, 태양 활동 극대기인 2000년 6월부터 2001년 8월까지 지구 이온층에 관한 자료를 지구로 전송하였다. 이 자료 중 때때로 저위도 지역에서 급격한 플라즈마 밀도 증가 현상을 볼 수 있었다. 이러한 현상의 통계적 분포를 살펴본 결과, 지구 자기장이 약한 대서양 지역과 하와이 지역에서 발생 확률이 가장 높으며, 지자기 활동성 지수인 Dst나 태양 활동성을 나타내는 F10.7지수와는 특별한 상관관계가 없다는 사실을 확인할 수 있었다. 밀도 증가 지역 내의 전자 온도 변화는 개별 사건마다 증가, 유지, 또는 감소를 보이고 있으나, 온도가 급격히 감소하는 경우가 지배적이었다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.231-239
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• 2013

To identify seasonal and latitudinal variations of F2 layer during magnetic storm, we examine the change of daily averages of foF2 observed at Kokubunji and Hobart during high (2000~2002) and low (2006~2008) solar activity intervals. It is found that geomagnetic activity has a different effect on the ionospheric F2-layer electron density variation for different seasons and different latitudes. We, thus, investigate how the change of geomagnetic activity affects the ionospheric F2-layer electron density with season and latitude. For this purpose, two magnetic storms occurred in equinox (31 March 2001) and solstice (20 November 2003) seasons are selected. Then we investigate foF2, which are observed at Kokubunji, Townsville, Brisbane, Canberra and Hobart, Dst index, Ap index, and AE index for the two magnetic storm periods. These observatories have similar geomagnetic longitude, but have different latitude. Furthermore, we investigate the relation between the foF2 and the [O]/[$N_2$] ratio and TEC variations during 19-22 November 2003 magnetic storm period. As a result, we find that the latitudinal variations of [O]/[$N_2$] ratio and TEC are closely related with the latitudinal variation of foF2. Therefore, we conclude that the seasonal and latitudinal variations of foF2 during magnetic storm are caused by the seasonal and latitudinal variations of mean meridional circulation of the thermosphere, particularly upwelling and downwelling of neutral atmosphere during magnetic storm.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2023

Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) and Korea Astronomy and Space Institute (KASI) have been participating in the European Incoherent Scatter (EISCAT) Scientific Association as an affiliate institution in order to observe the polar ionosphere since 2015. During the period of December 16-21, 2016 and January 3-9, 2018, the observations for the polar ionospheric parameters such as the electron density profiles, ion drift, and electron/ion temperature are carried out in the polar cap/cusp region by the EISCAT Svalbard radar (ESR). The purpose of the observations is to investigate the characteristic of the winter ionosphere in the dayside polar cap/cusp region. In this paper, we briefly report the results of the ESR observations for winter daytime ionosphere and also the simultaneous observations for the ionosphere-thermosphere system together with the balloon-borne instrument High-Altitude Interferometer WIND Experiment (HIWIND) performed by the High Altitude Observatory (HAO), National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). We further introduce our research activities using long-term EISCAT observations for the occurrence of ion upflow and the climatology of the polar ionospheric density profiles in comparison with the mid-latitude ionosphere. Finally, our future research plans will briefly be introduced.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.133-140
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• 2002

다목적 실용 위성 1호는 1999년에 발사되어 운용되고 있으며 , 과학 탑재체로 우주과학센서(Space Physics Sensor)를 탑재하고 있다. 이중 SPS IMS는 2000년 6월부터 2001년 8월에 이르는 태양 활동 극대기 동안 지구 이온층에 관한 정보를 지상으로 전송하였다. 다목적 실용위성 1호가 적도지 역을 통과할 때 전자 밀도가 급격 히 감소하는 플라즈마 밀도 불균일 현상(equatorial bubble)이 자주 관측되었다. SPS IMS가 운용된 기간 동안의 데이터를 통계적으로 분석 한 결과, equatorial bubble 현상은 지구 자기장의 크기가 약한 대서양 지역에서 자주 일어났고, 또한 Kp 간이 낮을 때에 더욱 빈번하게 발생하였다. 이는 기존의 DMSP위성을 통한 관측 결과 및 페루 지역의 라디오 관측 결과 등과 상당한 수준의 일치를 보이고 있다. 밀도 불균일 지역 내의 전자 온도 변화는 전자 밀도 변화와 다양한 상관 관계를 나타낸다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.69-88
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• 1992

전파 전파에 있어서 전리층의 영향은 산란, 감쇄, 각오차, 위치오차, 및 시간 지연등이다. 적당한 전리층 조건 아래서 하전입자는 전파로 부터 에너지르 뺏어 전파 감쇄의 원인이 되게 한다. 또한 전자밀도가 균일하지 않은 경로를 따라 전파가 전파되는 경우, 전파 방향, 위치, 전파 시간등에 변화가 생기게 된다. 본 논문에서는 1985년 1월 부터 1989년 10월까지 전파연구소에서 관측된 국내 전리층 관측자료를 토대로 Chapman법칙에 따른 전리층 모델을 정립 하였으며, 이로부터 전파 전파에 있어서 각 오차, 위치 오차, 시간 지연, 및 감쇄등을 주파수와 위성의 고도에 따라 고찰하여 보았다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.251-256
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• 2017

The electric coupling between the lithosphere and the ionosphere is examined. The electric field is considered as a timevarying irregular vertical Coulomb field presumably produced on the Earth's surface before an earthquake within its epicentral zone by some micro-processes in the lithosphere. It is shown that the Fourier component of this electric field with a frequency of 500 Hz and a horizontal scale-size of 100 km produces in the nighttime ionosphere of high and middle latitudes a transverse electric field with a magnitude of ~20 mV/m if the peak value of the amplitude of this Fourier component is just 30 V/m. The time-varying vertical Coulomb field with a frequency of 500 Hz penetrates from the ground into the ionosphere by a factor of ${\sim}7{\times}10^5$ more efficient than a time independent vertical electrostatic field of the same scale size. The transverse electric field with amplitude of 20 mV/m will cause perturbations in the nighttime F region electron density through heating the F region plasma resulting in a reduction of the downward plasma flux from the protonosphere and an excitation of acoustic gravity waves.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.343-352
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• 2017

A space plasma facility has been operated with a back-diffusion-type plasma source installed in a mid-sized vacuum chamber with a diameter of ~1.5 m located in Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). To generate plasma with a temperature and density similar to the ionospheric plasma, nickel wires coated with carbonate solution were used as filaments that emit thermal electrons, and the accelerated thermal electrons emitted from the heated wires collide with the neutral gas to form plasma inside the chamber. By using a disk-type Langmuir probe installed inside the vacuum chamber, the generation of plasma similar to the space environment was validated. The characteristics of the plasma according to the grid and plate anode voltages were investigated. The grid voltage of the plasma source is realized as a suitable parameter for manipulating the electron density, while the plate voltage is suitable for adjusting the electron temperature. A simple physical model based on the collision cross-section of electron impact on nitrogen molecule was established to explain the plasma generation mechanism.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 1998년도 Proceedings of International Symposium on Remote Sensing
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• pp.355-360
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• 1998

A small package of plasma instruments, Space Physics Sensor, will monitor the space environment and its effects on microelectronics in the low altitude region as it operates on board the KOMPSAT-1 from 1999 over the maximum of the solar cycle 23. The Space Physics Sensor (SPS) consists of two parts: the Ionospheric Measurement Sensor (IMS) and the High Energy Particle Detector (HEPD). IMS will make in situ Measurements of the thermal electron density and temperature, and is expected to provide a global map of the thermal electron characteristics and the variability according to the solar and geomagnetic activity in the high altitude ionosphere of the KOMPSAT-t orbit. HEPD will measure the fluxes of high energy protons and electrons, monitor the single event upsets caused by these energetic charged particles, and give the information of the total radiation dose received by the spacecraft. The continuous operation of these sensors, along with the ground measurements such as incoherent scatter radars, digital ionosondes and other spacecraft measurements, will enhance our understanding of this important region of practical use for the low earth orbit satellites.