Study on thermosphere-ionosphere coupling by visualizations of neutral atmosphere and plasma

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20340132
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Space and upper atmospheric physics
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: WATANABE Shigeto Hokkaido University, 大学院・理学研究院, 教授 (90271577)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Keywords: 電離圏 / 熱圏 / 人工中性大気雲 / ロケット実験 / オーロラ

Research Abstract

We investigate the ionosphere-thermosphere coupling process by visualization of neutral atmosphere and plasma. The visualizations are carried out by Lithium gas releases from rockets, which are launched by NASA and JAXA/ISAS. The Lithium gas scatters sunlights with a wavelength of 670nm, and the bright gas is observed by CCD cameras with narrow band filters at 3 ground stations. From the diffusion and the movement of the Lithium gas, we estimate neutral wind velocity, density and temperature at altitudes from 100km to 300km.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] On the formation of a fast thermospheric zonal wind at the magnetic dip equator (2011)
  • Author(s): T.Kondo, A.D. Richmond, H.Liu, J.Lei, S.Watanabe
  • Journal Title: Geophys.Res.Lett. (in print)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Daytime longitudinal structures of electron density and temperature in the topside ionosphere observed by the Hinotori and DEMETER satellites (2011)
  • Author(s): Y.Kakinami, C.H.Lin, J.Y.Liu, M.Kamogawa, S.Watanabe, M.Parrot
  • Journal Title: J.Geophys.Res. (in print)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Ionosphere-thermosphere coupling in the low latitude region (2010)
  • Author(s): Shigeto Watanabe, Tutomu Kondo
  • Journal Title: in Aeronomy of the Earth's atmosphere and ionosphere(Springer) Pages: 375-380
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Dynamical Coupling of the Low Latitude Ionosphere-Thermosphere (2010)
  • Author(s): Shigeto Watanabe
  • Journal Title: Second International Symposium on Radio Systems and Space Plasma(25-27 August, Sofia, Bulgaria) Pages: 101-104
  • URL: http://www.isrssp.org/
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Impact of lithium releases on ionospheric electron density observed by impedance probe during WIND campaign (2010)
  • Author(s): Jyunpei Uemoto, Takayuki Ono, Tomohisa Yamada, Tomonori Suzuki, Masa-Yuki Yamamoto, Shigeto Watanabe, Atsushi Kumamoto, Masahide Iizima
  • Journal Title: Earth Planets Space 62 Pages: 589-597
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Observations of very-low-energy (<10 eV) ion outflows dominated by O+ ions in the region of enhanced electron density in the polar cap magnetosphere during geomagnetic storms (2010)
  • Author(s): N.Kitamura, Y.Nishimura, T.Ono, Y.Ebihara, N.Terada, A.Shinbori, A.Kumamoto, T.Abe, M.Yamada, S.Watanabe, A.Matsuoka, A. W.Yau
  • Journal Title: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSCAL RESEARCH VOL.115 Pages: doi:10.1029/2010JA015601
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A solar terminator wave in thermospheric wind and density simultaneously observed by CHAMP (2009)
  • Author(s): Huixin Liu, Hermann Luhr, Shigeto Watanabe
  • Journal Title: Geophys.Res.Lett. VOL.36 Pages: L10109,doi:10.1029/2009GL038165
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Fast thermospheric wind jet at the Earth's dip equator (2009)
  • Author(s): Huixin Liu, Shigeto Watanabe, Tsutomu Kondo
  • Journal Title: Geophys.Res.Lett. VOL.36 Pages: L08103,doi:10.1029/2009GL037377
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Super plasma fountain and equatorial ionization anomaly during penetration electric field (2009)
  • Author(s): N.Balan, K.Shiokawa, Y.Otsuka, S.Watanabe, G.J.Bailey
  • Journal Title: J.Geophys.Res. Vol.114 Pages: A03310,doi:10.1029/2008JA013768
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Coupling of solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere and upper atmosphere (2008)
  • Author(s): Nanan Balan, Katya Georgiva, Charles Lin, Shigeto Watanabe, Takuji Nakamura
  • Journal Title: J.Atmos.Solar-Terr.Phys. Pages: doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2008.09.015
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] F3 layer during penetration electric field (2008)
  • Author(s): N.Balan, S.V.Thampi, K.Lynn, Y.Otsuka, H.Alleyne, S.Watanabe, M.A.Abdu, B.G.Fejer
  • Journal Title: J.Geophys.Res. VOL.113 Pages: A00A07,doi:10.1029/2008JA013206
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Seasonal variation of the longitudinal structure of the equatorial ionosphere : Does it reflect tidal influences from below? (2008)
  • Author(s): Huixin Liu, Shigeto Watanabe
  • Journal Title: J.Geophy.Res. VOL.113 Pages: A08315,doi:10.1029/2008JA013027
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] An empirical model of electron density in low latitude at 600km obtained by Hinotori satellite (2008)
  • Author(s): Kakinami Y., Watanabe S., Oyama K.-I.
  • Journal Title: Adv.Space Res. 41 Pages: 1494-1498
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Ion-Neutral Coupling in the Thermosphere (2011)
  • Author(s): S.Watanabe
  • Organizer: Earth-Sun System Exploration : Variability in Space Plasma Phenomena
  • Place of Presentation: Kona, Hawaii(invited talk)
  • Year and Date: 20110116-20110121
• [Presentation] Lithium Release Experiment in the Thermosphere (2010)
  • Author(s): S Watanabe, T Abe, H Habu, M Yamamoto
  • Organizer: AGU
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA(invited talk)
  • Year and Date: 20101215-20101217
• [Presentation] Correlation between electron density and temperature observed by the HINOTORI satellite (2010)
  • Author(s): Y.Kakinami, J.-Y.Liu, S.Watanabe
  • Organizer: The Nineth Cross-Strait Space Sciences Workshop (CSSSW9)
  • Place of Presentation: Tainan, Taiwan
  • Year and Date: 20101016-20101022
• [Presentation] Neutral wind measurements by chemical release experiments and ground-based observations in Japanese sounding rocket campaigns (2010)
  • Author(s): Yamamoto M.-Y., Morinaga T., Watanabe S., Abe T., Habu H., Larsen M.F.,Yamamoto M.
  • Organizer: 2010 Taiwan-Japan Space Instrument Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: Tainan, Taiwan,(invited talk)
  • Year and Date: 20100908-20100910
• [Presentation] Dynamical Coupling of the Low Latitude Ionosphere-Thermosphere (2010)
  • Author(s): Shigeto Watanabe
  • Organizer: Second International Symposium on Radio Systems and Space Plasma
  • Place of Presentation: Sofia, Bulgaria(invited talk)
  • Year and Date: 20100825-20100827
• [Presentation] IONOSPHERE-THERMOSPHERE COUPLING IN LOW LATITUDE REGION (2010)
  • Author(s): Shigeto Watanabe, Huixin Liu, Tsutomu Kondo
  • Organizer: COSPAR
  • Place of Presentation: Bremen, Germany(invited talk)
  • Year and Date: 20100719-20100723
• [Presentation] VERY LOW-ENERGY ION OUTFLOWS DOMINATED BY OXYGEN IONS IN THE POLAR CAP MAGNETOSPHERE DURING GEOMAGNETIC STORMS (2010)
  • Author(s): Naritoshi Kitamura, Yukitoshi Nishimura, Takayuki Ono, Yusuke Ebihara, Naoki Terada, Atsuki Shinbori, Atsushi Kumamoto, Takumi Abe, Manabu Yamada, Shigeto Watanabe, Ayako Matsuoka, Andrew W. Yau
  • Organizer: COSPAR
  • Place of Presentation: Bremen, Germany
  • Year and Date: 20100719-20100723
• [Presentation] WAVE-4 PATTERN OF THE EQUATORIAL MASS DENSITY ANOMALY-EVIDENCE FOR DIRECT WAVE PENETRATION TO THE UPPER THERMOSPHERE (2010)
  • Author(s): Huixin Liu, Mamoru Yamamoto, Hermann Luehr, Shigeto Watanabe
  • Organizer: COSPAR
  • Place of Presentation: Bremen, Germany
  • Year and Date: 20100719-20100723
• [Presentation] WINDs Campaign-Lithium Release Experiment in the Thermosphere- (2010)
  • Author(s): S.Watanabe, T.Abe, H.Habu, M-Y.Yamamoto, WINDs Team
  • Organizer: AOGS
  • Place of Presentation: Hyderabad, India(invited talk)
  • Year and Date: 20100705-20100708
• [Presentation] Wave-4 Structure of Electron Density and Temperature in the Topside Ionosphere (2010)
  • Author(s): Y.KAKINAMI, C.H.LIN, J.Y.LIU, S.WATANABE, M.KAMOGAWA, M.PARROT
  • Organizer: AOGS
  • Place of Presentation: Hyderabad, India
  • Year and Date: 20100705-20100708
• [Presentation] Earth Science with JEM-EUSO (2010)
  • Author(s): Shigeto Watanabe
  • Organizer: The Eighth International JEM-EUSO meeting
  • Place of Presentation: JAXA(invited talk)
  • Year and Date: 2010-12-03
• [Presentation] Ultraviolet Imager on Akatsuki, Space (2010)
  • Author(s): Shigeto Watanabe, Atsushi Yamazaki, Manabu Yamada, Akatsuki team
  • Organizer: Instrument Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: Tainan,Taiwan(invited talk)
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-09
• [Presentation] Distribution of thermospheric zonal wind and zonal drift formed by F-region dynamo (2009)
  • Author(s): Tsutomu Kondo, Shigeto Watanabe
  • Organizer: IRI2009 workshop, URSI/COSPAR INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE IONOSPHERE WORKSHOP
  • Place of Presentation: Kagoshima
  • Year and Date: 20091102-20091107
• [Presentation] FAST THERMOSPHERIC WIND JET AT THE EARTH''S DIP EQUATOR (2009)
  • Author(s): SHIGETO WATANABE, Huixin Liu, Tsutomu Kondo
  • Organizer: IAGA
  • Place of Presentation: Sopron, Hungary
  • Year and Date: 20090823-20090830
• [Presentation] A SOLAR TERMINATOR WAVE IN THERMOSPHERIC WIND AND DENSITY SIMULTANEOUSLY OBSERVED BY CHAMP (2009)
  • Author(s): HUIXIN LIU, HERMANN LUEHR, SHIGETO WATANABE
  • Organizer: IAGA
  • Place of Presentation: Sopron, Hungary
  • Year and Date: 20090823-20090830
• [Presentation] Longitudinal distribution of electron density and temperature in ionospheric F-region (2008)
  • Author(s): Shigeto Watanabe, Huixin Liu, Hermann Luehr
  • Organizer: COSPAR
  • Place of Presentation: Montreal, Canada(invited talk)
  • Year and Date: 20080713-20080719
• [Presentation] Lithium Release Experiment in the Thermosphere (2008)
  • Author(s): Shigeto Watanabe, Takumi Abe, Hiroto Habu, Masato Nakamura, Takayuki Ono, Yuichi Otsuka, Akinori Saito, Mamoru Yamamoto, Masa-yuki Yamamoto
  • Organizer: COSPAR
  • Place of Presentation: Montreal, Canada(invited talk)
  • Year and Date: 20080713-20080719
• [Presentation] Thermospheric neutral wind measurement by three rocket-released Lithium clouds : WIND campaign (2008)
  • Author(s): M.-Y.Yamamoto, S.Watanabe, Y.Yokoyama, H.Habu, T.Abe, M.Yamamoto, Y.Otsuka, A.Saito, T.Ono, M.Nakamura
  • Organizer: COSPAR
  • Place of Presentation: Montreal, Canada
  • Year and Date: 20080713-20080719
• [Presentation] WIND Campaign-Rocket Experiment for Lithium Release- (2008)
  • Author(s): S.WATANABE, S.NANBU, T.ABE, H.HABU, T.ONO, Y.OTSUKA A.SAITO, M.YAMAMOTO, M-Y.YAMAMOTO
  • Organizer: AOGS
  • Place of Presentation: Busan, Korea(invited talk)
  • Year and Date: 20080616-20080620
• [Presentation] WIND rocket campaign : Lithium release experiment in evening midlatitude thermosphere (2008)
  • Author(s): M.-Y.Yamamoto, Y.Yokoyama, H.Habu, T.Abe, S.Watanabe, M.Yamamoto, Y.Otsuka, A.Saito, T.Ono, M.Nakamura
  • Organizer: ISEA-12
  • Place of Presentation: Crete, Greece
  • Year and Date: 20080519-20080524
• [Presentation] Thermal ion escape as a source of magnetospheric plasma (2008)
  • Author(s): S.Watanabe
  • Organizer: The First Korean Winter School on Space Physics in Korea
  • Place of Presentation: Gyeongju, Korea(invited talk)
  • Year and Date: 20080221-20080222
• [Book] 電離圏(総説 宇宙天気) (2011)
  • Author(s): 渡部重十
  • Publisher: 京都大学出版会(印刷中)
• [Book] Aeronomy of the Earth's atmosphere and ionosphere(Ionosphere-thermosphere coupling in the low latitude region) (2010)
  • Author(s): Shigeto Watanabe, Tutomu Kondo
  • Total Pages: 375-380
  • Publisher: Springer
• [Book] 地球惑星科学入門 (2010)
  • Author(s): 在田一則,竹下徹,見延庄二郎,渡部重十編著
  • Total Pages: 427P
  • Publisher: 北海道大学出版会
• [Remarks] ホームページ等
  • URL: http://www.ep.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/~shw/
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www.ele.kochi-tech.ac.jp/rocket/