Optimization of the Mars ionospheric radio occultation retrieval

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摘要 ElectrondensityisakeyparametertocharacterizeMartianionosphericstructureanddynamics.BasedontheephemerisandauxiliaryinformationderivedfromtheSpacecraft,Planet,Instruments,C-matrix,andEvents(SPICE)toolkit,wecalculatedthebendingangleofsignalpathfromthefrequencyresidualsmeasuredbytheMarsExpressRadioScienceExperiment(MaRS)oftheMarsExpress(MEX)missionundertheassumptionofasphericallysymmetricionosphere.Westratifiedtheionosphereintolayersandassumedalinearchangeofbendinganglebetweenlayers,toderiveprofilesinradialdistanceofrefractivitywiththeoptimizedparametersofupperintegrallimitof4890kmandbaselinecorrectionboundaryof3690km.Meanwhile,wealsocomparedtheretrievedelectrondensityprofilesbetweenthefrequencyresidualsofthesingle-frequencyanddifferentialDopplerofthedual-frequency.Intotal,~640electrondensityprofilesofMartianionospherebetweenApril2004andApril2015wereretrievedsuccessfully.Thereare24profilesidentifiedmanuallythatexhibitanadditionalsporadiclayeroccurrencebelowthenormaltwo-layers.Wealsofoundthatthepeakaltitudeofthislayerincreaseswiththemainpeakaltitude.
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出版日期 2018年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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