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It contains 5 transmitters and 20 receivers, and it has 99 ionospheric observation points between 22.40\u00b0 N and 33.19\u00b0 N geomagnetic latitudes. The data of the ionosonde network were used to investigate the statistical characteristics of the quasi-3-h large-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances (LSTIDs). From September 2009 to August 2011, 157 cases of the quiet-time LSTIDs were recorded; 110 cases traveled southward, 46 cases traveled southwestward and only 1 case traveled southeastward. The LSTIDs mainly appeared between 10:00 and 19:00 LT in the months from September to the following May. We compared the data of the Beijing, Mohe and Yakutsk digisondes and found that the LSTIDs are most likely to come from the northern auroral region. These LSTIDs may be induced by the atmospheric gravity waves (AGWs) and presented obvious seasonal and diurnal varying features, indicating that the thermospheric wind field has played an important role.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s22010233","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,29]],"date-time":"2021-12-29T23:31:35Z","timestamp":1640820695000},"page":"233","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Long-Term Observation of the Quasi-3-Hour Large-Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances by the Oblique-Incidence Ionosonde Network in North China"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Ruijiao","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6690-4024","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gang","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6329-1894","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yaxian","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China"}]},{"given":"Shaodong","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China"}]},{"given":"Wanlin","family":"Gong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9549-5602","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhiqiu","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China"}]},{"given":"Min","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"A08318","DOI":"10.1029\/2012JA017546","article-title":"Two-dimensional imaging of large-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances over China based on GPS data","volume":"117","author":"Ding","year":"2012","journal-title":"J. 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