|
Detailed Reference Information |
Holt, J.M., Zhang, S. and Buonsanto, M.J. (2002). Regional and local ionospheric models based on Millstone Hill incoherent scatter radar data. Geophysical Research Letters 29: doi: 10.1029/2002GL014678. issn: 0094-8276. |
|
Local and regional statistical models to describe Millstone Hill incoherent scatter radar observations of electron density, electron temperature and ion temperature since 1976 are developed using a bin-fit technique. The local models generate ionospheric variations with local time, day number, and altitude from 150--1000 km. The prior day's F107 and the Ap index from the previous 3 hour period are keyed inputs to specify solar and geomagnetic activity. The regional models have a latitude coverage of 32--55¿ geodetic and an altitude coverage of 200--600 km. These climatology models are capable of reproducing primary ionospheric variation features seen in previous studies as well as several newly revealed features, such as the semiannual variation of electron density. They are accessible through the World Wide Web at the URL http://www.openmadrigal.org. |
|
|
|
BACKGROUND DATA FILES |
|
|
Abstract |
|
|
|
|
|
Keywords
Ionosphere, Modeling and forecasting, Radio Science, Radar atmospheric physics, Ionosphere, Midlatitude ionosphere, Radio Science, Ionospheric physics |
|
Publisher
American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
|
|
|