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Using scale heights derived from bottomside ionograms for modelling the IRI topside profile
1Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
2Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Greece
3Jicamarca Radio Observatory, Lima, Peru
Abstract. Groundbased ionograms measure the Chapman scale height HT at the F2-layer peak that is used to construct the topside profile. After a brief review of the topside model extrapolation technique, comparisons are presented between the modeled profiles with incoherent scatter radar and satellite measurements for the mid latitude and equatorial ionosphere. The total electron content TEC, derived from measurements on satellite beacon signals, is compared with the height-integrated profiles ITEC from the ionograms. Good agreement is found with the ISR profiles and with results using the low altitude TOPEX satellite. The TEC values derived from GPS signal analysis are systematically larger than ITEC. It is suggested to use HT , routinely measured by a large number of Digisondes around the globe, for the construction of the IRI topside electron density profile.
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Citation: Reinisch, B. W., Huang, X., Belehaki, A., and Ilma, R.: Using scale heights derived from bottomside ionograms for modelling the IRI topside profile, Adv. Radio Sci., 2, 293-297, 2004. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager
