A conjugate study of the polar ionospheric F2-layer and IRI-2007 at 75° magnetic latitude for solar minimum

Fang, He and Beichen, Zhang and Moen, Jöran and Dehong, Huang (2011) A conjugate study of the polar ionospheric F2-layer and IRI-2007 at 75° magnetic latitude for solar minimum. Advances in Polar Science, 22 (3). pp. 175-183.

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Abstract

Long-duration conjugate observations by the EISCAT Svalbard Radar (ESR) and the ionosonde at Zhongshan station from the International Polar Year (IPY) during solar minimum conditions are analyzed, with respect to variability in the F2-layer peak parameters. A comparison between International Reference Ionosphere- 2007 (IRI-2007) and observation data clearly demonstrates good agreement in summer, but greater deviations in winter. The IRI model reproduces the F2 peak parameters dominated by solar photoionization reasonably well, but it does not address the effect of electron precipitation. Hence, the discrepancies become large in the winter auroral ionosphere.

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    Keywords: Solar minimum, polar ionosphere, IRI, electron precipitation
    Subjects: Natural Environment > Atmosphere
    Organizations: Unspecified
    Date Deposited: 19 Sep 2023 15:01
    URI: http://library.arcticportal.org/id/eprint/2426

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