International Reference Ionosphere 2016: From ionospheric climate to real‐time weather predictions
Abstract
The paper presents the latest version of the International Reference Ionosphere model (IRI‐2016) describing the most important changes and improvements that were included with this version and discussing their impact on the IRI predictions of ionospheric parameters. IRI‐2016 includes two new model options for the F2 peak height hmF2 and a better representation of topside ion densities at very low and high solar activities. In addition, a number of smaller changes were made concerning the use of solar indices and the speedup of the computer program. We also review the latest developments toward a Real‐Time IRI. The goal is to progress from predicting climatology to describing the real‐time weather conditions in the ionosphere.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2017
- Source ID
- 10.1002/2016sw001593
Entities
People
- B. W. Reinisch
- D. Bilitza
- David Altadill
- Ivan Galkin
- V. Shubin
- V. Truhlik
- Xinyi Huang
Organizations
- Czech Science Foundation
- George Mason University
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Russian Center for Science Information
- Spanish National Research Council
- United States Air Force
- University of Massachusetts Lowell