Thermosphere‐Ionosphere Model Development: A Personal Perspective
Abstract
This is a personal perspective of how some significant upper atmosphere model developments were carried out from the mid‐1960s to the early 1990s, including modeling of the ionospheric wind dynamo, equatorial electrojet, two‐ and three‐dimensional thermospheric dynamics, the disturbance dynamo, interactive thermosphere/ionosphere dynamics and electrodynamics, and mapping of high‐latitude electric fields and currents through data assimilation. Well‐tested models enable exploration and prediction of a large number of phenomena.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2019
- Source ID
- 10.1029/2019ja027273
Entities
People
- A. D. Richmond
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Center for Atmospheric Research