Global Observing System Simulation Experiments of the Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Plasmasphere

Abstract

The overall goal of this project was to set up a simulation framework and testbed for ionosphere-thermosphere (IT) data assimilation that could be used to investigate: a) the impact of sensor systems upon the performance of data assimilation algorithms; b) the impact of improvements in data assimilative algorithms upon the performance of those data assimilative algorithms; c) the impact of different choices of inputs to data assimilative models and other configuration choices upon the performance of data assimilation algorithms. New ground and satellite data systems are constantly being proposed with different spatial-temporal configurations, and it is not clear what will maximize the impact on data assimilation performance. In particular, for this project, where the performance is quantized in terms of applications of interest to the Air Force, the metrics used to assess performance are applied systems metrics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 30, 2013
Accession Number
ADA592714

Entities

People

  • Gary S. Bust
  • Lars Dyrud

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Algorithms
  • Altitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Assimilation
  • Constellations
  • Data Sets
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Ground Based
  • Instrumentation
  • Ionosphere
  • Longitude
  • Space Based
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects