Mesoscale Ionospheric Prediction

Abstract

LONG-TERM GOALS. The long-term goals of this project are to first develop a three-dimensional time-evolving non-linear numerical model of the mesoscale ionosphere, second to couple the mesoscale model to a mesoscale data assimilative analysis, third to use the new data-assimilative mesoscale model to investigate ionospheric structure and plasma instabilities, and fourth to apply the data-assimilative mesoscale model to applications of interest to DoD. The complete system, consisting of the mesoscale non-linear model, the mesoscale data assimilation analysis, and the coupling between the model and analysis, is a Mesoscale Assimilative Prediction System (MAPS) that can be used for both scientific and DoD applications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2006
Accession Number
ADA631417

Entities

People

  • Gary S. Bust

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Assimilation
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Ionosphere
  • Ionospheric Disturbances
  • Ions
  • Iterations
  • Long Wavelengths
  • Modal Analysis
  • Observation
  • Perturbations
  • Plane Waves
  • Space Weather
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.