Testing of the satellite electron temperature data base with incoherent scatter radar electron temperature measurements

Details Testing of the satellite electron temperature data base with incoherent scatter radar electron temperature measurements Testing of the satellite electron temperature data base with incoherent scatter radar electron temperature measurements

May 2007

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American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2007, abstract #SA33B-03

Physics

2437 Ionospheric Dynamics, 2447 Modeling And Forecasting, 2467 Plasma Temperature And Density, 2481 Topside Ionosphere

Scientific paper

Electron temperature (Te) in the topside ionosphere and plasmasphere is an important parameter because thermal electrons play a key role in the energy balance of these regions. There are two principal sources of Te measurements - in-situ satellite and ground based Incoherent Scatter Radar (ISR). Since the mid-nineteensixties when radars and satellite instruments began observing Te a large volume of data has been collected by these two techniques. Occasional comparisons of results of these two methods showed agreements but also disagreements. We have built a large database of electron temperature based on all available satellite measurements, the greatest volume of which is represented by DMSP data. Especially DMSP data statistically show surprisingly high values for low solar activity and daytime (Bilitza, 2006). To investigate this discrepancy we have compared Millstoen Hill incoherent scatter measurements with simultaneous satellite measurements during DMSP overflights of the station. Results of this study are shown, discussion is presented and possible implications on empirical Te modeling are pointed out. Bilitza D., Truhlik V., Richards P.G., Abe T., and Triskova L.: Solar Variations of Mid-Latitude Electron Density and Temperature: Satellite Measurements Model Calculations, Advances in Space Research, in press, 2006.

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