The International Reference Ionosphere Model: A Review and Description of an Ionospheric Benchmark
Goddard Space Flight Center · George Mason University · +5 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract This paper is a review of the International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) project and model. IRI is recognized as the official standard for the Earth's ionosphere by the International Standardization Organization, the International Union of Radio Science, the Committee on Space Research, and the European Cooperation for Space Standardization. As requested by these organizations, IRI is an empirical (data‐based) model representing the primary ionospheric parameters based on the long data record that exists from ground and space observations of the ionosphere. The core model describes monthly averages of the electron density, electron temperature, ion temperature, and ion composition globally in the…
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Authors
6- DBD. BilitzaCorresponding
Goddard Space Flight Center, George Mason University
- MPMichael Pezzopane
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
- VTVladimír Truhlík
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Physics
- DADavid Altadill
Universitat Ramon Llull
- BWB. W. Reinisch
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell Digisonde International (United States)
Topics & keywords
- Ionosphere
- International Reference Ionosphere
- Standardization
- Computer science
- Space research
- Geophysics
- Meteorology
- Geology
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