Quantification of Electron Density Variability in the Upper Ionosphere

PI旨在提高对F区域电离层气候学（长期变化）的基本理解。 他将对电离层峰值电子密度的季节性和太阳周期变化进行详细分析，主要是为了确定密度随太阳活动而变化的原因。 更好的电离层模型对军事和商业应用都很重要，将提高超视距雷达的能力。 PI将利用一个创新的电离层理论模型（称为FLIP模型）研究观测到的密度变化的原因，该模型能够利用三个关键的电离层测量值作为约束条件。

The PI intends to improve basic understanding of the climatology (long term variations) of the F-region ionosphere. He will perform a detailed analysis of the seasonal and solar cycle variations of the ionospheric peak electron density, primarily to determine the reasons for the density variation as a function of solar activity. Better ionospheric models, important for both military and commercial applications, will improve capabilities of over-the-horizon radar. The PI will study causes of the observed density variation with an innovative theoretical ionosphere model, known as the FLIP model, which is capable of utilizing three key ionospheric measurements as constraints.