Space Weather: Construction of a Web-based Empirical Model of the Earth's Ionosphere Using Incoherent Scatter Radar Data

本提案旨在利用1970年至今的非相干散射雷达（ISR）数据构建一个基于网络的电离层综合区域经验模型。该模型将包括两部分：首先是在马萨诸塞州Millstone Hill （42.6 N）测量的基本和衍生标量参数模型，包括电子密度Ne、电子和离子温度（Te和Ti）、中性经向风和外逸层温度；第二，ExB等离子体漂移和相应的静电势模式的模型，这是在Millstone Hill和格陵兰岛Sondrestrom设施（67.0oN）测量得到的。在国家空间天气计划（NSWP）实施计划中，将建模的参数确定为重要的参数，必须对其进行指定和预测，以响应客户的操作支持要求。所有这些也被NSWP指标小组确定为第一、第二或第三优先参数，这些参数定义了电离层-热层（IT）系统的状态和条件。

This proposal is for the construction of a comprehensive web-based regional empirical model of the ionosphere using incoherent scatter radar (ISR) data from the period 1970-present. This model will include two parts: first, a model of basic and derived scalar parameters as measured at Millstone Hill, Massachusetts (42.6o N), including electron density Ne, electron and ion temperature (Te and Ti), neutral meridional wind, and exospheric temperature; and second, a model of the ExB plasma drifts and corresponding electrostatic potential patterns, as obtained from measurements at Millstone Hill and at the Sondrestrom facility in Greenland (67.0oN). The parameters that will be modeled have been identified in the National Space Weather Program (NSWP) Implementation Plan as important ones which must be specified and forecast in response to customer operational support requirements. All of them have also been identified by the NSWP Metrics Panel as either 1st, 2nd, or 3rd priority parameters which define the state and condition of the ionosphere-thermosphere (IT) system.