Space Weather: Development of an Empirical Model of Inner Magnetospheric Density

该项目将启动磁层内等离子体密度分布模型的开发。 它将利用IMAGE卫星上无线电等离子体成像仪的数据。 已经开发了一种数学反演算法，该算法允许将在卫星处测量的局部等离子体密度与RPI数据相结合，以确定卫星所处的整个磁场线上的等离子体密度。 将来自类似磁性条件的数据结合起来，将有可能推导出一个密度模型，作为纬度、径向距离和当地时间的函数。 由此产生的模型将提供给空间气象界。 该项目将支持一名来自代表性不足的少数民族的研究生。

This project will initiate the development of a model of the plasma density distribution within the magnetosphere. It will utilize data from the RPI (Radio Plasma Imager) instrument on the IMAGE satellite. A mathematical inversion algorithm has been developed that allows the local plasma density measured at the satellite to be combined with the RPI data to determine the plasma density all long the magnetic field line on which the satellite is situated. Combining data from similar magnetic conditions will make it possible to derive a density model as a function of latitude, radial distance and local time. The resulting models will be made available to the space weather community. The project will support a graduate student from an under-represented minority.