NSWP: Quantifying the Thermosphere-ionosphere Response to Solar and Geomagnetic Forcing

该项目的目标是增强一个广泛使用的三维、时间依赖、非线性地球高层大气全球模型的操作和预测能力：耦合热层电离层等离子层电动力学模型（CTIPe）。该项目将利用从空间和地面平台获得的长期数据集，评估该模式在长期气候学（年尺度）和日常变化方面的准确性。此外，它将评估模型在简单和复杂磁暴期间的能力。

The objective of this project is to enhance the operational, predictive capability of a widely-used, three-dimensional, time dependent, non-linear global model of the terrestrial upper atmosphere: The Coupled Thermosphere Ionosphere Plasmasphere Electrodynamics model (CTIPe). The project will assess the model's accuracy regarding long-term climatology (year scale) and day-to-day variability using long-term data sets acquired from both space- and ground-based platforms. In addition, it will evaluate model capability during both simple and complex magnetic storms.