A model of a perturbed ionosphere using the auroral power as the input

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Published: Jan 1, 2000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.2000.39.1.292
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Perturbed ionosphere, ionospheric models

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E. A. Araujo-Pradere
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geofísica, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, 04510, Mexico City, México ; CIRES-Univ. of Colorado and SEC-NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
T. J. Fuller-Rowell
CIRES-Univ. of Colorado and SEC-NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA

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This work presents a semi-empirical model based on the theory developed by Fuller-Rowell et al. (1996). The model predicts changes in the ratio between observed and monthly median values of the F2 ionospheric layer critical frequency Ö (= foF2obs/foF2mm) during perturbed conditions. It requires the time history of the previous 30 hours of the TIROS/NOAA auroral power index (or ap index) weighted by a filter. We determine seasonal, latitudinal, and local time dependencies of the perturbed ionosphere in good agreement with theory.

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Araujo-Pradere, E. A., & Fuller-Rowell, T. J. (2000). A model of a perturbed ionosphere using the auroral power as the input . Geofisica Internacional, 39(1), 29–36. https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.2000.39.1.292
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