Checking the new IRI model: the bottomside B parameters

0176544 - UFA-U 20030032 RIV IT eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Mosert, M. - Burešová, Dalia - Miro, G. - Lazo, B. - Ezquer, I.
Checking the new IRI model: the bottomside B parameters.
Proceedings of the IRI task force activity 2002. Trieste: Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, 2003, s. 39-50.
[The IRI task force activity 2002. Trieste (IT), 05.08.2002-09.08.2002]
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR IAA3042102
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z3042911
Keywords : ionospheric bottomside region * IRI
Subject RIV: DG - Athmosphere Sciences, Meteorology

Electron density profiles obtained at Pruhonice (50.0, 15.0), El Arenosillo (37.1, 353.2) and Havana (23, 278) were used to check the bottom-side B parameters BO (thickness parameter) and B1 (shape parameter) predicted by the new IRI - 2000 version. The electron density profiles were derived from ionograms using the ARP technique. The data base includes daytime and nighttime ionograms recorded under different seasonal and solar activity conditions. Comparison with IRI predictions were also done. The analysis shows that: a) The parameter B1 given by IRI 2000 reproduces better the observed ARP values than the IRI-90 version and b) the observed BO values are in general well reproduced by both IRI versions: IRI-90 and IRI-2000.
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