Assessment of the reliability of the electron density profiles given by the new Autoscala release
Abstract
A new version of the Autoscala program has been used to analyse a large number of ionograms recorded by the digisonde of Millstone Hill in the period 1996-2018. This new release includes improvements in the electron density profiles Ne(h) modeling in the E region and in the link between the E valley and the bottom-side F region.
Data from Incoherent Scatter radar (ISR) were used to assess the performance of the program in term of accuracy of the provided Ne(h). A comparison between the F2-layer peak true height (hmF2) values obtained by ISR measurements and autoscaled from the ionograms by Autoscala and ARTIST software is also presented. The results are studied in different heliogeophysical conditions, highlighting the behavior of the software when applied to ionograms recorded during geospheric storms.- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019AGUFMSA11B3225S
- Keywords:
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- 0399 General or miscellaneous;
- ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE;
- 7899 General or miscellaneous;
- SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS;
- 7999 General or miscellaneous;
- SPACE WEATHER