The Australian Ionospheric Maps: A regional approach
Abstract
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology through its Space Weather Service (SWS) is focussed both on developing tailored ionospheric products and services to a diverse group of customers and supporting the Australian Space Forecast Centre (ASFC) operations. In this paper, we present a regional approach to map the Australian regional Total Electron Content (TEC) and the ionospheric layer parameter foF2. We outline the design of both models and the chosen parameters. Finally, we propose a new approach to incorporate GNSS measurements which provide another measure of ionosphere characteristics to augment foF2 modelling and forecasting applicable to geographic locations where measured data are not readily available.
- Publication:
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43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 28 January - 4 February
- Pub Date:
- January 2021
- Bibcode:
- 2021cosp...43E.665B