IRI 2001/90 TEC predictions over a low latitude station |
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Authors: | LA Scidá RG Ezquer MA Cabrera M Mosert |
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Institution: | 1. Laboratorio de Ionósfera, Dpto. de Física, FACET, Universidad Nac. de Tucumán, Argentina;2. CIASuR, Facultad Regional Tucumán,Universidad Técnológica Nacional, Argentina;3. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas, Argentina;4. CASLEO, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas, Argentina |
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Abstract: | Total electron content (TEC) over Tucumán (26.9°S, 294.6°W) measured with Faraday technique during the high solar activity year 1982, is used to check IRI 2001 TEC predictions at the southern crest of the equatorial anomaly region. Comparisons with IRI 90 are also made. The results show that in general IRI overestimates TEC values around the daily minimum and underestimates it the remaining hours. Better predictions are obtained using ground ionosonde measurements as input coefficients in the IRI model. The results suggest that for hours of maximum TEC values the electron density profile is broader than that assumed by the model. The main reason for the disagreement would be the IRI shape of the electron density profile. |
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Keywords: | IRI Ionosphere Electronic Density TEC |
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