Summary
With the recent advent of Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites as a research tool in studying the ionised regions that surround the Earth, a need has arisen for a simple yet accurate model for the plasmasphere, the region above the ionosphere. A model based on diffuse equilibrium has been developed, which is combined with the International Reference Ionosphere model to produce a global ionosphere-plasmasphere model. Some preliminary results from the model are presented and discussed.
Authors:Webb P.A. Essex E.A.
Publisher: Australian Antarctic Division
Published in: 2001
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Program area: Space and Atmospheric Sciences
Webb P.A., Essex E.A.
(2001)
Modelling the plasmasphere,
ANARE Reports
146.
329–340;
http://www.ips.gov.au/SRAMP/aip/index.htm;