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Driving The Ting Model With Gaim Electron Densities: Ionospheric Effects On The Thermosphere, G. Jee, A. G. Burns, W. Wang, S. C. Solomon, Robert W. Schunk, L. Scherliess, D. C. Thompson, Jan Josef Sojka, Lie Zhu
Driving The Ting Model With Gaim Electron Densities: Ionospheric Effects On The Thermosphere, G. Jee, A. G. Burns, W. Wang, S. C. Solomon, Robert W. Schunk, L. Scherliess, D. C. Thompson, Jan Josef Sojka, Lie Zhu
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In order to study the effects of ionospheric plasma densities on the thermosphere, the electron and O+ densities in the Thermosphere Ionosphere Nested Grid (TING) model were replaced by electron densities from the Global Assimilation of Ionospheric Measurements (GAIM) model at pressure level z = 0 (about 210 ~ 230 km altitude) and above. This GAIM-derived TING model (G-TING) was then run for the period 1–4 April 2004. The TING model was also run as a stand-alone coupled model (S-TING), without using the GAIM electron densities, for the same period. The resulting thermospheric responses from the two simulations were compared …