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Ionospheric E-region response to solar-geomagnetic storms observed by TIMED/SABER and application to IRI storm-model development


AuthorMertens, Christopher; Mast, Jeffrey; Winick, Jeremy; Russell, James; Mlynczak, Martin; Evans, David;
KeywordsIonosphere; Magnetic storms; Ion-neutral chemistry; Non-LTE; Radiation transfer
AbstractThe large thermospheric infrared radiance enhancements observed from the TIMED/SABER experiment during recent solar storms provide an exciting opportunity to study the influence of solar-geomagnetic disturbances on the upper atmosphere and ionosphere. In particular, nighttime enhancements of 4.3μm emission, due to vibrational excitation and radiative emission by NO+, provide an excellent proxy to study and analyze the response of the ionospheric E-region to auroral electron dosing and storm-time enhancements to the E-region electron density. In this paper, we give a status report of on-going work on model and data analysis methodologies of deriving NO+ 4.3μm volume emission rates, a proxy for the storm-time E-region response, and the approach for deriving an empirical storm-time correction to IRI E-region NO+ and electron densities.
Year of Publication2007
JournalAdvances in Space Research
Volume39
Number of Pages715-728
Section
Date Published
ISBN
URLhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117706005989
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2006.09.032