Highlights Performance evaluation of ionospheric models over equatorial Indian region done. An extensive year- long evaluation of TEC is performed. TEC obtained from TIE-GCM simulations and IRI-2020 is compared with GPS TEC.
Abstract An extensive year-long evaluation of Total Electron Content (TEC) obtained from NCAR Thermosphere-Ionosphere Electrodynamics General Circulation Model (TIE-GCM) simulations along with TEC obtained from International Reference Ionosphere (IRI-2020) is carried out with respect to observations made by a GPS TEC receiver over the dip equatorial location of Thiruvananthapuram (8.5° N, 77° E, 0.5° magnetic), in the Indian region during solar minimum period of 2005–2006. The TIE-GCM model and IRI model were run for the period of 2005 (November December) and till October 2006 for each day, and the hourly values of TEC were compared to GPS TEC observations. Overall the temporal and seasonal characteristics of TEC over Thiruvananthapuram were simulated reasonably well by the TIE-GCM model and IRI model. The skill scores of normalized Root Mean Square Error (nRMSE), Prediction Efficiency (P.E), and Ratio between maximum and minimum values were estimated for both models to evaluate their performance. The mean percentage difference between the measured and the simulated TEC was found to be around −25% for IRI, indicating underestimation of the observations, and between −40% and −50% for TIE-GCM again indicating underestimation. A comprehensive analysis revealed that there is good conformity between the modeled and measured values for the whole observation period, with a correlation coefficient R-value of 0.8 and 0.9 for the TIE-GCM and IRI models respectively. This study brings out the competence of the two models in simulating the temporal and seasonal pattern of variability of ionospheric TEC over the equatorial Indian region.
Performance evaluation of ionospheric models over equatorial Indian region
Advances in Space Research ; 73 , 6 ; 3050-3059
2023-12-19
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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