Abstract This paper describes the latest version of the International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) model. IRI-2012 includes new models for the electron density and ion densities in the region below the F-peak, a storm-time model for the auroral E-region, an improved electron temperature model that includes variations with solar activity, and for the first time a description of auroral boundaries. In addition, the thermosphere model required for baseline neutral densities and temperatures was upgraded from MSIS-86 to the newer NRLMSIS-00 model and Corrected Geomagnetic coordinates (CGM) were included in IRI as an additional coordinate system for a better representation of auroral and polar latitudes. Ongoing IRI activities towards the inclusion of an improved model for the F2 peak height hmF2 are discussed as are efforts to develop a “Real-Time IRI”. The paper is based on an IRI status report presented at the 2013 IRI Workshop in Olsztyn, Poland. The IRI homepage is at IRImodel.org.
The International Reference Ionosphere – Status 2013
Advances in Space Research ; 55 , 8 ; 1914-1927
2014-07-25
14 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Ionosphere , IRI , Forecast , Space Weather , Real-Time
The International Reference Ionosphere – Status 2013
Online Contents | 2015
|International Reference Ionosphere - Status 1995/96
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997
|International reference ionosphere—Plasma densities: Status 1988
Elsevier | 1989
|