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A novel data assimilation technique for the plasmasphere


AuthorNikoukar, Romina; Bust, Gary; Murr, David;
KeywordsGPS Techniques; Plasmasphere Data assimilation; Plasmasphere Imaging; Regularization
AbstractWe present a novel technique for imaging and data assimilation of the topside ionosphere and plasmasphere. The methodology is based upon the 3 dimensional variational technique (3DVAR), where an empirical background model is utilized. However, to prevent non-physical vertical variation in density estimates, we devise statistical methods to enforce a roughness penalty in the traditional 3DVAR optimization. The upward looking total electron content (TEC) observations from the Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver onboard Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC) satellites are utilized in the assimilation algorithm. The estimation results show reasonable agreement with in-situ density measurements of Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellites and Van Allen Probes derived densities during geomagnetically quiet and severe storm-time conditions, respectively. These preliminary results demonstrate great potential for the use of GPS TEC measurements from low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellites in monitoring and studying the morphology and dynamics of large-scale structures of the electron density in the topside ionosphere and plasmasphere.
Year of Publication2015
JournalJournal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
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Date Published09/2015
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URLhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/2015JA021455/abstract
DOI10.1002/2015JA021455