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dc.contributor.authorallTsagouri, I.; National Observatory of Athens, Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing, Palaia Penteli 15236, Greeceen
dc.contributor.authorallZolesi, B.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italiaen
dc.contributor.authorallBelehaki, A.; National Observatory of Athens, Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing, Palaia Penteli 15236, Greeceen
dc.contributor.authorallCander, L. R.; Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, UKen
dc.date.accessioned2008-07-18T09:36:06Zen
dc.date.available2008-07-18T09:36:06Zen
dc.date.issued2005-08en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2122/3981en
dc.description.abstractThe increasing demand for upper-atmosphere nowcasting services for operational applications reveals the need for a realistic mapping of the ionosphere over Europe in real-time and especially during storm periods. To meet this need, a real-time updating method of simplified ionospheric regional model (SIRM) with autoscaled ionospheric characteristics observed by four European Digital Portable Sounders (DPS) ionosondes was recently developed. SIRM belongs to the group of ionospheric models for the standard vertical incidence (VI) ionospheric characteristics such as the critical frequency of the ionospheric F2 layer foF2 and the propagation factor M(3000)F2, which oversimplify a number of the ionospheric phenomena of real significance for radio communications applications showing satisfactory performance for median ionospheric condition description in restricted area of mid-latitudes. As a step forward, the rapid conversion of real-time data from four European digisondes to the driving parameters of the SIRM was introduced as the real-time SIRM updating (SIRMUP). In SIRMUP approach, the values of the ionospheric characteristics from first-guess model parameters at measurement points are combined with real-time measurements. The reliability of the real-time SIRM update method has already been tested in terms of the foF2 for various ionospheric conditions and the simulation results were very promising. In this paper, the simulation tests are continued in order to investigate the efficiency of the SIRMUP method in mapping the propagation conditions over Europe as they are expressed by the propagation factor M(3000)F2. In general, the results demonstrate that SIRMUP procedure has the potential to be used in real time for nowcasting the standard ionospheric characteristics over Europe, for operational applications.en
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisher.nameElsevieren
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physicsen
dc.relation.ispartofseries12 / 67 (2005)en
dc.subjectIonospheric radio-propagationen
dc.subjectIonospheric mappingen
dc.subjectIonospheric modellingen
dc.subjectMid-latitude ionosphereen
dc.titleEvaluation of the performance of the real-time updated simplified ionospheric regional model for the European areaen
dc.typearticleen
dc.description.statusPublisheden
dc.type.QualityControlPeer-revieweden
dc.description.pagenumber1137-1146en
dc.subject.INGV01. Atmosphere::01.02. Ionosphere::01.02.05. Wave propagationen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jastp.2005.01.012en
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dc.description.obiettivoSpecifico1.7. Osservazioni di alta e media atmosferaen
dc.description.journalTypeJCR Journalen
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dc.contributor.authorTsagouri, I.en
dc.contributor.authorZolesi, B.en
dc.contributor.authorBelehaki, A.en
dc.contributor.authorCander, L. R.en
dc.contributor.departmentNational Observatory of Athens, Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing, Palaia Penteli 15236, Greeceen
dc.contributor.departmentIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italiaen
dc.contributor.departmentNational Observatory of Athens, Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing, Palaia Penteli 15236, Greeceen
dc.contributor.departmentRutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, UKen
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crisitem.author.deptIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia-
crisitem.author.deptInstitute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Palaia Penteli, Greece"-
crisitem.author.deptRutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, U.K.-
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