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The Impact of Solar Activity on Forecasting the Upper Atmosphere via Assimilation of Electron Density Data

Kodikara, Timothy und Zhang, Kefei und Pedatella, Nicholas und Borries, Claudia (2021) The Impact of Solar Activity on Forecasting the Upper Atmosphere via Assimilation of Electron Density Data. In: EGU General Assembly 2021. EGU General Assembly 2021. EGU General Assembly 2021, 19-30 Apr 2021, Virtual. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu21-10756.

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Kurzfassung

We present a comprehensive comparison of the impact of solar activity on forecasting the ionosphere and thermosphere. Here we investigate the response of physics-based TIE-GCM (thermosphere-ionosphere- electrodynamics general circulation model) in a data assimilation scheme through assimilating radio occultation (RO)-derived electron density (Ne) using an ensemble Kalman filter (KF). Constellation observations of Ne profiles offer opportunities to assess the accuracy of the model forecasted state on a global scale. In this study, we emphasise the importance of understanding how the assimilation results vary with solar activity, which is one of the primary drivers of thermosphere-ionosphere dynamics. We validate the assimilation results with independent RO-derived GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment mission) Ne data. The main result is that the forecast Ne agree best with data during the solar minimum compared to solar maximum. The results also show that the assimilation scheme significantly adjusts both the nowcast and forecast states during the two solar activity periods. The results show that TIE-GCM significantly underestimate Ne in low altitudes below 250 km and the assimilation of Ne is not as effective in these lower altitudes compared to higher altitudes. The results demonstrate that assimilation of Ne significantly impacts the neutral mass density estimates via the KF state vector. This impact is larger during solar maximum than solar minimum relative to a control run. The results also demonstrate that the impact of assimilation of Ne on neutral mass density state persists through to forecast state better during solar minimum compared to solar maximum. The results are useful to explain the inherent model bias, to understand the limitations of the data, and to demonstrate the capability of the assimilation technique.

elib-URL des Eintrags:https://elib.dlr.de/140616/
Dokumentart:Konferenzbeitrag (Vortrag, Anderer)
Titel:The Impact of Solar Activity on Forecasting the Upper Atmosphere via Assimilation of Electron Density Data
Autoren:
AutorenInstitution oder E-Mail-AdresseAutoren-ORCID-iDORCID Put Code
Kodikara, TimothyTimothy.Kodikara (at) dlr.dehttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4099-9966NICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Zhang, KefeiRMIT, Australiahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9376-1148NICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Pedatella, NicholasUCAR, CO, USAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8878-5126NICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Borries, Claudiaclaudia.borries (at) dlr.dehttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9948-3353NICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Datum:26 April 2021
Erschienen in:EGU General Assembly 2021
Referierte Publikation:Nein
Open Access:Ja
Gold Open Access:Nein
In SCOPUS:Nein
In ISI Web of Science:Nein
DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu21-10756
Verlag:EGU General Assembly 2021
Status:veröffentlicht
Stichwörter:data assimilation, ionosphere forecasts, ensemble Kalman filter, TIE-GCM, neutral mass density forecasts, COSMIC
Veranstaltungstitel:EGU General Assembly 2021
Veranstaltungsort:Virtual
Veranstaltungsart:internationale Konferenz
Veranstaltungsdatum:19-30 Apr 2021
Veranstalter :www.egu.eu
HGF - Forschungsbereich:Luftfahrt, Raumfahrt und Verkehr
HGF - Programm:Raumfahrt
HGF - Programmthema:Erdbeobachtung
DLR - Schwerpunkt:Raumfahrt
DLR - Forschungsgebiet:R EO - Erdbeobachtung
DLR - Teilgebiet (Projekt, Vorhaben):R - Solar-Terrestrische Physik SO
Standort: Neustrelitz
Institute & Einrichtungen:Institut für Solar-Terrestrische Physik > Solar-Terrestrische Kopplungsprozesse
Hinterlegt von: Kodikara, Dr Timothy
Hinterlegt am:19 Mai 2021 14:07
Letzte Änderung:27 Mai 2021 08:59

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